Some of their T-shirts are stained, some torn and others downright ratty, but Baylor’s Red Raiders know what those shirts say: “Unfinished Business.”
Surviving their own ineptitude and a sharp passing attack Friday night, the Red Raiders now have a chance to finish their business after pulling out a 31-28 victory over visiting Christian Brothers.
“We’ve talked all year about unfinished business. Now you have a chance to go back it up,” Baylor coach Phil Massey told his team.
The Raiders came up short in their championship bid last season when they lost to Ensworth on a controversial late fourth-quarter pass into their end zone.
Friday night, Baylor fumbled five times and lost three and quarterback Matthew Oellerich was intercepted twice, but the Red Raiders got a 33-yard field goal from Henrique Ribeiro with 3:05 to play and held on — barely — not putting the game away until Oellerich picked up a first down in Purple Wave territory with less than a minute to play.