Bryce Petty has off day as Baylor narrowly moves past Texas

A win is a win for Baylor, but Saturday’s outing at Texas wasn’t pretty.

In Charlie Strong’s first meeting with offensive guru Art Briles, the Longhorns made life difficult for the normally high-flying Bears offense, limiting it to just a single touchdown in three quarters of action as Baylor eked out a 28-7 win in Austin.

Quarterback Bryce Petty, who came into the day with a chance to make a big statement in the Heisman Trophy race, was mediocre at best and looked out of rhythm all afternoon. He found Antwan Goodley with a nice touch pass for a score in the third quarter, but otherwise couldn’t find much consistency in the passing game.

The senior finished the game just 7-of-22 for 111 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

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Bryce Petty has off day as Baylor narrowly moves past Texas

Arizona State QB Taylor Kelly will miss confrontation with UCLA

Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly, who has thrown 63 TD passes and rushed for 12 more TDs since becoming the Sun Devils’ starter for the 2012 season, will miss a minumum of one match using a foot injury.

Kelly (6-foot-2, 210 pounds), a senior, suffered the injury in the Sun Devils’ win over Colorado this past Saturday. He’ll miss Arizona State’s Pac-12 South confrontation with UCLA on Sept. 25.

Junior Mike Bercovici will replace Kelly against UCLA, but Sun Devils coach Todd Graham said he is not going to modernize Kelly’s status until after that match.

The UCLA competition is the beginning of an enormous four-match stretch for the Sun Devils, who face off against, in order, USC, Stanford and Washington after they play the Bruins. Therefore, an extended absence by Kelly could mean the Sun Devils will fall too far behind in the Pac-12 South race.

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Arizona State QB Taylor Kelly will miss confrontation with UCLA

"Forgotten Four" artfully depicts pro football integration in 1946

"Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football" premieres on EPIX at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

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42.

No number in professional sports is more revered than the one that graced Jackie Robinson’s jersey. It’s a symbol of racial progress and change — not just in the sporting world, but America, as well. Yet, there’s another number that should be remembered alongside 42.

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"Forgotten Four" artfully depicts pro football integration in 1946