Head Coach Dave Aranda
Omni Houston Hotel, May 19 | 7 p.m. CDT
The Texas Tour kicks off May 19 with a special event featuring Head Coach Dave Aranda at the Omni Houston Hotel. Join with fellow alumni and fans to hear more about Baylor football’s upcoming season. Coach Aranda will share how he and his staff are building a culture of excellence that includes a commitment to the physical, social, and spiritual development of players and what fans can expect to see on the field this fall.
Measures to promote social distancing will be in place at this event. Attendees must wear face coverings when not seated at their tables. Seating will be limited and spaced out throughout the ballroom. Attendees will have their temperature taken before entering the ballroom. In addition, the hotel will provide hand sanitizer dispensers, among other health and safety measures.
March 16, 2021, 8:21 PM·24 min read
Leading up to the 2021 NFL draft, which starts April 29, Yahoo Sports will count down our top 100 overall prospects. We’ll count them down in groups of five for Nos. 100-51, followed by more in-depth reports on our top 50 players, with help from our scouting assistant, Liam Blutman. We reserve the right to make changes to players’ grades and evaluations based on injury updates, pro-day workouts or late-arriving information from NFL teams.
Here are how we use our prospect grades for the 2021 NFL draft. (Albert Corona/Yahoo Sports)
55. Texas EDGE Joseph Ossai
6-foot-4, 256 pounds
Yahoo Sports draft grade: 5.85 potential starter
LOOKING BACK | This week in West Alabama History: Dec. 28, 2020
The Tuscaloosa News
Fifty years ago this week
• Alabama coach Paul W. Bear Bryant made it perfectly clear: he would return as head coach the following year. “No one is going to coach football at Alabama except me for a long, long time,” Bryant said firmly while in Houston preparing for the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl game against Oklahoma. Bryant was given the “Touchdown Award” by the Houston Touchdown Club.
• The Alabama-Oklahoma game ended in a 24-24 tie. Alabama’s Jeff Rouzie was named the outstanding lineman in the game.
• Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa County gained in population according to the final 1970 census results. The county population jumped from 109,047 in 1960 to 116,029; city population grew from 63,370 to 65,733.