The Press Box with Ward Whites, Aaron Sexton & Jacob Bumpas · Aaron Sexton

Press Box 2-26-2026

February 26, 2026·56 min·4 clips

Baylor basketball, with two first-round picks, pushed Arizona to the brink—could that loss actually help them?

The mics are weird early. The show opens loose, with lunch-hour banter, a Thirsty Thursday greeting, and the hosts trying to produce while something sounds off. The Bears get the first sports note after a 6-3 softball win over Sam Houston. Then the room moves into football money. SMU gets treated as the clean example: playoff expectations, a bowl trip, and a program the hosts think has handled its business. Sorsby is where the argument gets sticky. The hosts doubt Cincinnati gets every dollar, but they do not wave away the money either. Their practical read is that he left because the next stop can pay more, and Lubbock will expect him to matter. A buyout memory nags at them, maybe Hoover going to Indiana, because that version sounds simpler: pay it and move on. That is what makes the Sorsby mess feel so avoidable. The break brings political and local ads. Afterward, the close turns back to contracts, ego, and negotiations that get personal when they should stay businesslike. The host is blunt about backward priorities: mediocre players get undeserved extensions while important deals drag. The combine is already starting, and the Kyle Yeomans tease keeps all that contract frustration tied to the football calendar.

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Baylor softball, quarterback buyout talk, and combine chatter keep this Central Texas sports hour lively.

The hour threads Baylor softball's 6-3 win over Sam Houston into quarterback buyout and contract talk, with Ward White and Aaron Sexton correcting details as they go and keeping the pace relaxed.

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You want Baylor softball, contract talk, and combine chatter in one lunch-hour sit-down.

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