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DALLAS -- Baylor quarterback Seth Russell was on a mission trip in Brazil with other athletes from the private Baptist school when he got the text message from Art Briles saying he was no longer their football coach.Felt like I was helpless, like a lot of people felt, Russell said Tuesday at Big 12 football media days.Russell described it as a punch in the gut when hearing what came out in the wake of Briles departure after winning two Big 12 titles at the school.An independent review by the Pepper Hamilton law firm found that football coaches and staff interfered with investigations into sexual assault complaints against players, and even impeded potential criminal proceedings. The firm released a 13-page report May 26, the same day Briles was immediately suspended before reaching a mutual agreement with the school for his departure about a month later.Personally, I was heartbroken, I was very surprised, senior center Kyle Fuller said. I wasnt aware of all the things that were going on. I didnt know exactly how to react to it.But Fuller and Russell both said the Bears, down to about 70 scholarship players, are focused on staying together as a team and moving forward with acting coach Jim Grobe and the assistant coaches who remained.We all got together and we talked about it, saw who was in and who was out, Fuller said. I was confident and I was very happy with the guys that were committed to getting to this next year. So thats all were going to focus on: getting through this season, being a Big 12 championship team.Grobe said he is coaching a great, great group of kids and has been impressed by how they have handled the adversity. And he wont change how the Bears play on the field after leading the nation in total offense and scoring each of the past three seasons.Im an old West Virginia hillbilly, and we got that feeling if it aint broke, dont fix it, Grobe said. So from strictly a football perspective, I think we want to continue to play fast and furious on offense.Russell, the top-rated FBS passer when he suffered a season-ending neck injury in the seventh game last season, was among players who had lunch with Briles last week.Were family, he brought in, he gave me the opportunity to play the game, Russell said. I know that hes a great character guy and he just got caught in the wrong situation.While Baylor players were meeting with the media, interim university president David Garland and two members of the board of regents met with the Big 12 board of directors for two hours. Oklahoma President David Boren and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said they wanted to be filled in on the investigation and what measures Baylor is taking in response.The details provided today are a necessary step in helping the entire membership gain a better understanding of the past actions and how the university plans to deal with all the issues identified in the Pepper Hamilton findings, Boren said in a statement. We were assured of the universitys commitment to keep the conference appraised going forward.Some other things from the end of Big 12 media days.NOT GOING ANYWHERE: Bob Stoops is going into his 18th season at Oklahoma and is barely the longest-tenured FBS coach after Virginia Techs Frank Beamer retired. The Sooners hired Stoops the day before Iowa hired current coach Kirk Ferentz.When asked Tuesday how long he planned to keep coaching, the 55-year-old Stoops said he is excited as he was his for his first season as the Sooners head coach, and hopefully will go 10 more years or so. But he doesnt plan to stay as long as Kansas States Bill Snyder, who is 76.I dont think I will be one of those guys, God bless him, like Coach Snyder, Im not going that long, Stoops said. But I sure can go to retirement age.STEDMAN BACK AT WVU: Stedman Bailey left West Virginia early for the NFL. The three-year pro is now back on campus to finish his undergraduate degree and work as a student assistant coach this fall for coach Dana Holgorsen.Bailey is still not cleared medically to play again after getting shot twice in the head while sitting in a car with family in November back home in Miami. The Los Angeles Rams placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, though the 25-year-old with high hopes of playing again was working this summer in a support role with Rams assistant coaches in charge of receivers and special teams.We worked pretty closely with the Rams to figure out whats in his best interest right now, Holgorsen said. The No. 1 step for that is to get his undergraduate degree. ... Im anticipating him being able to take a couple of young receivers and showing them technique stuff and kind of doing what he did with the Rams a little bit, just get his feet wet with coaching.Bailey had 210 catches for 3,218 yards and 41 touchdowns for the Mountaineers from 2010-12.DEFENDING WILDCATS: Four Kansas State defenders were named to the preseason All-Big 12 team selected by the media: linemen Will Geary and Jordan Wells, linebacker Elijah Lee and defensive back Dante Barnett. 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Nine pitches, three homers, one devastating inning.Back in Octobers spotlight, the Cleveland Indians rocked Rick Porcello for three long balls in the third inning in their AL Division Series opener. Francisco Lindors homer capped the rampage off the 22-game winner, and the Indians held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Thursday night.Lindor, Jason Kipnis and Robert Perez went deep in the third off Porcello, who lasted 4 1/3 innings in his shortest outing this year.After skipping down the third-base line and touching home plate, Lindor pointed toward the starry sky.If this is what Octobers like, I want to do this every year, Lindor said. I didnt even know where I was. I was just jumping and screaming.Before a sea of red-towel waving, screaming fans, the Indians got a jump in the best-of-5 series against David Ortiz and the AL East champions.Andrew Miller, acquired by Cleveland in a July trade for an October night like this, pitched two scoreless innings for the win . Summoned by manager Terry Francona earlier than usual, the lefty struck out Ortiz with two on to end the fifth and threw a season-high 40 pitches.Bryan Shaw gave up a leadoff homer to Bostons Brock Holt in the eighth that made it 5-4 before Cody Allen struck out Xander Bogaerts with the potential tying run at third to end the inning. Boston put a runner on with two outs in the ninth but Allen fanned Dustin Pedroia on a full-count checked-swing , his 40th pitch, for the save. Pedroia was livid, and Farrell went onto the field to question plate umpire Brian Knight.Pedroia had a few words for first-base umpire Phil Cuzzi and then fired his helmet in disgust on his way into the dugout.Later, Bostons fiery second baseman regretted his actions.I went, but I just was frustrated with the situation, he said. Ill apologize to Phil tomorrow for giving him a piece of my mind.Ortiz went 1 for 4 with a double in the first game of his final postseason.Rookie Andrew Benintendi and Sandy Leon also homered for the Red Sox, who will start David Price in Game 2 in the shadows Friday afternoon against Cleveland ace Corey Kluber.Cleveland unloaded on Porcello in the third, connecting for the three homers that shook Progressive Field.Perez started the salvo with just his second homer in 82 at-bats at home this season. One out later, Kipnis drove a pitch over the wall in right-center, giving Cleveland a 3-2 lead and sending the raucous crowd of 37,763 into delirium. Kipnis had just finished getting a celebratory ride thrrough the dugout when Lindors shot to right barely cleared a leaping attempt by Mookie Betts.dddddddddddd.After the first one it was exciting, Kipnis said. After mine it was even kind of getting nuts in there. And the third one our dugout was kind of losing it. We played with a lot of energy. We played with a lot of emotion. Thats the way our team goes. Weve got up and down the lineup, 25 guys who are baseball players who love to compete and we ride the waves.And that was a pretty high one.Leons homer pulled the Red Sox to 4-3 in the fifth. Francona, who won two World Series with the Red Sox before coming to Cleveland, pulled starter Trevor Bauer for Miller, who hadnt come in earlier than the sixth all season.Miller gave up a double and walk before getting Ortiz to swing at a low third strike .Francona extended both Miller and Allen knowing the importance of winning the opener.Well take inventory of what we got, he said. Youre certainly not going to see the same exact way tomorrow. But we wanted to win the game tonight and we did. Tomorrow might have to be a little bit different design.SPEEDY PEREZCleveland tacked on another run in the fifth, helped by Perezs alert baserunning. The slow-footed catcher tagged and took second on a fly to left and scored on Kipnis single to make it 5-3.I saw the ball kept carrying, Perez. I think he kind of hesitated to throw it back or probably didnt know I was going to tag up, Perez said of Benintendi. I normally dont do that. I was taking advantage of the situation. I did it on my own. It worked out for us. We scored a run.ICE KLUBEThe winning pitcher in the 2016 All-Star Game, Kluber will make his postseason debut in Game 2. He was on the roster when Cleveland was a wild-card team in 2013, but didnt pitch.Im sure there will be some nerves, Kluber said. But at the same time, I get nervous if its a live practice in spring training. It just means you care.The 2014 AL Cy Young winner will start on 10 days rest after straining his right quadriceps on Sept. 26 at Detroit. 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