Ebner dominates in Aranda debut as Baylor tops Kansas 47-14

WACO, Texas -- Trestan Ebner left little doubt he was more than ready for Baylor's opener after two games were called off because of COVID-19 concerns. Dave Aranda was a little more coy about the anticipation of his first game as a head coach, which Ebner made sure was a winner. The versatile back returned the second-half kickoff 100 yards before going 83 yards for another touchdown on a free kick after a safety and the Bears pulled away from Kansas in the second half of a 47-14 victory Saturday night. Ebner also had a 1-yard TD run and an 18-yard scoring catch as the Bears won their latest opener in 56 years after non-conference games against Louisiana Tech and Houston were called off, the latter just a day before the game. "You could tell all the practices we had, guys were just ready to play," Ebner said. "We were ready to hit someone else.