The Lone Star 50: No. 29 Blake Shapen won Baylor's quarterback battle the old-fashioned way

How Blake Shapen won the starting quarterback spot for the Baylor Bears and what that means for the defending Big 12 champions.

The college football season in Texas starts a week earlier than normal with a Week 0 matchup between North Texas and UTEP. To celebrate us making it through another off-season, we’re counting down the 50 most important players in Texas every day until Aug. 27. The list isn’t necessarily about which players are the best, though talent plays a major factor in most important.

No. 29: Blake Shapen, Baylor sophomore quarterback

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