Jobe Watson no longer has a Brownlow Medal to hang around his neck.But - on the bright side - he no longer has a monkey on his back. Or a target on his forehead.Watson was the skipper and stand-out player of the 2012 Essendon team, 34 of whom were hit with one-year doping bans for their roles in the spectacularly ill-conceived supplements program.That he won the Brownlow Medal in that very season - four votes clear of Richmonds Trent Cotchin and Hawthorns Sam Mitchell - only added to the opprobrium heaped on him in some quarters.How could an award for the leagues best and fairest player stay with a man who had served a doping ban?To his credit, Watson did not dodge that tricky question on Friday.It has been incredibly distressing for me to have people question my integrity and infer an intention to act against the spirit of the game - a spirit that is intrinsically a part of who I am, he said.The basic principle behind this prestigious award is to honour the fairest and best.If there is a question in peoples minds as to whether the 2012 award is tainted, the fairest and best thing to do is to give it back and honour the history that has gone before me.Watson and his former and current Essendon teammates remain convinced they did not deserve the one-year suspensions.Watson took it harder than anyone else.He spent much of 2016 in New York - as far away as possible from the suffocating AFL bubble - before finally making the decision in September to resume his playing career in red and black in 2017.Doing so will be much less difficult without constant criticism about why he refused to voluntarily give the medal back.The AFL Commission gave Watson the chance to plead his case to keep it.Wisely, the 31-year-old turned them down.Handing the Brownlow back on his own terms and starting 2017 with a clean slate - or as clean as possible given the murky nature of what has happened at Essendon in the past few years - was the smart play.And it was the right play. 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The Bears then toyed with the Owls in the second half.Seth Russell threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns and No. 21 Baylor shrugged off a slow start to beat Rice 38-10 on Friday night after the Rice band mocked the Bears at halftime.The band formed a Roman numeral IX on the field to represent Title IX, the federal law Baylor is accused of violating in sexual assault scandal, and a shifted to a star formation in reference to Ken Starr, the former Baylor president was demoted and eventually resigned amid the scandal.Russell was 22 of 38 to help the Bears win their 19th straight regular-season nonconference game and improve to 3-0 for the sixth straight season, a program first.Weve preached start fast, and we havent done that the past three games, Russell said. Its pretty disappointing. Its just something that we can grow on. Its an aspect of the game we need to get better at.KD Cannon caught nine passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns. Cannon cited the Bears youth as a reason for the slow starts.Just being young and not knowing what to do, Cannon said. Its something we have to get better at.Rice (0-3) led 3-0 after the first quarter before JaMychal Hasty scored on a 16-yard run, and Cannon caught a 10-yard pass from Russell to put the Bears up 14-3 midway through the second quarter.We arent very consistent right now, Baylor interim coach Jim Grobe said. Thats our problem. Its obvious we have some talent, and I think we can be a good football team, but right now we are just so inconsistent.The Owls closed to 14-10 with 3 minutes left before halftime, but that would be as close as they would get.Darik Dillard ran for 124 yards on 14 carries for the Owls. Emmanuel Esukpa had Rices lone touchdown.The Owls fell to 0-3 for the second time in three seasons.Standing up here, were 0-3, but all our goals are still intact, Rice coach David Bailiff said. If we have that same type of effort, well keep growing those young ones up, and we ought to be in great shape.KEY TAKEAWAYSBAYLOR: The Bears were able to gain yards, but struggled to put points on tthe board early.dddddddddddd Russell had a pass intercepted, and Chris Callahan missed field goals from 47 and 37 yards. The defense played well, holding the Owls to 265 yards.RICE: The Owls hung with Baylor and kept it a two-score game until 45 seconds left in the third quarter. Rice still struggled defensively as the Bears put up 638 yards. The Owls offense was able to run well, but could not get anything going passing, gaining just 31 passing yards.POLL IMPLICATIONSBAYLOR: The Bears should at least remain where they are but could move up a couple spots with the 28-point win. Baylors stats were impressive, but they should have scored more. Nonetheless, they earned a win on the road by a comfortable margin.BRILES MAKES AN APPEARANCEFormer Baylor head coach Art Briles was in the stands for the game. Fired at the end of May for Baylors sexual assault scandal, Briles sat behind the Baylor bench about 20 rows up from the field. Briles son, Kendal, is still the Bears offensive coordinator.I did not know he was here, Russell said. I wish I had seen him. Hes a guy thats what I came here for. I came here for coach Briles. Hes a top notch guy. A lot of bad things are being said about him now, but I know in my heart that hes one of the best guys Ive ever been around.Hes a father figure. For sure, he does the right things when he needs to. He just got caught up in the wrong situation. Hes going to support us any way he can. I love him to death. Hes a great coach and a great guy.SHOCK BREAKS RECORDRB Shock Linwood had 57 rushing yards to set a new school record with 3.676 yards over his career. Walter Abercrombie had 3.665 yards from 1978-81.Its just something I can look back on and say I am one of the legends and one of the all-time leading rushers, Linwood said.UP NEXTBAYLOR: The Bears start Big 12 play against Oklahoma State in Waco on Sept. 24.RICE: The Owls will look for their first win of the season as they play their second Conference USA game against North Texas on Sept. 24. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Hockey Jerseys Nike NFL Jerseys China Cheap Nike MLB Jerseys China Wholesale Baseball Jerseys China Wholesale College Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys Near Me Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Soccer Jerseys China Cheap NCAA Jerseys Authentic Cheap Nike NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic MLB Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Throwback Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China ' ' '