A new day at Baylor seems strikingly similar

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Come on, Baylor.

You’ve said things have changed, you’re ready for a fresh start … it’s a different Baylor, a different culture.

And yet, the bulk of the coaching staff — which wasn’t exactly cleared of any wrongdoing in the Pepper Hamilton report — is set to remain intact while several of the Class of 2016 signees, who are tied to a much different Baylor than they were when they signed with the program in February, remain in limbo despite at least seven of them looking to get released from their national letters of intent.

As Jim Grobe made his first public comments as the head coach at Baylor, words and phrases like “character,” “integrity” and “deeply regretful” were used to represent the program’s focus on moving forward.

Interim Baylor coach Jim Grobe isn’t physically changing much about the Bears’ football program. Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP

“Nothing in our program will be more important than character,” Grobe said. “Our focus going forward would be to learn from our mistakes and look to a bright future by regaining the respect and dignity our students and the university deserves.”

They’re not off to a great start.

On multiple occasions in the Pepper Hamilton report’s Findings of Fact, the report referred to “football coaches and staff” when highlighting the failings of the football program, yet Art …

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