Explosion Move-in day was complete, Welcome Week had gone swimmingly, and the new academic year – 2015-16-- loomed just ahead, filled with promise. Then came the explosion. A closely-watched rape trial was underway at the McLennan County courthouse, a magnificent structure symbolizing the community-unifying goal of justice. Justice for all. Sam Ukwuachu, a super-talented defensive end on Baylor’s football team who had transferred from football powerhouse Boise State, was in the dock, charged with an egregious offense against basic human dignity. Sam’s rape trial launched a crisis. Suddenly, for all the wrong reasons, Baylor football was thrust into the national limelight. Explosion I Triggering the unexpected explosion was a provocative on-line piece by the wildly popular home-grown periodical, Texas Monthly. Based in Austin, and unremittingly progressive in tone, TM published a harshly-critical on-line piece just as pre-season was drawing to a close. The muck-raking on-line attack claimed that, in effect, a rape culture had grown up in the fabulously successful football program under the turbo-charged leadership of Coach Art Briles. This was the first anyone around the Executive Council roundtable had heard anything of the sort.