Interesting comments from Startlegram blog (Link): Big blow to Baylor search Baylor's football coaching search just received the boxing equivalent of a standing eight count when former Bears' standout Mike Singletary took his name out of consideration on Wednesday night. Not only was Singletary the runaway choice among the majority of Baylor loyalists, he was the only candidate capable of uniting a fractured fan base. Regardless of where AD Ian McCaw turns now, he'll be hard-pressed to land a candidate who will get the unanimous support among regents and key boosters that Singletary would have received. To his credit, Singletary -- a class act and a straight shooter -- did not belabor the process once he made the decision that he'd rather make his coaching mark in the NFL. He got out quickly, thereby allowing Baylor officials to move on to other candidates ASAP. But if I'm a Baylor fan, I'm troubled this morning by what Singletary told S-T colleague Dwain Price in today's editions. Singletary said he told McCaw: "If you're talking a national championship ... then I want to talk to you. If you're talking just competing, I don't want to be part of that." Unless Singletary is doing some negotiating through the media, trying to shake loose a larger commitment from Baylor folks in regard to facilities and coaches' salaries before "rethinking" his position and resurfacing as a candidate, that's a troubling comment. That does not strike me as Singletary's style. Instead, he's telling everyone that Baylor -- a year removed from a victory over a Kansas team that remains in contention for the 2007 national championship -- lacks the commitment at the highest levels of administration to play with the big boys in the Big 12. That message will resonate with other candidates as well, making this a tougher job to sell today than it was before Singletary turned it down. If Singletary truly is out of the picture, as I suspect, it just became tougher to convince Houston Nutt that he should be interested in working in Waco once he becomes available at the end of Arkansas' season. _ Jimmy Burch