Steve Edmond: Baylor is 'trash'

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas linebacker Steve Edmond is still bitter over losing the Big 12 title to Baylor last season.

The senior admitted after the Longhorns' spring game Saturday he's still frustrated, five months later, by the 30-10 loss in December.

"We could have won the conference," Edmond told reporters. "Even though I didn't get a chance to play in the Baylor game, I really feel like we should have beat Baylor. I really don't like Baylor. I still think they're trash."

Edmond did not play in the Baylor game after suffering a lacerated spleen the previous week against Texas Tech, an injury that ended his season.

His comments came after a reporter asked if new Texas coach Charlie Strong can turn the program around following two disappointing seasons.

"I'm mad as I can be. I knew we were a better team than they were," Edmond said. "And then ... Baylor gets the win and acts like they had never won before. Even in high school, you know how to react when you win a game. It's not like you never won a game. I'm like, 'They won it, so what?' They still suck to me."

That game, the final one at Floyd Casey Stadium, decided the Big 12 championship and sent the Bears to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Several Baylor players responded to Edmond's comments on Twitter.

Baylor lineman Pat Colbert posted:

Steve Edmond mad cause we big 12 champs... He say we suck but who we beat for the big 12 championship?

- Patrick colbert (@BUFOOTBALL69) April 19, 2014Added former Bears tight end Jordan Najvar:

Lol to Steve Edmonds comments. Sorry your 4/5 star rating on rivals doesn't translate to you beating Baylor.

- Jordan Najvar (@jnaj18) April 19, 2014Baylor has won three of its past four games against Texas, and the two programs meet again Oct. 4 in Austin.