WACO, Texas -- As McLane Stadium filled Saturday night and players from Baylor and Oklahoma State loosened up before kickoff, a jarring message played on the large scoreboard above the south end zone.Its on us to talk when we think someone needs help, a Baylor student said as part of a 90-second video that played multiple times during the warm-up period.Produced by Baylor athletics this summer in conjunction with the schools Title IX office, the video featured students who voiced their commitment to create an environment at the school in which a culture of care exists and sexual assault is not accepted.It served as a piece of Baylors involvement in the national Its on Us program, which began in 2014 to help prevent sexual assault and encourage students, faculty and staff to make a personal pledge to be part of the solution and intervene when problems arise.It was jarring, because this is Baylor.This is Baylor, where scandal rocked the campus over the past year as several victims of sexual assault filed Title IX lawsuits against the school, accusing its administration of negligence in handling their claims.Its where Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton, hired by Baylor, found wholly inadequate processes in place and specific failures among the football and athletic department leadership to account for student-athlete misconduct.All of that raises an unavoidable question: Is Baylors success on the field mutually exclusive from its failures as part of society?Barring a major upset, Baylor figures to enter a Week 9 test at Texas -- three days before the release of the first College Football Playoff rankings -- as a top-10 team and the Big 12s best hope to salvage something significant from this season.Thats a potential headache for the league, which admonished Baylor in July, and for the sport at large. But as far as College Football Playoff protocol is concerned, it should have no impact.The committees only task is to pick the best teams, CFP director Bill Hancock told ESPN.com. They do pick those teams based on what transpires on the field.Evidence lingers that Baylor and its football community struggle to grasp the magnitude of the Pepper Hamilton findings and recommendations. The staffers hired by former coach Art Briles, including his son and son-in-law, continue to call offensive and defensive plays. After the Bears Sept. 19 win at Rice, former Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman, indicted for sexual assault in July, entered the locker room. And Saturday, former school president Kenneth Starr described Briles as a victim of grave injustice, calling him an honorable man who conducted an honorable program.At the same time, Baylor has looked like a playoff contender, with a dazzling offense (42 points and 549 yards of total offense per game) and an opportunistic defense. Quarterback Seth Russell owns one of the best stat lines in the country -- 13 touchdowns, four interceptions, and a 158.3 passer efficiency -- and is now 12-0 as a starter.Ive never been around a team that gave a better effort than we had tonight, interim coach Jim Grobe said after the victory. For me, personally, as a coach, I think the No. 1 thing you want is to think youre getting their best effort. You might not always get their best play, but if you get their best effort, you feel like youre doing something good.So is it fair to penalize current players for the schools previous transgressions?The current team and coach dont need to have that albatross hung around their neck at every occasion, said Annette Burrhus-Clay, executive director of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault.Not every single reference to Baylor football has to include that discussion, but I dont want to see it completely go by the wayside and allow people to believe that [Baylor] has checked off a box.Brenda Tracy, an advocate for victims and rape prevention who spoke this summer to the Baylor team, said: When people say that its unfair, it is. And that was the administrations fault. They should not have put those kids in the situation to where, now, they have to deal with the backlash. They had nothing to do with it. That is unfair.Tracy said she was raped in 1998 by four men, including two Oregon State football players. She and her son petitioned the NCAA this year in an effort to ban sexually violent student-athletes from college campuses.The NCAAs board of governors last month asked a committee of leaders, on which Tracy will sit, to develop policies on violent athletes.At Baylor, Tracy said, the firing of Briles and resignations of Ian McCaw as athletic director and Starr as president and chancellor did not fix the culture.This horrible thing happened there, Tracy said. Everybodys mad, and its in the media. People got fired. But back to football. Back to winning. Back to trying to make the playoff. Where are the victims in all this? What happens to them? This was a huge, huge scandal on a national level that was exposed, but are we just going back to business as usual?Baylor players continue to field questions from the media about overcoming adversity and avoiding distractions.Meanwhile, victims voices, according to Tracy, are too often lost in this discussion.Burrhus-Clay said shes taking a wait-and-see approach on Baylors response. In other cases, she said, universities have slowly drifted back to the place at which the problems initially rooted.Im hoping that Baylor isnt just doing all this as window dressing, Burrhus-Clay said. But only time is going to tell that for me.Still, football moves forward.Linebacker Taylor Young shrugged Saturday night when asked if he considered it important for the Bears to receive recognition as a playoff contender.Hey, write us off, Young said. Write us off, then all of a sudden, we sneak up on them [and] everybodys so shocked. But this is what we talk about. Every week needs to be a win. Every play needs to be a win.I mean, thats the stuff we preach. You can write us off, but at the end of the year, if we practice -- if we keep on practicing and we having that intensity every day -- itll be great. Itll be a great thing.Great for the Bears -- but a predicament outside the Baylor locker room.For a victim, you have to understand that every time theres a story about Baylor, it opens a wound, Tracy said. And for me, personally, I dont think they should be winning right now, because I think there should be sanctions against them.Swell Flaske Marble .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Swell Flaske 500 Ml .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. http://www.swellflaskenorge.com/swell-flaske-marmor.html . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Swell Flaske Hvit Marmor . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. Swell Flaske Nettbutikk . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges.Have you ever found yourself feverishly flipping through a fashion publication, from cover to cover, searching for your likeness, only to be met with disappointment?The majority of women have.Despite being 67 percent of the market, plus-size (U.S. size 14 and up) women make up less than 2 percent of the images we see in publications, retail stores or advertising campaigns. This is a startling and indefensible statistic that Refinery29, an online destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life, is tackling head-on via its newly launched initiative, the 67 Percent Project. It aims to amplify the conversation around societys definition, views and acceptance of diverse beauty.On Wednesday, R29 hosted Every Beautiful Body in partnership with retailers Lane Bryant and Aerie. Held in lower Manhattan, the symposium united fashion industry thought leaders, influencers and celebrities for a day of thought-provoking panels. Orange is the New Black star Danielle Brooks (and now model) stepped in as the keynote speaker for one of the sessions.After Brooks addressed the room of 100-plus women, espnW had a conversation with the Tony-nominated actress about embracing her curves and why Serena Williams represents her ultimate #bodygoal.This interview has been modified for length.?espnW: What is your favorite part of your body and why?Danielle Brooks:?I like my thighs a lot. Theyre smooth and thick. I mean solid. I feel like an Amazonian woman because of my thighs. In a healthy way, of course.espnW: What about your favorite curve?DB: My butt. [Because] its bubbly and also firm. Just round and big. I like that its big. I like that its mine. I like that it carries me around. I like that in my head, it looks like Serena Williamss [butt]. Shes the definition of ?body goals.espnW: What makes you feel sexy?DB: When I am fully confident, I feel sexy. Theres something attractive about a woman regardless of how big or small she is. When she walks into a room, and she loves herself ... that is just attractive. She can be wearing a trash bag, but if shes feeling herself, shes sexy.espnW: Have you always been confident about your body?DB: I think what makes us all human is the fact that we are inconsistent. One day, I am feeling very confident and the next day ... ugh, I shouldnt have eaten that pizza. Its just who we are as people. Im constantly trying to change my mindset on how I look at my body. Sometimes I have to be conscious of what my brain is taking in. Maybe its because I was on Instagram too long? That might be why I feel some type of way. So, I have to change what Im taking in -- what Im reading, and what Im looking at. Because this is what the conversation is all about.espnW: What makes you feel fierce?DB: Doing what I love. Acting. Like right now, Im in The Color Purple on Broadway and when I get on that stage, and at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour show -- just giving 150 percent of myself -- and hearing that applause at the end of the night. I feel like yeah, Danii you did that!Or, working on Orange is the New Black.dddddddddddd Getting up early. Just being a hard worker. And doing it with a peace of mind. Staying sane and grounded. All of that makes me feel fierce.espnW: How did you learn to embrace your body?DB:?Im still trying to navigate that. Growing up I wasnt that girl that all of the guys wanted. I have natural hair, dark skin, and being a big girl ... wasnt always in. Ive had to reprogram my mind. I have to know that Im worthy.espnW:?Do you think the fashion industry is evolving to be more size-inclusive?DB: Slowly. Its like a turtle right now, but were getting somewhere. As they say: slow and steady wins the race. I think we still have a long way to go when it comes to fashion. Its very upsetting to me when I open up a magazine and dont see myself.espnW: Why is every body beautiful?DB:?Every body is beautiful because you only get one. And the thing is ... this is flesh. This goes. Its really about the spirit. Because we are blessed to have this body that reflects our spirit, we have to take care of it, and we have to embrace it. Because once its gone; its gone.espnW: Curvy vs. plus-size: do you prefer a specific term?DB: I prefer curvy because it gives me the fluidity to live freely in my own body. For example, I might have a kid and gain a bunch of weight, or have a kid and lose a bunch of weight. Its a reminder to women that your body can be whatever you want it to be.Regarding the term plus-size, I understand why it bothers some women. But it doesnt bother me. To be honest, the word fat is more troubling, because it implies that you dont take care of yourself, or that youre unhealthy. But plus-size --- yes, Im a 14. Im not a size 6, and Im healthy. I never looked at the term plus-size as a negative thing.espnW: Criticisms such as: youre too curvy, too dark, or your natural hair is too distracting, are often said to women of color. How does it feel to be handpicked by Lane Bryant to be their visual representative of womanhood?DB: Overwhelming, in the best sense of the word. It feels good. Im making my people proud. Yesterday I was on stage [at The Color Purple] and as I took my final bow, this 40-something black woman in the crowd mouthed the words, Im proud of you. And thats what I feel from my community.And I feel that from people that look like me ... and that dont look like me. I am a representation of women that I follow, and that I model myself after -- Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Uzo Aduba and Serena --- and I want to stay. I dont want to let my ancestors down, because they just worked so hard for me to be in this position. I dont want to take it lightly, and I want to continue to make them proud.Shana Renee is the founder and editor-in-chief of All Sports Everything and a passionate New York Jets, Knicks and Yankees fan. Follow her sports talk on Twitter at @ItsShanaRenee. ' ' '