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WACO, Texas -- Chris Salazar sits at one of the tall tables in the pizza place a few blocks from the Baylor campus where he is the general manager, looking forward like so many others in the community to kickoff for the 23rd-ranked Bears after what was definitely not the typical offseason.The new season comes three months after the swift removal of head coach Art Briles following the release of a report alleging that the university mishandled complaints of sexual assault, including some against football players.So Baylor will have to move forward without the coach who in eight seasons transformed the Bears from perennial last-place finishers to back-to-back Big 12 Conference champs in 2013 and 2014, and took them to being on the verge of the first College Football Playoff and a possible national title chance just two seasons ago.I think its probably a little bit more measured because of whats happened this offseason, Salazar said at Shortys Pizza Shack, where the Baylor memorabilia on display includes a football signed by Briles. But I think theres a lot of excitement, just because we know we still have a lot of good players returning.Much of the external investigation summarized in the May report focused on allegations surrounding the football team, which has won 50 games the past five seasons. That also led to athletic director Ian McCaw and school President Ken Starr leaving the private Baptist university.We all went through the shock. Everybody was disappointed, said Sammy Citrano, owner of Georges Restaurant, which has a history in Waco spanning more than eight decades and often caters meals for Baylor athletic teams. Now weve had a little time to heal.With acting head coach Jim Grobe and all of the assistants back from Briles staff, the Bears open their season Sept. 2 against Northwestern State in their $266 million, 45,140-seat campus stadium on the banks of the Brazos River. A near-capacity crowd is expected even though the opener under Friday night lights conflicts with Texas high school football games.Once the season starts and that first kickoff happens, everything will start to feel a lot more normal, Salazar said.Its going to be good therapy for everybody in our community, Citrano said. Its football time and these guys are ready to prove to the world were a good school and good team, and good people.This will be the third season for McLane Stadium, the Bears gleaming state-of-the-art home on busy Interstate 35 about halfway between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin, the state capitol and home to Big 12 rival Texas.Ashleigh Richardson is a 2004 Baylor graduate and season-ticket holder who routinely makes the trip with her husband, also an alumnus, from their Louisiana home in the Shreveport-Bossier City area to Waco for football and basketball games. They arent pulling any of their financial support from their alma mater.We bleed green and gold. Were not going to be any less excited than we were last year, or the first year that McLane Stadium was open, because its a family tradition honestly in our house, Richardson said. It was very upsetting when it happened. ... As a fan, and as alumni, all I can do is support the new coach and the kids on the team.Richardson, a Christian, still looks forward to her two young daughters one day attending the school like she did. She said the mistakes of some wont change the foundation of what Baylor is and what it represents as a family of faith.My whole experience there was just wonderful, Richardson said. This has not tainted any of that at all, nor will it taint me wanting to send my girls there.Baylor sold out its season ticket allotment for this season, a record of more than 28,800 with a 98 percent renewal rate by those who had them in 2015. Those renewals were due before the release of the Pepper Hamilton report in May.School officials said about 50 to 75 people called that day wanting to immediately cancel their season tickets, but that only 15 to 20 actually went through with those cancellations after being asked to take a week or so before making a final decision.Jay Netherton, a graduate student at Baylor who also works for First Baptist Church of Waco, said it will be difficult watching television broadcasts of Bears games this season knowing that every announcer every time is going to be rehashing the story over and over, or were going to hear the 2/3 minute bit on everything.Not to mention possible references to the federal siege and 51-day standoff at the Branch Davidian compound outside the city limits in 1993; the 2003 murder of Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy by a teammate and the ensuing investigation that uncovered NCAA violations by former coach Dave Bliss; or a biker gang shootout just last year that left nine people dead.Baylor and Waco together will come out of this better, said Larry Holze, a lifelong resident who is the citys director of municipal information. 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The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta.North Melbourne greats Brent Harvey and Wayne Carey have resolved their spat that threatened to mar Saturdays major AFL milestone.Harvey will play his 427th AFL match this Saturday night, breaking the all-time record that Hawthorn legend Michael Tuck has held since 1991.Extracts from Harveys new book `Boomer were published on the weekend and he was highly critical of Carey.Harvey said on Monday he had apologised to his former captain.In the book, Harvey described Careys extra-marital affair with the wife of their then teammate Anthony Stevens as despicable.The book also alleged North paid hush money to protect Careys reputation.Carey duly hit back on radio, saying it was terribly sad that Harvey had sensationalised allegations that had never happened.He flatly denied North paid any hush money to protect him.Harvey said Carey rang him on Sunday night to sort out their differences.For me, a lot of it was rumour ... it wasnt fact, Harvey said on Monday.In hindsight, I probably shouldnt have put it in the book, but unfortunately I have.He has a lot of rumours in his life and you probably could write a whole book on the (rumours) and Wayne Carey.For me, I just want to put it on the table right now, that was rumour and innuenddo and I apologised to him, he accepted that, which is fantastic.ddddddddddddHarvey said that there is a plan for Carey to interview him on television after Saturday nights game if North win.Harvey added he would meet with coach Brad Scott in the next couple of weeks to look at whether he keeps playing beyond this season.Absolutely, if the club says yes, I have no doubt the body and the mind would hold up for another pre-season, he said.Hopefully well go deep into September - and even early October - and then another pre-season.Harvey also wants the focus kept on beating St Kilda this week as much as possible.The Kangaroos are eighth and the Saints are the biggest threats to their finals hopes.Obviously Ive spoken to Brad about everything and like my 400th, the whole focus will be about beating the Saints, who are in really good form, he said.Well try to keep it not about me as much as I can and more about the team.When you run out with your kids and your family is there, they present you with your jumper or whatever we decide to go, it gets a little bit emotional.But it wont be over the top. 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