Surprise as Baylor Football fires winning head coach

Surprise as Baylor Football fires winning head coach

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WACO, TX - DECEMBER 5: Head coach Art Briles of the Baylor Bears looks on from the sidelines against the Texas Longhorns at McLane Stadium on December 5, 2015 in Waco, Texas.; Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

In Texas, college football is religion, so it takes a lot for a program to get rid of a winning coach, but things have gotten so bad at Baylor University that they’ve finally decided to do just that. The news comes after an internal investigation revealed systematic indifference to sexual assaults and dating violence by players on the team. Jane McManus covers the NFL for ESPN and she joins A Martinez to talk about what led to this decision.