Last week, the athletics department announced single-game tickets for the Bears’ Nov. 5 game against Texas Christian University are sold out. Single-game ticket sales were slightly higher heading into last season, but Baylor’s 2015 home schedule also featured more high-profile opponents, Joos said

Matchups with traditional powerhouses last year, including the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas, sold out immediately because both schools took their full visitor allotments of 3,800 tickets. Those teams, which also don’t have as far to travel as some opponents, do not visit Waco this season.

Vincent Harris, a 2009 Baylor graduate and 2015 guest faculty member in the political science department, said he plans to attend more games than he normally would this season.

Harris started a petition in the days before regents announced they would fire Star and Briles, urging the school to keep Starr on board. Reports had emerged Starr would be fired, but the school had not yet officially announced its decision.