On a variety of levels, Snow said that his new charges aren’t there yet. That starts with the more lively hitting.

“I think the entire group is still adjusting. This is interesting,” Snow said. “When a baby’s born, nobody says, ‘Boy, that’s a tough baby.’ So, it’s the environment that you’re put in. We put them in a tough environment. If you’re going to be tough, you’ve got to be in a tough environment.

“And there’s still little nicks, and they complain about this and that, because they’ve not been nicked like this before. So, we’re still overcoming that. But as the year goes, we’ll get better and better and more physical as it goes.”

From a scheme standpoint, the Baylor defense will base out of a 3-4 alignment. But Snow seems to favor the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach, and the Bears will attack teams out of multiple alignments and looks. That includes shifting between both man and zone in pass coverage.

As time passes, and all his little Padawans become more proficient in their training, Snow intends to roll out even more checks and packages.