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WACO, Texas -- The distractions might be getting to Baylor.On the eve of the Bears latest football game, assistant football coaches disputed claims by school regents that former coach Art Briles knew of a gang rape involving former players. Then, as the 17th-ranked Bears got ready to play TCU on Saturday, black T-shirts supporting the popular former coach were being sold outside the stadium.Baylor then went out and suffered its worst home loss since 2005, as it fell 62-22 to the Horned Frogs. It was Baylors second loss in a row after a 6-0 start.A lot of distractions dont help, acting head coach Jim Grobe said. This is a game you really got to spend all your focus on for 12 games during the season to play well, and if you dont, this is what happens.During a meeting Thursday with the Dallas Morning News editorial board, Baylor regent David Harper said he knew of at least one instance in which Briles was told of an allegation of gang rape and didnt report it to proper authorities.He was made aware of one of the allegations of a gang rape, Harper told the Morning News. At least one of them. I cant tell you if he knew or didnt know about the others.On Friday night, Baylors assistant coaches, including Briles son, Kendal, son-in-law, Jeff Lebby, and several staff members disputed Harpers claims in a statement on Twitter. In the statement, the assistant coaches claimed the alleged victim reported [the incident] to her head sport coach, and the coach reported to his superior (former athletic director Ian McCaw).According to the assistant football coaches statement, McCaw instructed the head coach to report the incident to Baylors office of judicial affairs, which the coach did. The assistant coaches claimed Briles wasnt made aware of the incident involving football players and the alleged victim until nine months after the alleged incident occurred.According to the statement, the alleged victims coach informed Briles that he reported the incident to McCaw and judicial affairs. The statement said Briles told [the victims coach] to report it to the police and prosecute the players if there was any wrongdoing.The Baylor assistant coaches claimed in the statement that the victims coach later said, I think Coach Briles handled the matter honorably and with the serious attention it deserved. The statement claims that the womans coach also stated that Briles followed up and was informed that the alleged victim did not want to report the incident to police. The assistant coaches also claimed that Briles never had contact with the woman.Grobe said he didnt know about the tweeted statement in advance but said he wouldnt step in the way when the coaches wanted their perspective known.During Saturdays game, about 400 shirts displaying #CAB, which stands for Coach Art Briles, were sold outside the stadium. A banner with those letters was flown from a luxury suite inside the stadium during the game.Its tough. You dont ever see anybody going through what were kind of going through, but we cant use that as an excuse, Bears quarterback Seth Russell said. We cant let those outside things influence us in one way or another.Information from ESPNs Mark Schlabach and The Associated Press was used in this report. Custom Warriors T-shirts . 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NRL referees boss Tony Archer has applauded his officials for not being swayed by the upswing in talk about Melbournes wrestling tactics during this years finals series.Storm coach Craig Bellamy last week lashed out at critics who he claimed routinely come out to bash his teams playing style at the business end of the season.However, Bellamys men overcame the barrage of judgement to progress to a highly-anticipated decider against premiership-less Cronulla on Sunday.The man who oversaw the preliminary final between the Storm and Canberra, Matt Cecchin, was rewarded for a strong game by being named lead referee at ANZ Stadium.Archer expects his officials to continue their form in the biggest game of the year.What I expect is the referees to continue the referee the ruck area the way they have in the semi-final period because I think theyve handled it really well, he told AAP.Theres always going to be a level of debate around officiating as the stakees get higher.ddddddddddddArcher said there were two main elements when it came to officiating the ruck.Ones whether or not theres any elements of foul play, and the second is the release of the defenders. Thats determined by the type of tackle and who won the play the ball, he said.Cecchin said the desperation of coaches and players during the finals series meant there would naturally be an increase in scrutiny over referees.But he vowed not to enter the game with a particular mindset.Archer will back this up - Im a very uncomplicated referee. I dont go in there with a massive game plan, or a lot of preparation, he said.I found when Id done that in the past, I get let down when things dont go to plan.So I go in there now with a very open mind. I treat my play the ball with time and do my best with every play the ball. ' ' '