Baylor 31, Texas 24 Reaction
Baylor isn’t going to end up in the College Football Playoff.
It already has a loss to Oklahoma State, it still has road games against TCU and Kansas State to play, along with home dates against Oklahoma and Texas Tech, and if everything goes perfectly, there’s still a Big 12 Championship to deal with, and …
Baylor is 7-1 and in the Big 12 Championship mix for the second time in three seasons. Start there, be amazed, and don’t look too much further into it for now.
Head coach Dave Aranda had to rebuild and redo the team after Matt Rhule took off for Carolina, and he had to do it in 2020 with everything that came with the bizarre season.
He tweaked, changed up some assistants, and he had time to work. Now he has a win over Iowa State this season and red hot coaching prospect Matt Campbell, and he got a terrific win over a dangerous Texas team.
His Bears did it by holding up against the run – allowing just 102 yards and bottling up Bijan Robinson – and with another huge day by Abram Smith, who’s making an All-Big 12 case with his fifth 100-yard rushing performance with 113 yards and 20 carries.
Texas now still has to win two games just to go bowling?
It will beat Kansas, and it needs one other win over at Iowa State, at West Virginia, and Kansas State. It might be the first year under a new coaching staff, but this isn’t there things were supposed to be.
The offense was supposed to make up for other issues, and it just got outgained by 45 yards. It’s supposed to control games, and Baylor did the job in the fourth quarter to get the job done.
Texas is supposed to be better than Baylor. Baylor was tougher and better when it had to be.
Baylor is still in the Big 12 title chase. Texas isn’t.
Week 9 Big Game Reactions
– Michigan State 37, Michigan 33
– Miami 38, Pitt 34