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Gameday Thread: Baylor (3-2) Faces WVU (2-3) in Thursday Showdown

October 12, 2022
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The Baylor Bears (3-2) are back on the road to face West Virginia (2-3) in a Thursday evening matchup in Morgantown. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT and will be aired live on FS1.


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Quotes of the Week

Senior Offensive Lineman Jacob Gall

"I don't think we played bad and I don't think anybody would say that we played bad. I think it's just, the difference between a good team and a great team is probably five to 10 plays. And that was kind of the difference for us is that those five to 10 plays are really going to decide the game. And when you play a good team like that, you got to be on your stuff for those five to 10 plays that you know are going to be a hard down."

Senior JACK Bryson Jackson

"I think we had an opportunity to go out there and practice this past week and we established our speed and our intentionality as far as defensive play."

Head Coach Dave Aranda

"I think underneath all of the — whether its schemes or techniques — I think there's a level of immaturity or just youth that we're really working on growing. And then I think for some of our vets, there's some complacency that we're working on getting rid of and kind of waking up from.”


Analysis of the Week

SicEm365 Analyst Sam Bradshaw

I view Morgantown similarly to the Stillwater trend: most years BU is not clearly the better team and pair that with bad luck on the years where you should win and it becomes a narrative. In 2012 and 2020 you had pretty evenly matched teams but one side of the ball let BU down. In 2018 WVU was clearly the better team while 2016 saw BU come in and almost win despite a pretty significant injury to Seth Russell. 2014 was really the only year where BU was clearly the stronger overall team and the Bears got caught unprepared for WVU to break coverage tendency and for the officials to call pass interference anytime anyone looked at a wideout wrong. 

The other years where Baylor has been more clearly the better team? 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2021 which BU went 4-0 in Waco. BU almost stole the 2017 game where WVU was a stronger overall team as well.

 


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Gameday Thread: Baylor (3-2) Faces WVU (2-3) in Thursday Showdown

61,034 Views | 722 Replies | Last: 2 yr ago by CorsicanaBear
ImABearToo
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Maguire sure made Rhule and Aranda look good. Should've made him HC when Matty bolted.
Doc Holliday
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wgeralds said:

Doc Holliday said:

Can't wait to replace the majority of the this team with better recruits. These just aren't good ball players.
i agree these aren't good ball players..but they should be put in situations to succeed by their coaches...and they consistently aren't. the defensive formations for the offensive calls are poor - like 6 man boxes with 6 OL, 1 TE, and 2 RB's. the defense can't tackle - tries to blow up someone or arm tackle. the special teams is worthless. for 4 games this season we either ran the ball up the gut or threw the ball 40 yards. shapen makes 1 read. drones comes in today - makes 1 read. this is coaching.
Its both bad coaching and bad players.
Ajax BU
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I don't think we win 3 more
Hob Howelll
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Dia-del-oso said:

We really need a new WR coach


The guy we have now is a nice man and had a great interview. The last dude that we had that went to Notre Dame couldn't recruit worth a darn but at least the guys were well coached
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Self Made Bear
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We'll, that sucked. Not sure what game we can win the rest of the season. Maybe OU if they continue to suck worse than we do.
DancinBear09
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This team sucks. We will be lucky to make a bowl game.
PaperBear89
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Dia-del-oso said:

We really need a new WR coach


Need to camp out at all 4 regional HS track meets next spring with NIL deals in hand.
Wacoraisedbear
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Sic em bears!! All day every day
HuttoBear
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neverbeen so embarrassed,,, this team sucks
CHP Bear
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We'll we just saw two bottom feeders. Not good.
Self Made Bear
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HuttoBear said:

neverbeen so embarrassed,,, this team sucks


You must not have been around during the Steele years.
Olympia3
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We are a team on the decline this season. While much of next opponents are the opposite.

This isn't a one game issue. This is a 3 game issue.
Aliceinbubbleland
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BaylorGrad09 said:

This team was ranked in the top 10 preseason
And a few idiots were screaming we were underrated lol.
CorsicanaBear
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Well, at least we won't have to worry about Aranda being hired away this year.
Illigitimus non carborundum
PaperBear89
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ImABearToo said:

Maguire sure made Rhule and Aranda look good. Should've made him HC when Matty bolted.


Not quite ready to go there just yet, but interesting take.
Olympia3
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Bu back to the bottom tier of the league. Crap
Hob Howelll
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Doc Holliday said:

Can't wait to replace the majority of the this team with better recruits. They just aren't good ball players.


Aranda needs to pray that Austin Novosad does not take a second look at that Ohio State or A&M offer. The honest truth about our recruiting is that it's going to make a slow descent unless something drastically changes with our nonexistent NIL program. You can't compete with schools that will pay their players 30K/year when all you can offer is free weekly Chick-fil-A vouchers
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sipembeers
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ImABearToo said:

Maguire sure made Rhule and Aranda look good. Should've made him HC when Matty bolted.

Nah. I'll stick with Aranda. He has the balls to make the necessary changes.
sipembeers
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The Hound said:

Doc Holliday said:

Can't wait to replace the majority of the this team with better recruits. They just aren't good ball players.


Aranda needs to pray that Austin Novosad does not take a second look at that Ohio State or A&M offer. The honest truth about our recruiting is that it's going to make a slow descent unless something drastically changes with our nonexistent NIL program. You can't compete with schools that will pay their players 30K/year when all you can offer is free weekly Chick-fil-A vouchers


Go away
BBWCBear
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Can't win in Morgantown, TCU is a GUARANTEED loss no matter if it's Ft Worth/Waco, Ewers will skewer us in Austin, Tech will be prime to throttle us, Hell KS will beat us this year. OU will recover by the time we get to Norman.

BU JUST IS NOT GOOD. NO pass rush and not consistent defensively. RB's don't stack up to last year and the offense is meh.
Big_Pumpin
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It was wishful thinking on my part that we would come in focused and take care of business. Somehow we got worse over the past 12 days.
Hob Howelll
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Olympia3 said:

Bu back to the bottom tier of the league. Crap


Not quite there yet, but I will say we are pouring a crap ton of money into a program for it to be a 5-7 team. Contrary to the articles that will come out in the next couple weeks from the premium board, this was NOT a rebuilding year. You don't shat can your starting quarterback that took you to the sugar bowl when you know you are rebuilding. Aranda was banking on winning this year. Epic failure
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SIC EM 94
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The Hound said:

Ha ha now all the mods on the free board are tweeting about how we are not even going to make a bowl. That sure was a 180 from all the articles about we're going to be a shoe in for the playoffs

Not one person thought we were a "shoe in" for the playoffs you clown. Grow up
Hob Howelll
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sipembeers said:

The Hound said:

Doc Holliday said:

Can't wait to replace the majority of the this team with better recruits. They just aren't good ball players.


Aranda needs to pray that Austin Novosad does not take a second look at that Ohio State or A&M offer. The honest truth about our recruiting is that it's going to make a slow descent unless something drastically changes with our nonexistent NIL program. You can't compete with schools that will pay their players 30K/year when all you can offer is free weekly Chick-fil-A vouchers


Go away


Shhhhhh. Go back to the premium board and let Grayson, Colt, and the other contributors whisper sweet nothings in your ear while they slip 13 from your wallet

btw, Grayson actually jumped off the bandwagon. He's now saying we will struggle to get to a bowl game.
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Aliceinbubbleland
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SIC EM 94 said:

The Hound said:

Ha ha now all the mods on the free board are tweeting about how we are not even going to make a bowl. That sure was a 180 from all the articles about we're going to be a shoe in for the playoffs

Not one person thought we were a "shoe in" for the playoffs you clown. Grow up
You must not read the Boards close. There were more then two or three.
SIC EM 94
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

SIC EM 94 said:

The Hound said:

Ha ha now all the mods on the free board are tweeting about how we are not even going to make a bowl. That sure was a 180 from all the articles about we're going to be a shoe in for the playoffs

Not one person thought we were a "shoe in" for the playoffs you clown. Grow up
You must not read the Boards close. There were more then two or three.

Well then they are clueless.
TeamPlayer
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Sounds like lots of people are jumping off the bus. That's not necessary. Tough loss for sure. So frustrating to not be able to win there. Ever. But we've taken a top 10 team up there, lost, and it didn't derail our season.

Everybody calm TF down, enjoy your Friday, and we'll get things back on track next Saturday.
BearTruth13
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TeamPlayer said:

Sounds like lots of people are jumping off the bus. That's not necessary. Tough loss for sure. So frustrating to not be able to win there. Ever. But we've taken a top 10 team up there, lost, and it didn't derail our season.

Everybody calm TF down, enjoy your Friday, and we'll get things back on track next Saturday.



That WV team was bowl eligible. This one may not win another game.
BellCountyBear
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HuttoBear said:

neverbeen so embarrassed,,, this team sucks
Aliceinbubbleland
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TeamPlayer said:

Sounds like lots of people are jumping off the bus. That's not necessary. Tough loss for sure. So frustrating to not be able to win there. Ever. But we've taken a top 10 team up there, lost, and it didn't derail our season.

Everybody calm TF down, enjoy your Friday, and we'll get things back on track next Saturday.

I like your optimism but there are too many holes to get things "back on track" since we have never been there this year against good competition.
PaperBear89
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In addition to Cover 0 coverage, our defense consistently showed immaturity in two key ways: 1. Sending about 7 or 8 guys to the center of the backfield to give their backs an easy bounce outside and 2. Continuously going for kill shots and missing rather than actually just ... tackling.
Johnny Bear
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Other than maybe OU (if they still don't have their starting QB) we don't play anybody weaker than WVU the rest of the way and the fact that OU is in Norman prolly makes that one a toss up at best. Tell me where 3 more wins are coming from for bowl eligibility(?)
Mitch Blood Green
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HuttoBear said:

neverbeen so embarrassed,,, this team sucks


I have to call you out (unless you're under 28) this loss is more "typical" Baylor than what we've seen of late.

A Italy, we've been far more embarrassing.
TeamPlayer
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

TeamPlayer said:

Sounds like lots of people are jumping off the bus. That's not necessary. Tough loss for sure. So frustrating to not be able to win there. Ever. But we've taken a top 10 team up there, lost, and it didn't derail our season.

Everybody calm TF down, enjoy your Friday, and we'll get things back on track next Saturday.

I like your optimism but there are too many holes to get things "back on track" since we have never been there this year against good competition.


Let's keep it perspective. We've lost in 2OT on the road to a very good team, lost to what I think could be a playoff team in OSU, and a wild one in WV where we always lose. Too early to start burning things.


Give me some Drones. That dude moves like somebody I want playing qb.
BearTruth13
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TeamPlayer said:

Aliceinbubbleland said:

TeamPlayer said:

Sounds like lots of people are jumping off the bus. That's not necessary. Tough loss for sure. So frustrating to not be able to win there. Ever. But we've taken a top 10 team up there, lost, and it didn't derail our season.

Everybody calm TF down, enjoy your Friday, and we'll get things back on track next Saturday.

I like your optimism but there are too many holes to get things "back on track" since we have never been there this year against good competition.


Let's keep it perspective. We've lost in 2OT on the road to a very good team, lost to what I think could be a playoff team in OSU, and a wild one in WV where we always lose. Too early to start burning things.


Give me some Drones. That dude moves like somebody I want playing qb.


We will see how they do this weekend but I don't think BYU is that great.
 
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