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Gameday Thread: Baylor (6-4) faces No. 4 TCU (10-0) on senior day

November 18, 2022
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The Baylor Bears (6-4) look to end the playoff hopes of N. 4 TCU (10-0) on senior day at McLane Stadium in Waco on Saturday morning. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT and will be aired live on FOX.


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Quotes of the Week

Senior Offensive Lineman Connor Galvin

"We have addressed what's at stake for both teams. We've addressed the situation and the opportunity we have ahead of us. We know what's at stake, it was addressed on Monday, but we're not making like a big deal about it. It's next opponent up," Galvin said on Wednesday.

Senior JACK Bryson Jackson

"Just recognizing how great of an opportunity it is to go through adversity and to show how we can overcome and come out on the better end," Jackson said. "Which is putting the work in this week and showing pretty much everybody what we're really about, what this team is really about."

Head Coach Dave Aranda

"I think it's been probably framed by expectations. I think there's been a lot of growth with the team. I think there's been improvements. I think there's been areas that the team has matured in, in spots that they didn't even know they needed maturing on.”


Analysis of the Week

SicEm365 Analyst Travis Roeder

I actually think Baylor matches up with TCU somewhat well on defense. TCU makes hay by landing deep shots and gashing with inside run game. Baylor has prevented big plays all year, so this game comes down to how well they can stop the run inside. If the answer is like West Virginia, this game is over. Otherwise, I expect that TCU will be able to score in this one but it won’t be a massive points parade.

Duggan still struggles with identifying pressure and their OL struggles in pass protection. I think this game is one where Baylor uses a lot of different pressures to force indecision from Duggan and a few turnovers. If Baylor doesn’t get to at least two turnovers in this game, and probably three, they’ll have a hard time winning, just because with their “prevent big plays style,” without turnovers it is hard to get an offense like TCU’s off the field. They simply have to create negative plays.

If it’s the second quarter and TCU is consistently running the ball for 5-6 yards per carry, that’s where you start to question how Baylor will win this game, regardless of whether TCU is hitting deep shots or not. But if we get towards halftime and Baylor is limiting TCU’s run game, has a turnover or two, and is able to sit on top of Quentin Johnston, that’s the kind of defense Baylor needs to play to give Baylor’s offense a chance to win this game. Senior leaders like Dillon Doyle, Cole Maxwell, and Apu Ika are going to be very key in this game. Baylor must limit TCU’s base down run game. And that mostly comes down to play sound with toughness play after play.

 


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Gameday Thread: Baylor (6-4) faces No. 4 TCU (10-0) on senior day

35,983 Views | 497 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by boognish_bear
wgeralds
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lmao two blockers and no one blocked 4. would've been a td.
Fre3dombear
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Annnnnnd grimes kills another drive
broncko
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Well, momentum is over. Shapen underthrows Baldwin. Short FG???

Better settle in.
FWBear91
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Trying to get a little too fancy on that drive.
Stefano DiMera
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How?
DancinBear09
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False start killed 3 points
The_Mad_Shopper
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This one was not on Grimes, amigo.
NeuroticBear
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DancinBear09 said:

False start killed 3 points
Too many damn trick plays killed that drive.
IowaBear
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Shapen that was an easy TD… come on man.
Wacoraisedbear
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Spoke to soon he had Baldwin for the TD just a little late on the throw
Quinton
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Multiple mistakes on that drive. Touchdown if we pick up blocks or if Shapen hits a wide open receiver. Type of mishaps that lose games
HuttoBear
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72 and 65 seem to get the most penalties for false starts
Fre3dombear
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Stefano DiMera said:

How?


How can you not see? Getting literally anything we want and he runs 2 trick plays one that got completely bailed out

Dude chokes constantly. We didn't need those plays. Why lull them out then until they stop the eggplant we were shoving in their face.
wgeralds
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i don't know. running down their throats and we stop. shapen cant make these throws. shapen cant make the progressions. we can run the ball 6 yards every time. let's do that one.
IowaBear
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Bingo Shapen is terrible at reading a defense. Baldwin was wide open… wide freaking open…. He hesitated like usual and under threw him
IBearlieve
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Shapen needs to go back to baseball.
Wacoraisedbear
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Well…
DancinBear09
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That miss to Baldwin was probably the worst I have seen in a long while. He was wide ass open.
HuttoBear
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Milton is just not good...imo
wgeralds
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how often is it this story? shapen fumbles, throws an interception, or misses an open TD pass. opponent capitalizes, momentum shifts, the defense can't rise to the occasion, tires, and it's a 14 point swing.
IowaBear
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Duggan showing Blake how to throw a deep ball
Wacoraisedbear
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He's been a liability all these years
DrCrunkDaddy
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Put Drones in. He CANT be worse than Shapen. Heck GB would've had a TD there
IowaBear
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Same story every week…. He's not the answer he can't even make the easy throws consistently
IBearlieve
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This.
Fre3dombear
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wgeralds said:

i don't know. running down their throats and we stop. shapen cant make these throws. shapen cant make the progressions. we can run the ball 6 yards every time. let's do that one.


Ding ding ding and we up 14-0. Instead grimes squandered it all
DrCrunkDaddy
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Naw that was squarely on Shapen
HuttoBear
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Well, it was an enjoyable 8-10 mins.
IowaBear
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There's that dog crap baylor D we've seen all year getting manhandled all the way down the field
GoldenBear007
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TCU is going to start stacking the box and force Shapen to beat them through the air.
IBearlieve
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Grimes and Shapen for the all tied at 7-7!
HuttoBear
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No not Grimes ...that pass lay was a perfect call but execution was below par as usual.
Fre3dombear
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And now is the route on? Or can we answer

Run the fkn ball grimes
IowaBear
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Grimes isn't the issue, he's severely hindered by his QBs inability to read a defense or make easy throws…. Expect TCU to stack the box and Shapen to once again show why he's not the answer
Fre3dombear
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Fre3dombear said:

And now is the route on? Or can we answer

Run the fkn ball grimes


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