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Gameday Thread: Baylor (1-0) Travels to Face No. 11 Utah (1-0)

September 6, 2024
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The Baylor Bears (1-0) travel to Salt Lake City to face No. 11 Utah (1-0) in its second game of the 2024 football season. Kick-off is set for 2:30 p.m. CT inside Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday. Click here to read, listen and watch content pertaining to Baylor vs. Utah and more. 

 
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The Run Down

Baylor Utah
Head Coach Dave Aranda Kyle Whittingham
Team Record 1-0 1-0
Leading Passer Dequan Finn, QB
14/22, 192 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Cam Rising, QB
10/15, 254 yards, 5 TDs
Leading Rusher Richard Reese, RB
18 carries, 78 yards
Dijon Stanley, RB
6 carries, 34 yards
Leading Receiver Ketron Jackson, WR
2 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD
Dijon Stanley, RB
3 receptions, 150 yards,  2 TDs
Leading Tackler Matt Jones, LB
7 tackles, 1 TFL
Keanu Tanuvasa, DT
4 tackles
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Gameday Thread: Baylor (1-0) Travels to Face No. 11 Utah (1-0)

94,530 Views | 904 Replies | Last: 3 mo ago by monsterbear61
BBWCBear
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The on real positive to take away from today is BU Basketball is only eleven weeks away.
As for as all the glass Half Full/Pumpers, BU will find a way to blow a possible win going forward. As long as Dave is here we're toast. GUARANTEED!
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Big12Fan2024 said:

At least we can have more faith in this D to stops Air Force's running game than the D in the bowl game a couple of years ago. Maybe we can win 6-3.


D woke up and got its legs. Utah is a playoff team. We kept it respectable. QB needs to get better.
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Space53 said:

I can't believe we went from Blake Shapen to Finn. Someone made a bad decision.


Like when we went from Bohannon to Blake Shapen. Our coach is not as smart as the hype would suggest
Killing Floor
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Person 12
Player 23
Let’s Go!
CHP Bear
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Jorkel said:

CHP Bear said:

bear2be2 said:

I'll say it. We need a change at quarterback.

Finn's a talented runner, but he can't run a competent passing game.
I'm thinking maybe we move him to half back and let him try half back passes.


We don't want him throwing the ball
You've got a valid point. But, but - you do have a valid point.
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Killing Floor said:

Person 12
Player 23



We pay persons that get beat by players
BBWCBear
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pitchspork said:

Our problem starts with the QB. DQ is not a power 4 ready guy.


WE. PAY. PLAYERS! Yay!
chukronos
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ImwithBU said:

Well folks this was an ugly one even when we were expected to lose. Going to have me a brown drink tonight. See y'all at the stadium next week

Is it a blackout next week? I think that is what I saw.
Aliceinbubbleland
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I keep hearing Finn is a talented runner yet he got what? 11 yards in this game?
BusyTarpDuster2017
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Quarterback controversy has officially begun.

Though it might not even be a controversy, but a no-brainer at this point.
GABear78
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Expectations after the years Dave has been here are much higher. We should be in position to win a Big 12 at this point. I appreciate there are new coaches and changes in players but I'm sorry, not cutting it.

I'm waiting for hell to freeze over and Baylor brings Saban out of retirement!

Anyone have some billionaire buddies?

Joking aside, and acknowledging my knee jerk response here, where do we go?
Jorkel
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

I keep hearing Finn is a talented runner yet he got what? 11 yards in this game?


No no. We were still running the vanilla offense from last week.
ImwithBU
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chukronos said:

ImwithBU said:

Well folks this was an ugly one even when we were expected to lose. Going to have me a brown drink tonight. See y'all at the stadium next week

Is it a blackout next week? I think that is what I saw.


I think so
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Which fans feel worse after today's results - Baylor fans or Notre Dame fans?
CHP Bear
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So which lose hurt the most? Ours or Norte Dame.
ImwithBU
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

I keep hearing Finn is a talented runner yet he got what? 11 yards in this game?


He has decent speed but definitely was scared to take a hit. He is not Texas tough for sure
Jorkel
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Easily Notre Dame…they had playoff aspirations
bear2be2
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Jorkel said:

bear2be2 said:

I'll say it. We need a change at quarterback.

Finn's a talented runner, but he can't run a competent passing game.



You didn't even have to bring it up, everyone knows he can't. We saw what happened when he was asked to throw the ball last week. I know I know we asked him to be a pocket passer and he isn't.
The consolation, if there is one, is that Utah will be, by far, the best and most sound defense we play all year. Finn will have more running opportunities against pretty much everyone else we play. But he's got to get to a point where he can complete the gimmes or it's not going to matter. He missed too many gimmes today.
ImwithBU
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Jorkel said:

Easily Notre Dame…they had playoff aspirations


12 teams they can back in. The playoff is about ratings as well
Jack Bauer
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BearlyNose said:

Which fans feel worse after today's results - Baylor fans or Notre Dame fans?


We were 17 pt underdogs

ND was 28 pt favorites. Not even comparable
BUGWBBear
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BBWCBear said:

pitchspork said:

Our problem starts with the QB. DQ is not a power 4 ready guy.


WE. PAY. PLAYERS! Yay!


Good luck on the ROI balance sheet on the current investment.
bear2be2
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JustWinBears said:

The only positive is that this wasn't a conference game, really wish we could have had a few series with Robinson.

There were more positives than that. The defense was legitimately good today. That unit will keep us in a lot of games this year. We need to get the offense to a point where it can capitalize.
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CHP Bear said:

So which lose hurt the most? Ours or Norte Dame.
Oh wow. Did not see that score. aggy should be really crying now lol.
bear2be2
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Space53 said:

I can't believe we went from Blake Shapen to Finn. Someone made a bad decision.
Shapen chose to leave. And let's not pretend he was an answer to any sort of problem.
boognish_bear
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With Mich and ND losing today Utah will be moving into the Top 10.
CHP Bear
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Jorkel said:

Easily Notre Dame…they had playoff aspirations
Yep, and aspirations are about to turn into hope.
chukronos
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I'm okay with that. BIGXII in the top 10
bear2be2
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

I keep hearing Finn is a talented runner yet he got what? 11 yards in this game?
Utah didn't give him any opportunities. That's as disciplined a defense as there is in the country. They came in with the game plan to make Finn a passer, and it worked to perfection.
bear2be2
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BusyTarpDuster2017 said:

Quarterback controversy has officially begun.

Though it might not even be a controversy, but a no-brainer at this point.
The possibility still exists that we don't have a single capable quarterback, but that's obviously the worst-case scenario.

I'm certainly ready to see Sawyer get some meaningful snaps going forward. I wouldn't even be opposed to a two-quarterback system that utilizes both players' strengths.
Jack Bauer
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Punter is bad ass

Defense is solid

It's all on the O, specifically with QB
BearlyNose
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I am pleased when any team in the Big 12 moves into the Top 10. Only wish we were not the team that facilitated the other teams moves.
mroberts
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Special Teams: A (Punter is incredible!)
Defense: B+ (we will be in more games this year because of this u it)
Offense: D (very good defense made us look very bad…we may be very bad…)

MRoberts
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BearlyNose said:

I am pleased when any team in the Big 12 moves into the Top 10. Only wish we were not the team that facilitated the other teams moves.


I am too now that OU/UT are gone....well maybe anyone other than TCU
bear2be2
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mroberts said:

Special Teams: A (Punter is incredible!)
Defense: B+ (we will be in more games this year because of this u it)
Offense: D (very good defense made us look very bad…we may be very bad…)


I agree with your grades.

We'll get a better idea of how bad we are offensively the next two weeks. Air Force doesn't have many "dudes" and Colorado is just bad defensively. If we struggle against those two, we're probably in big trouble.

But the defense should shut down Air Force and keep us in the Colorado game. It's up to the offense to find a stride.
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Jack Bauer said:

Punter is bad ass



Dude is a legit field flipping weapon. Combine that with what looks like it might be a legit defense and we can win some games if we score a few points.
 
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