BearFan33 said:

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Daveisabovereproach said:

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I'd be interested in seeing the statistic of win percentage in games where one team had a bye week and the other didn't. On paper, it's obviously a significant advantage. I think that's the obvious big thing that is trending in our favor. And we played very well against Texas Tech after our previous BYE week

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Something clicked on offense after the first bye week. Hopefully something clicks in the defensive secondary after this bye week.

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This is a good point. I talk to coaches all the time, and most say the biggest advantage of a bye week is the opportunity to work on yourself. In game weeks, it's all about devising, installing and coaching to a game plan that helps you beat a single opponent. Bye weeks are the only chance you have in season to focus primarily on shoring up your own weaknesses.

Hopefully we'll make as much progress defensively with this bye week as we did offensively with the last.

boognish_bear said:

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Keep pushing that pile bears

HC Dave Aranda on the success of the ground game during the three-game winning streak💪👇

"We believe we can do this, and we’re going to out-physical you and out-run you."

For the first time since 2016, Baylor has rushed for over 250 yards in three consecutive games.#SicEm🐻 pic.twitter.com/hFyfvyf7D0

— Baylor Bears on SicEm365 (@SicEm365) November 12, 2024

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Morgantown has a curse on Baylor. Aranda better remember that before farting joy.

BearlyBeloved said:

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What if we sneak into Morgantown and burn all their couches BEFORE the game??

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By Jove! This is the play. We must take away their Morgantown power and use it against them.

BU 41

Sofas 27

jsstewar said:

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Don't know how, but Baylor is favored by 1 1/2 now.

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I hate to say this, but that seems like free money. If it was a night game, I would probably bet a princely sum on Country Roads.

We likely have to win this game to reach a bowl. Houston and Kansas are suddenly giant killers and I'm not liking our chances against them now.

CaliBear00 said:

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We likely have to win this game to reach a bowl. Houston and Kansas are suddenly giant killers and I'm not liking our chances against them now.

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It should help that we get KU at home. UH will be a road game…but with the crowds they draw that shouldn't be that big a deal.

But agree that both those games are suddenly looking tougher than they did a few weeks ago.

CaliBear00 said:

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We likely have to win this game to reach a bowl. Houston and Kansas are suddenly giant killers and I'm not liking our chances against them now.

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The Houston fear is odd. They're scrappy and certainly capable of beating us if we don't show up ready to compete. But they're last in the Big 12 in almost every offensive category. If we play to our offensive capabilities in that one, they won't be able to keep up.

Like us UH has started heating up in the back half of their schedule. The only loss they've had this year to a team with a losing record was the loss to KU.

I see it being another close game. We can win it...but I think it will be a fight.

EvilTroyAndAbed said:

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jsstewar said:

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Don't know how, but Baylor is favored by 1 1/2 now.

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The bettors have been on our side since the Iowa State loss. The line has moved our way every week during this run, even the Tech game moved from Tech -8 to -4 going into the game.

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I saw WV -1 late Sunday night. Those boys in Vegas betting money that moves the line must like BU a lot.

Line had gotten up to BU -3....now it's back down to BU -1

There's this false sense that our offense is suddenly elite. Context is key here. Houston defensively is much better than Tech, Okie St or TCU. Those are 3 absolutely horrendous defenses.
And Houston may be poor offensively. But let's not kid ourselves here. They're going to hit some big plays on us.

BearFan33 said:

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Daveisabovereproach said:

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I'd be interested in seeing the statistic of win percentage in games where one team had a bye week and the other didn't. On paper, it's obviously a significant advantage. I think that's the obvious big thing that is trending in our favor. And we played very well against Texas Tech after our previous BYE week

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Something clicked on offense after the first bye week.

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What clicked was playing the worst passing defense in the B12 and taking advantage of it.

The good news is, WVU's pass defense is 2nd to worst in the B12.

And that will be a de facto home game for us.

How long has it been since we played a regular season game in that city? Rice?

I expect a big BU crowd.

IowaBear said:

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There's this false sense that our offense is suddenly elite. Context is key here. Houston defensively is much better than Tech, Okie St or TCU. Those are 3 absolutely horrendous defenses.
And Houston may be poor offensively. But let's not kid ourselves here. They're going to hit some big plays on us.

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It's not just the last three games. Our offense has been good since Sawyer Robertson took over as the starting quarterback.

Our scoring total against each of our last seven opponents exceeds their season average for points allowed. And it's by at least six points in five of those games.

It's OK to acknowledge that we are, in fact, good in some areas. And our offense tops that list.

Houston will not shut us down. And if they don't shut us down, they're going to have trouble winning because their offense is freaking atrocious. If we score 24 points, we'll win that game. And I don't think they'll hold us under 28.

Stefano DiMera said:

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And that will be a de facto home game for us.

How long has it been since we played a regular season game in that city? Rice?

I expect a big BU crowd.

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We played Rice on a Friday night in 2019.

Last time we played UH there was in 1995. Announced crowd at the Astrodome was just under 18K; excluding the UH band, that was about 10K BU and 7500 UH fans.