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Gameday Thread: Bears Travel to Dallas to Face Former Southwest Conference Foe, No. 17 SMU

Baylor (0-1) travels up Interstate 35 to match up against its former Southwest Conference foe, the SMU Mustangs (1-0).
By SicEm365 Staff
September 5, 2025
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Presser Breakdown: What Aranda Said about SMU & What Lashlee Said about Baylor

Dallas, Texas – Baylor (0-1) travels up Interstate 35 to match up against its former Southwest Conference foe, the SMU Mustangs (1-0). Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas, and the game will be televised on the CW Channel.

  • Spread: SMU (-2.5)
  • O/U: 64.5
  • ML: Baylor (+110)

Stat Breakdown (Baylor vs. SMU):

  Baylor SMU
Coach Dave Aranda (31-31) Rhett Lashlee (30-12)
Record 0-1 1-0
QB

Sawyer Robertson, RSr.
56%, 419 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

Kevin Jennings, RJr.
73%, 260 yards, 2 TD, INT
6 carries, 12 yards, TD
RB Bryson Washington, RSo.
14 carries, 54 yds

Caden Knighten, Fr.
6 carries, 29 yards, TD

Chris Johnson, RSo.
6 carries, 44 yards, TD

TJ Harden, Sr.
8 carries, 42 yards

Derrick McFall, RFr.
9 carries, 22 yards
WR

Kole Wilson, Sr. 
8 rec, 134 yards

Michael Trigg, RSr.
7 rec, 99 yards, TD

Ashtyn Hawkins, 6Sr.
4 rec, 70 yards

Josh Cameron, RSr.
2 rec, 54 yards

Kobe Prentice, Sr.
2 rec, 38 yards, TD

Romello Brinson, RSr.
7 rec, 121 yards, TD

Jalen Cooper, RSo.
5 rec, 73 yards, TD

RJ Maryland, Sr.
3 rec, 34 yards

Dylan Goffney, RSr. 
1 rec, 16 yards

Jordan Hudson, Sr. 
1 rec, 7 yards
DEF LB, Keaton Thomas, RJr. 
16 tackles

LB, Phoenix Jackson, RSr.
8 tackles

S, Devyn Bobby, Sr. 
6 tackles

LB, Brandon Miyazono, Jr. 
8 tackles

S, Isaiah Nwokobia, RSr. 
5 tackles

LB, Brandon Booker, So. 
5 tackles

Staff Predictions: Bears Travel to Dallas to Face Former Southwest Conference Foe, SMU

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Gameday Thread: Bears Travel to Dallas to Face Former Southwest Conference Foe, No. 17 SMU

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11:38a, 9/6/25
What the hell. Take the points! Quit trying to be so damn quote Dave.
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11:39a, 9/6/25
SMU has 8 players in the box and we run up the middle on 4th down. We saw that insanity last week. We don't have Pendergrsss. Give up that madness.
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11:39a, 9/6/25
Would it take a loss against Samford for Dave to get fired ?
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11:39a, 9/6/25
Note to coaches. Running up the middle isn't working. We lost our battering ram from last season
We could have gotten 3 there
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11:39a, 9/6/25
what a stupid call on 4th down. Line was loaded. what is up with this play calling
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11:39a, 9/6/25
Why run up the middle? We have proved we can't do it with consistency. We have to throw to run.

Should have fired Dave two years ago.
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11:39a, 9/6/25
There might be 6 people at the Samford game. And I'm bringing 4
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11:39a, 9/6/25
Honest question for the hardcore Dave fans. Will he have your support if BU loses today ? 0-2 with his "best roster ever"
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In reply to chukronos • 11:39a, 9/6/25
chukronos said:
Were we not in FG range?


My thoughts exactly. Kicker apparently can't nail it so Baldy said no. Fire him
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11:39a, 9/6/25
if we don't get a stop on this SMU drive this one's going to be over in the first quarter.
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11:39a, 9/6/25
I'm really sick of playing for fourth downs.

It's not against the rules to get a first down on second or third down.
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In reply to pilgrim • 11:40a, 9/6/25
Man coverage cover 0 with 8 men in the box. Surely a WR can make a play against that look.
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11:40a, 9/6/25
I think an argument could be made that we are worse than last year. Feels like teams have kind of figured out this offense a bit. Josh Cameron has been invisible. Washington looks decent but not the beast we had hoped for. I said it after last week, but this has the same vibe as the 2022 season.
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:40a, 9/6/25
Or throw it on cover 0 to your one of your receivers. Let them win
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In reply to bear2be2 • 11:40a, 9/6/25
Bingo I say this every ****ing year.. it's like they prefer to get to 4th down
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:41a, 9/6/25
IowaBear said:
Bingo I say this every ****ing year.. it's like they prefer to get to 4th down

Everything this staff does puts more pressure on the players to execute in tough spots. It's infurating.
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11:41a, 9/6/25
Being the team that goes for it on 4th down all the time and never kicks a FG is not the team I want to be known as....
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In reply to bear2be2 • 11:41a, 9/6/25
Yes, it feels like we are intentionally doing. Like we have to convert 3 4th down conversions to score points.
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11:41a, 9/6/25
We need to work Cameron into more plays. He's being used as a decoy. I don't get it.
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11:41a, 9/6/25
Running up the middle has worked so well. We should keep doing it. Especially on 4th down.
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11:41a, 9/6/25
There is SO MANY ***tty things to say about this sorry athletic team and absolute ***tty "HC"! I hope ART BRILES is in the stands in Ft Worth and little Briles hangs 60 on this Baptist Church!
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11:41a, 9/6/25
there is no way that i would have not checked down on that play being sawyer r. the whole team was lined up to stop the run
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In reply to AGB_EGB • 11:41a, 9/6/25
AGB_EGB said:
Or throw it on cover 0 to your one of your receivers. Let them win

You mean we shouldn't run into nine-man boxes?
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11:41a, 9/6/25
The defense has zero talent outside of Thomas and Marshall. That's it. 9 scrubs surrounding them
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11:41a, 9/6/25
Lanz took a great angle there to run a speedy Jennings out of bounds
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11:42a, 9/6/25
FINALLY!

A guy in position to make a play, makes it.

Way to go Fobbs-White.
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11:42a, 9/6/25
We're getting completely blown off the ball.

This team just sucks.
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11:42a, 9/6/25
Big 12 Dumbass of the Week
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11:42a, 9/6/25
Why isn't Sawyer changing the plays at the line. **** Dave and Spav.
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11:42a, 9/6/25
Spav sucks. Never thought we could get even his caliber when we hired him cause Dave was dead man walking but this man has been absolute garbage everywhere he's been. Dave's no better but my aggy friends laughed their ass off when we hired spav and this is why. .
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:43a, 9/6/25
IowaBear said:
Honest question for the hardcore Dave fans. Will he have your support if BU loses today ? 0-2 with his "best roster ever"
I don't know of any hardcore Dave fans on the free board. Might be barking up the wrong tree here, hombre. Lots of hardcore Baylor fans, and more than a few people who present as self-loathing online.
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:43a, 9/6/25
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The defense has zero talent outside of Thomas and Marshall. That's it. 9 scrubs surrounding them


Yep. There was a lot of hype about these guys we brought in from the portal, but 90% of guys in the portal are warm bodies, and the 10% that are known commodities, we probably can't afford
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11:43a, 9/6/25
Holy **** we got a stop barring a fake or penalty
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11:43a, 9/6/25
Having trouble with my iPad. Are my posts coming thru?
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11:43a, 9/6/25
Can't run at all, and you call a run up the middle on 4th and 3. Makes zero sense.
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