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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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12:00p, 9/6/25
Who is Redding? That was impressive
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12:01p, 9/6/25
LDE is getting sucked inside every single play
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12:01p, 9/6/25
Morris has no ***king clue who's doing what on D.

Fire him.
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12:03p, 9/6/25
Coleman with a nice hit.
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In reply to IowaBear • 12:03p, 9/6/25
IowaBear said:
Who is Redding? That was impressive

He was a walk-on who started playing a lot last season as a freshman. He's a good tackler.
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12:03p, 9/6/25
Alright DJ Coleman. More of that please
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12:03p, 9/6/25
Secondary getting absolutely torched. That was 7 on 7 easy
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12:04p, 9/6/25
Gun shooting? Penalty?
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12:04p, 9/6/25
I will say the tackling is much better so far. But watch 25s pursuit and angle on that last play. G5 stuff.
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12:04p, 9/6/25
Come on D - SMU is seriously trying to screw this up.
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In reply to ImABearToo • 12:05p, 9/6/25
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Gun shooting? Penalty?


Yeah. Ghey fayg City, too
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12:05p, 9/6/25
Thought our line was one of the strong points. I see fairly decent on pass blocking, terrible at run blocking. I saw a tackle get pushed into the backfield a couple of times. Won't win many games that way.
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12:05p, 9/6/25
Coverage is major issue.
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12:05p, 9/6/25
Great cuverage d. not
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12:05p, 9/6/25
Great play design ... reminded me of JJ Joe
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In reply to Johnny Bear • 12:05p, 9/6/25
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Come on D - SMU is seriously trying to screw this up.


NOBODY surpasses Baylor at screwing up
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12:06p, 9/6/25
Score 7… immediately give up 7.. football under Dave
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Horse collar but stopped a TD
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12:06p, 9/6/25
Some good play calling by TCU, BU in its heels guessing.
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12:06p, 9/6/25
Great. We score and then immediately let them drive down the field on the next series.
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12:06p, 9/6/25
Told ya

Fire him
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12:07p, 9/6/25
Welp back to the same crap D.
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12:07p, 9/6/25
What a joke of a defense. Kill two birds with one stone if you fire our DC. Takes out HC too.
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 12:07p, 9/6/25
Yeah Dave needs to go. This is absurdly bad coaching
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 12:07p, 9/6/25
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Great. We score and then immediately let them drive down the field on the next series.

And it was after getting two breaks on penalties.
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12:07p, 9/6/25
On offense, I'm seeing the value in having a quarterback that is a threat to scramble. On defense, I'm seeing what is quite possibly the most unathletic defense that we've had since maybe 2010 when Brian Norwood was defensive coordinator. Ironically, Dave is about on the same level as Brian Norwood in terms of coaching ability
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12:08p, 9/6/25
Don't worry guys we will win out the rest of the season.
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12:08p, 9/6/25
Dave Aranda's teams are allergic to momentum.
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12:08p, 9/6/25
Kendal Briles for HC
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In reply to dycbaylor02 • 12:09p, 9/6/25
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Don't worry guys we will win out the rest of the season.


This team may win 3 games this year. They are BAD.
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12:09p, 9/6/25
Who ever gets these snowflakes out of the portal should be fired. In fact the whole staff including the. AD
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In reply to Youre a clown • 12:09p, 9/6/25
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On offense, I'm seeing the value in having a quarterback that is a threat to scramble. On defense, I'm seeing what is quite possibly the most unathletic defense that we've had since maybe 2010 when Brian Norwood was defensive coordinator. Ironically, Dave is about on the same level as Brian Norwood in terms of coaching ability

I'm not defending this lousy defense, but did you not see our 2023 defense?
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In reply to dycbaylor02 • 12:09p, 9/6/25
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Don't worry guys we will win out the rest of the season.


The same group that makes predictions like that also told us that SMU sucked against their FCS opponent last week and that we were going to dominate the line of scrimmage.
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12:09p, 9/6/25
Gotta love the photos of the fans drinking ……Baylor needs to allow this if they are gonna put that xrap on the field.
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In reply to Youre a clown • 12:09p, 9/6/25
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On offense, I'm seeing the value in having a quarterback that is a threat to scramble. On defense, I'm seeing what is quite possibly the most unathletic defense that we've had since maybe 2010 when Brian Norwood was defensive coordinator. Ironically, Dave is about on the same level as Brian Norwood in terms of coaching ability


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