Y'all know how this works, lets see what you've got.


GO!

Guess I'll get the ball rolling.....I ain't scared. My crystal ball, that I picked up at Dave Campbell's estate sale, tells me this is not going to be the shoot out many might suspect.

Sic'em Bears 26
Kansas Aggies 20

It will be Dia del Osos!




49-13

30-35 Bears

More folks, more.....what's the delay?

Aranda Bears 24
Klieman Wildcats 24

Klieman's a better coach and wins in OT 30 to 27.

42-35 Bears in 2OT.

Our D still that bad.

35-28 Kansas State.

We don't play well at home, we don't play well against scrambler quarterbacks, we don't seem to play well against Kansas State in general. That's three strikes

This game is the season. Got to win.
31-24 Bears.

Won't predict a score because posters love to use that as a gotcha after the fact.
But Saturday is an absolute must win. Dave imo is coaching for his job. He loses Saturday and I don't see him getting brought back because I don't see BU finishing anything better than 6-6 if they lose Saturday. Put up or shut up time again for Dave

42-21
Bears Sawyer the cats in half, so double them up!

Youre a clown said:

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....we don't seem to play well against Kansas State in general...

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????? Baylor is 8-4 vs Kansas St since 2012

Delmar 2.0 said:

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Youre a clown said:

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....we don't seem to play well against Kansas State in general...

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????? Baylor is 8-4 vs Kansas St since 2012

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Cool. Our record against them with Aranda is 2-2. And the two losses were blowouts. Aranda himself alluded to this in his interview a couple days back.


Against Kansas State, our wins are typically by very small margins. Our losses are typically by fairly large margins.

34-27 bears.

31-27 Bears win…must win game against a mediocre KState team in Waco.

Deep trouble with a loss. I too go with 31-27 BU

52-24 Bears. Nick Florence gets to relive Nov 17, 2012 through Sawyer from the booth. B-Wash makes a long Td run to honor Lache Seastrunk's huge performance. Life is good in Waco once again.

nice

34 - 24 Kansas State

I have my reasons.

I usually pick these with my head but today it's my heart. I'm going 28-24 Baylor because the D finally shows up when it matters late in the game. I'm even going further to say the D forces a big turnover late. This maybe the last time I pick with my heart but that's ok.

48 - 17
Bears win!
Break out game for all three phases
Finally see complimentary football

Don't want to go into the bye week on a loss - Be Erect, Bruins!!!!

- el KKM

{ sipping coffee }

{ eating donut }

D!

Go Bears!!

Too many up the middle running plays for no yards. Dave's genius defense gives up over 300 yards on the ground. Bears continue to struggle against KSU at home. Lose 28-24

On Monday, Mack announces contract extension for Dave.

Bears 34-24

Pulling for a Bears win, but I'd probably take the points. They should hopefully do just enough, while still talking about needing improvements after this one.

KSU needs this one worse, so they better be ready at 11am.

Hoping by some miracle I'll be surprised at some point, but otherwise assuming for now that all the rest of our games are going to be about having to outscore the opponent with constant pressure on the offense to put points on the board every time they touch the football. I'll go with 38-35 BU in this one.

AI prediction as follows:

Here's my numbers-driven call for Baylor vs. Kansas State Sat, Oct 4, 2025 (11:00 a.m. CT at McLane Stadium, Waco): Baylor 31, Kansas State 27.

Why Baylor by ~a field goal:
Kick time & home field: It's an early 11 a.m. local kick at McLane, which tends to tamp down tempo a bit, and Baylor gets the home edge.
Current form / baseline: Baylor enters 32, K-State 23.
Offensive production:
Baylor is scoring 36.6 ppg with 6.48 yards/play; QB Sawyer Robertson (17 TD, 3 INT) has them throwing efficiently.
Kansas State is at 26.2 ppg and 5.82 yards/play, with dual-threat QB Avery Johnson and speed back Dylan Edwards giving them a balanced threat.
Defensive production / matchup fit:
K-State has allowed 126 points in 5 games (25.2 ppg). That unit just turned a corner vs UCF, but it's still been bendable.
Baylor has allowed 144 points in 5 (28.8 ppg). They give up explosives but usually trade them back on offense.
Style vs strengths: Baylor's efficient, vertical-leaning pass game (Robertson to a deep WR/TE group) matches up against a K-State defense that's been good but not airtight versus the pass; K-State's QB run + outside zone/RPO stuff should stress a Baylor front that's allowed chunk rushing (901 rush yards allowed). Expect both to move the ball, with a couple of red-zone stalls and one big Baylor shot play being the difference.
Market/SP+ context: The line/total hover in the Baylor-by-one-score, ~61 range and recent SP+ has Baylor graded as the slightly stronger offense; that lines up with a close but slightly under-total outcome at an early kick.

Projected flow: First half a bit cagey (early start), then trading TDs in the third. Final sequence: K-State down 3124 kicks late FG, tries to get it back, but Baylor bleeds the clock.

Final: Baylor 31, Kansas State 27.

these kinds of threads although sorta interesting always seem to follow a similar trend.

we win by 60, they're horrible
we win but it will be close
we lose with way better players because our coach sucks

i really have no clue what will happen. as a k-state fan i'm glad it's an eleven a.m. start. having pretty much our complete roster for the first time should make it interesting. but if either wins by more than seven, i'll be surprised. which it will be, we'll see tomorrow.

Kats 41, Bears 34

Aranda tells gaggle of local yahoo media members that there was a way cool buy-in factor at halftime and a lot of love for each other after the game in the locker room.

I leave Waco sunburned.

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Kats 41, Bears 34

Aranda tells gaggle of local yahoo media members that there was a way cool buy-in factor at halftime and a lot of love for each other after the game in the locker room.

I leave Waco sunburned.

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Followed by a wildly inappropriate quote from blazing saddles framed as a philosophical introspective analysis of how his team needs to tune out all the outside noise and focus on getting the railroad built.

27-24 Bears

IowaBear said:

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Won't predict a score because posters love to use that as a gotcha after the fact.
But Saturday is an absolute must win. Dave imo is coaching for his job. He loses Saturday and I don't see him getting brought back because I don't see BU finishing anything better than 6-6 if they lose Saturday. Put up or shut up time again for Dave

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I think you will see Aranda back regardless of the outcome of this game.

Did you actually read my post?? I clearly state if he loses this game it'll be his downfall. If BU loses tomm they're going 6-6 at best. If Dave survives 6-6 with his "best roster ever" than Mack is both a moron and a coward

IowaBear said:

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Did you actually read my post?? I clearly state if he loses this game it'll be his downfall. If BU loses tomm they're going 6-6 at best. If Dave survives 6-6 with his "best roster ever" than Mack is both a moron and a coward

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I agree with you, but I think that they will justify it by saying that we had all these injuries and scapegoating Poweledge as the sacrificial lamb. I think 2026 is Dave's last year - like you mentioned, if a 0.500 record is the best that we can do in his best year since 2021, I shudder to think what's going to happen next year in an obvious rebuilding year. Not really the point of this thread to speculate about that, but oh well