Game Thread: Bears head to Norman with hopes of getting back on track

The Baylor Bears (6-2) will face the No. 11-ranked Oklahoma Sooners (7-2) on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. CT. The Big 12 game will be aired live on ABC/ESPN2.

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Baylor Senior QB Seth Russell...
“I’m excited for this week for sure. Regrouping is just kind of what we do. When you come out with a bad week you have to be able to sit back down and get back to basics, and I feel like the coaches said some really good things yesterday when we were watching film. We have to get back to what we do.”

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Baylor Senior CB Ryan Reid...
“Senior leadership, coaching staff; we just have to remind everybody and keep everybody busy with football. We can’t keep everybody off of social media, but we can try to get them to not focus on everything that’s going on with social media.”

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Baylor Senior LB Aiavion Edwards...
“They have a great running game, and Baker Mayfield has done a great job this season. That’s going to be a big challenge for us as a defense and as a team.”
“We have to focus on the basics. We have to work on tackling this week. The tackles that we missed went into bigger plays down the line, so we have to focus more on execution.”

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• Baylor faces its 1st ranked opponent of 2016 when it travels to Norman, Okla., for an 11 a.m. showdown with No. 9 Oklahoma on ABC/ESPN2.
• Baylor and Oklahoma will meet for the 26th time on Saturday. OU leads the all-time series 22-3 and holds an 11-1 advantage in games played in Norman. BU has won 3 of the last 5 games in the series.
• Baylor stayed ranked at No. 25 in both AP Top 25 and Amway Coaches Poll.
• BU’s been ranked in a school-record 60 straight AP Polls, FBS’ 4th-best streak.
• The Bears debuted at No. 17 in CFP Top 25. BU is 1 of 6 teams to be ranked in all 14 CFP rankings.
• Baylor is 13-4 in true road games over last 3+ years, after going 7-17 in the previous 5 years.
• BU has won 19 of its last 25 played outside of Waco, including 10 of its last 13 Big 12 away contests.
• Baylor will be looking to win 3 games in a row in the state of Oklahoma for the 1st-time since beating OSU in 1939 and 1942 and then winning at Tulsa in 1947. BU is 13-27 all-time in the state.