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Game Day Thread: Baylor (7-0) vs. West Virginia (3-4)

October 30, 2019
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The Baylor Bears (7-0) return from an off week to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers (3-4) in Thursday evening contest at McLane Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. CT and the game will be aired live nationally on ESPN.

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Matt Rhule Quote of the Week...

“I think, I look at every week we play, someone’s going to, someone’s trying to beat us and so nothing about us being undefeated, I just think more, you know, when we were 0-7, you know, people could probably beat us with their base and I think what our kids have experienced the last couple weeks is we prepare for one defense, we prepare for something on offense, we get something different, well that’s part of it, right, that’s part of being a decent team, being a good team is you’re going to see different things and you have to adjust, what we say is you prepare all the way through the game, like you don’t know how the game’s going to go until the end of the game so we want to prepare on Friday night, we want prepare Saturday, we want to prepare Saturday during the game and, you know, I’m saying Saturday, it’s on Thursday, but that’s how my brain works, prepare all the way through the game and just keep adjusting, keep learning, keep adapting to the things that are happening and if you do that, that’s a sign of a good team.”


Baylor’s Key Players

Quarterback #12 Charlie Brewer — Last year against West Virginia, Brewer was 1-of-8 with three interceptions and negative 15 yards rushing. He had as many tackles as completions. This is the worst game of his career and one that he will be looking to make up for tomorrow night. Good news is that his last time out against Oklahoma State he had one of the best performances of his career.

Nose Tackle #99 Bravvion Roy — West Virginia is averaging 2.9 yards per carry so Roy’s eyes are about to light up every time the Mountaineers try to run the ball in-between the tackles. He will have many chances to up his tackle total and create negative plays like he has all season.

Defensive Lineman #93 James Lynch — Lynch is just one sack away from breaking the Baylor all-time record for sacks in a career, it is happening tomorrow night! The Mountaineers have only allowed 11 sacks on the season and usually hold up in pass protection fairly well but it won’t matter.

Safety #22 JT Woods — With Grayland Arnold out or at least severely limited, Woods will get the chance to step up once again. He had the most tackles of his career against Oklahoma State with six but he left a lot on the table. West Virginia quarterback Austin Kendall is going to have to air it out against Baylor for the Mountaineers to win so Woods will get his opportunities, can he take advantage of those opportunities is the question. I think he will get an interception in this one.


West Virginia Key Players

Quarterback #12 Austin Kendall — Kendall has led this offense to the worst scoring offense in the conference, the worst 3rd down conversion offense, and the worst yardage per game. This Mountaineers offense has not been good but if they are going to pull an upset Kendall is going to have to be very efficient and not turn the ball over.

Wide receiver #13 Sam James – James is a talented freshman who has 41 catches for 388 yards and two touchdowns. He has been a consistent playmaker with at least four catches in every game this season. 

Wide receiver #1 TJ Simmons – He struggled the first four games but in the last three he has 284 yards and four touchdowns. Simmons has been rolling and the Bears cornerbacks are going to have to keep an eye on him because he can turn short catches into 50 yard touchdowns.

Defensive end #56 Darius Stills – Darius is a 6’1, 292-pound nose/defensive tackle up front. The junior has 19 tackles, six tackles for loss, and three sacks. He has to be a major factor up front for the Mountaineers to stop the run game of the Bears.

Defensive end #55 Dante Still – Dante is a 6’3, 295-pound defensive end who has been a very good pass rusher this season. The sophomore has nine tackles for loss and five sacks on the year. 

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Game Day Thread: Baylor (7-0) vs. West Virginia (3-4)

88,661 Views | 766 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by bexar country
Mitch Blood Green
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I have no problem with what Miller did.
mdanderson
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That was not targeting IMO.
MommaBear
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Can we just let the Defense play both sides of the ball?
BusyTarpDuster2017
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I love you, Baylor defense, but PLEASE don't do that Baker Mayfield windmill thing with the arms.
Doc Holliday
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#79 lazy as it gets.
Jacques Strap
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whitetrash said:

If anything miller was in position to tackle with arm an shoulder and QB slid late into his arm. Didn't lead with head at all

But no benefit of the doubt

And yay interception!


LOL I read your comment before my cable showed the play. AT&T sucks!
DanaDane
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What a wasted final 6 minutes of a half. We should be up either 10 or 14 to zip.
GruntTuff
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Someone will say it was a bad call. No, it's stupid technique. He's going to cost us a game if he keeps this up.

It's clear he's now under a microscope so use your brain and keep your head up.
GABear78
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Embarrassing that we only have 7. Glad our defense has shown up so far.
DST
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Someday we'll have more than 10 points in the first half of a conference game. Someday.
Oldbear83
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tommie said:

I have no problem with what Miller did.
What hurt him was lowering his helmet. Miller does that a lot, and the combination of hitting a sliding QB while his head is going down, added to the reputation of a headhunter ... and Miller is going to get the flag a lot.

I hope they are telling Miller that every practice until the TCU game. Because Patterson will definitely be working the officials to flag Miller.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
PaperBear89
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I HATE bye weeks!!!!
Jacques Strap
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Should be 10-0 minimum. That trick play killed another drive that might have been a score.
ImABearToo
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Miller's draft stock dropping by the minute.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Doc Holliday
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I Hope CMR is chewing out the team. They deserve an earful.

It's time to wake the hell up. You don't get to brag and boast about being #12 ranked and put up 7 in a half against WVU.
wuzzybear
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GABear78 said:

Embarrassing that we only have 7. Glad our defense has shown up so far.
You will see a different BU team in the 2nd half,,,believe me. The O line just has to show up and give Brewer time. Our WR's are the strength of our team and I expect us to come out with a big change in strategy and open this thing up. WVU cannot score on us so our O has to go out and open this puppy up. I am betting they will.
MommaBear
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Our guys came in to this game WAAAAAAAY over confident.

1st half:

59 yards Rushing
124 yards Passing

Very sad.
9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2
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I don't understand how we win any games but I guess I'm fine with it
GruntTuff
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Who is our o-line coach?
9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2
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GruntTuff said:

Who is our o-line coach?
Coach Snuggle
EvilTroyAndAbed
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MommaBear said:

Our guys came in to this game WAAAAAAAY over confident.

1st half:

59 yards Rushing
124 yards Passing

Very sad.


Or WVU defensive line is pretty good, and our OL is our weak link.
DanaDane
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wuzzybear said:

GABear78 said:

Embarrassing that we only have 7. Glad our defense has shown up so far.
You will see a different BU team in the 2nd half,,,believe me. The O line just has to show up and give Brewer time. Our WR's are the strength of our team and I expect us to come out with a big change in strategy and open this thing up. WVU cannot score on us so our O has to go out and open this puppy up. I am betting they will.
And Brewer has to stop standing around like a statue at times and get rid of the ball.
Oldbear83
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GruntTuff said:

Who is our o-line coach?
Dunder Mifflin.
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Jacques Strap
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I don't get why we sneak it Charlie instead of wildcat with Gerry.
Oldbear83
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wuzzy: "WVU cannot score on us"

Please, never say that when we are just finishing the first half, and especially while we are only ahead by one score.
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Jorkel
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Someone get these boys some Halloween candy! Might get them energized!
DanaDane
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When does Galvin come back? There are a couple of O linemen who should be standing on the sidelines.
Timbear
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I'm here at this pitiful game hoping Baylor can do better in the 2nd half.
Mike E
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ImABearToo said:

Miller's draft stock dropping by the minute.
He was never going to be drafted. He'll get a tryout somewhere though, but I'm not sure this will actually hurt those opportunities.
BoredOfRegents
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Agreed.
BusyTarpDuster2017
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This really shouldn't surprise anyone. We play everyone close for a good part of the game. It's how we finish that's been our trademark. Let's see how we close out.
Dealpfffdeal
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Timbear said:

I'm here at this pitiful game hoping Baylor can do better in the 2nd half.


I'm drinking beers
DanaDane
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Tough to believe some old retired guys kept us out of the playoffs because they wanted to see football games like this instead of 70-17 games with an offense scoring every 40 seconds. Can't imagine TV ratings will be very high for a snoozer of 7-0.
Squatch Hunter
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Oline taking an ass whippn tonite.
DanaDane
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Squatch Hunter said:

Oline taking an ass whippn tonite.
On the bright side, imagine how well they'd fair against Bama, Ohio St and Clemson's D lines.
 
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