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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)

88,764 Views | 766 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by bexar country
DanaDane
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We must enjoy kicking ourselves in the nuts tonight for some strange reason.
boognish_bear
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BusyTarpDuster2017 said:

Baylor MVP of the game - W. Virginia's center


I think he has money on BU
whitetrash
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There's the false start that should have been calledinOT againstTech
Oldbear83
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Branch155 said:

Brewer almost got nailed again. Our offensive staff has done a really poor job of adjusting
Problem is, line issues are very hard to change during a game. The team will watch video and teach next week, but tonight it's muscle memory and focus we need.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
DanaDane
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That was more of a late hit than the earlier call.
Oldbear83
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That should have been flagged. Way out of bounds.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
Branch155
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Oldbear83 said:

Branch155 said:

Brewer almost got nailed again. Our offensive staff has done a really poor job of adjusting
Problem is, line issues are very hard to change during a game. The team will watch video and teach next week, but tonight it's muscle memory and focus we need.
I'm not looking for line changes. I'm looking for quicker hitting play calls to negate the pressure
ImABearToo
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Like watching paint dry. I'm sure the 5,000-6,000 viewers watching on TV are impressed.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
CTbruin
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Pitiful
Oldbear83
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Back on defense, still a 1-score game.

Don't get cocky, long way to go and a big ego trips up a lot of hopes.

Stay hungry, stay focused.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
GABear78
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Hopefully everyone is jacked up on sugar and don't notice the snooze fest
BusyTarpDuster2017
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What a freaking waste of a turnover
BearlySober
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ImABearToo said:

Like watching paint dry. I'm sure the 5,000-6,000 viewers watching on TV are impressed.


Yeah I was hoping for an explosive first half for the TV viewers. Public opinion still matters, especially with the first rankings coming out. Tonight does not look like a team that would be competitive in the playoffs.
DanaDane
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ImABearToo said:

Like watching paint dry. I'm sure the 5,000-6,000 viewers watching on TV are impressed.
You can usually gauge TV viewership by Twitter posts. There are very few tweets about this game. But, hey, Tom Osborne is probably spilling warm milk out of his mouth in the home due to this exciting game to him.
Mattbu97
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Seriously....we are playing like crap
ImABearToo
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"Brewer under pressure" is an often repeated phrase this year.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
DST
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Fat Pat is drooling all over himself thinking of ways to shut this offense down for the second year in a row.
9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2
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It wasn't long ago this game was like 80-73 every year
Self Made Bear
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I'm at the game and you get the feeling that the offense has no intention of scoring.
Dman
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We are impressing the nation tonight!!!
Branch155
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DST said:

Fat Pat is drooling all over himself thinking of ways to shut this offense down for the second year in a row.
Doesn't have to think very hard
BearlySober
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Terrible.
Squatch Hunter
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Good Lord
Branch155
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Let them hang around, and bad things happen. Maybe this will rouse the offense from their coma
DST
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lol god
whitetrash
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Doubled their offensive yards on one play
vanillabryce
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This is suboptimal
Mattbu97
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We might be losing this one. Come on coaches
Jacques Strap
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1 big play ties the game
MommaBear
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And THIS is why we should have gone for the 3 earlier. Unreal.
Jorkel
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I hope we can make a big play somewhere on offense
CaliByWayOfKS
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Offense has made more mistakes and bone headed play than you can count and the D has one bad play... Game tied.
EatMoreSalmon
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Play like Rice game, lose to conference foe. Better wake up now.
wuzzybear
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Branch155 said:

Let them hang around, and bad things happen. Maybe this will rouse the offense from their coma
Yep this is exactly what happens. Now they will pin their ears back cuz our O line is out to lunch tonight.... This game comes down to Charlie making plays. That means he needs time. We still got this.
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Dman said:

We are impressing the nation tonight!!!


The nation ain't watching.
 
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