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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)

88,703 Views | 766 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by bexar country
vanillabryce
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Indeed
Branch155
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What a play. Thornton isn't thrown to nearly enough
DST
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WOW
Jack Bauer
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Tyquan!!!!!!
GruntTuff
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Please pull 56
BearlySober
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tommie said:

I love Thornton.


Bear75605
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Iron Claw
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Look what play action did.
Austin Bear
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Benetton runs east west too much
Jorkel
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Branch155 said:

What a play. Thornton isn't thrown to nearly enough


Because brewer prefers Mims over all his other receivers.
Bear75605
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Branch155
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Credit where credit is due. 56 locked his guy up on the long completion to Thornton
Austin Bear
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Ebner
Mitch Blood Green
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Tyquan is on my list of names for a boy if I have a son.
Bear75605
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I would bench no 56 for the rest the season. He may have another penalty while we're trying to run out the clock.
GruntTuff
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Blind hog found an acorn
boognish_bear
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Jack Bauer said:

Did our defense only have one bad play tonight?


WVU's first series of the second half they moved the ball pretty well into our territory....but then they had their 2nd horrible snap

Otherwise....D has been mostly lights out
BearlySober
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tommie said:

Tyquan is on my list of names for a boy if I have a son.


My wife is 14 weeks pregnant. I've already added it to the top of our list.
Mitch Blood Green
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Bear75605 said:

I would bench no 56 for the rest the season. He may have another penalty while we're trying to run out the clock.


I'm sure he's our best option.
EatMoreSalmon
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Ok, our scariest games now are TCU and Kansas the way this year has gone.
GruntTuff
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At least if he's the best we have can we move him inside
DST
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On the defense now.
Jacques Strap
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Well ... can the defense hold on?
Bear75605
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tommie said:

Bear75605 said:

I would bench no 56 for the rest the season. He may have another penalty while we're trying to run out the clock.


I'm sure he's our best option.


Sad!!
hodedofome
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I don't like giving them the ball back the way this game is going. I would have tried harder to get a 1st down.
GruntTuff
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You think Fat Pat has his eyes on 56?
Jorkel
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I hope we are Jekyll and Hyde against TCU and play the opposite of how we played today.
DanaDane
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So help me if Power gets this blocked I'm tossing our TV out the front door.
NeuroticBear
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EatMoreSalmon said:

Ok, our scariest games now are TCU and Kansas the way this year has gone.
Playing down to the competition, I'm afraid.
Jack Bauer
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Total yards

453 to 185!
Jacques Strap
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Thank you for the fair catch!
Branch155
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Excellent punt!
Oldbear83
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I think WV made a mistake calling for a fair catch.

OK defense, gotta close this out for a Baylor win.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
Branch155
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NeuroticBear said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

Ok, our scariest games now are TCU and Kansas the way this year has gone.
Playing down to the competition, I'm afraid.
I'm hoping that's the case tonight
ImABearToo
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I like our odds on the road better than at McLane. ISU-TT-WVU all too close. Much better road team.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
 
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