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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)

88,682 Views | 766 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by bexar country
Oldbear83
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Playing way off the receivers, I understand it but it bugs me
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
DanaDane
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Good job D. He used a lot of clock there.
boognish_bear
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Branch155 said:

Excellent punt!


Clutch punt! Special teams have been feast or famine
Branch155
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Bears win! Bears win!
Jacques Strap
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Wow what a game by the defense except for that one play
chukronos
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Won our trap game
Ukbb2003
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Ugly, ugly, ugly.......but 8-0.
boognish_bear
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Jack Bauer said:

Total yards

453 to 185!


Crazy it was so close on the scoreboard. Take out the kick return and 17-7 would have felt better
Jack Bauer
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F it 8-0!!!!
DST
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8-0
DanaDane
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Helluva game by Phil Snow's D. Just a helluva game.'


Ugly ugly ugly on Offense but, hey

WE'RE 8-0 BABY!!!!!!!!
BearlySober
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Whew....sic em!

I wasn't going to drink tonight and then our second half started. I'm now on my third. Glad it has turned into a celebratory pour!
MommaBear
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That was the UGLIEST win ever!!!
Bear75605
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Defibrillator please!
EatMoreSalmon
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Bears are not Wiscy vs. Illinoid
Jack Bauer
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boognish_bear said:

Jack Bauer said:

Total yards

453 to 185!


Crazy it was so close on the scoreboard. Take out the kick return and 17-7 would have felt better


And getting stuffed at the 1 yard line
boognish_bear
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If we were getting carried away with our own press clippings this game should bring us back to earth
Forest Bueller
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Ukbb2003 said:

Ugly, ugly, ugly.......but 8-0.
Indeed.

8-0 all that matters.

Jorkel
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boognish_bear said:

Jack Bauer said:

Total yards

453 to 185!


Crazy it was so close on the scoreboard. Take out the kick return and 17-7 would have felt better


Trick play was set to work if blocked, punch it in from half yard line, don't fumble streaking down the field, and it's a blow out. Self inflected wounds made this game a **** show
Jack Bauer
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8 undefeated teams left.
jdrs
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That was a hard way to get to 8-0. We sure have had our share of ugly wins! But a win is a win!
Jacques Strap
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boognish_bear said:

Branch155 said:

Excellent punt!


Clutch punt! Special teams have been feast or famine


Yep special teams were dismal and excellent all in the same game
GruntTuff
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I sure hope we learn something from this. We cannot best top tier teams like this.

Great job by Charlie and defense.

Good teams always gave down games. Baylor is a year away from being truly threatening for a NC.

PLEASE recruit 3-4 JCor transfer olinemen. PLEASE

That's what is making the difference.
william
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BusyTarpDuster2017
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Let's take the win, shower up, go to bed, and never speak of this game again.
Johnny Bear
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Not feeling confident about facing Fat Pat's defense, especially with the OLine issues we apparently now have.
Mattbu97
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Ugly win
Iron Claw
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GruntTuff said:

I sure hope we learn something from this. We cannot best top tier teams like this.

Great job by Charlie and defense.

Good teams always gave down games. Baylor is a year away from being truly threatening for a NC.

PLEASE recruit 3-4 JCor transfer olinemen. PLEASE

That's what is making the difference.
56 is a juco transfer.
GABear78
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Good win Bears!! 8-0!

We have some work to do. TCU starts tomorrow.
Jack Bauer
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Johnny Bear said:

Not feeling confident about facing Fat Pat's defense, especially with the OLine issues we apparently now have.


We've been playing better on the road this season so theres that....
Quinton
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Defense played great. They are battle tested from Rhule leaning on them hard in constant pressure situations this year.

Everything else was bad. That W Virginia team plays really hard but they are a really bad football team right now. Disappointing performance. Red zone work is absolutely terrible
GruntTuff
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GreT game by our D. Best since 1980. Hello Thee. This one's for YOU.
Jacques Strap
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I didn't expect to be 8-0 So I feel great. I know some on here called it but I thought we'd drop a road game. What's weird is it has been the home games where we flirted with disaster more that the road games.
Iron Claw
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Johnny Bear said:

Not feeling confident about facing Fat Pat's defense, especially with the OLine issues we apparently now have.
Hoping this made Fat Pat cocky and lulled him into complacency.
GoldenBear007
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Johnny Bear said:

Not feeling confident about facing Fat Pat's defense, especially with the OLine issues we apparently now have.
Just need to score more than the other team. TCU doesn't exactly have the greatest offense.

It's going to be grinder. Patterson would love nothing more than give Baylor their first loss. Anyone here thinking we will steamroll over TCU is kidding themselves.
 
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