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In the season opener for both teams, the Baylor Bears (0-0) will head south down I-35 to take on the Texas State Bobcats (0-0) on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. CT.
Quote of the week...
Dave Aranda: “We've been awfully focused on the process of just really forming an identity and really focusing on simple things that we can control and we can really own and take really strong ownership of. And I think when you ask that question, I think it's a great one, what comes to mind is penalties, or lack thereof, or ball security, or managing the clock, or winning the line of scrimmage. And so those are things from the very beginning we've really focused and honed in on, and I'm excited about the opportunity to go out and do those things. And I feel really confident that offensively and defensively there's a real strong belief that our effort, our execution, our edge can fill in the blanks in terms of the expectations and so I think the focus on what we can can control, good things are gonna come.”
Craig Smoak’s Players to Watch
Texas State — Quarterback Brady McBride
McBride doesn't blow you away with his ability, but he is seasoned in Spavital's offense at this point and ended last year on a solid three-game run statistically. Outside of the RB group and a player I will mention later, the rest of the Bobcats offense is a walking transfer portal.
I don't worry about Baylor's defense in the slightest, but you don't want an experienced QB to get a hot hand and some confidence in front of the home crowd. If Baylor's offense struggles to score points like it did last season, it only takes a couple of throws, busted coverages, or turnovers to make things a little too uncomfortable.
Baylor — Quarterback Gerry Bohanon
Bohanon put the work in to earn the job and displayed the confidence of a starting QB when talking to the media on Tuesday. Standing only feet away, you could sense his excitement level for this weekend. It's his time now.
Video of the Week
boognish_bear said:FINAL
— Craig Smoak (@CraigSmoak) September 5, 2021
Baylor 29, Texas State 20
*1-0 is good
* Should have been a dominant win and instead was a sloppy escape. Can't happen.
* Definite positives from Bohanon
* 2 100-yd rushers was a breath of fresh air.
* 3 INT were the difference
* Throw that broadcast into the sun.
It has not been the Pac-12 North's finest hour. pic.twitter.com/qOE1HWjn9x
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 5, 2021
"dominate run game"? We talkn bout Texas State. Any average "P5" tram would have hung at least 50 on that TxSt team tonight. "Mistakes" and "bonehead" was not the issue nor why it was close. Its going to be another long season. 3 wins most likely the high water mark...with 2 wins a distinct possibility based on what we saw tonight.Bear8084 said:boognish_bear said:FINAL
— Craig Smoak (@CraigSmoak) September 5, 2021
Baylor 29, Texas State 20
*1-0 is good
* Should have been a dominant win and instead was a sloppy escape. Can't happen.
* Definite positives from Bohanon
* 2 100-yd rushers was a breath of fresh air.
* 3 INT were the difference
* Throw that broadcast into the sun.
That about sums it up. Way, way too many mistakes to end it. Should've been a more comfortable win, but being boneheaded kept it close to end it.
Offense looked decent when it wanted to. But one gets the feeling that it was kept very vanilla. The dominate run game was nice to see though.
1845_Society said:"dominate run game"? We talkn bout Texas State. Any average "P5" tram would have hung at least 50 on that TxSt team tonight. "Mistakes" and "bonehead" was not the issue nor why it was close. Its going to be another long season. 3 wins most likely the high water mark...with 2 wins a distinct possibility based on what we saw tonight.Bear8084 said:boognish_bear said:FINAL
— Craig Smoak (@CraigSmoak) September 5, 2021
Baylor 29, Texas State 20
*1-0 is good
* Should have been a dominant win and instead was a sloppy escape. Can't happen.
* Definite positives from Bohanon
* 2 100-yd rushers was a breath of fresh air.
* 3 INT were the difference
* Throw that broadcast into the sun.
That about sums it up. Way, way too many mistakes to end it. Should've been a more comfortable win, but being boneheaded kept it close to end it.
Offense looked decent when it wanted to. But one gets the feeling that it was kept very vanilla. The dominate run game was nice to see though.
Appreciate your Baylor wishfulness though..........
SIC EM 94 said:
Is it really an offense keeping it "vanilla" when the offense actually is "vanilla"?
BUGWBBear said:
This is tantamount to Baylor beating USC at the Coliseum. If you took Illinois, change your underwear lol.
EvilTroyAndAbed said:BUGWBBear said:
This is tantamount to Baylor beating USC at the Coliseum. If you took Illinois, change your underwear lol.
Yeah, it's an upset, but Illinois is not good.
SIC EM 94 said:
Is it really an offense keeping it "vanilla" when the offense actually is "vanilla"?
BUGWBBear said:
Final outta Champaign
UTSA 37
Illini 30
San Antonio goes nuts and that Illini coach should be fired out of a howitzer
vanillabryce said:
Montana over U Dub
UTSA over Illinois
ETSU destroys Vandy
Charlotte (didn't even have a team 6 years ago) over Duke
I feel better (not good) about our win
vanillabryce said:
Montana over U Dub
UTSA over Illinois
ETSU destroys Vandy
Charlotte (didn't even have a team 6 years ago) over Duke
I feel better (not good) about our win
Jack Bauer said:vanillabryce said:
Montana over U Dub
UTSA over Illinois
ETSU destroys Vandy
Charlotte (didn't even have a team 6 years ago) over Duke
I feel better (not good) about our win
NIU beat Ga Tech
boognish_bear said:Jack Bauer said:vanillabryce said:
Montana over U Dub
UTSA over Illinois
ETSU destroys Vandy
Charlotte (didn't even have a team 6 years ago) over Duke
I feel better (not good) about our win
NIU beat Ga Tech
#7 ISU beat Northern Iowa 16-10 as 29 point favorites
Bear8084 said:boognish_bear said:Jack Bauer said:vanillabryce said:
Montana over U Dub
UTSA over Illinois
ETSU destroys Vandy
Charlotte (didn't even have a team 6 years ago) over Duke
I feel better (not good) about our win
NIU beat Ga Tech
#7 ISU beat Northern Iowa 16-10 as 29 point favorites
A real P5 6-6 team would've beaten Northern Iowa by a gazillion points!!!!
.@BUFootball coach Dave Aranda was "way disappointed" with all the penalties. He thought his team won every area but that one. Is taking it personally and vowed to clean it up.
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) September 5, 2021
Baylor’s 238 yards rushing in the season opener is 29% of its 813 total rushing yards in nine games last season.
— Colt Barber (@Colt_Barber) September 5, 2021
It’s two rushing touchdowns is 25% of its 8 from a season ago.
Baylor opted to run it 65.2% of the time. Compare that to 47.4% of the time in 2020.
New Mexico State 10, San Diego State 0 heading to halftime.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 5, 2021
NMSU was expected to be one of the worst teams in the FBS. SDSU was a 33-pt favorite.
This would be the 9th largest upset by point spread in the last 25 years.
Pac-12 North went 1-5 today:
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 5, 2021
Oregon beats Fresno State by a TD
Stanford loses 24-7 to K-State
Oregon St loses 30-21 to Purdue
Washington loses 13-7 to ... Montana.
Cal loses 22-17 to Nevada
Wazzu loses 26-23 to Utah St.
Dave Aranda on Gerry Bohanon: Gerry was calm, collected and poised. Great on the sidelines. He has room to grow as a quarterback, but he’s gifted as a leader. #Baylor #SicEm
— Darby Brown (@darbyjobrown) September 5, 2021
boognish_bear said:Baylor’s 238 yards rushing in the season opener is 29% of its 813 total rushing yards in nine games last season.
— Colt Barber (@Colt_Barber) September 5, 2021
It’s two rushing touchdowns is 25% of its 8 from a season ago.
Baylor opted to run it 65.2% of the time. Compare that to 47.4% of the time in 2020.
