Baylor embarrasses WVU with a 45-20 win on the Brazos

WACO, Texas - Baylor (5-1) embarrasses West Virginia (2-4) with a 45-20 drubbing on the Brazos to improve to 3-1 in Big 12 play. 

If you watched the second half of the Iowa State game or the entirety of last week’s mortification in Stillwater, you are wholly confused. Where the hell did this come from? To that, I have not an answer. But I can tell you this: Baylor put the rest of the conference back on notice. 

Dave Aranda and Jeff Grimes unleashed the defensive line, aired the ball out and kept the foot on West Virginia’s neck for the entire 60 minutes. There was almost nothing Jaret Doege and company could do. It was just a really, really bad day to be a mountaineer. 

Gerry Bohanon finished with a career-high 272 yards passing and three touchdowns — in the first half alone — as Tyquan Thornton also snagged four balls for 152 yards and two scores. Recapping that opening 30, it was astounding. The Bears punched the Mountaineers in the mouth immediately. 

Baylor scored 14 points via touchdowns in three halves of football before this game. Baylor scored 21 points via touchdowns in the first nine minutes of this game. Thanks to a violent offensive attack, a defensive takeaway and three sacks, the Bears led 28-10 at the break. 

Same story, different half for the remainder of the game. Baylor led the third quarter 14-3 and, in just that 15-minute span, feasted off of 50 West Virginia penalty yards. It was 42-13. Fans hit the exits. The Mountaineer replaced his musket with a white flag. And I can only assume Neal Brown asked for a running clock. 

Baylor finished with 354 yards passing, 157 yards rushing, and 45 points against the same team that held Oklahoma to 13. And the tandem of Bohanon and Thornton almost certainly landed Co-Big 12 Player of the Week honors. Not to be overlooked, Siaki Ika tallied two of Baylor’s six sacks. 

Next week just got way bigger. With Texas and Georgia hosting ESPN’s College Gameday within the last two weeks, you can almost guarantee Lee Corso and the gang will soon be walking in Waco. How’s that sound for a homecoming weekend?