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Gameday Thread: No. 7 Baylor faces No. 8 Ole Miss in Sugar Bowl

December 31, 2021
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No. 7 Baylor (11-2) will face No. 8 Ole Miss (10-2) in the All-State Sugar Bowl on Saturday evening in New Orleans at 7:45 p.m. CT inside the Superdome. 


Quote of the week...

Dave Aranda: “I think the bowl gives us an opportunity to show who we are. I think there is a stage there. There is a platform that we can -- whether it's people we interact with at the hotel, it's the people that are on our plane, it's the fans that are coming to see us, it's all the people that are going to be watching on TV, it's going to be an introduction to Baylor University. It's going to be an introduction to Baylor football and then to all of our last names in terms of not so much what we do, but how we do it and in terms of what drives us. I think that comes out. And so we want to put our best foot forward in regards to that.”


Craig Smoak’s Players to Watch 

Ole Miss — Quarterback Matt Corral  

As Dave Aranda said earlier this week, Corral is the engine in the Ole Miss attack and a winner. This Saturday will be Corral's finale before hearing his name called as perhaps the top quarterback selection in April's NFL Draft. A true dual-threat, the junior has over 3,300 yards passing and 20 touchdowns with an additional 11 scores and nearly 600 yards rushing. Baylor's defense thrives on turnover opportunities, but Corral has thrown just four interceptions this year. 

Baylor — Quarterback Gerry Bohanon

The starting quarterback position is impossible to snub in this game as Bohanon returns from a hamstring injury that cost him the last ten quarters of play. It would have been fun to see what would have happened if Blake Shapen was available, but Bohanon got the party started and now fittingly has a chance to turn off the lights in sweet style. Aranda sounded confident in Bohanon's ability to move around, which is a plus, but he'll need to keep it clean and sharp in the passing game. It's been a while since he's seen a live-action opposing defense.  


Pregame Show | Saturday 5:45 p.m. CT

 

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Gameday Thread: No. 7 Baylor faces No. 8 Ole Miss in Sugar Bowl

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Mitch Blood Green
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CHP Bear said:

Bernard or Smith POG

Woods
Married A Horn
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CHP Bear said:

Bernard or Smith POG


1. Woods
2. Bernard

But I'm close to switching those 2. Bernard has been YUGE!
Married A Horn

Hutto Hippo
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Illinois Bear
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tommie said:

CHP Bear said:

Bernard or Smith POG

Woods
ImwithBU
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8 sacks. This defense
ImABearToo
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Ika is back, no? Thought only sophomore?
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
BearTruth13
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Almost a disaster of a game. But for the defense and Smith. Glad we get the W.
Dia-del-oso
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Baylor is 3-0 against the sec after tonight
boognish_bear
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When smith caught this ball in the flat on 3rd and 5 I said a quick prayer for that DB because I knew Smith was gonna bull rush him and snatch his soul

Jack Bauer
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Offensive: Abram Smith
Defensive: JT Woods
BearFan33
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Espn announcers subdued.
Ghostrider
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Will we finish top 5 this year? ND lost. Do we jump
Cincy?
ImwithBU
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historian said:

Officials doing a terrible job placing the ball, always to their benefit.


Yeah notice that too.
CHP Bear
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Yes add him to the mix.
vanillabryce
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Smith has carried our offense.

Walcott with the pick six.

Woods with two picks is my MVP
Mitch Blood Green
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We have Alabama next. 1/29/22.
wgeralds
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boognish_bear said:

When smith caught this ball in the flat on 3rd and 5 I said a quick prayer for that DB because I knew Smith was gonna bull rush him and snatch his soul


mans a menace
MommaBear
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Positive Bear said:

He came in like a heat seeking missile.
No kidding! I'm surprised they wasn't a huge hole in the field where they landed. That had to hurt for sure!!!
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Illinois Bear said:

tommie said:

CHP Bear said:

Bernard or Smith POG

Woods



Abram Smith. Mr. Smith as Ole Miss knows him.
FWBear91
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I love seeing the red shirts streaming toward the exits.
BearTruth13
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Ghostrider said:

Will we finish top 5 this year? ND lost. Do we jump
Cincy?


We will finish 5. Jump Cincy, Notre Dame.
Branch155
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Ghostrider said:

Will we finish top 5 this year? ND lost. Do we jump
Cincy?
Should jump Cincy, but probably won't. We finish 5th. Which is fantastic
MommaBear
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So....who at Baylor was responsible for ordering those orange Tennessee pom poms for our fans?
Jack Bauer
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It took 56 minutes but Joe/Greg have to talk up Baylor. They seem so disappointed.
ImwithBU
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vanillabryce said:

Smith has carried our offense.

Walcott with the pick six.

Woods with two picks is my MVP


Smiths getting offensive player of game
BellCountyBear
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We've never won 12 have we?
Christian, white, male, straight, conservative...how else can I offend you today?
whitetrash
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Don't forget THEosu will stay ahead of us.
jdrs
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Seems like a backhanded compliment from Greg
Jack Bauer
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whitetrash said:

Don't forget THEosu will stay ahead of us.
That is CFP, there is not a final CFP poll.

We are ahead of tOSU in the AP
NeuroticBear
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These officials are ass.
Jack Bauer
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jdrs said:

Seems like a backhanded compliment from Greg

He loves to tell that story over and over and over
kbrun
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I know it's killing the SEC announcers to have to talk about Baylor now.
Ghostrider
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ImABearToo said:

Ika is back, no? Thought only sophomore?


I am probably wrong. He is such a stud seems like a sr.
CHP Bear
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Thank you Briles for putting us on the map, and the great facilities.
Jack Bauer
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Why are we talking about 2004? We have more Big12 titles than any other school besides OU
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