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Gameday Thread: Baylor (6-5) faces Texas (7-4) in regular season finale

November 24, 2022
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The Baylor Bears (6-5) wrap up the regular season against Texas (7-4) on Friday morning in Austin. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CT and will be aired live on ESPN. 


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Quotes of the Week

Senior Defensive Lineman TJ Franklin

"The focus is still where it needs to be. I mean, [the staff] have done a good job by making us practice in the morning and giving us the extra time in the evening to either get extra film or take care of our bodies, do anything that we need to do to be like our final preparation for the game, so that's a big help." 

Senior Offensive Lineman Jacob Gall

"That's something we've been talking about all week and I think the thing we really come back to is that this is another chance for us to prove ourselves," Gall said. "Everybody that's kind of still been doubting us all season after the start or after any loss we've had, this is still another chance to prove to everybody the team that we actually are.""

Head Coach Dave Aranda

"I think we're stronger for it. And I think we're probably a closer team now than we were just two weeks ago. I think you find out so much about yourself, especially when there's trials, tribulations, and all of it. And when people can fully put their heart out there and then have it crushed at the end, I think it's so vulnerable to do that. And for guys to do that. And then to make the decision here to do it, again, I think, speaks to just a strong growth of the team. And we're aiming to do that."


Analysis of the Week

SicEm365 Analyst Travis Roeder

What an impossible game to predict. From a pure quality standpoint, I think this is a toss-up game. What makes it so difficult is you have to predict the team’s energy, focus, and desire. Texas still has a lot to play for (they can make the title game if they beat Baylor and Kansas beats K-State). Baylor spent themselves emotionally against TCU. Were they able to recover and gin up enough energy to one of the three best teams they’ve played this year, and play them on the road?

Baylor has the talent to make Texas one-dimensional in this game by relatively shutting down Bijan and forcing Ewers to beat them consistently. That’s Baylor’s path to winning. If they really shut down Texas’ run game like TCU was able to, Baylor can hold Texas under 24 points. We’ll see what version of Baylor’s defense we get tomorrow.

 


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Gameday Thread: Baylor (6-5) faces Texas (7-4) in regular season finale

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Quinton
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Sums up whole year. Line was overrated. Backers a little slow. Secondary green and over their head for now. And no opportune plays during huge must stop drives.

Offense can't make any timely plays in critical situations. Maybe they prove that wrong in this last few minute stretch.

Mediocre team with few gamers in critical spots. Defense is a soft and out of position. Big qb issues with wild swings of good play with terrible untimely ones. Strange year
EatMoreSalmon
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IowaBear said:

Dave Roberts… Dave Arabda… defensive gurus supposedly. Defense is just awful when it matters


Let's not try to act like Dave Aranda is anything on the low level of Dave Roberts.
Big_Pumpin
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Texas is going to be aggressive. We need a big play
Hob Howelll
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HuttoBear said:

No---time for a Int----


Texas probably won't throw another pass
HuttoBear
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This team is just frustrating........time to prepare myself for another loss
Wacoraisedbear
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Lmaoo
HuttoBear
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sorrry...???????
DanaDane
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Just absolutely no pocket awareness at all. None.
Dia del DougO
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Shapen has no vision.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
IowaBear
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Atta boy Blake! Great pocket awareness on that sack…
CHP Bear
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No flag. We're going to have to earn it.
HuttoBear
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3 atta boys for you shapen
BUBBFAN
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The Hound said:

HuttoBear said:

No---time for a Int----


Texas probably won't throw another pass

I wouldn't
greggor25
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Shapen = Charlie Brewer 2.0
Dia del DougO
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No matter what happens, there's zero reason that Drones shouldn't play at least half of the bowl game.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Hob Howelll
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DanaDane said:

Just absolutely no pocket awareness at all. None.


The people who think he's going to suddenly get better with more experience are kidding themselves. Dude is in his third year, what you see is pretty much what you get. Average quarterback
DanaDane
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And THERE is the Shapen turnover everyone knew was eventually coming.
IowaBear
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Brewers 5 times the qB Blake will ever be
True Grit
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Oh my... Shapen
Feel The Floyd
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Sickening
JXL
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That's ballgame
BUBBFAN
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Ballgame
IowaBear
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Bench this clown Aranda! Jesus **** there's zero way Drones is worse
gobears20
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Staff
I don't understand why we don't roll Shapen out more
BearTruth13
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Jesus he is bad
Quinton
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Need a qb. Would be 9-3 (even with the huge deficiencies of the team) with one.
74Bear
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He has tunnel vision and simply can't see the " the field"
EatMoreSalmon
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One too many over the middle
Hob Howelll
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Crappy season. Wish we could decline the bowl game, it's going to suck to lose to Appalachian State or Tulane or some who cares team
DancinBear09
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I blame the stubbornness of Grimes. Unbelievable that they are so unwilling to give Drones a shot.
CHP Bear
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Have a great day everyone. I'm out. I thought worse would be 8 - 4.
greggor25
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I don't know *** Shapen was looking at. Been like that all year!
HuttoBear
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I knew you would come thru Shapen---give up football and concentrate on baseball.
Hob Howelll
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gobears20 said:

I don't understand why we don't roll Shapen out more


We do it all the time. It's not a strength of his. He honestly has no strengths to his game, that's the problem
Johnny Bear
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Ballgame.

Blake Turnover comes through again. Story of the season (as RG III predictably celebrates).
 
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