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Gameday: Baylor vs. SMU

September 10, 2016
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The Baylor Bears (1-0) will take on the SMU Mustangs (1-0) on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. CT in a game at McLane Stadium in Waco which will be televised nationally on FS1. The Bears defeated the Mustangs last fall with a final score of 56-21. 

Baylor-SMU Series History

  • Baylor and SMU meet for the 82nd-time Saturday. The Bears lead the all-time series, 38-36-7 and 19-18-3 in Waco.
  • Last year, Baylor produced a 56-21 victory over the Mustangs in Dallas in the season-opener. BU held SMU scoreless in the second half.
  • The last time in Waco, the two teams met to open the 2014 season as well with BU shutting out SMU, 45-0, in the inaugural game at McLane Stadium.
  • The Bears have won each of the last 12 meetings dating back to 1986.
  • The previous four series meetings have all been the season opener for both teams (BU also won, 28-23, in 2005 & 59-24 in 2012).
  • The Bears and Mustangs first met on Oct. 7, 1916, with Baylor dominating in a 62-0 rout in Dallas.
  • Starting with the first meeting in 1916, the teams met each season (with the exception of World War II) through 1986, a span of 70 years. NCAA sanctions forced the cancellation of SMU’s 1987 season and University officials cancelled the Mustangs’ 1988 campaign. The teams then picked up their Southwest Conference rivalry in 1989, playing yearly until Baylor joined the Big 12 to start the 1996 season.
  • Since moving into the Big 12 Conference in 1996, Baylor is 9-0 in non-conference games against former Southwestern Conference (non-Big 12) rivals -- 5-0 vs. SMU and 4-0 vs. Rice.
  • Defensive coordinator Phil Bennett will be facing his former team during Saturday’s game. Bennett was the head coach at SMU from 2002-07.

Gameday Thread: Baylor vs. SMU

227,208 Views | 1045 Replies | Last: 8 yr ago by Brian Ethridge
DST
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Nice play Stewart.

Our dumbass offense needs to wake up.
Bears8375
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Awesome play by Orion. But does anyone think we'll even make it to midfield?
MoneyBear
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Upset coming.

KB can't run a team.

Coaching cannot overcome what SR is doing right now. We look B1G level incompetent throwing the ball and SMU is stacking the box daring us to throw. Beyond running the Wildcat or pulling the QB nothing fixes this.
beta
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But but but jkb you don't know what he's talking about when he said Seth played nobody last year.
skim234
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midway int on midway
Brian Ethridge
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Now will the offense do anything....
Hawkpeter
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I'm actually going to take a different take on this.

it is about bloody time that a team played Baylor like this defensively. SMU has a very good strategy today for their defense. They are spilling hard and forcing baylor to go where they don't want to go. We have seen this before a few times but SMU is doing a great job today.

Let's see where the team..... and the fans...... go mentally from here.
DTBear
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wr''s have 0 fight today
It was Denzel Mims. Terrible throw but the CB came back to it and Denzel stayed there. Not his issue though.
skim234
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But but but jkb you don't know what he's talking about when he said Seth played nobody last year.
i love you, but you also praise buckles.
HeathaBear
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midway int on midway
Was thinking about his. Did they play together at all at Midway? One or two years?
riflebear
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BFs talking about benching Seth after 1 1/2 qtrs. Have u seen how many great QBs have struggled today?

BearlyHeardFrom
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How about a sweep with Hasty?
GoldMind
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That's my boy
Brian Ethridge
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I'm actually going to take a different take on this.

it is about bloody time that a team played Baylor like this defensively. SMU has a very good strategy today for their defense. They are spilling hard and forcing baylor to go where they don't want to go. We have seen this before a few times but SMU is doing a great job today.

Let's see where the team..... and the fans...... go mentally from here.
Yep, making BU 1 dimensional.
skim234
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the losses on OL are glaring
skim234
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BFs talking about benching Seth after 1 1/2 qtrs. Have u seen how many great QBs have struggled today?


benching and giving 1 series to a backup is a bit different
TSUBoogie
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Lets go Stew!!!
Brian Ethridge
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the losses on OL are glaring
This is the SMU defense making BU pass the ball and Seth isn't so far.
DTBear
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I hope Stricken is not hurt
UPBaylor
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Considering how SMU is stacking the box against the run, it should be easy for an OC to adjust. Just sayin'....
Blackout Sniper
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SMU tackling is A+ so far.
GoBearsGo
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Maybe Seth running it gives the team a spark
GoldMind
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the losses on OL are glaring


It's hard to get up for a team that went 1-11 last year. It's is what it is.
Brian Ethridge
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Considering how SMU is stacking the box against the run, it should be easy for an OC to adjust. Just sayin'....
Yep. Should be able to go over the top if the QB didn't underthrow them.
skim234
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the losses on OL are glaring
This is the SMU defense making BU pass the ball and Seth isn't so far.
shock has had 0 room to run. compare today to the unc game.
Hawkpeter
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I'd love to see the H-back arc release and run a shoot like we saw on the goal line last week.

Its there.
Bears8375
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We've needed 4 downs to get 10 yards...TWICE IN A ROW.
TSUBoogie
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midway int on midway
Was thinking about his. Did they play together at all at Midway? One or two years?


Orion was gone by then but Hicks, Jacobs, and Stricklin played together
SoTexBear
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I think Grant Teaff is calling the plays.
MoneyBear
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Considering how SMU is stacking the box against the run, it should be easy for an OC to adjust. Just sayin'....

You are correct. How many drops and poorly thrown balls today...that's your answer.
Brian Ethridge
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Finally hit the crease with Williams.
GoldMind
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Starting to move
skim234
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the losses on OL are glaring


It's hard to get up for a team that went 1-11 last year. It's is what it is.
we haven't accomplished enough to overlook teams. we are undermanned.
Brian Ethridge
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Another bad throw into double coverage.
riflebear
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If a Defense is getting penetration you can't keep doing the same things. This is not on Seth, it's on the coaches. It makes no sense to save Seth for the Big 12 if we lose to SMU and get knocked out of the Top 25. Seth is very good at throwing on the run so move him around. This is ridiculous.
 
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