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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Face West Virginia in Morgantown

November 15, 2024
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Baylor (5-4, 3-3) looks to extend its winning streak against WVU (5-4, 4-2) on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. CT, and the game will be aired live on ESPN2. 

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The Run Down

 Baylor West Virginia
Head Coach Dave Aranda Neal Brown
Team Record 5-4 5-4
Leading Passer Sawyer Robertson, QB
135/227, 1,783 yards, 17 TDs, 4 INT		 Garrett Greene, QB
99/176, 1,352 yards, 9 TDs, 8 INT
Leading Rushers Bryson Washington, RB
96 carries, 576 yards, 7 TDs

Dawson Pendergrass, RB
64 carries, 395 yards, 3 TDs

Sawyer Robertson, QB
48 carries, 257 yards, 4 TDs

Jaheim White, RB
100 carries, 572 yards, 5 TDs

Garrett Greene, QB
76 carries, 471 yards, 3 TDs

CJ Donaldson, RB
104 carries, 465 yards, 6 TDs
Leading Receivers Josh Cameron, WR
29 rec, 424 yards, 7 TDs

Ashtyn Hawkins, WR
27 rec, 382 yards, 3 TDs

Hal Presley, WR
22 rec, 329 yards, 3 TDs

Taylon Ray, WR
25 rec, 404 yards, 3 TDs

Hudson Clement, WR
28 rec, 383 yards, 3 TDs

Kole Taylor, TE
30 rec, 332 yards, 2 TDs
Defense Matt Jones, LB
82 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks

Keaton Thomas, LB
78 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks

Steve Linton, OLB
24 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks		 Josiah Trotter, LB
69 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1 INT

TJ Jackson, LB
33 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks

Trey Lathan, LB
50 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 2.0 Sacks
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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Face West Virginia in Morgantown

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7:50p, 11/16/24
Yep....posters here have been making that same comparison

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In reply to boognish_bear • 7:51p, 11/16/24
boognish_bear said:
Yep....posters here have been making that same comparison

I mentioned the possibility several weeks ago, though I never really believed it would happen.

This turnaround has been really remarkable.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 8:02p, 11/16/24
bear2be2 said:
boognish_bear said:
Yep....posters here have been making that same comparison

I mentioned the possibility several weeks ago, though I never really believed it would happen.

This turnaround has been really remarkable.


Same here. Those old Baylorfans boards were just as bleak during the low points and then the team found themselves. Love seeing a similar turnaround happen again to this team.
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In reply to EvilTroyAndAbed • 8:05p, 11/16/24
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
Let’s Go!
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In reply to Killing Floor • 8:08p, 11/16/24
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.


How can this be negative in any way? BU is on a roll. Coach deserves credit, same as he deserves blame for losses. How can anyone be credible if you don't call it both ways.
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In reply to Killing Floor • 8:10p, 11/16/24
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The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.


So no one should ever try it unless they are down multiple scores late? The decision is the decision. I don't condone doing it, but if you're going to do it, that's the time to do it. If they had pulled it off and gotten 3 or 7 points, you wouldn't be saying it was stupid.

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In reply to Killing Floor • 8:14p, 11/16/24
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
Did you ever play the game?
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8:16p, 11/16/24
BU turnaround starting to get some attention. This guy has 500K followers and works in the NFL writing and does the play by play for the Chargers. So...not connected to B12 football.

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In reply to Killing Floor • 8:37p, 11/16/24
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
It wasn't an attempt to lose. It was quite the opposite actually. It was an attempt to put the game away before halftime.

I didn't agree with the decision at the time and I'm still not crazy about it now. But Dave has been accused a lot in the past of playing not to lose. No one can accuse him of that tonight. He was aggressively coaching to win that game. He was just a little too aggressive IMO.

Fortunately, it worked out fine in the end.

Our touchdown after their quick score completely negated the impact of that decision anyway.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 8:40p, 11/16/24
bear2be2 said:
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
It wasn't an attempt to lose. It was quite the opposite actually. It was an attempt to put the game away before halftime.

I didn't agree with it at the time and I'm still not crazy about it now. But Dave has been accused a lot in the past of playing not to lose. No one can accuse him of that tonight.
I had no problem with it at the time. And still don't. We had grabbed the momentum and he wanted to push it even further. This is a game of emotion, not statistics.

And as it turned out, it didnt matter. They scored on a long run that he broke into the clear afterwards. Would have been just scoring from a longer run that he broke into the clear, if they had run exactly the same play
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In reply to Assassin • 8:44p, 11/16/24
Assassin said:
bear2be2 said:
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
It wasn't an attempt to lose. It was quite the opposite actually. It was an attempt to put the game away before halftime.

I didn't agree with it at the time and I'm still not crazy about it now. But Dave has been accused a lot in the past of playing not to lose. No one can accuse him of that tonight.
I had no problem with it at the time. And still don't. We had grabbed the momentum and he wanted to push it even further. This is a game of emotion, not statistics.

And as it turned out, it didnt matter. They scored on a long run that he broke into the clear afterwards. Would have been just scoring from a longer run that he broke into the clear, if they had run exactly the same play



Going for the kill is something we have never seen out of Dave. That was an attempted kill shot. He missed but it shows signs of improvement from him.
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In reply to EvilTroyAndAbed • 8:47p, 11/16/24
Correct. You wouldn't go for it on 4th and 9 at your own 20 if you were up by 2 touchdowns. Would you?
Same thing. It's an unnecessary risk. And as you can see,
It didn't work.
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In reply to BUATX2000 • 8:48p, 11/16/24
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Assassin said:
bear2be2 said:
Killing Floor said:
The success rate in college is around 20%. In other words, it's a desperate miracle play. Completely stupid. Don't defend the decision. It was a blatant attempt to lose. But we won anyway.
It wasn't an attempt to lose. It was quite the opposite actually. It was an attempt to put the game away before halftime.

I didn't agree with it at the time and I'm still not crazy about it now. But Dave has been accused a lot in the past of playing not to lose. No one can accuse him of that tonight.
I had no problem with it at the time. And still don't. We had grabbed the momentum and he wanted to push it even further. This is a game of emotion, not statistics.

And as it turned out, it didnt matter. They scored on a long run that he broke into the clear afterwards. Would have been just scoring from a longer run that he broke into the clear, if they had run exactly the same play
Going for the kill is something we have never seen out of Dave. That was an attempted kill shot. He missed but it shows signs of improvement from him.
And it didnt miss by much. Beautifully setup, could have been the dagger at that moment instead of later
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In reply to Shakesbear • 8:49p, 11/16/24
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Great win, but our secondary is atrocious
Yep, we definitely need a talent upgrade in our secondary. And I am willing to pony up $$$ to get that upgrade.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 8:56p, 11/16/24
boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 8:57p, 11/16/24
BellCountyBear said:
boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.
He's been far more emotive on the sidelines this season IMO. I've seen him rip into the defense on a number of occasions this year.
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 9:02p, 11/16/24
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Shakesbear said:
Great win, but our secondary is atrocious
Yep, we definitely need a talent upgrade in our secondary. And I am willing to pony up $$$ to get that upgrade.
I will to, but my pony up $$$ is gonna be a lot less than yours!
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 9:09p, 11/16/24
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boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.

I'd like to see him work the refs better. He doesn't need to throw hissy fits like Gary Patterson or Neal Brown, but there are times as a head coach where I perceive that it is appropriate and necessary to voice your displeasure for questionable calls. Not because it's going to change the call, but because the team feeds off of that vibe/whatever you want to call it

But then again, we're on a four game win streak, so maybe just keep doing what he's doing
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In reply to Daveisabovereproach • 9:12p, 11/16/24
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BellCountyBear said:
boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.

I'd like to see him work the refs better. He doesn't need to throw hissy fits like Gary Patterson or Neal Brown, but there are times as a head coach where I perceive that it is appropriate and necessary to voice your displeasure for questionable calls. Not because it's going to change the call, but because the team feeds off of that vibe/whatever you want to call it

But then again, we're on a four game win streak, so maybe just keep doing what he's doing
I think you could classify Aranda as "stoic"
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In reply to boognish_bear • 9:53p, 11/16/24
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I really like this kid. Our defense desperately needed a linebacker with his skill set and mentality.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:55p, 11/16/24
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boognish_bear said:
I really like this kid. Our defense desperately needed a linebacker with his skill set and mentality.
Great mindset!
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boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.


Being calm and collected is not apathy. Aranda gets after people when needed. It's not always needed.
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10:17p, 11/16/24
Baylor enjoying the moment well deserved. Onto the next game for 5 in a row. Awesome
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 4:13a, 11/17/24
BellCountyBear said:
boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.
I would like to see it too but it;s his personality type. It means we need more natural leaders around him including players. While we wish to see more of a AAA type out of him, the players and recruits seem to like him as he is. That's important too. Let's just hope to win out and we'll all feel better about the future.
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bear2be2 said:
BellCountyBear said:
boognish_bear said:
I think it would be good for the fans and the players to see more of this on the sideline? What I observe mostly on the sideline from him is apathy.
He's been far more emotive on the sidelines this season IMO. I've seen him rip into the defense on a number of occasions this year.
Seems to be getting his feet under him. Sometimes it takes time and this has not been the easiest time to navigate CFB.

Let's keep it up...
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Nightmare scenario loading...
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Nightmare scenario loading...
BU goes to Arlington the Anti-Aranda crowd will blow a gasket... This could be fun. Keep winning.

Break out the:
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In reply to BUATX2000 • 8:45a, 11/17/24
BUATX2000 said:
Man that Colorado game is going to haunt me for a while. Baylor wins that game and we are actually alive in the Big12 championship race.

For me, that one and the '22 TCU loss in Waco have be the two biggest gut wrenching L's since the Michigan State collapse in the 1/1/15 Cotton Bowl.
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 12:47p, 11/17/24
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Finally got that Morgantown Monkey off our backs.

But anyone who calls for an onside and they're up by 14 still deserves firing.

100%.


Consistently poor coaching decisions game after game, year after year.
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2:25p, 11/17/24

I've been an Aranda critic for sure, but I don't mind this decision. Yes, it backfired since WVU scored quickly, but I thought it was well timed and actually did make some sense based on these factors:

1. Our defense at that point was not really stopping WVU anyway.
2. Aranda probably figured (and rightly) that our offense was going to score a lot.
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