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Game Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Arizona State in Tempe

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By SicEm365 Staff
October 2, 2026
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Baylor at Arizona State

First True Road Game • Big 12 Night Game
Saturday, October 3, 2026 • 9:30 p.m. CT • ESPN
Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ
Records Baylor 3-1 (1-0 Big 12) | Arizona State 2-1 (1-0 Big 12)
Coaches Dave Aranda (Year 7) vs. Kenny Dillingham (Year 4)
Kickoff 9:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. MT / 10:30 p.m. ET
TV ESPN — Roy Philpott, Brock Osweiler, Sherree Burruss
Radio John Morris, Geff Gandy, Bryson Jackson • KRZI 1660 AM / 92.3 FM
Stream ESPN / ESPN app • BaylorBears.com radio
Series Arizona State leads 2-0
Last meeting Arizona State 27, Baylor 24 (Waco, Sept. 20, 2025) • Gomez 43-yard FG as time expired
Last game Baylor 23, Colorado 13 (Sept. 26)
Line Arizona State -3.5 • O/U 49.5 • as of Oct. 2

Why This Game Matters

  • First true road game of 2026 (Auburn was a neutral site in Atlanta)
  • Night game in Tempe after ASU’s bye; Sun Devils opened league play with a 24-17 win over Kansas in London
  • Baylor has held all four opponents under 20 points, the longest such streak since 2005
  • DJ Lagway is a week removed from a rusty return: 19-of-39, 221 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT vs. Colorado
  • Initial injury report is clean — no Bears listed doubtful or questionable

Series History

  • Arizona State leads 2-0
  • 1990 in Tempe: ASU 34, Baylor 13 — Baylor’s only previous trip to Tempe
  • 2025 in Waco: ASU 27, Baylor 24 on Jesus Gomez’s 43-yard field goal as time expired
  • ASU this year: W vs. Morgan State, L 48-20 at Texas A&M, bye, W 24-17 vs. Kansas (London)

Keys for Baylor

  1. Survive the environment. Aranda called it loud and electric at night. First conference home night game for a lot of this ASU roster.
  2. Get Lagway on schedule. Efficiency has to jump from the Colorado line. 
  3. Win up front. The ASU offensive line is still searching. ASU’s Cutter Boley (736 yards, 9 TD) is the guy to pressure.
  4. Keep the scoring defense intact. Plenty of bend but don’t break for Baylor in 2026. ASU is built to drive on offense. Be better. 
  5. Finish drives. 23 points against Colorado will not be enough if the Sun Devils get their home offense going. Don’t leave points on the field. 

Players to Watch

Baylor: QB DJ Lagway • RB Dawson Pendergrass • WR Gavin Freeman, Jayden McGowan, Dre'lon Miller • OL Koltin Sieracki • LB Travion Barnes • S Bo Onu, Micah Gifford • DL Hosea Wheeler, Traevon Mitchell

Arizona State: QB Cutter Boley • RB Kyson Brown • WR Reed Harris • K Jesus Gomez • HC Kenny Dillingham

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Game Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Arizona State in Tempe

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9:49p, 10/3/26
Typical offensive start right there. Starting slow yet again. Put the defense right back on the field. But DJ did seem to move better on that 3rd down than he did last week.
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In reply to beardown36 • 9:50p, 10/3/26
beardown36 said:
Typical offensive start right there. Starting slow yet again. Put the defense right back on the field. But DJ did seem to move better on that 3rd down than he did last week.

DJ made a good play on third down. We didn't give him a chance to do anything until then, though.
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:50p, 10/3/26
Precedes to make 2 horrendous throws
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:50p, 10/3/26
bear2be2 said:
BellCountyBear said:
This offense sucks and so does Spavital!

I don't think Spavital sucks. He's just way too stubborn.

Which equates to sucking. Adapt or die(lose).
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In reply to beardown36 • 9:51p, 10/3/26
Well our offensive line is horrible. That's the big issue with the offense yet again.
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9:51p, 10/3/26
We got really lucky there. Harris isn't going to drop that one very often.
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9:51p, 10/3/26
Oh we got lucky there with that drop
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9:51p, 10/3/26
As I said in an earlier thread this week..Cutter is trash..we can't allow him to beat us..
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9:52p, 10/3/26
That's two games in a row where an opposing receiver has dropped a potential touchdown pass -- or at least a first-down pass in the red zone.

Maybe we're going to actually catch some breaks this year. Lord knows we could use them.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 9:52p, 10/3/26
DEI Dave will find a way. The Auburn QB last year was also terrible
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 9:53p, 10/3/26
Stefano DiMera said:
As I said in an earlier thread this week..Cutter is trash..we can't allow him to beat us..

We need to find a way to heat him up. We haven't put any pressure on him yet, which is disappointing.
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In reply to beardown36 • 9:54p, 10/3/26
Not horrible...run blocking has been deficient..pass blocking more than adequate..
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:55p, 10/3/26
He looks like he's throwing a 15 lb kettleball.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 9:55p, 10/3/26
If you can't run the ball it is very hard to run an efficient offense.
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9:56p, 10/3/26
That was easy.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 9:56p, 10/3/26
Well I love to be wrong!
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9:56p, 10/3/26
There is our home run back.
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9:56p, 10/3/26
Give Morris the damn football. He's already our best back.
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9:56p, 10/3/26
Hey that run works for me
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9:56p, 10/3/26
MORRIS!!!!!!!
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9:57p, 10/3/26
Keep running Morris. He's legit
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9:57p, 10/3/26
Oh yeah!
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9:57p, 10/3/26
TOUCHDOWN B:TCHES!!!
I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
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In reply to beardown36 • 9:58p, 10/3/26
beardown36 said:
Well I love to be wrong!

Props.

WoooooHoooooo!
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9:59p, 10/3/26
Lagway showing leadership skillz on the sideline.

I likey
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9:59p, 10/3/26
Now this is where we all agree Aranda teams fail.

I know it's early..but a stop here..and a score will give us that 2 score lead and have ASU chasing.

We always have these back and forth games.
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In reply to fubar • 9:59p, 10/3/26
Fastest RB since Sqwirl!
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10:01p, 10/3/26
Come on defense. The offense has shown up.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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10:02p, 10/3/26
Like that!
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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10:02p, 10/3/26
Slug is proving to be a valuable pickup for us. Glad he was given his injunction.
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10:02p, 10/3/26
Bears with the ball!!!!!!!
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10:02p, 10/3/26
Good hit behind the line there
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10:03p, 10/3/26
Baylor ball!
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10:03p, 10/3/26
Let's go! Capitalize!
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10:03p, 10/3/26
Fumble recovery! Nice let's get some points
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