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Game Thread: Bears Aim to Keep Momentum Rolling Against TCU

Game thread as Baylor faces TCU.
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SICEM365 GAME THREAD

Baylor vs. TCU

The Revivalry • Blackout on the Brazos
Saturday, October 17, 2026 • 6:00 p.m. CT • FS1
McLane Stadium • Waco, TX • Home
Records Baylor 4-1 (2-0 Big 12) | TCU 2-3 (0-2 Big 12)
Coaches Dave Aranda (Year 7) vs. Sonny Dykes (Year 5)
Kickoff 6:00 p.m. CT / 7:00 p.m. ET
TV FS1 — Noah Reed, Petros Papadakis
Radio John Morris, Geff Gandy, Bryson Jackson • KRZI 1660 AM / 92.3 FM
Stream FS1 / FOX One • BaylorBears.com radio
Series TCU leads 60-54-7 • 122nd meeting (most-played in Texas)
Last meeting TCU 42, Baylor 36 (Fort Worth, Oct. 18, 2025)
Last in Waco Baylor 37, TCU 34 (walk-off FG, 2024 blackout)
Last game Baylor 55, Arizona State 19 (Oct. 3)
Line Baylor -5.5 • O/U 48.5 • as of Oct. 16

Why This Game Matters

  • The Revivalry — Blackout on the Brazos. Fans in black, anthracite uniforms likely back
  • Both teams off a bye. Baylor riding a four-game win streak after 55-19 at Arizona State
  • TCU has won nine of the last 11 in the series. Baylor last won at home in 2024
  • DJ Lagway is trending up after Big 12 Player of the Week (306 yards, 4 TD at ASU). Aranda says he is moving better
  • TCU is 2-3 and 0-2 in league play after one-score losses to North Carolina, UCF, and BYU

Series History

  • TCU leads 60-54-7 all-time. Baylor is 35-34-5 in Waco
  • Last meeting: TCU 42-36 in Fort Worth (2025), delayed by lightning
  • Last Waco meeting: Baylor 37-34 on a walk-off field goal in the 2024 blackout
  • Nine of the last 13 meetings decided by one score. TCU has won nine of the last 11
  • TCU this year: L 15-10 vs. North Carolina, W vs. Grambling & Arkansas State, L 21-13 at UCF, L 17-10 vs. BYU

Keys for Baylor

  1. Own the blackout. First blackout since the 2024 walk-off win. Use the crowd and the anthracite look.
  2. Pressure Jaden Craig. Harvard transfer has 1,400 yards and 8 TDs but four interceptions. TCU’s offense has stalled in close games.
  3. Run the ball against their front. Aranda called TCU’s D-line the best they have faced. Still need balance after the ASU explosion.
  4. Finish drives and finish the game. Last two Waco meetings ended on walk-off field goals (one each way). Do not leave it in the hands of the kickers.
  5. Keep the scoring defense intact. Five straight opponents held to 20 or fewer. TCU is only allowing 13.4 points per game.

Players to Watch

Baylor: QB DJ Lagway • RB Dawson Pendergrass • WR Gavin Freeman, Louis Brown IV, Jayden McGowan • LB Travion Barnes • S Micah Gifford, Bo Onu • DL Hosea Wheeler

TCU: QB Jaden Craig • RB Jeremy Payne • WR Ed Small • HC Sonny Dykes (Year 5) • strong defensive front and safety group

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Game Thread: Bears Aim to Keep Momentum Rolling Against TCU

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10:57p, 10/17/26
Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+
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In reply to boognish_bear • 10:59p, 10/17/26
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Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+


Radio might be better.
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In reply to AC/DC • 11:00p, 10/17/26
AC/DC said:
boognish_bear said:
Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+


Radio might be better.

Nope.
"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 Dia del DougO • 11:03p, 10/17/26
Dia del DougO said:
AC/DC said:
boognish_bear said:
Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+


Radio might be better.

Nope.


ESPN Ocho right after "Slippery Stairs"
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In reply to Dia del DougO • 11:07p, 10/17/26
Dia del DougO said:
AC/DC said:
boognish_bear said:
Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+


Radio might be better.

Nope.


Kern Tipps could make a $*** sandwich sound intertaining and put you on the edge of your seat.
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In reply to AC/DC • 11:07p, 10/17/26
AC/DC said:
Dia del DougO said:
AC/DC said:
boognish_bear said:
Welp...back to 11AM kickoffs and ESPN+


Radio might be better.

Nope.


Kern Tipps could make a $*** sandwich sound intertaining and put you on the edge of your seat.

And today you can barely even get a game on the radio.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
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11:10p, 10/17/26
They are getting ripped in the comments

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In reply to Jack Bauer • 11:18p, 10/17/26
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They are getting ripped in the comments


They should be. What a joke.
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11:21p, 10/17/26
Buck up, Baylor faithful. Our Tumbling team is going to rip TCU a new orifice.
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In reply to Jack Bauer • 12:08a, 10/18/26
Jack Bauer said:

It's too late, doofus. How many chances do you think you get at this?

I would have much preferred to have seen an answer like this ... even though it wouldn't have really changed anything in the long run.

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In reply to Jack Bauer • 12:13a, 10/18/26
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I...don't...want...to...hear...it.

He just needs to thank his lucky stars he landed with a program that can't afford to fire him like serious programs would have done long ago.
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8:26a, 10/18/26
I said I'd believe it when I see it. All things considered, This was the worst game, and Head coaching and OC coaching in the Dave era.
Klan held TCU to under 20 pts again. Kudos.
Dave looked dead again. I am so sick of him.
Thank you Linda Loser. You are a a woke, feminist Loser
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In reply to Timbear • 9:03a, 10/18/26
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I said I'd believe it when I see it. All things considered, This was the worst game, and Head coaching and OC coaching in the Dave era.
Klan held TCU to under 20 pts again. Kudos.
Dave looked dead again. I am so sick of him.
Thank you Linda Loser. You are a a woke, feminist Loser


Donors need to see a very good basketball team today. I'm afraid football rallies against hapless Kansas and Iowa State. And then finishes 8-5 and we call it a good year. Last night could not have been any worse.
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In reply to WestUBears88 • 10:01a, 10/18/26
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Timbear said:
I said I'd believe it when I see it. All things considered, This was the worst game, and Head coaching and OC coaching in the Dave era.
Klan held TCU to under 20 pts again. Kudos.
Dave looked dead again. I am so sick of him.
Thank you Linda Loser. You are a a woke, feminist Loser


Donors need to see a very good basketball team today. I'm afraid football rallies against hapless Kansas and Iowa State. And then finishes 8-5 and we call it a good year. Last night could not have been any worse.


Dave will lose the last 3, so he has to win 2 of the next 3 to go 6-6.
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In reply to WestUBears88 • 10:20a, 10/18/26
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Timbear said:
I said I'd believe it when I see it. All things considered, This was the worst game, and Head coaching and OC coaching in the Dave era.
Klan held TCU to under 20 pts again. Kudos.
Dave looked dead again. I am so sick of him.
Thank you Linda Loser. You are a a woke, feminist Loser


Donors need to see a very good basketball team today. I'm afraid football rallies against hapless Kansas and Iowa State. And then finishes 8-5 and we call it a good year. Last night could not have been any worse.


I don't think so. We've been pretty lucky on the injury front so far, but that could easily change. And we're really just not that good
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In reply to bear2be2 • 10:30a, 10/18/26
bear2be2 said:
Jack Bauer said:

It's too late, doofus. How many chances do you think you get at this?

I would have much preferred to have seen an answer like this ... even though it wouldn't have really changed anything in the long run.


Even their post game production is awful. How about turning on the sound system.
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In reply to Dia del DougO • 11:07a, 10/18/26
Dia del DougO said:
bear2be2 said:
Jack Bauer said:

It's too late, doofus. How many chances do you think you get at this?

I would have much preferred to have seen an answer like this ... even though it wouldn't have really changed anything in the long run.


Even their post game production is awful. How about turning on the sound system.
Might as well leave our postgame sound system off as well. Every one of has heard the same stuff ad nauseum but without seeing anything more than cosmetic change, if even that.
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In reply to canoso • 11:08a, 10/18/26
canoso said:
Dia del DougO said:
bear2be2 said:
Jack Bauer said:

It's too late, doofus. How many chances do you think you get at this?

I would have much preferred to have seen an answer like this ... even though it wouldn't have really changed anything in the long run.


Even their post game production is awful. How about turning on the sound system.
Might as well leave our postgame sound system off as well. Every one of us has heard the same stuff ad nauseum but without seeing anything more than cosmetic change, if even that.
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11:19a, 10/18/26
I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

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I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

So why does Grayson keep toeing the company line or at best talking out of both sides of his mouth? We have a whole cadre that does that, including some who regularly post here.
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In reply to canoso • 11:29a, 10/18/26
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boognish_bear said:
I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

So why does Grayson keep toeing the company line or at best talking out of both sides of his mouth? We have a whole cadre that does that, including some who regularly post here.


This website is a business. There are a lot of people who subscribe primarily for the whole inside access to athletic department and player interviews thing. The impression I get from the current administration at Baylor is that if you call them out, you can wave bye-bye to media access and interviews with players.
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In reply to Timbear • 12:44p, 10/18/26
If 6-6 guarantees CDA another year, that would be a real testament to where our standards have fallen.
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In reply to Guitarbiscuit • 12:50p, 10/18/26
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If 6-6 guarantees CDA another year, that would be a real testament to where our standards have always been.

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In reply to Timbear • 3:56p, 10/18/26
Timbear said:
WestUBears88 said:
Timbear said:
I said I'd believe it when I see it. All things considered, This was the worst game, and Head coaching and OC coaching in the Dave era.
Klan held TCU to under 20 pts again. Kudos.
Dave looked dead again. I am so sick of him.
Thank you Linda Loser. You are a a woke, feminist Loser


Donors need to see a very good basketball team today. I'm afraid football rallies against hapless Kansas and Iowa State. And then finishes 8-5 and we call it a good year. Last night could not have been any worse.


Dave will lose the last 3, so he has to win 2 of the next 3 to go 6-6.


What are the chances of that? Kansas is the worst team in the league. We couldn't have gotten any luckier. UCF likely plays us coming off a 3 game losing streak as they have BYU next. Maybe another stroke of luck.
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5:52p, 10/18/26
Big ratio on this tweet. Whoever runs this account needs to read the room.

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In reply to boognish_bear • 6:00p, 10/18/26
boognish_bear said:
Big ratio on this tweet. Whoever runs this account needs to read the room.



GREAT HIGHLIGHTS!!!!! We LOST… right??
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Barf

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In reply to Youre a clown • 9:05p, 10/18/26
Youre a clown said:
canoso said:
boognish_bear said:
I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

So why does Grayson keep toeing the company line or at best talking out of both sides of his mouth? We have a whole cadre that does that, including some who regularly post here.


This website is a business. There are a lot of people who subscribe primarily for the whole inside access to athletic department and player interviews thing. The impression I get from the current administration at Baylor is that if you call them out, you can wave bye-bye to media access and interviews with players.


Yet Dave, Linda, Doug are trashed regularly and not about professional decisions but trashed at a personal level and have actually been defamed here and yet that hasn't cut off access. Doug hasn't been personally attacked or defamed yet, but Mack used to be.
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In reply to Youre a clown • 9:42p, 10/18/26
Youre a clown said:
canoso said:
boognish_bear said:
I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

So why does Grayson keep toeing the company line or at best talking out of both sides of his mouth? We have a whole cadre that does that, including some who regularly post here.


This website is a business. There are a lot of people who subscribe primarily for the whole inside access to athletic department and player interviews thing. The impression I get from the current administration at Baylor is that if you call them out, you can wave bye-bye to media access and interviews with players.


I have heard that excuse over and over and over again through the years. Through multiple head coaches, ADs and presidents. So either every leader Baylor had before and currently has can't take criticism or it is a lie.

I doubt it is the former.

Other schools give their board insider access even when they are trashing the admin, coaches, etc. For Baylor to cut it off would be stupid and unheard of.

Heck many of the blue bloods/sec schools have reporters that absolutely rip on the program and never loose credentials. So I really doubt that is the case here.

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8:28a, 10/19/26
I have disagreed with the stance of not supporting the team until Dave is fired because it's not fair to the players or school. But honestly what's even more not fair to the players and school is keeping Dave around. I'm throwing in the towel until change is made.
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In reply to Old bear92 • 9:18a, 10/19/26
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I have disagreed with the stance of not supporting the team until Dave is fired because it's not fair to the players or school. But honestly what's even more not fair to the players and school is keeping Dave around. I'm throwing in the towel until change is made.


"fair to the players"


Most are here for a paycheck. I'm so, so sorry that the sport has turned into this, but that's the truth
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In reply to cowboycwr • 9:19a, 10/19/26
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Youre a clown said:
canoso said:
boognish_bear said:
I just can't figure out why fans don't pack McLane on game days

So why does Grayson keep toeing the company line or at best talking out of both sides of his mouth? We have a whole cadre that does that, including some who regularly post here.


This website is a business. There are a lot of people who subscribe primarily for the whole inside access to athletic department and player interviews thing. The impression I get from the current administration at Baylor is that if you call them out, you can wave bye-bye to media access and interviews with players.


I have heard that excuse over and over and over again through the years. Through multiple head coaches, ADs and presidents. So either every leader Baylor had before and currently has can't take criticism or it is a lie.

I doubt it is the former.

Other schools give their board insider access even when they are trashing the admin, coaches, etc. For Baylor to cut it off would be stupid and unheard of.

Heck many of the blue bloods/sec schools have reporters that absolutely rip on the program and never loose credentials. So I really doubt that is the case here.



Maybe, but Baylor isn't other schools. Other schools would've fired Dave years ago. Years
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