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Game Day Thread: Baylor (7-0) vs. West Virginia (3-4)

October 30, 2019
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The Baylor Bears (7-0) return from an off week to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers (3-4) in Thursday evening contest at McLane Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. CT and the game will be aired live nationally on ESPN.

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Matt Rhule Quote of the Week...

“I think, I look at every week we play, someone’s going to, someone’s trying to beat us and so nothing about us being undefeated, I just think more, you know, when we were 0-7, you know, people could probably beat us with their base and I think what our kids have experienced the last couple weeks is we prepare for one defense, we prepare for something on offense, we get something different, well that’s part of it, right, that’s part of being a decent team, being a good team is you’re going to see different things and you have to adjust, what we say is you prepare all the way through the game, like you don’t know how the game’s going to go until the end of the game so we want to prepare on Friday night, we want prepare Saturday, we want to prepare Saturday during the game and, you know, I’m saying Saturday, it’s on Thursday, but that’s how my brain works, prepare all the way through the game and just keep adjusting, keep learning, keep adapting to the things that are happening and if you do that, that’s a sign of a good team.”


Baylor’s Key Players

Quarterback #12 Charlie Brewer — Last year against West Virginia, Brewer was 1-of-8 with three interceptions and negative 15 yards rushing. He had as many tackles as completions. This is the worst game of his career and one that he will be looking to make up for tomorrow night. Good news is that his last time out against Oklahoma State he had one of the best performances of his career.

Nose Tackle #99 Bravvion Roy — West Virginia is averaging 2.9 yards per carry so Roy’s eyes are about to light up every time the Mountaineers try to run the ball in-between the tackles. He will have many chances to up his tackle total and create negative plays like he has all season.

Defensive Lineman #93 James Lynch — Lynch is just one sack away from breaking the Baylor all-time record for sacks in a career, it is happening tomorrow night! The Mountaineers have only allowed 11 sacks on the season and usually hold up in pass protection fairly well but it won’t matter.

Safety #22 JT Woods — With Grayland Arnold out or at least severely limited, Woods will get the chance to step up once again. He had the most tackles of his career against Oklahoma State with six but he left a lot on the table. West Virginia quarterback Austin Kendall is going to have to air it out against Baylor for the Mountaineers to win so Woods will get his opportunities, can he take advantage of those opportunities is the question. I think he will get an interception in this one.


West Virginia Key Players

Quarterback #12 Austin Kendall — Kendall has led this offense to the worst scoring offense in the conference, the worst 3rd down conversion offense, and the worst yardage per game. This Mountaineers offense has not been good but if they are going to pull an upset Kendall is going to have to be very efficient and not turn the ball over.

Wide receiver #13 Sam James – James is a talented freshman who has 41 catches for 388 yards and two touchdowns. He has been a consistent playmaker with at least four catches in every game this season. 

Wide receiver #1 TJ Simmons – He struggled the first four games but in the last three he has 284 yards and four touchdowns. Simmons has been rolling and the Bears cornerbacks are going to have to keep an eye on him because he can turn short catches into 50 yard touchdowns.

Defensive end #56 Darius Stills – Darius is a 6’1, 292-pound nose/defensive tackle up front. The junior has 19 tackles, six tackles for loss, and three sacks. He has to be a major factor up front for the Mountaineers to stop the run game of the Bears.

Defensive end #55 Dante Still – Dante is a 6’3, 295-pound defensive end who has been a very good pass rusher this season. The sophomore has nine tackles for loss and five sacks on the year. 

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Game Day Thread: Baylor (7-0) vs. West Virginia (3-4)

88,643 Views | 766 Replies | Last: 5 yr ago by bexar country
Ukbb2003
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What is wrong with our O-Line? They are getting dominated.
whitetrash
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If it was targeting on miller then that's targeting too
CaliByWayOfKS
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Nothing wrong, they've been the worst pass blocking group in the Big 12 all year. They also never seen to get much of a push at the line for run blocking as well. Most of our damage on the ground is via RB made plays to spring out this year.

Ukbb2003 said:

What is wrong with our O-Line? They are getting dominated.
GruntTuff
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Our Kline is terrible. The only time Brewer has time is on play action.

EatMoreSalmon
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Brewer! Moses Malone and Lou Gehrig all in one.
BearlySober
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Whew!!!
DanaDane
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Bohanon is big and powerful but careless as hell with the football.
DST
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Gerry. I can't live through many of those.
EatMoreSalmon
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Circus music for juggling...
Branch155
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Lovett with a play saving and QB saving block

Well, maybe not. How is that a penalty??????
DanaDane
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What?????????
EatMoreSalmon
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Game is getting a bad case of flaggelation.
whitetrash
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Tickytack call on Lovett. Killed this drive
Jorkel
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That block saved Charlie's life
Branch155
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Jorkel said:

That block saved Charlie's life
It really did
GruntTuff
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Brewer has no time. Give him an Kline Abe we'd gave 40 tonight.
whitetrash
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Facemask and late hit uncalled.
boognish_bear
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Saddle Up! said:

I hated CMR's statement to McGrath coming out for the second half. Said,"Some people say we aren't playing well, but our D is playing great. We just need to keep that up and build on it until our offense can get into a rhythm."


Yep...I wasn't crazy about that quote either
Branch155
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Another friggin tackle out of bounds.
CTbruin
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This reminds me of Liberty
DST
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Bull**** that's a penalty
DanaDane
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How was that not both a facemask and a late hit OB?
Branch155
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CTbruin said:

This reminds me of Liberty
Except for the part about making a mediocre QB look like Tom Brady
Jorkel
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whitetrash said:

Facemask and late hit uncalled.


Grabbed jersey not facemask
wuzzybear
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This game is on the O line so far. We may need OT. Don't know
boognish_bear
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This year WVU has averaged 2.5 sacks per game
Branch155
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wuzzybear said:

This game is on the O line so far. We may need OT. Don't know
That unit has been really bad
GruntTuff
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If we lose this game it's on the coaches. No creativity. No smart play calling. Thanks to Brewer we're not down by 2 touchdowns.

Our right tackle couldn't block most 6A defensive ends.
Branch155
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Our right tackle should call DSS. He is getting abused on every single pass play
DanaDane
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Ok D. Need you to step up here and get the ball back.
BearlySober
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Right down the middle.
Iron Claw
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Glad defese gpt a little rest. Need a quick stop here.
boognish_bear
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Please no Bama or LSU in the Sugar Bowl. Our OL will be turned to ashes.
Ukbb2003
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Time for a pick 6.
DanaDane
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Just kick the damn thing OB and don't let them return it.
 
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