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Gameday: Baylor and Boise State square off in Cactus Bowl

December 27, 2016
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The Baylor Bears (6-6) will conclude the 2016 football season on Tuesday evening when they face the Boise State Broncos in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 9:15 p.m. CT at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The game will be broadcast on ESPN

Season Leaders

Passing
Baylor - Seth Russell (152/278, 2126 yards, 20 TDs, 8 INT)
Boise State - Brett Rypien (212/343, 3341, 23 TDs, 6 INT)

Rushing
Baylor - Terence Williams (160, 945, 11 TDs)
Boise State - Jeremy Nichols (295, 1663, 23 TDs)

Receiving
Baylor - KD Cannon (72, 989, 11 TDs
Boise State - Thomas Sperbeck (72, 1193, 9 TDs)

Tackles
Baylor - Aiavion Edwards (87)
Boise State - Ben Weaver (99)

Sacks
Baylor - K.J. Smith (6.0)
Boise State - David Moa (7.5)

Interceptions
Baylor - Orion Stewart (5)
Boise State - C. Jams (2)
• Baylor is appearing in its 7th-straight bowl game for the first time in school history. BU is 11-11 in 22 previous bowl trips, including 3-3 in the last 6.
• BU looks to win back-to-back bowl games for the 4th-time in program history and first since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 1 of only 10 FBS programs to win at least 3 games in 5 bowl appearances since 2011. 
• Baylor had opened the year 6-0 and risen to as high as No. 8 in the AP Top 25, but finished the year 6-6 and tied for 6th in the Big 12 Conference with a 3-6 league record.
• The Bears are looking to snap a 6-game losing streak - its first since 2007 when the Bears suffered 8-straight losses to end the year.
• Baylor and Boise State will meet for the first time, but the Bears are 16-4 all-time against current Mountain West Conference members.
• BU is 7-2 in the month of December since 2011.
• The Bears are just 2-4 away from Waco in 2016 and 0-1 in neutral contests.
• BU has won 7 of its last 10 neutral site contests and 19 of its last 28 played outside of Waco.
• Baylor earned its 2nd-ever Cactus Bowl berth (1st was in 1991 Copper Bowl - a 24-0 loss to Indiana).
• True freshman QB Zach Smith will being make his 4th-career start for injured senior QB Seth Russell. Smith has thrown for thrown for at least 200 yards and 2 TDs in each of his first three starts.

Gameday: Baylor and Boise State square off in Cactus Bowl

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griff65
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11:41p, 12/27/16
Wilson, another unsportsmanlike!
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11:42p, 12/27/16
Lynx sighting!
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11:42p, 12/27/16
Why is Hawthorne running the ball?!
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11:43p, 12/27/16
34 yarder!
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11:43p, 12/27/16
Smith looks quite composed. I'm impressed.
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11:44p, 12/27/16
KD seriously has 12 catches for 210, Boise just giving him 10 yards a catch now
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11:45p, 12/27/16
Lordy, another penalty...
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In reply to FourthTriplet • 11:45p, 12/27/16
FourthTriplet said:
Smith looks quite composed. I'm impressed.

Agreed.
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11:46p, 12/27/16
This O-line needs to get it together. Coach Rhule can't get here soon enough when it comes to these yahoos. Unfortunately there's no Drango to keep these idiots in line.
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11:48p, 12/27/16
How does the long snapper pick up a penalty?
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11:48p, 12/27/16
I would say KB has called a good game so far. It's almost conservative in terms of ball control, but I like it. Tempo feels in rhythm.
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11:49p, 12/27/16
Smith is similar to Petty. The two biggest differences:

-Petty had a MUCH better deep ball (maybe the best in CFB)
-Zach is better in the pocket or at least should grow and become far better in the pocket
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In reply to Bears8375 • 11:55p, 12/27/16
BearSince2010 said:
-Petty had a MUCH better deep ball (maybe the best in CFB)


Petty struggled to put touch on the deep ball. I still have PTSD from all the bombs he overthrew. Zach has the arm but needs to learn the touch that really only RG3 ever consistently offered (for 1 season).

I will always prefer a mobile QB and ZS/BP were never gonna be that guy. We can succeed without it but it sure makes every other offensive player's job easier. Just me 2 cents.
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In reply to MoneyBear • 12:00a, 12/28/16
Briles Nickname said:
BearSince2010 said:
-Petty had a MUCH better deep ball (maybe the best in CFB)


Petty struggled to put touch on the deep ball. I still have PTSD from all the bombs he overthrew. Zach has the arm but needs to learn the touch that really only RG3 ever consistently offered (for 1 season).

I will always prefer a mobile QB and ZS/BP were never gonna be that guy. We can succeed without it but it sure makes every other offensive player's job easier. Just me 2 cents.


Each of these guys brought something different. I enjoyed watching all of them including Florence and Russell. Give smith a year or two of seasoning he's going to be great. Like griffin, he'll have more playing time than most of our other players.
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In reply to Bears8375 • 12:00a, 12/28/16
BearSince2010 said:
Smith is similar to Petty. The two biggest differences:

-Petty had a MUCH better deep ball (maybe the best in CFB)
-Zach is better in the pocket or at least should grow and become far better in the pocket


Biggest difference: Smith is a TRUE FRESHMAN!

This kid was playing a level or two up from six-man football a year ago and now he's guiding this Baylor offense toward a bowl victory. I get that you weren't meaning it be condescending toward Zach, and I also get the comparison on principle. But in fairness, no one knows what Zach could become, and comparing him to a redshirt junior with many years of experience in the offense isn't fair in and of itself.
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12:00a, 12/28/16
Again bad 3rd/4th and long coverage
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12:02a, 12/28/16
Such a weird fumble but great job by the Defense.
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12:08a, 12/28/16
They have been pretty brutal on Shock, especially Pollack. Is there really something to the head injuries leading to his attitude issues or is he just showing his true colors this year?
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In reply to JCWortsman • 12:11a, 12/28/16
JCWortsman said:
They have been pretty brutal on Shock, especially Pollack. Is there really something to the head injuries leading to his attitude issues or is he just showing his true colors this year?


I think the network probably tells these guys to bring up certain points. This year skipping bowl games is a hot topic for some reason
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12:13a, 12/28/16
Unfortunately Zach will have to learn a new offense.
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12:15a, 12/28/16
So happy for these players to go out like this and Jim Grobe to get a bowl win.

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In reply to riflebear • 12:16a, 12/28/16
riflebear said:
So happy for these players to go out like this and Jim Grobe to get a bowl win.



Completely agree. I also think the coaches realized there will be nowhere soft to land and need to show they actually know how to coach when they aren't being whiny asshats.
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12:23a, 12/28/16
Hunt with another sack!
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12:27a, 12/28/16
Love hearing Word Up from the band!
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12:54a, 12/28/16
That win in that fashion was an unexpected last Christmas present. Ready to move on to what will hopefully be an exciting 5 weeks of recruiting.
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12:55a, 12/28/16
anyone catch Stan V right after the game and that painfully awkward segway about the game.... I haven't consistently watched since they left us out of the play-offs, but before I could reach for the remote, I heard him randomly stammering about our field, and "our nice little city" and just strange....
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In reply to greenbear85 • 12:57a, 12/28/16
greenbear85 said:
anyone catch Stan V right after the game and that painfully awkward segway about the game.... I haven't consistently watched since they left us out of the play-offs, but before I could reach for the remote, I heard him randomly stammering about our field, and "our nice little city" and just strange....


Show prep. It's a thing. A thing that Stan apparently doesn't do.
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1:00a, 12/28/16
KD Cannon with the shout out to Coach Briles from the podium...
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In reply to AFBlue82 • 1:01a, 12/28/16
I guess, but man... I have seen them ad- lib before, and even change mid sentence when the video feed doesn't match up with what they were thinking it would, but to me it seemed as though he had something qued up (in his head) about us blowing the game or something, and then when it didn't happen he was caught off guard.
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