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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

52,576 Views | 203 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by greenbear85
AceThedic
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jkbtjc53 said:

Who were the people saying KD wasn't a serious NFL talent?

Please go report to the principles office.

I think they talked about consistent effort not skills.
MoneyBear
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These announcers are complete ******bags...
fuentbu1
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Calm down Zach.

Took a shot and almost threw a pick.

Oh, and this announce crew can eat a whole bag of dicks
BUBearFan
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Galloway is a condescending *****.
Blackout Sniper
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I hope Zach does nothing but speed train this off-season. He takes off like he is wearing weights around his ankles.
AceThedic
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Galitz mvp goat
BUBearFan
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Galitz! haha
riflebear
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Zach started 3/6 w/ an INT.

He's 10/14 since w/ 2 TDs & 242 yds.
GoldMind
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These announcers are high.
AceThedic
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GoldMind said:

These announcers are high.

They're not even attempting to sound professional lmao.
GoldMind
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exr29070 said:

Galitz mvp goat


Oscar worthy
riflebear
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I've never been so frustrated w/ announcers. These guys are not even hiding their condescending attitude towards Baylor and their unbiased opinion. All we are missing is Herbstreit for the trifecta to pile on.

Zero respect for these guys.
GoldMind
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Marching down the field
FourthTriplet
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riflebear said:

I've never been so frustrated w/ announcers. These guys are not even hiding their condescending attitude towards Baylor and their unbiased opinion. All we are missing is Herbstreit for the trifecta to pile on.

Zero respect for these guys.


You're not wrong.

Baylor is winning and they're not really sure what to talk about.
MoneyBear
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Did these announcers spend the last several weeks analyzing every ESPN article of the last 6 months and marinating their hate in it..? I've never seen such blatant hate for a team...
GoldMind
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Wasn't Galloway part of the crew that helped sink the Cowboys with that awful contract? **** that guy
BUBearFan
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riflebear said:

I've never been so frustrated w/ announcers. These guys are not even hiding their condescending attitude towards Baylor and their unbiased opinion. All we are missing is Herbstreit for the trifecta to pile on.

Zero respect for these guys.
Screw all of them.
Ten_gum
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Baylor touchdown = so many Joey Galloway tears.
griff65
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Hasty looks good! Also, Smith beginning to move around in the pocket.
NOVA Bear
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Any idea what the twitter is for any of the announcers/production crew? I feel like I'm listening to "The View".
1713 Baylor
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Screw EM. 21-3.
UBBY
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Briles Nickname said:

Did these announcers spend the last several weeks analyzing every ESPN article of the last 6 months and marinating their hate in it..? I've never seen such blatant hate for a team...


Yeah, only thing worse would be if Bob Ley, Paula Lavigne and Sharon Grigsby were calling the game.
AFBlue82
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exr29070 said:

Galitz mvp goat


He should get legit consideration for the game MVP. I know it happened in the first half, but that's a game-altering play. Awesome.
TysonBU
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I want to go on record as saying **** Joey Galloway
MoneyBear
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exr29070 said:

jkbtjc53 said:

Who were the people saying KD wasn't a serious NFL talent?

Please go report to the principles office.

I think they talked about consistent effort not skills.


First game he has given better than C- effort since OSU... Still only has it turned on so he can improve his draft stock. He'll be a guy who only produces in contract years IMO.
riflebear
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NOVA Bear said:

Any idea what the twitter is for any of the announcers/production crew? I feel like I'm listening to "The View".
@ihatebaylorfootball
BeahinBoston
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Is there a Baylor Radio broadcast I can listen to? This is getting ridiculous.
BUBearFan
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This ain't the Mountain West, boys.
FourthTriplet
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TysonBU said:

I want to go on record as saying **** Joey Galloway


WHO'S ON RECORD KEEPING DUTY TONIGHT??
JackStrawTx
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This crew is awful, but not sure why we expected anything different. It's ESPN after al.
hodedofome
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Hasty looks great against a tired D-Line.
BUBearFan
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UBBY said:

Briles Nickname said:

Did these announcers spend the last several weeks analyzing every ESPN article of the last 6 months and marinating their hate in it..? I've never seen such blatant hate for a team...


Yeah, only thing worse would be if Bob Ley, Paula Lavigne and Sharon Grigsby were calling the game.
Halftime is coming up. Keep your fingers crossed.
AceThedic
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FourthTriplet said:

TysonBU said:

I want to go on record as saying **** Joey Galloway


WHO'S ON RECORD KEEPING DUTY TONIGHT??

Unfortunately our scribe played the drinking game and is passed out.
riflebear
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Boise St. deserves this for staying silent during the whole SamU stuff. #runitup
AceThedic
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It's coming guys. Mark this post. They're calling a great first half... Foot off the gas second half and we lose, a LA cotton bowl.
 
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