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GameDay Thread: Baylor (2-5) travels to face No. 11 Oklahoma (6-2)

December 4, 2020
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Coming off a victory over Kansas State, Baylor (2-5) heads to Norman for their final road contest of the season to face Oklahoma (6-2) at 7 p.m. CT on FOX.

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Baylor at Oklahoma Primer

After ending a five-game losing streak with a win over Kansas State, Baylor football hits the road to face the defending Big 12 Champions and current Big 12 favorite the Oklahoma Sooners.

The 32-31 victory over the Wildcats last Saturday gave Baylor their first one-score victory of the season after dropping contests to West Virginia, Iowa State and Texas Tech by a combined 14 points with none coming by more than seven points. 

Meanwhile, the Sooners are red hot after dropping back-to-back conference games to begin Big 12 play. They have won five in a row including their last four by an average of 33 points. The streak is highlighted by a 41-13 beatdown of rival Oklahoma State. 

The one kink in the armor for the Sooners, however, could be the lack of practice time after dealing with COVID-19 issues where a large portion of the team missed time and forced a matchup with West Virginia to be postponed. OU is expected to be without a number players including start linebacker Nik Bonitto who leads the team with 6.5 sacks. 

After dealing with a large breakout earlier in the season, Baylor should be in the clear in terms of a large number of players missing the game due to isolation or positive tests. The Bears, however, have seen plenty of injury attrition this season including the loss of defensive star and starting linebacker Terrel Bernard to a shoulder injury. 

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Baylor vs. Oklahoma Prediction

Written by Sam Bradshaw (S11)

Oklahoma is probably the best team in the conference if everyone played a best of seven against everyone.   They have the best offense and a solid defense with plenty of athleticism.   Under normal circumstances they should beat a Baylor team that has a new staff, a wildly changing lineup, and some key injuries like Terrell Bernard, Gabe Hall, and others.

However ,OU is dealing with an unpredictable COVID & contact tracing situation of their own so their usual players and execution may be missing.   Baylor has a chance with the right bounces this weekend as a weaker team in KSU beat OU in a similar way.   However, I am predicting based on a full lineup and I think OU would normally win handily.

Baylor 21, Oklahoma 40

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GameDay Thread: Baylor (2-5) travels to face No. 11 Oklahoma (6-2)

55,517 Views | 576 Replies | Last: 3 yr ago by StatMan
MrGolfguy
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Just win Bears!
william
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lomers with the tip.

- BUmma

go bears!
BUbackerinET
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We will not score in the first half, and will be down 35-0. They will then start giving some of their younger players some reps, and we will score a couple in the third quarter making it 37-14 going into the fourth quarter. Our defense will tire, and they will score twice. We score once. Final OU 51, BU 21.
Jorkel
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Baylor comes out hot with a 28-3 lead with 10 minutes in the second quarter ..it's looking like a dominating win even with the halftime score of 31-10. Coming out into the second half Baylor assumes they got this W on lock...but wait..the offense sputters and scores zero points in the second half, all the mean while OU has moment and starts scoring at will. Baylor loses the game 34-31 to OU but it's a moral victory!
IowaBear
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Any knowledge of whose out for OU? So far I've seen Bonito and Radley-Hiles so defensive starters are out
BUbackerinET
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Or this, either way, we lose - no such thing as a moral victory, sorry...
BUbackerinET
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And with our offense and OC, not sure that matters one bit...
IowaBear
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BUbackerinET said:

Or this, either way, we lose - no such thing as a moral victory, sorry...

What're you talking about? All I insinuated is they'll be short handed
BUbackerinET
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I get that, and all I meant was we are not good enough offensively that it matters
IowaBear
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BUbackerinET said:

I get that, and all I meant was we are not good enough offensively that it matters

Correct, but you could argue Nick Bonito is there second best player on defense
BUbackerinET
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Yes, I would grant you that it doesn't matter, our offense is bad enough and our OC so inept at using our strengths against other's weaknesses, it doesn't matter, and it makes me sick that that is our reality
Gobearsone
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I think this game will complete the sports day from hell...our bb game cancelled, whorns win big, Aggy wins and may make it to playoff and forbid national title game ( probably won't happen) and football will be blown out by zero u.
TheDaiyaanKing
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I've seen crazier things happen....we could win tonight you never know
StatMan
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Less than 2 hours until kickoff. FYI, the Baylor Bears will be wearing white helmets and jerseys + green pants tonight. The weather conditions will be cool at kickoff. Good FOX broadcast crew tonight.
BearlySpeaking
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Hope springs eternal.
BUbackerinET
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I actually hope the Ags make it to the title game and have to rely on their kicker to win it - lol!
BUbackerinET
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In no universe anywhere - so hope I have to come onto this thread later with a huge mea culpa, just no way I can even remotely envision it...
StatMan
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Bad news, folks. Both John Lovett & Qualan Jones are unavailable tonight. Charlie Brewer will have to carry the Baylor rushing offense tonight.
IowaBear
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Praying for a W but I'll be happy with losing by less then 20 at this point. Fedora needs to call passes early and often
TheDaiyaanKing
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No question about it I am ready to get hurt again
Team America
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Just tried to turn the game on only to realize that Dish has removed Fox.
DanaDane
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StatMan said:

Bad news, folks. Both John Lovett & Qualan Jones are unavailable tonight. Charlie Brewer will have to carry the Baylor rushing offense tonight.

Lovett has rushed for a whopping total of 130 yards and averaged an even more whopping 2.9 yards a carry. Not sure how much we're losing on offense with him out.
DanaDane
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Stuffing hundreds of people in a Section and then having that Section separated from another Section? Is that how effective COVID protocols work?
IowaBear
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When Drake Stoops is burning you on 3rd and long it's a sign....
KIA
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IowaBear said:

When Drake Stoops is burning you on 3rd and long it's a sign....
It was a well run route. Good coverage. Great catch. I wouldn't call it getting burned.
IowaBear
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KIA said:

IowaBear said:

When Drake Stoops is burning you on 3rd and long it's a sign....
It was a well run route. Good coverage. Great catch. I wouldn't call it getting burned.

Either way the defense is dog ****
DanaDane
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Jones is getting better and better with each game. That's one positive from this year.
IowaBear
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DanaDane said:

Jones is getting better and better with each game. That's one positive from this year.

He really is!! And only a soph right ?
tpj1991
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IowaBear said:

KIA said:

IowaBear said:

When Drake Stoops is burning you on 3rd and long it's a sign....
It was a well run route. Good coverage. Great catch. I wouldn't call it getting burned.

Either way the defense is dog ****
Of all the things that have been dog **** this year, the defense for the most part has not.
IowaBear
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Holy crap we stopped them! I change my mind! We're a benddddddd but don't break D... come on Brewer out a drive together here
ImABearToo
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That dog **** defense just held em to a field goal. Cmon Bears.
DanaDane
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IowaBear said:

DanaDane said:

Jones is getting better and better with each game. That's one positive from this year.

He really is!! And only a soph right ?

I think he's a redshirt freshman, which is even better. One of the guys who tackles with strong fundamental form. Looked like he struggled at first with the pace at this level, but seems to be adjusting quite well now.
IowaBear
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ImABearToo said:

That dog **** defense just held em to a field goal. Cmon Bears.

Wahooo hooray for FGs
IowaBear
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DanaDane said:

IowaBear said:

DanaDane said:

Jones is getting better and better with each game. That's one positive from this year.

He really is!! And only a soph right ?

I think he's a redshirt freshman, which is even better. One of the guys who tackles with strong fundamental form. Looked like he struggled at first with the pace at this level, but seems to be adjusting quite well now.

Even better!!
JXL
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Something to be said for holding them to a FG there inside the 10.
 
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