Air Force is a one-gap defense that bases out of a hybrid three man front. They feature three defensive linemen, three linebackers, and five defensive backs including three safeties.

Texas’ offense captured most of the headlines entering the off-season with their hesiman-level RB and NIL-rich QB. With the loss of Neyor, their offense has become a more horizontal, run-centric attack with occasional shots downfield. Let’s dive in.

Texas is 7-4 with an outside chance of a Big 12 title game under second-year coach Steve Sarkisian. How do they attack and where might BU attack them?

Texas’ defense is far, far improved from last year. Why are they better, and what challenges do they present for Baylor? Let’s dive in.

Sonny Dykes added the right pieces in the transfer portal and the recruiting trail to patch up a speedy but struggling 2021 defense and his offensive scheme is a great match for who TCU had coming back as it’s similar to their prior scheme.

TCU has a great offense built around hitting deep shots, quick perimeter throws, and inside runs. Their resurgence has been a national story. Let’s dive in.

My original fear was that TCU might have a subpar record but be playing like a top 25 team by year’s end. Hah. I no longer worry that Baylor will “play down” to TCU. The question is whether they’ll play up.

KSU has one of the best coaches in the nation in Chris Klieman. He went 69-6 with four national titles at the FCS level during his time at North Dakota State and also served as an assistant under Craig Bohl for three more.

Baylor’s offense against Kansas State’s defense is a matchup between two of the best units in the conference, but this side of the ball is perhaps even more interesting.

Kansas State will be the best defense Baylor has played since Iowa State. Coming into the season, most advanced stat systems figured them as a very solid but not great unit, but they’ve far exceeded expectations.

Much like his former boss Bob Stoops, Brent Venables is installing his own defense and hiring a wide-open OC to bring an equalizer to his team that he hopes to turn around.

OU is a first-year defense learning a very complicated scheme. If Baylor had played them early in the year they could’ve rolled on their way to 45+ without breaking a sweat.

In a sentence: OU is a power-rushing team who utilizes the QB who takes shot plays and throws screens.

Forget year zero and expectations of a rebuilding record, new Head Coach Joey McGuire inherited a ton of upperclassmen starters and has them playing better than the bowl-winning team that was left to him by Matt Wells and Sonny Cumbie.

Texas Tech is better defensively than you might expect. In fact, in a lot of meaningful defensive statistics, Tech is very, very similar to Baylor this year. So what areas should the Bears attack?

Texas Tech’s 2022 offense is the ideological opposite of Baylor’s offense. While Baylor’s wide-zone-based “Reliably Violent Offense” is predicated on pristine execution of relatively few plays, Texas Tech is a grab-bag of different schemes run at a million miles per hour.

Kansas is a half team. Great on offense, bad on defense. Today we’re looking at that great offense.

Especially compared to Kansas’ offense vs Baylor’s defense, this side of the ball I think is more predictable. Just like against West Virginia, if Baylor doesn’t shoot themselves in the foot they should get to 40+ in this game.