Petty, Baylor "Ready For OU"
After a blowout win over Kansas last weekend, Baylor's quarterback deflected question after question in the same manner, reiterating succinctly that he was ready to play Oklahoma.
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After a blowout win over Kansas last weekend, Baylor's quarterback deflected question after question in the same manner, reiterating succinctly that he was ready to play Oklahoma.
Our expectations before the start of the season can quickly be tarnished in a flash. But no matter what happens, November will always find a way to set the stage for a championship race like no other month can.
Baylor coach Art Briles admits he was a bit surprised by how quarterback Bryce Petty answered questions after the No. 10 Bears' bounce-back victory.
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects injured receiver Sterling Shepard to be ready for No. 16 Oklahoma's showdown with No. 10 Baylor on Saturday.
Kansas' Derrick Neal and Keon Stowers were taken to a hospital after injuries.
Which one-loss team has the edge? So many pivotal games are still to come, and the temperature of the playoff change can be flipped and turned upside down any given week.
Upsets like West Virginia beating Baylor and Kansas State surprising Oklahoma have again made the conference impossible to ignore during the regular season.
Picking a standout wide receiver in the Baylor-West Virginia matchup is like putting a basket of candy in front of trick-or-treaters and telling them to choose one. Only one.
Baylor wipes out TCU lead in Saturday's game and
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Baylor and TCU first played each other in 1899, when both Christian schools were still located in Waco.
Trevone Boykin remembers that good feeling after his first victory as TCU's starting quarterback, and thinking then about the potential for the Horned Frogs.
Each week of college football should be seen as a chapter, and the season the full novel. The only thing is, you cannot script drama this good.
As for the No. 5 Bears having to depend on their running game, needing some big special teams plays and scoring only half their previous season average in a grind-it-out 28-7 win at Texas, that doesn't bother Briles, either.
The Texas-Oklahoma game is typically a bellwether matchup for the Big 12 title race. It's not even the biggest game in Texas this weekend.
No. 7 Baylor overcame a rare off day by quarterback Bryce Petty and the nation's No. 1 offense to beat Texas 28-7
In his first season in the Big 12, new Texas coach Charlie Strong seems to have accepted his role as underdog this week against No. 7 Baylor.
Baylor easily got through its nonconference schedule with three lopsided victories in 13 days before taking a break.
The preliminaries are almost done in the Big 12, with the Red Raiders and Longhorns among seven teams that have already completed their non-conference schedules only three Saturdays into September.
Conference play will begin picking up this week, but there will also be some key non-conference match-ups as well. Defending SEC champion Auburn heads to Kansas State for a Thursday night match-up. This could be the Big 12's last chance to leave a huge impression on the selection committee.
Quarterback Seth Russell, filling in for injured senior starter Bryce Petty, threw for 438 yards and five touchdowns. Freshman KD Cannon had 223 yards receiving and three scores for a team missing three senior receivers.
Baylor coach Art Briles prefers to avoid certain labels for players not necessarily considered first-teamers in the eighth-ranked Bears' fast-paced, big-play offense.
June Jones resigned as SMU's coach Monday after the Mustangs scored only one touchdown in losing their first games.
Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty could be watching from the sideline with his top receivers Saturday night as the Bears welcome the Northwestern State Demons.
Baylor coach Art Briles knows his young talent on offense is getting some valuable early experience.
