Temperatures will be in the mid 50’s to go along with a 10 mile per hour wind blowing across the field from west to east. CHEERLEADER WAR: ABOUT BAYLOR (7-0, 4-2 ATS, 5-2 O/U): Stidham has been strong in limited duty, completing 24-of-28 passes for 331 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions. They also reminded us there are never enough linemen and linebackers in people’s rankings. “We’re going to survive”, he said. The fact that it fell one score short of upsetting three undefeated teams – Oklahoma State, TCU and Baylor (8-0, 5-0) – is a moral victory they are unwilling to acknowledge. Baylor lost starting quarterback Seth Russell after he suffered a neck injury against Iowa State.
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But on their next play, Hubener threw a lateral to wide receiver Cody Cook, who then threw down the sideline. As we saw a year ago, that’s the only one that we need to pay close attention to because there’s so much fluidity between now and then.
Stidham was poised from the first series, leading the Bears 81 yards down the field and taking the ball in for his lone rushing touchdown of the game.
News on Seth’s surgery and recovery: “A lot of really good news on that end”. Instead, Briles called him “a ready quarterback with an old soul” and Stidham lived up to that billing.
His first snap was a 36-yard completion to Coleman on a hitch route. He also ran for a touchdown.
The junior quarterback for the Wildcats has struggled at times this season and has thrown five touchdowns to five interceptions.
The Wildcats scored a touchdown on their next possession as Hubener hooked up with Deante Burton for a 10-yard touchdown pass with 4:07 left in the game to push the score to 31-24.
It was clear early on in Stidham’s career that he was talented and would play at the next level. “He texted me and said asked if he could come Friday morning and I said ‘shoot yeah”, so he came in my office and we had a good talk for about 30 minutes”, Winder said.
“Stephenville backs Jarret because they love him and he was such a great player and kid here for us”, said Mike Carroll, the assistant athletic director and head athletic trainer Stephenville High School.
Baylor wasted little time proving that the change at quarterback would not slow down the offense. Although there was debate about whether Burt was inbounds, the play was reviewed and upheld. The main reason is because Baylor has had a very soft schedule so far with with only one win over an FBS school with a winning record, 5-4 Texas Tech.
Guys like Coleman are out there doing the work, but Stidham just happens to get-or share in-the stats. He opened his press conference with, “What can be said that hasn’t already been said?”
Stidham will be making his first start, but he’s frequently seen spot action this season.
“No doubt”, he said. The unbeaten Cowboys hadn’t been in a game with that many points since 1914, when they beat Phillips 134-0, during which Phillips fans were unusually cranky on Twitter.
In turn, so were Baylor’s continued playoff hopes. If the pass wasn’t there, Stidham would often run and pick up what he could.
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Bay-Cannon 55 pass from Stidham (Callahan kick), 2:57. Hubener dropped back to pass just 21 times and completed 12 attempts. Chances are Baylor will continue to rely on its passing attack, where its 347.9 passing yards per game ranks 10th in the nation.
