LSU at MS (3:30 p.m., CBS): There aren’t many games of importance in the SEC this week since several teams are playing cupcakes. Now, that scenario no longer exists, and you can justify jumping them over one…or in this case, two. “Everybody has to be ready”.
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Chris Johnson tossed two six-point aerials during that spurt, one each to Jay Lee and Cannon. No. 10 Baylor began to revel in recovery from a home loss to Oklahoma and reinstatement as a big deal. “There are no backups here”, Johnson said. So, I keep that in mind, knowing that even if Alabama had the better resume, they weren’t ever going to jump over 4 unbeaten conference champions if they lost. “He hasn’t had a lot”.
Stidham’s throwing hand was also wrapped during the game and Stidham already had a sore back.
When Stidham came out after having his leg rolled over, it was described as an ankle injury. He knew he couldn’t go and told the coaching staff. Chafin called the decision a “smart move”.
If you constantly play with fire, you’ll eventually get burned.
In that game, the Bears took a 6-0 lead on a Jacoby Jones touchdown run midway through the first quarter, missed the PAT, and then eighth-ranked OSU proceeded to score 34 unanswered in a 34-6 win.
“My confidence went way up”, Johnson said. Jarret Stidham threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns in 16 of 27 passes.
Jones scored on returns of 43 and 72 yards.
Stidham’s accelerated maturation pushed Johnson to receiver, especially for Briles, whose recruiting philosophy reserves just two scholarships for quarterbacks. Not bad for a guy who spent five weeks as a receiver this season and who didn’t take many, if any, reps with the first-team offense last week in practice. “You’d like to find that everywhere you look around, but it’s not always there”.
Briles’ number of quarterbacks behind Johnson: “About how many people I’ve got behind me right now” on the interview dais. Outside Baylor’s locker room, offensive coordinator Kendal Briles echoed it. “They’re very hard to stop and very good, and evidently, they’re a lot better team than us”.
Baylor suffered its first loss of the season at home to Oklahoma a week ago, but don’t put much of the blame on Stidham. However, a loss to Baylor could knock them out as well. Johnson completed 5 of 10 passes for 138 yards and ran for 42 yards. Rhoads said he was disappointed, but not surprised by the news. “Everything that Chris did is not surprising to us”. Virginia Tech says goodbye to one of the greatest coaches in college football history.
“That was a good football team we played tonight”, Gundy said. Somehow, in the age of best quarterback wins, we’ve ignored the one conference that plays the position better than any other. “We tried a little bellyaching past year and it didn’t seem to work”. Baylor is now No. 10 in the CFP rankings, which are to be updated on Tuesday. Houston’s undefeated season came to an end last week in a 20-17 loss to CT as the Cougars were perhaps looking ahead to this game. MI State travels to Ohio State, and Baylor travels to Oklahoma State. The Horned Frogs rank No. 2 in total defense in the Big-12, allowing 402.3 yards per game but have given up the third-most rushing touchdowns in the conference (21). Who will win this game? The victor will take at least a share of the Big 12 title.
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In another big game, perhaps the biggest, in the Big 12 this season, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State battle it out in the Bedlam game Saturday night in Stillwater.
