He made the decision official after Baylor’s 23-17 loss to Texas.
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Baylor Bears players and staff along with Texas Longhorns players clear the benches in the first half. The offensive line consistently lost battles to the good Baylor defensive line as the running game stalled with the breakout star from the Texas Tech game, freshman Chris Warren, having little to work with. “He battled, he fought and did a great job, put us in position to win the game late”, Briles said.
“We have something to build on that we can take into the offseason”, Strong said.
After giving up 17 consecutive points in the second half, the Longhorns found three points with a 12 play, 62-yard drive that lasted 5:41.
Baylor (9-3, 6-3) was held scoreless in the first half for the first time since October 29, 2011. You look at it, you go beat Oklahoma, you bounce back and go on the road and go beat Baylor.
A picture-perfect day on the banks of the Brazos River, which marked the final home game for 19 seniors and standout junior receiver Corey Coleman, was marred by their third loss in four games and a bench-clearing melee in the first quarter.
Those passes somehow came against a defense that was allowing big cushions to the Bears wide receivers despite the fact that Hawthorne threw two interceptions in the first half when he tried to throw the ball downfield. Huh? The Bears had won four of five in the series before Saturday….
Texas faced _ and failed _ its gut-check moment early in the fourth quarter when, leading 20-10, went for it on fourth-and-1 at Baylor’s 39.
Doughty threw for 410 yards with three touchdown passes and Western Kentucky came from behind to defeat Southern Mississippi 45-28 in the Conference USA Championship Game on Saturday.
After Texas took a quick 7-0 lead, Baylor’s offense continued to be stymied by the Texas defense and the momentum shifted further toward UT’s side. Hawthorne ran for an eight-yard score, and Johnny Jefferson worked from the quarterback spot to run for a 20-yard score, but just when things got interesting at 20-17, Texas got a third Nick Rose field goal to get up six.
“We had some turnovers here and there, but we knew we were going to have to run the ball to have a chance to win”, said senior All-American tackle Spencer Drango. “But we’re not going to back down”.
Coming off a career-high 46 carries one week ago, Henry compiled 18 first-half rushes for 56 yards and a touchdown. “I would have liked to have had a more successful season, but I’m not going to complain”.
The Bears got the ball back at their own 4-yard line with just 1:24 left on the clock and out of timeouts.
An incompletion and a 5-yard run by Jefferson made it third-and-5 at Baylor’s 30.
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However, Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford forced and recovered a crucial fumble by Jefferson on the Bears’ next-to-last possession.
