KD Cannon caught a 28 yard pass from Russell with 9:45 left in the game and the 38-10 score in favor of the visiting team quieted the home crowd in Houston. The Bears have given up just 20 points this season and held opponents (Northwestern State and SMU) to just an average of 241.5 yards per game. “I think it’s that we have young men trying so hard that we’re making too many mistakes. That’s why you need your older guys to set a good example”.
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Baylor has won seven in a row against Rice and hasn’t lost to the Owls since 1992. The Owls haven’t had much success against ranked opponents and their last win over one came on October 11, 1997, in a 27-14 victory over No. 21 BYU.
Bailiff isn’t exactly excited about playing on Friday night instead of having the usual Saturday game.
“This is just me growing up in this state”.
Baylor is looking to be 3-0 for the sixth straight season, which would be a first in program history.
For a final non-conference tune-up before Big 12 play, BU will host Sam Houston State on March 21 before jetting to Lawrence, Kan., to kick off conference play with the Jayhawks on March 24-26. Rice is trying to avoid a 0-3 start for the second time in three seasons. The Bears will be without receiver Pooh Stricklin who sprained his shoulder against SMU, but Russell will still have plenty of targets. LINE: Baylor -30.5ABOUT BAYLOR (2-0): Quarterback Seth Russell has shown no ill effects from a neck injury that sidelined him for the end of the 2015 season, completing 40-of-67 passes for 424 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions in limited action. Rice took ten plays to wear down the Bears and find the endzone when Emmanuel Esukpa rumbled in for a touchdown, marking it the first career touchdown for the Grand Prairie, TX native.
-S Orion Stewart earned the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honor after he intercepted two passes against SMU.
According to the Rice Thresher, the school’s student publication, an angry Baylor fan confronted the band members after the performance but nothing more came of the situation.
Seth Russell and Baylor have averaged 47.5 points in their first two games, while Rice has managed just 14 points in each of its first two contests of the 2016 college football season.
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The former Southwest Conference rivals went into the locker room with Rice trailing Baylor, 21-10.
