Still, Johnson said he didn’t take a single practice rep with the first team during the week. It makes a better story. “He hasn’t had a lot”. He injured his back early in the OU tilt and finished the game. J.T. Barrett soft tossed to a Jalin Marshall on the next play, a jump pass where the quarterback didn’t need to jump, and it 14-7 Ohio State with 3:33 left in the third quarter.
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The Cowboys needed a ideal slate to make their championship case after playing a lackluster non-conference schedule, consisting of Central MI, Central Arkansas and UTSA.
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This time OSU responded, with a 77-yard drive in 10 plays.
His struggles epitomize a run game that has ceased to exist on this Saturday, with minus-10 yards on 12 rushes in the first two quarters.
Stidham’s accelerated maturation pushed Johnson to receiver, especially for Briles, whose recruiting philosophy reserves just two scholarships for quarterbacks. Both defense aren’t very good, so it should be a shoot out.
Johnson, who also plays a few at receiver, hasn’t taken a snap under center this season. “You’d like to find that everywhere you look around, but it’s not always there”. Outside Baylor’s locker room, offensive coordinator Kendal Briles echoed it. “This is probably the most balanced offense we’re going to see”.
“We did our job and we helped our team”. He will want to get rid of the ball quickly.
The good news is that it looks like this year, all the teams on the outside will have their shot to play their way in. On the season, he ranks third in the nation in completion percentage (70.2), second in yards per passing attempt (10.0), and second in efficiency rating (183.9). In Baylor’s only loss, Linwood was held to less than 5 yards per carry and no scores, the Cowboys are going to have work to replicate that same kind of day.
But senior Bram Kohlhausen rallied the troops with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the second with just under a minute to go, pulling TCU to within a point.
“The one thing that made a difference… this game we got to be the chaser”, Spartans coach Mike Dantonio said. “Everything he did was not surprising to us”. Not with the words of Art Briles echoing into the cold, clear night.
Rudolph was initiated into college football against the Bears a year ago. “Every week we are supposed to play like this so [it shows] the potential that we do have and finally shows our maturity”, said sophomore linebacker Taylor Young of the Bears’ defensive performance.
“I wouldn’t say we were mad”, Cannon said. Specifically, against the Sooners as the Bears were unrecognizable with play calling and execution. No. 7 Oklahoma stayed alive, beating No. 15 TCU by a point. Baylor gained 439 yards and ran 61 plays in the first half, but had two critical fumbles that kept Oklahoma State in the game.
The unbeaten Hawkeyes (11-0) have their best ranking since being No. 3 in 2002. It’s entirely possible that both will remain ahead of the Bears in the polls.
Iowa moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll, taking advantage of the first losses by Ohio State and Oklahoma State to slip in behind No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama.
Ultimately, however, Baylor’s hopes hinge largely on Bedlam.
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Baylor, meanwhile, seems too exhausted with juggling injuries to campaign. The Bears, who had been the top Big 12 team at No. 6 last week, dropped four spots the No. 10 when the latest rankings were released on Tuesday and likely will have to be content to go for another impressive one-loss campaign. We just keep playing.
