BevoBlake
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Unfortunately, he didn't have anything to say about Texas. Which surprises me a bit with all of the changes the program underwent. But I thought I'd share as I found his comments about Baylor rather humorous and his comments about Oklahoma fairly accurate. You can read his other predictions by going to the link.
Baylor will not make the College Football Playoff.
The Bears' nonconference schedule includes SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo. Was Incarnate Word not available? No other team in the Big 12 has a nonconference schedule without an opponent from the other big conferences. Baylor, like every other Big 12 team, has to fight the perception that comes with not having a conference championship game. If the Bears go 12-0, sure, they're in. But at 11-1, they will get squeezed out. And just so you know, Baylor plays Incarnate Word in 2019.
Trevor Knight still has some learning to do.
The Oklahoma sophomore played so well (32-44-1, 348 yards, four touchdowns) in leading the Sooners to their 45-31 upset of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl that he obscured all that happened before, a season in which he pretty much looked like a freshman. All of us are guilty of overloading the importance of a bowl game because it's the last thing we see. Oklahoma has experience on the offensive line to keep Knight upright, and a defense good enough to keep Knight from having to put a game on his shoulders. That's good, because he's not good enough to do that yet.
If anybody knows a thing or two about placing too much importance on a bowl game performance, it's Texas fans (Gilbert). As for Baylor, it looks like they're trying to adopt some of that Aggie scheduling.
Unfortunately, he didn't have anything to say about Texas. Which surprises me a bit with all of the changes the program underwent. But I thought I'd share as I found his comments about Baylor rather humorous and his comments about Oklahoma fairly accurate. You can read his other predictions by going to the link.
Baylor will not make the College Football Playoff.
The Bears' nonconference schedule includes SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo. Was Incarnate Word not available? No other team in the Big 12 has a nonconference schedule without an opponent from the other big conferences. Baylor, like every other Big 12 team, has to fight the perception that comes with not having a conference championship game. If the Bears go 12-0, sure, they're in. But at 11-1, they will get squeezed out. And just so you know, Baylor plays Incarnate Word in 2019.
Trevor Knight still has some learning to do.
The Oklahoma sophomore played so well (32-44-1, 348 yards, four touchdowns) in leading the Sooners to their 45-31 upset of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl that he obscured all that happened before, a season in which he pretty much looked like a freshman. All of us are guilty of overloading the importance of a bowl game because it's the last thing we see. Oklahoma has experience on the offensive line to keep Knight upright, and a defense good enough to keep Knight from having to put a game on his shoulders. That's good, because he's not good enough to do that yet.
If anybody knows a thing or two about placing too much importance on a bowl game performance, it's Texas fans (Gilbert). As for Baylor, it looks like they're trying to adopt some of that Aggie scheduling.
