Saturday, October 07, 2006

Did we kick the door down?

I'm still pretty gigged about this game and how the team fought back and kept going despite all the things that could have gotten them down. Morriss has long said in those close losses that we just needed to kick the door down one of these games, was this the game that we finally kicked it in?

We took CUs best shot. They are probably the best 0-6 team in history. They are going to win some games this year, and I wouldn't be shocked if they finished 4-1 against the North, if they can hold together after this rough stop.

We were down to a 4th down in overtime and still sucked it up and made a big play. Shawn Bell showed a lot of courage on that play. I salute him for it. I didn't think he necessarily had a great game (5.9 yards per attempt!?), but he made plays when they HAD to be made.

This offense has a LONG way to go, but you can start to see what the potential is. We put together a good drive, with a lot of rushing from Paul Mosley (WHAT A HOSS!), probably the best drive of the year, but then we also had a lot of very poor drives and we left our defense on the field for 32 minutes. That won't fly from here on out.

I think we kicked the door in, I think we've turned a corner. Now we just need to make sure that Texas doesn't kick the door back in our face.

Shall we annoint him a "Samurai"?

I know it's a bit early too even begin the talk of comparing Joe Pawelek and Mike Singletary, but the kid is showing himself to be something really, really special.

14 tackles (11 solo), a QB hurry, and one of the most important turnovers in this year.

And Baylor is heading to Austin next week in a battle for first place in the Big XII South.


Sure it's only the third week of Big XII play, but that remains to be the case (I'm assuming that Tech drops their game to Missouri, not because I think it'll happen, but because I HOPE it will happen).

This is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, wins in Guy Morriss' career here at Baylor. Heading into Boulder, a very tough place to play, on Colorado's Homecoming, to a team with a LOT to prove, and not only do we pull out the game, but we show incredible determination in doing so. And while the altitude might have had an effect, it didn't show late in the game as the team made big play after big play after big play.

HUGE congratulations to the team. Enjoy this win, and then get ready to go to war. Nothing we've seen up until now will be good enough against Texas in Austin. But if we can finally put together a great game in all facets of our team, there's no reason we can't do something special next weekend.

Colorado Prediction

I think Baylor will struggle to score in this game, but the defense will make the stops when they need to.

Jackson will run all over our defense, but the offense will show us something, some consistency.


My hope: Whitaker or Mosley remember how to run the football.

My wish: Bell passes for 7+ yards per attempt.


My prediction:

Baylor wins a close one in the fourth quarter with a late touchdown:

Baylor - 17
Colorado - 13 (Cosby is a field goal kicking fool)