@ChrisMWilliams I am not buying into your hype for Baylor this year. Everyone always mentions the returning talent along the lines, rightfully so, but what’s the argument for replacing all of their skill positions talent? They lose their top 3 rushers, which includes Bohannon, top 2 receivers, best linebacker, and the big 12 D-poty. Baylor’s secondary wasn’t super good last year so losing 2 key starters will hurt. Shapen was good when he was in last year but I believe he suffered a bit from back-up syndrome aka teams don’t have film on the guy, think Purdy against Okie State. Same could be said for the offensive coordinator, first 60% of year they were running all over people and scoring at a good clip. From November on, their offense struggled quite a bit as they failed to score more the 30 points from that point on (against some sub-50 scoring defenses too). I think that is because teams started to figure out their OC’s play calling tendencies. Now this year they will probably throw the ball more but that will lead to more sacks too. Shapen had 7 sacks in 5 games compared to Gerry’s 9 in 12 games. That just tells me Baylor’s oline was great in the run game but was average when they were more pass first.
I really like Aranda, but people seem to be jumping on the hype train a little too quick imo. This is only his 3rd head coaching season, so he has to prove last year wasn’t a flash in the pan.
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