Baylor football gave Oklahoma a run for their money but came up short. Can the find the win column for the first time this season against Kansas State.
Still searching for their first win of the year, Baylor is looking to do just that Saturday against Kansas State. The Bears have to travel to Manhattan. The Kansas State crowd will be rowdy after their loss to Vanderbilt.
Baylor is winless this season posting an 0-4 record for the first time since 1999. The Bears have lost 10 straight regular season games dating back to last year when they finished the season 0-6 after going 6-0 in first half of season.
Kansas State is 2-1 with their last game being a 14-7 loss to Vanderbilt. The Wildcats went 9-4 last season and 5-1 in conference play. They are coming off a bye week while Baylor is playing its fifth straight game.
Both teams will be psyched up and ready to get a number in the win column on Saturday and here is everything you need to know for the game.
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Date: Saturday, Sep. 30
Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
Location: Manhattan, KS
Venue: Bill Snyder Family Stadium
TV: ESPN2
Live Stream: WatchESPN
Keys to Victory
Baylor needs to be able to do something that they have yet to do this year and that is stop the run. Kansas State is averaging 230 yards per game on the ground while Baylor is giving up 236 yards per game. If the Bears can manage to take away run game and force Kansas State to throw the ball then Baylor will have a chance to get a win.
Offensively Baylor will have to have repeat performance from last week. The Bears scored 41 points against Oklahoma and Zach Smith had a career day with 463 yards passing and four touchdowns. Baylor also needs to get Terrence Williams going early to establish rushing attack.
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Prediction
The first half will be slow and methodical with very little scoring. At halftime Kansas state will lead 14-7. The second half will be more scoring and Kansas state will take a 17-7 lead to start third quarter but Baylor will score late in quarter to cut lead to 3 points. Another week of late game heroics by Zach Smith and this time Baylor comes away the victor.
Final Score: Baylor 24, Kansas State 20