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| All Games | 3-2 | -1 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 36.0 | 16.6 | 488.4 | (5.8) | 2.2 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 342.2 | (5.1) | 3.2 | | Road Games | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 369.0 | (4.3) | 5.0 | 44.0 | 24.0 | 427.0 | (7.4) | 2.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-2 | -2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 31.7 | 15.7 | 471.0 | (5) | 3.7 | 27.7 | 13.7 | 371.7 | (5.5) | 3.7 | | Turf Games | 3-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 39.0 | 19.0 | 518.2 | (6.2) | 1.5 | 14.0 | 4.2 | 321.0 | (4.6) | 3.5 | | Conference Games | 0-2 | -3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 25.0 | 4.5 | 406.0 | (4.4) | 4.5 | 38.5 | 20.5 | 394.5 | (5.7) | 2.5 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 36.0 | 16.6 | 27.2 | 31:15 | 52-222 | (4.3) | 20-33 | 61.6% | 266 | (8.1) | 85-488 | (5.8) | (13.6) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 27.9 | 13.2 | 20.4 | 29:52 | 41-154 | (3.8) | 18-31 | 60.3% | 239 | (7.8) | 71-393 | (5.5) | (14.1) | | Offense Road Games | 24.0 | 7.0 | 27.0 | 33:11 | 54-196 | (3.6) | 17-32 | 53.1% | 173 | (5.4) | 86-369 | (4.3) | (15.4) | | Defense (All Games) | 20.0 | 8.2 | 16.2 | 28:45 | 37-140 | (3.8) | 15-30 | 48.7% | 202 | (6.7) | 67-342 | (5.1) | (17.1) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 33 | 15.1 | 20.7 | 31:08 | 41-203 | (5) | 18-30 | 59.6% | 228 | (7.6) | 71-431 | (6.1) | (13.1) | | Defense Road Games | 44.0 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 26:49 | 33-107 | (3.2) | 14-25 | 56.0% | 320 | (12.8) | 58-427 | (7.4) | (9.7) |
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| All Games | 5-0 | +1 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 64.2 | 41.2 | 725.0 | (9.1) | 1.6 | 22.2 | 16.0 | 363.6 | (4.8) | 2.6 | | Home Games | 2-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 68.0 | 38.5 | 789.0 | (9.2) | 2.5 | 24.0 | 15.5 | 293.0 | (4.2) | 2.0 | | Last 3 Games | 3-0 | +1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 66.3 | 47.7 | 705.7 | (9) | 1.0 | 19.7 | 12.7 | 369.7 | (4.8) | 3.0 | | Turf Games | 5-0 | +1 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 64.2 | 41.2 | 725.0 | (9.1) | 1.6 | 22.2 | 16.0 | 363.6 | (4.8) | 2.6 | | Conference Games | 2-0 | +1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 64.5 | 50.5 | 662.0 | (8.4) | 1.0 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 431.5 | (5.3) | 3.5 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 64.2 | 41.2 | 32.8 | 25:57 | 49-358 | (7.4) | 21-31 | 67.3% | 367 | (11.8) | 80-725 | (9.1) | (11.3) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 46.8 | 26.9 | 28.2 | 29:39 | 46-282 | (6.2) | 21-32 | 65.7% | 306 | (9.5) | 78-588 | (7.6) | (12.6) | | Offense Home Games | 68.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 26:18 | 54-419 | (7.7) | 22-31 | 71.4% | 369 | (11.7) | 86-789 | (9.2) | (11.6) | | Defense (All Games) | 22.2 | 16.0 | 20.4 | 34:03 | 41-129 | (3.1) | 21-35 | 59.7% | 235 | (6.7) | 76-364 | (4.8) | (16.4) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 32.6 | 18.9 | 23.2 | 31:16 | 41-175 | (4.2) | 21-35 | 60.7% | 263 | (7.4) | 77-438 | (5.7) | (13.5) | | Defense Home Games | 24.0 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 33:41 | 44-133 | (3) | 14-25 | 56.9% | 159 | (6.3) | 69-293 | (4.2) | (12.2) |
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| 9/4/2015 | @ SMU | 56-21 | W | -37 | L | 69.5 | O | 37-300 | 17-32-423 | 1 | 54-203 | 16-24-166 | 2 | | 9/12/2015 | LAMAR | 66-31 | W | -56 | L | 78 | O | 56-412 | 26-38-373 | 4 | 43-173 | 18-30-167 | 2 | | 9/26/2015 | RICE | 70-17 | W | -33 | W | 74 | O | 53-427 | 19-25-366 | 1 | 45-94 | 11-21-152 | 2 | | 10/3/2015 | *TEXAS TECH | 63-35 | W | -16.5 | W | 89.5 | O | 52-368 | 16-24-312 | 1 | 24-106 | 40-65-530 | 4 | | 10/10/2015 | @ KANSAS | 66-7 | W | -45.5 | W | 77.5 | U | 45-281 | 27-37-363 | 1 | 39-69 | 20-36-158 | 3 | | 10/17/2015 | W VIRGINIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/24/2015 | IOWA ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/5/2015 | @ KANSAS ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/14/2015 | OKLAHOMA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | W VIRGINIA: West Virginia has all the pieces to compete for a Big 12 crown, but an unfavorable conference schedule will keep this school in the middle of the pack in the standings. The Mountaineers are faced with a brutal road schedule that includes visits to Oklahoma, Baylor, TCU (the three best teams in the Big 12) and Kansas State on Dec. 5. The good news is that WVU should run the table at home where it will be a big favorite in just about every Morgantown tilt, especially Georgia Southern, Liberty, Texas Tech and Iowa State. The Mountaineers could also be giving six or more points when Oklahoma State and Texas come to town. | | BAYLOR: Even with the loss of star QB Bryce Petty, Baylor should still be competing for a Big 12 crown and national playoff berth in 2015. Replacing Petty under center will likely be junior QB Seth Russell, with freshman QB Jarrett Stidham as the backup. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Russell is a superior athlete who can make big plays out of nothing. The team needs to shore up its secondary and greatly trim its mental errors after being the second-most penalized team in nation last year (88.4 yards per game). The Bears do get to fatten up on non-conference cupcakes with 1-11 SMU, FCS Lamar and Rice to begin the season, and should have no problem staying unbeaten through October. The November slate is absolutely brutal (at Kansas State, vs. Oklahoma, at Oklahoma State, at TCU), but another 10-win season in Waco appears likely. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (WEST VIRGINIA-BAYLOR) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(CORRECTS West Virginia's loss to Oklahoma St. to OT, sted final minutes)
*West Virginia-Baylor Preview* ==============================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
West Virginia (3-2) at No. 6 Baylor (5-0), 12:00 p.m. EDT
A loss to West Virginia last year cost Baylor a chance at a national title, and coach Art Briles insists the No. 2 Bears aren't looking for revenge.
The Bears try to avoid another letdown Saturday when they face the Mountaineers in Waco.
Baylor (5-0, 2-0 in Big 12) won its first six games last season before giving up 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter of a 41-27 loss at West Virginia. While the Bears went on to win the Big 12 championship, the defeat to the Mountaineers loomed large enough for the selection committee to rank them fifth - one spot shy of joining the inaugural College Football Playoff.
"Revenge is not something that is really thrown into our vocabulary," Briles said. "Are we going to blame them for beating us? They're supposed to try and beat us. That's everybody's goal every time they step on the field, and that's our goal."
So far, Baylor is having very little trouble achieving that goal, outscoring opponents by an average of 42.0 points after scoring 59 unanswered to pound winless Kansas 66-7 on the road last week.
"Win and advance. Win and advance," Briles said. "We understand that anything can happen on any given day and our job is to go out and perform at a championship level. There are trap games everywhere, there is one always sitting out there. We have to make sure we compete and execute."
The offense is executing at a breathtaking rate, leading the nation with an averages of 64.2 points and 725.0 yards from scrimmage and 45 total touchdowns.
Seth Russell's 22 touchdown passes are the most in the country, and he's added four more on the ground. The junior quarterback only played the first half against the Jayhawks, and still hit 18 of 27 passes for 246 yards with three touchdowns, tossing two to top target Corey Coleman.
Coleman has hauled in a Division I-leading 13 TDs, two more than all of last season. His 31 grabs and 678 yards are team highs, and he's topped 100 yards in each game this year.
Russell and Coleman, though, are about to face their toughest task yet as the Mountaineers (3-2, 0-2) allow an average of 202.0 passing yards and six touchdowns.
They also enter the weekend tied with Boise State for the most interceptions at 13, but Russell isn't fazed.
"This year, we're just going to have to stick to our game plan, and that's score points," Russell said. "The defense will get a lot of stops like we know they will, and we're just going to have to put a lot of points on that board and stay focused on what we can control."
Baylor's defense has been superb in all but one game this season, surrendering 530 passing yards and 636 overall in a 63-35 win over the Red Raiders on Oct. 3. It's given up an average of 295.5 in the others, including a season-best 227 last week.
The defense has been scorched for 552.3 yards per game in losing two of the last three against West Virginia.
"We like to think we can have a dominant factor across the board," Briles said. "I think with our front defensively, it allows us to have a physical nature to us that we haven't been able to have the last 2-3 years."
The Mountaineers are seeking improvement early after being outscored 41-9 in the first half in losing its conference games to then-No. 15 Oklahoma and 21st-ranked Oklahoma State. They trailed the Cowboys 17-2 last week before falling 33-26 in overtime.
All 11 of the Mountaineers turnovers this season have come in the last three games, including nine in the past two.
"Ball security is the number one thing right now," junior quarterback Skyler Howard said. "We are moving the ball, and we are putting up numbers as an offense. We just have to continue to put an emphasis on taking care of the ball."
Howard struggled over the last two games, connecting on 35 of 67 passes for 361 yards with two touchdowns and four picks. He added 60 yards and two TDs on 30 carries.
Another tough performance could be a problem since running back Wendell Smallwood is nursing an ankle injury. The junior, though, overcame the injury last week to match his career high with 147 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries.
"He's still banged up," coach Dana Holgorsen said. "The kid didn't practice a snap last week. He plays his butt off. He didn't practice at all. He was cramping up during the game, but he's going to get out there and do what he can do."
Smallwood was held to 66 on 20 attempts in last year's upset of the No. 4 Bears.
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