Think of Baylor as a power running team. I know that sounds crazy, but in a sense they are. They are a power run team between the tackles and a finesse passing team outside the hashes. Two different offenses at the same time.
Everything starts with their running game and their running game is almost exclusively the run-bubble out of an unusual formation. The passing game (other than 3rd and long situations) is almost exclusively play-action and is designed to take advantage of safeties reacting to the run for big plays deep. The TE and RB ALMOST NEVER go out on pass routes but instead block. This makes pressure extremely difficult. However, their QB only has at most two reads (sometimes only one if he looks to the single receiver side) then scrambles. I RARELY see Baylor QB's standing in the pocket picking teams apart. The offense is very simple. In fact, the Baylor QB never reads the backside at all. He chooses a side to read and the other side's receivers don't even finish their routes because they know once he chooses a side that's it.
As weird as it sounds, the key to beating Baylor is to stop their running game. But you'd need a team that is capable of doing it with just their DL and perhaps a single LB. Luckily, we are one of the teams that can do this. Ohio State probably could too and perhaps LSU could. However, no team in the Big 12 can. This is why Baylor puts up gaudy rushing statistics against Big 12 competition.
...not to mention, a lot of Big 12 teams are downright intimidated by Baylor's offense and they play tight instead of being loose. We wouldn't be afraid of them.
Everything starts with their running game and their running game is almost exclusively the run-bubble out of an unusual formation. The passing game (other than 3rd and long situations) is almost exclusively play-action and is designed to take advantage of safeties reacting to the run for big plays deep. The TE and RB ALMOST NEVER go out on pass routes but instead block. This makes pressure extremely difficult. However, their QB only has at most two reads (sometimes only one if he looks to the single receiver side) then scrambles. I RARELY see Baylor QB's standing in the pocket picking teams apart. The offense is very simple. In fact, the Baylor QB never reads the backside at all. He chooses a side to read and the other side's receivers don't even finish their routes because they know once he chooses a side that's it.
As weird as it sounds, the key to beating Baylor is to stop their running game. But you'd need a team that is capable of doing it with just their DL and perhaps a single LB. Luckily, we are one of the teams that can do this. Ohio State probably could too and perhaps LSU could. However, no team in the Big 12 can. This is why Baylor puts up gaudy rushing statistics against Big 12 competition.
...not to mention, a lot of Big 12 teams are downright intimidated by Baylor's offense and they play tight instead of being loose. We wouldn't be afraid of them.
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