Official Baylor Football Fan Blog "Best Case" Season Prediction The time has come for me to throw some predictions at you. I'm going to give you the best case, worst case, and my personal prediction for the season. First will be the best case. Try to remember, that this really does mean, best possible case. It is in no way to be construed as my prediction. At all.

Texas Christian University - Win
We get them at home, we performed as well as they did against common opponents last year, and they lose a lot of their big playmakers and defenders, some to graduation, others to injuries.

Northwestern State University - Win
D1-AA. We polish our offensive execution in this one and get Blake some reps.

@Washington State University - Win
We go on the road, but this is a team that lost its best player by far, and while they played some teams tough, two of their four wins came against Grambling and Nevada.

Army - Win
We beat them last year on the road by 10. We get them at home, and they are breaking in a new QB for the first time in 4 years.

Kansas State - Win
Prince doesn't scare me and he doesn't have the talent Snyder had. KSU will be one of the worst teams in the Big XII this year.

@Colorado - Win
Hawkins is a good offensive coach, but it took him until a couple days ago to settle on a QB, and they have lost a lot of talent over the last few years and recruiting (even with the parties) hasn't been good.

@Texas - Loss
Can't spin this one, their defense is just too good. It will be in Austin and our players will likely be blinded by their new scoreboards screen.

Kansas - Win
They lost not only a lot of defensive players, but they lost the heart of the defense in Reid, too. Their offense isn't going to be ready for primetime this year, and we get them in our house. Even Steele beat Kansas in Waco.

Texas A&M - Win
New defensive scheme, poor defensive speed, and McGee ain't no Heisman contender. All the ledaership in the world isn't going to help him.

@Texas Tech - Loss
They've seen this offense every day in practice. We'll play them tough, but Lubbock is one of the toughest venues in the Big XII.

@Oklahoma State - Win
They are going to be young, but more importantly, they are going to be led by Bobby Reid, QB extraordinaire.

Oklahoma - Win
Stout defense, yes. But no QB and a weak OL means we have a shot. And in the best case scenario, that's all you need.

So 10-2 is the best case. Again, not a prediction, but basically those are the "winnable" games for the year.

I'm sure I'll get plenty of "you're crazy comments" for this one.

Also, I want to give credit to Smufootballblog.blogspot.com, 'cause I basically ripped this off his site. Now, you might be asking "How can you rip off a best case, worst case and realistic prediction? I'm not sure you can, but I got the idea to do it for my blog from his, and frankly, I started my blog after seeing his last year before the SMU/Baylor game, so I feel the need to attribute. Attribute complete.  ¶ 8/25/2006 0 Comments

  Bum Phillips: "You've Got a Good Coach" Just read Jerry Hill's great blog on Baylor. He talked about Bum Phillips, the Houston Oilers winningest coach, visiting Baylor's practice yesterday to check out the job his grandson is doing as the Quarterbacks Coach for Baylor, and the job that Morriss is doing.

He later spoke at the Kickoff Luncheon. He's a quote from Hill's blog:

I always thought I should be in the business of hiring coaches. I don’t know whether you know it or not, but you’ve got a good coach right here.

Thanks, Bum! We happen to agree, but it's good to hear from you.

He also had a few other things to say about HOW Morriss and Co. coached the kids:

Watching Wednesday’s practice, Phillips was struck by the discipline of the players and the way the Baylor coaches ran the practice. “You don’t have to yell at ’em and embarrass ’em in front of everybody. Instead of always telling a guy what he did wrong, tell him how to do it the right way. That’s what Guy and his staff were doing.”

This might be the reason that Morriss and his staff have been able to do so much with what appears to be less talent than the teams around us. It is going to be nice when the players that they have recruited start filling into more of the starting spots and taking the team to another level.

Coach Phillips also noted something about the practice habits of the players:

The thing that seemed to impress Phillips the most was the focus of the players, even in 106-degree heat. “Even the guys on the sidelines were watching what was going on. If they can be that focused at a practice in that kind of heat, they’re going to be focused in the fourth quarter when the game’s on the line.”

It's this type of focus and determination that our team is going to need to get to a bowl game this year.

If you'd like to read Hill's blog entry, you can check it out here.  ¶ 8/25/2006 0 Comments

  I Hope This Is Not Indicative of the Average TCU Fan Alright, a guy that posts comments on the blog goes by the screenname "matt", and left this jewel on his last comment:

While it is true that your baseball team is usually good, this year excluded, I'm not sure of your "dominance" in the 4x400 as I think you'll find a little school in Fort Worth came in 2nd (to LSU) in the 4x4 at this year's outdoor championships....

I almost forgot that TCU won the men's 400m relay in 1986, 87, 89, 91, 95, 98, and 2001. Baylor has never won it. Real dominant.

I never brought up the 400m relay, I'm not sure that Baylor even competes in that event. If you're talking 1600m relay then I'm not sure what hole you've been living in, but I thought I would take this opportunity to enlighten him on Baylor's track success over the last 25 years....

Men's Indoor Track National Champions

1985 - Willie Caldwell - 500m
1989 - Michael Johnson - 200m
1990 - Michael Johnson - 200m
1990 - 4x400m Relay
1991 - 4x400m Relay
1992 - Deon Minor - 400m
1992 - 4x400m Relay
1995 - Deon Minor - 400m
1998 - 4x400m Relay
2000 - Brandon Couts - 400m
2002 - 4x400m Relay
2004 - Jeremy Wariner - 400m
2004 - 4x400m Relay


Wow, that's pretty good, huh? Now you claim a 4x400m relay championship in a couple of those years that I have listed, too... Must be some mistake.

OH! Wait, those could be OUTDOOR championships... My bad. Here are Baylor's Men's Outdoor National Champions:

1985 - 4x400m Relay
1989 - Raymond Pierre - 400m
1990 - Michael Johnson - 200m
1990 - 4x400m Relay
1991 - 4x400m Relay
1995 - 4x400m Relay
1996 - 4x400m Relay
1999 - Bayano Kamani - 400m
2000 - 4x400m Relay
2001 - Bayano Kamani - 400m
2001 - 4x400m Relay
2004 - Jeremy Wariner - 400m
2004 - 4x400m Relay
2005 - Darold Williamson - 400m


You could also look at the 4x400m Relay teams and how there has only been ONE year since 1985 that Baylor's team wasn't All-American.

Or that since 1991, we've had 19 400m All-Americans. Only two years did we not have one, and in FIVE years we had TWO All-Americans.

Oh wait, silly me, that's just in the INDOOR...

In the OUTDOOR, we've had 21 All-Americans since 1985, and in four years we've had TWO All-Americans there, too.

Our outdoor 4x400 team has also had 27 All-American teams, including having EVERY SINGLE 4x400m Relay team be All-American since 1981.

I could go on to talk about how we've dominated the Big XII/SWC since the early 80's in conference championships or the Olympic Gold Medals won by Baylor scholarship athletes (that's plural for a reason!), or how a current Baylor track team member just took gold at the Junior World Championships with the US 4x400m Relay team, but I think this should be enough.

If you'd like to check out some more Baylor track history, feel free to spend some time here.  ¶ 8/25/2006 0 Comments