No. 4 Oklahoma State loses 45-35 to No. 10 Baylor

Like Oklahoma State, weak nonconference schedules and a dearth of quality wins (both Baylor and OSU have just one top 25 win) mean a reliance on chaos to provide a path into the playoff. Baylor has home wins over Lamar 66-31, Rice 70-17, West Virginia 62-38 and Iowa State 45-27 along with a neutral site win against Texas Tech 63-35 in Arlington, TX.

Conner: The Trevone Boykin Heisman train has been derailed by his team’s blowout loss to Oklahoma State and the ankle injury that forced him out of last week’s game against Kansas.

However, Baylor’s third-string quarterback in Chris Johnson came in and made an immediate impact. Playing without starting quarterback Seth Russell, who’s out for the year, and backup Jarrett Stidham, who left Saturday’s game with an injury, Baylor turned to third-stringer Chris Johnson, who proceeded to play like a superstar.

Johnson kept the offense moving, passing for 138 yards and running for 42.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Baylor’s Art Briles has more folksy sayings than most of us have phone numbers saved in our cell phones.

Or as receiver KD Cannon said, “We don’t have reserves”. He’s just a great, great teammate. Anyway I really like the over in this game, but if I had to pick a team it would be OR. Briles took a somber tone when asked about Stidham’s health after the game.

“I think so”, said offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. We’re going to need you. His right hand was swollen, and he was having a hard time gripping the ball.

“It’s real puffy, it’s swollen up”. If the Rebels can hold court and beat LSU, they would have a tie breaker over Bama should Auburn rise to the occasion in the Iron Bowl. I think they contain it just enough and take a close win at home to set up the biggest Bedlam game ever against Oklahoma next week.

The Bears still gained 700 yards and ran 104 plays. The Sooners had 511 total yards to 416 for Baylor. Washington at 6’1 200 pounds has had a two game stretch of 9 catches, 384 yards and five touchdowns before being brought back down to earth last week vs Iowa State. “All we had to do was show up and play, so I want to express my appreciation to those folks”.

There is no chance that the top six teams in the rankings can all win out, since #3 Ohio State would play #5 Iowa in the Big Ten Championship game in early December.

Oklahoma State leads the country in scoring points off turnovers this season, sitting at 76.

Saturday night at 7 p.m. Eastern, No. 16 Navy hopes to continue its winning ways with a road trip to Tulsa.

Quarterback Mason Rudolph has completed 64.4% of his passes for 3,161 yards with 18 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and has a rushing touchdown. These two teams together are averaging 98.4 points per game, Baylor has the edge at 54.8 but regardless these teams are used to putting points on the board.

Johnson, who had attempted only four passes in his college career coming into the game, played the entire second half. The call was reversed. #12 Oklahoma 44 #6 Baylor 34… On a 39-yard play, James Washington executed a juggling end-zone catch of a Rudolph pass.

Baylor went ahead on a 1-yard run by Devin Chafin, and a short field goal put the Bears up 24-14 at halftime.

Then J.W. Walsh shoveled a pass to Jalen McCleskey, who scooted around the left side for a 3-yard touchdown to cut Baylor’s lead in half, 14-7, with 8:38 to play in the first quarter.

The Cowboys tried to make a fight of it late, but the coaching staff saved the most ridiculous decision of the night for a totally unnecessary onside kick, with 5 minutes remaining, trailing by 10, and all your time outs.