the tindog coffeehouse

Poor Baylor.

The 3-6 Bears have the unenviable task of visiting Austin this week to face the No. 4 Texas Longhorns a week after the Horns were upset by the still-unbeaten Texas Tech Red Raiders. No longer the masters of their own destiny, the Horns will most certainly be fired up to prove they’re still contenders for the Big 12 Championship and possibly the National Championship (not holding my breath). Thus, Baylor, ever the low man on the Big 12 totem pole, should be prepared to receive the brunt of UT’s frustrations.

Coach Briles, welcome to Waco.

According to NCAA Football 09 on the Wii, the score will be UT 80, Baylor 7. Ouch. (Let me tell you, by the third quarter, even I was ready for the game to be over with just to put the little electronic players out of their misery!)

Now, is an 80-7 score realistic? Probably not, especially considering Baylor lost to Missouri last week by only 3 points. Think about that for a second. Yes, it’s a loss — no surprise there — but it’s a loss to No. 14 Missouri by 3 points. Still, while a 73-point victory might be an exaggeration, don’t expect much of a nail-biter in Austin this week.

Of course, the Texas-Baylor game isn’t really the main event this weekend. No, all the eyes of Texas will be upon the Tech-Oklahoma State game, in hopes the Cowboys can do what Mack Brown & Co. failed to do last week: shut down Graham Harrell and the Red Raider offense.

Repeat after me: Go, Pokes!

And of course, Hook ‘Em, Horns!

Real Score: 45-21. As they did during the Missouri game, Baylor kept the score close, at least for part of the game. That says a lot for how far Baylor has come already under Art Briles. We’ll see if that improvement continues into the future. In the meantime, Texas hits the road again this week to take on the Kansas Jayhawks, a tougher team than Baylor for sure, but one that shouldn’t put too much scare into the Horns.