His 17/17 start was a Big 12 Championship Game record and AT&T Stadium record as well. He kept his composure throughout the game which was astonishing considering the stakes of this game. Shapen completed his first seventeen passes of the game and threw three touchdown passes in the first half. I understand they struggled in the second half, but I was extremely impressed with Blake Shapen in the first half of the game. Without Gerry Bohanon, I wasn’t sure how this Baylor offense would look. Congrats to Baylor and hats off to Dave Aranda who is quickly becoming one of the best coaches in all of college football. In just one year, Baylor went from a 2-7 season to an 11-2 year that was capped of with a Big 12 championship. After a rocky two-win 2020 season, he was able to turn things around quickly. When he got to Waco, he didn’t have long with his team before Covid-19 hit and essentially shut everything down. This man took over a Baylor program that lost a ton from that 2019 squad that made a Big 12 title appearance. I know Mike Gundy won Big 12 coach of the year, but if we could I would give it to Dave Aranda.
They made some excellent second half adjustments as they kept Baylor scoreless in the second half and held them to just 36 yards of offense in the final two quarters. Oklahoma State’s offensive struggles put his defense in some tough spots and more often than not, they pulled through. Just when they needed a stop the most, they were able to get the game-clinching fourth down stop to end the game.ĭespite falling short, give Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles credit too. The Bears were able to apply pressure on Spencer Sanders throughout the game and it paid off. Baylor forced four key turnovers and held Oklahoma State out of the end zone for the first two quarters. The Good The Defensesįorget about one or the other because both defenses came to play on Saturday. There were plenty of great moments in this game, as well as head scratching ones as I share the good, the bad and the ugly from the Big 12 Championship Game. For Baylor, it’s their first Big 12 Championship Game win ever and their third conference title. It was a wild finish as we crown a new Big 12 champion in Baylor, as the Bears beat Oklahoma State 21-16. The Cowboys won the Big 12 regular season outright and will be the home team during the Big 12 Championship Game.Is there a better way to end the regular season with a conference title on the line at Jerry World? I think not. Oklahoma State defeated Baylor 24-14 during Week 5 of the regular season in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
If they are able to beat Baylor this Saturday, they could be in line for their first College Football Playoff appearance as well. This will be Oklahoma State's first Big 12 Championship game appearance since joining the conference during its formation in 1996. Thus, the return of the Big 12 Championship Game.
Which conversely means that TCU at #3 is still the highest ranked team the week before the invites went out to be left out for reasons other than losing. Ohio State would jump from 6 to 3 after Championship weekend, still the lowest ranked team before the teams were selected to be invited to the invitational to get in. However, "One True Champion" backfired in the first year of the Big 12 Round Robin with no Championship Game setup as TCU and Baylor tied for first and were named "Co-Champions", with no 13th data point or true conference title. WATCH! Tori's Thoughts: Catch Vaughn, Martinez and Kansas State if you canĪfter the departure of the University of Colorado to the Pac 12, the University of Nebraska to the Big 10, and the University of Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC, the Big 12 Conference Championship game went on hiatus as the league moved to a round robin schedule.
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