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First Look: Baylor Bears vs. Kansas Jayhawks

It's a Homecoming the Baylor Bears desperately need to keep even their exceedingly slim chance at a third-consecutive bowl game alive in 2012.

By Mark C. Moore

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NR/NR/NR BAYLOR (3-4, 0-4) vs. NR/NR/NR KANSAS (1-7, 0-5)
Nov. 3, 2012 | 2:30 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas | Floyd Casey Stadium (50,000)
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Opponent: Kansas Jayhawks
Official Website: KU Athletics
Printable Roster: Here
Depth Chart for Baylor: Still looking, check back
Last Game: 21-17 loss to Texas
2011 Matchup: Baylor 31, Kansas 30 (OT)
Head Coach: Charlie the Hutt
SB Nation Blog: Rock Chalk Talk

2012 KANSAS JAYHAWKS SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME RECORD/TICKETS
Sat, Sept 1 1-0 (0-0)
Sat, Sept 8 1-1 (0-0)
Sat, Sept 15 1-2 (0-1)
Sat, Sept 22 1-3 (0-1)
Sat, Oct 6 1-4 (0-2)
Sat, Oct 13 1-5 (0-3)
Sat, Oct 20 1-6 (0-4)
Sat, Oct 27 1-7 (0-5)
Sat, Nov 3 3:30 PM ET Tickets
Sat, Nov 10 TBD Tickets
Sat, Nov 17 TBD Tickets
Sat, Dec 1 TBD Tickets

Kansas has had a ... rough season to say the least, but amazingly has the same number of wins in conference play as our own Baylor Bears (0). Both are playing this week to possibly avoid going winless on the season, with Baylor obviously having one more game remaining than the Jayhawks.

On offense, the Jayhawks have two major problems this season: passing and scoring. They are probably related. Luckily for them, they get to face our abject failure of a defense this week. I expect they will try to run on us just like they did UT last week ... and they will be at least moderately successful doing so. Their defense is second-worst in the conference ahead of only our own, and Baylor should have no problem scoring points. It is, as always, a question of if we can manage to outscore them.

Category National
Rank		 Actual National
Leader		 Actual Conf
Rank		 Big 12
Conference Leader		 Actual
Rushing Offense 40 186.88 Army 383.13 4 Oklahoma St. 239.00
Passing Offense 109 169.13 Baylor 395.71 10 Baylor 395.71
Total Offense 99 356.00 Oklahoma St. 586.14 10 Oklahoma St. 586.14
Scoring Offense 118 17.25 Oregon 53.38 10 Kansas St. 44.38
Rushing Defense 90 188.63 Alabama 57.25 8 TCU 98.88
Pass Efficiency Defense 78 135.14 Alabama 86.62 7 Oklahoma 96.18
Total Defense 81 418.75 Alabama 203.13 7 Texas Tech 300.00
Scoring Defense 83 30.13 Alabama 8.13 7 Kansas St. 17.13
Net Punting 100 34.38 Florida 44.48 9 Oklahoma St. 43.55
Punt Returns 58 8.75 Boston College 29.43 9 Kansas St. 26.25
Kickoff Returns 112 17.16 Utah 30.71 9 Oklahoma 29.06
Turnover Margin T-56 .13 Kent St. 2.38 6 Kansas St. 1.88
Pass Defense 58 230.13 Alabama 145.88 4 Oklahoma 167.00
Passing Efficiency 118 96.02 Air Force 186.71 10 Kansas St. 173.39
Sacks 113 1.00 Tulsa 4.38 10 Kansas St. 2.50
Tackles For Loss 114 4.25 Stanford 9.50 10 Texas 7.88
Sacks Allowed 95 2.63 Air Force .00 10 Oklahoma St. .43
T=tied at this ranking

Absolute Stats:

Passing Rushing Total Offense First Downs Penalties Turnovers
Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Pass Rush Pen Tot No. Yds Fum Int Tot
Offense 8 14.1 28.9 48.9 169.1 0.5 45.9 186.9 4.1 1.5 74.8 356.0 4.8 8.3 11.3 1.5 21.0 3.6 28.3 0.9 1.1 2.0
Defense 8 18.5 30.0 61.7 230.1 1.5 36.5 188.6 5.2 2.0 66.5 418.8 6.3 9.9 9.4 0.6 19.9 3.9 38.0 1.0 1.1 2.1
Difference -4.4 -1.1 -12.8 -61.0 -1.0 +9.4 -1.7 -1.1 -0.5 +8.3 -62.8 -1.5 -1.6 +1.9 +0.9 +1.1 -0.3 -9.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Provided by Sports-Reference.com/CFB: View Original Table
Generated 10/30/2012.

Useful Links:

Football Outsiders' FEI and S&P+ rankings and the associated submenus.
SB Nation's Kansas 2012 Preview
Football Study Hall's 2011 Statistical Review

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