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Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter | BAY | KS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAY | TD | 9:17 | Tevin Reese 62 yard pass from Bryce Petty (Aaron Jones kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BAY | TD | 7:15 | Lache Seastrunk 29 yard run (Aaron Jones kick) | 14 | 0 |
| BAY | TD | 3:57 | Glasco Martin 14 yard run (Aaron Jones kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | BAY | KS | |||
| BAY | TD | 12:49 | Bryce Petty 5 yard run (Aaron Jones kick) | 28 | 0 |
| BAY | FG | 4:34 | Aaron Jones 30 yard field goal | 31 | 0 |
| BAY | TD | 2:00 | Tevin Reese 25 yard pass from Bryce Petty (Aaron Jones kick) | 38 | 0 |
| 3rd Quarter | BAY | KS | |||
| BAY | TD | 11:18 | Corey Coleman 49 yard pass from Bryce Petty (Aaron Jones kick) | 45 | 0 |
| KS | TD | 4:51 | Brandon Bourbon 22 yard run (Matthew Wyman kick) | 45 | 7 |
| BAY | TD | 1:00 | Rashodrick Linwood 4 yard run (Kyle Peterson kick) | 52 | 7 |
| 4th Quarter | BAY | KS | |||
| KS | TD | 11:14 | Rodriguez Coleman 30 yard pass from Jake Heaps (Matthew Wyman kick) | 52 | 14 |
| BAY | TD | 6:03 | Rashodrick Linwood 68 yard run (Kyle Peterson kick) | 59 | 14 |
THE QUARTERBACKS:
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| Bryce Petty | Baylor | 20 | 32 | 62.5 | 430 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 3 | 0 | 206.3 |
| Seth Russell | Baylor | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 |
I counted 5, possibly 6 passes in the first half that probably should have been caught, and another that fell incomplete where I thought the defender interfered with our receiver. Despite overthrowing 2 deep balls early, Petty was on last night.
RUNNING BACKS:
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Lache Seastrunk | Baylor | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 0 | |||||
| Glasco Martin | Baylor | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||
| Rashodrick Linwood | Baylor | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 0 | |||||
| Bryce Petty | Baylor | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |||||
| Seth Russell | Baylor | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||
| Devin Chafin | Baylor | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |||||
WIDE RECEIVERS:
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Clay Fuller | Baylor | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | ||||
| Tevin Reese | Baylor | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 2 | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 2 | ||||
| Levi Norwood | Baylor | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | ||||
| Corey Coleman | Baylor | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | ||||
| Jay Lee | Baylor | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||||
| Antwan Goodley | Baylor | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||||
| Robbie Rhodes | Baylor | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | ||||
This chart was the real reason I wanted to write this post to begin with: to show how evenly Baylor managed to distribute the ball among our wide receivers yesterday. One criticism that could be leveled at our passing offense so far this season is that it was extremely top-heavy. If something happened to Tevin Reese or Antwan Goodley, being concerned about our passing production would have been totally reasonable based on results before yesterday. Those two have carried the lion's share of the load so far, almost the exclusion of everyone else.
Then something happened yesterday that might actually not be all that bad in retrospect: Goodley left the game for precautionary reasons. Without him as the obvious go-to target opposite Reese, Petty had to go to lesser-used options like Jay Lee and Corey Coleman. Shoot, even Robbie Rhodes caught a long pass that I don't think he knew was coming until it landed in his arms. Were he available, that pass probably goes to Goodley. Clay Fuller, recipient of 9 passes in the 6 preceding games, led the team in receptions with 6. In all, Petty hit 7 different receivers on just 20 completions. Sans-Goodley, he was challenged to spread the ball around a little and rose to that challenge to great effect.
I said last night that I thought this was Petty's best performance to date, and after watching the game again this evening instead of Sunday Night Football, I feel even more strongly than ever. Instead of "just" lofting the ball up for receivers who already beat their DBs, we saw Petty make throw after throw in traffic, on a line, right to the hands of a waiting receiver. Don't get me wrong, I love the bombs. But I find it even more impressive when the QB makes the correct read on a shorter, potentially more dangerous throw, and delivers the ball exactly where it needs to be. The TD pass to Tevin Reese at 2:02 in the video at right is a good example of what I'm talking about. If that pass sails, it might be an interception. If it's too low, the same. Everybody loves seeing the ball aired out for 60 yards, but we already knew Petty could do that. As the DBs get better, this kind of intermediate throw will be more and more important. That's why I was so excited to see it.
Resident GifMaestro Nick_Pants caught the play I'm talking about from the TV angle, which is better. Here is it, reproduced with his permission.
It looks like an easy pitch and catch because they make it look that way. I was very impressed by this throw, as well as the several others that looked exactly like it against KU's defense.