With blood on his jersey and scrapes on his knees and elbows, quarterback Sawyer Robertson was the last Baylor player to walk off the field at McLane Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Even head coach Dave Aranda had a splotch of blood on his snow-white Baylor shirt when he took the podium after the game Bears fell, 34-28, to No. 22 BYU for their second straight Big 12 loss.
It seems everybody in the Baylor football building has a little blood red mixed with their Green & Gold at the moment. “I think everyone’s hurt, as we should be,” senior tight end Gavin Yates said. “That’s the mood in the locker room.
We know that tomorrow, we’ve got to take it on the chin, watch the film, correct our mistakes and learn from what we did right because there was a lot of right as well.” The inability to put four good quarters together has become something of a trend for Baylor this season. The Bears got off to a slow start against Air Force, scoring only six points in the first half before turning it on late in a 29-point win.
They started strong at Colorado last week only for it to blow up in heartbreaking fashion. On Saturday, BYU scored on its first four drives of the game. The Baylor defense came alive in the second half, holding the Cougars to 81 total yards, while the offense scored two touchdowns to make it a one-possession game.
Again, it was too little, too late. “Despite whatever the score was, and early in the game, it wasn't very good for our side of things, we thoug.