TCU Holds Baylor to Two Field Goals, Wins 17-6
Baylor threw the ball 53 times and came away with 22 completions and six points. That is the whole story of this one, and I am only slightly exaggerating. TCU won 17-6, and the Bears never once held the lead.
TCU struck first, with Jaden Craig hitting Ed Small from 25 yards in the first quarter. Baylor answered with two Rhett Armstrong field goals (39 and 32 yards) and pulled within one, 7-6, late in the second quarter. That was the last time Baylor was close. Craig found Ka'Morreun Pimpton from 8 yards to open the third quarter and Nate McCashland added a 25-yard field goal with 6:01 left in that quarter. After that, nobody scored again. Not a point in the last 21 minutes of game time.
The yardage is where it gets funny. TCU ran 28 times for 41 yards, which is not a rushing attack so much as a gentle suggestion, and still gained 335 yards because Craig threw for 294. Baylor was only slightly behind at 310 yards, 256 of them from DJ Lagway through the air on that 22-for-53 afternoon, with one interception and one lost fumble to go with it. Each defense got to the quarterback four times. TCU turned it over once. Baylor turned it over twice. Margin of the game, more or less.
The records say TCU is now 3-3 and Baylor 4-2, so the Bears are still ahead in the standings and probably wishing they were not so far behind on the scoreboard. For fantasy, this was a TCU receiver game: Small and Jordan Dwyer both cleared 21 points, and Baylor's best receiver, Gavin Freeman, finished with 14.6 on seven catches.