The college game is so different than the pro game but often you don't get details of why it's so difficult to play on the road. So just dropping this info here and one can process it however they see fit.
West Va left for Baylor this afternoon and with boarding, flight, de-boarding, and bussing to the hotel, you are looking at about 4.5 hours, so they arrived between 5-6PM. Where they arrived however is bizarre, as they chose to stay in Ft Worth. That's a solid 1:45 bus ride to Waco. Not to mention, its an 11:00AM (local time) kick.
So they most likely are going to have a wake up call around 5:30, eat breakfast, then leave for the stadium around 7, take a 2 hr bus ride, then be mentally ready to play a top 5 team in their house at 11 AM who will be lying in wait and who has the advantage of being in their surroundings all week and the night before. That's beyond absurd, and I think it's going to have a big impact tomorrow.
I already liked Baylor big in this game and it's simply because West Va just doesn't have the offensive firepower to keep up with Baylor. Their QB is awful, and that won't get it done in the B12 and against an offense that is going to put up 40 points on a bad day....This is also the first real test WVU will have without all everything Safety Karl Joseph. They had major communication problems in the secondary their last road game at Oklahoma, and that was with him playing.
Toss in Baylor in a revenge spot, and I think it's more likely we see a game similar to the one 2 years ago where they hung 70 with ease, more than the one from last year or the one where Geno Smith threw for a gazillion yards 3 years ago. WVU just doesn't have weaponry like that this year.
This is a really bad spot for WVU and their travel schedule makes it even worse.
The college game is so different than the pro game but often you don't get details of why it's so difficult to play on the road. So just dropping this info here and one can process it however they see fit.
West Va left for Baylor this afternoon and with boarding, flight, de-boarding, and bussing to the hotel, you are looking at about 4.5 hours, so they arrived between 5-6PM. Where they arrived however is bizarre, as they chose to stay in Ft Worth. That's a solid 1:45 bus ride to Waco. Not to mention, its an 11:00AM (local time) kick.
So they most likely are going to have a wake up call around 5:30, eat breakfast, then leave for the stadium around 7, take a 2 hr bus ride, then be mentally ready to play a top 5 team in their house at 11 AM who will be lying in wait and who has the advantage of being in their surroundings all week and the night before. That's beyond absurd, and I think it's going to have a big impact tomorrow.
I already liked Baylor big in this game and it's simply because West Va just doesn't have the offensive firepower to keep up with Baylor. Their QB is awful, and that won't get it done in the B12 and against an offense that is going to put up 40 points on a bad day....This is also the first real test WVU will have without all everything Safety Karl Joseph. They had major communication problems in the secondary their last road game at Oklahoma, and that was with him playing.
Toss in Baylor in a revenge spot, and I think it's more likely we see a game similar to the one 2 years ago where they hung 70 with ease, more than the one from last year or the one where Geno Smith threw for a gazillion yards 3 years ago. WVU just doesn't have weaponry like that this year.
This is a really bad spot for WVU and their travel schedule makes it even worse.
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