Game 7: vs. BAYLOR BEARS
OCT. 18 | AMON G. CARTER STADIUM | FORT WORTH, TX | 11:00 AM
TV: ESPN2 Streaming: WatchESPN / / ESPN App Talent: Lowell Galindo, Aaron Murray, Lauren Sisler Radio: KZPS 92.5 FM, TuneIn, Varsity App, Riff Ram App Talent: Brian Estridge, Marshall Newhouse, Elvis Gallegos
Spanish Radio: KWRD 100.7 FM Talent: Miguel Cruz, Roberto Ramirez
GAME NOTES
- Expect fireworks on Saturday as TCU hosts Baylor with quarterbacks Josh Hoover (315.5) and Sawyer Robertson (343.0) rank No. 2 and No. 1 nationally in passing yards per game.
- It will be the 121st all-time meeting between the two schools, the mostplayed college football rivalry in the state of Texas.
- TCU has won eight of the last 10 matchups, a stretch which has included a pair of overtime games and six one-score games. Two of the past three games (2022 and 2024) have included walk-off field goal wins for either side.
- The game is also one of four protected games in the Big 12’s scheduling model and is referred to by the student governments of both schools, since 2023, as The Bluebonnet Battle. It was previously referred to as The Revivalry
BAYLOR NOTES
- Baylor at TCU have several connections, most notably that BU head coach Dave Aranda and TCU head coach Sonny Dykes served on the same Mike Leach staff at Texas Tech from 2000-02. TCU OC Kendal Briles spent nearly a decade on the Baylor staff working for his father, Art, serving as the inside receivers coach from 2008- 11, receivers coach from 2012-14 and as the offensive coordinator from 2015-16. Assistant AD for Football Human Performance Kaz Kazadi worked on the strength staff at Baylor from 2008-16. TCU linebackers coach Josh Bookbinder is the grandson of BU legendary head coach Grant Teaff, and was the defensive QC for Baylor from 2019-21 and is a 2009 Baylor graduate. First-year WR coach Corey Coleman won the 2015 Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver for the Bears, earning a pair of All-America honors, part of a career where he set the school record for TD coaches in a season and career. Safeties coach Brian Norwood was the associate head coach and safeties coach at Baylor from 2008-14.
- Baylor first year defensive pass-game coordinator and cornerbacks coach Paul Gonzales spent the 2012-24
seasons on the defensive staff at TCU, spanning a pair of coaches. Gonzales was a GA in 2012-14, was CBs
coach from 2015-17 and coached the safeties from 2018-24. - BU tight ends coach Jarrett Anderson spent the 1998-2021 seasons on the staff at TCU, a 24-year tenure with the Frogs that saw him serve as a GA, WR coach (2009-13), co-offensive coordinator/TEs (2009-13), OL (2014-16), IWR/TE (2017-19) and OL (2020-21). He earned his graduate degree from TCU in 2000.
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