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What was he Thinking? (LONNQUIST THOUGHTS)

k lonnquist

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By Kevin Lonnquist
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The RJB is going to take you through a trip through the 80s over the coming weeks. One of the signature recordings was in 1985 when in the spring of that year that the RJB wants to belt out…not because of the gender identification of the lyrics but the power that Aimee Mann sings them.

He wants me but only part of the time

He wants me if he can keep me in line


Til Tuesday was a pretty solid alternative/new wave band whose shelf life lasted only from 1982-89. But Voices Carry was one of the premier songs of the 1980s. While it only peaked at No. 8 in the billboard charts, its legacy has lasted for four decades. The video is equally strong because it follows the story of the song line by line.

So the RJB will give you a choice. You can either listen or watch and listen.





BTW, Mann just turned 62 last week. She wasn’t even 25 when the band recorded this. Now, we can all feel our age.


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As you’ve noticed from the last couple of weeks of this entry, there really has not been a Baylor focused theme to this. Well, I think the fallout from the Baylor game was covered to its entirety from the Baylor Breakdown piece that is released on Sunday mornings.

I will stick with perspective on the college football season as we move forward with this season. For this one, it seems appropriate to evaluate what we know about the Big 12 or what we think about the Big 12 as the conference season begins – yes, there was a league game last week – on Saturday.

Let’s start with the obvious:

>3-0 Kansas. If you had Lance Leipold’s team with this record that included road wins at West Virginia and Houston. Those weren’t flukes. Those were solid wins. To see QB Jalon Peoples become a bona playmaker might be the most startling revelation of the season.

He had a tremendous game at Houston with 281 total yards, 158 passing and 123 rushing and has put this team on his back. They would likely be a different team without him. But when the season started we didn’t know what kind of team the Jayhawks would be with him.

He kind of has the late 2000s RGIII presence to him. If this keeps up, Leipold will be up for national coach of the year honors.

>I would give a nod to Oklahoma as being the Big 12 favorite to this point. While Nebraska isn’t anything close to what it was years ago, the Sooners going to Lincoln and embarrassing the Cornhuskers, 49-14, was impressive.

Their defense looks better than what it was last year. I still have some questions about QB Dillon Gabriel’s accuracy. We’ll see how that develops over time.

>Maybe Kansas State isn’t the change of scenery that Nebraska QB Adrian Martinez didn’t need. Maybe he’s just not that great and is limited. Against Tulane – and give credit to the Green Wave for going on the road and winning – Martinez was a very boring 21-31 for 150 yards in that 17-10 loss. If you can’t stretch the field against a G5 team, maybe you just can’t period.

>FWIW, Texas’ bounce back 41-20 win over UTSA was important for the Longhorns after their last-second loss to Alabama. Usually, results like that cause past Texas teams to spiral. And yes, the Longhorns got off to a slow start.

This team will like go as far as RB Bijan Robinson takes it. He averaged better than nine yards per carry.

>West Virginia is probably the wobbly team in the Big 12. But the Mountaineers demolished Towson, 65-7, like they should have. There are problems on both sides of the ball.

Consider that the Mountaineers lost to Pitt and Kansas either in the late stages of the fourth quarter or in overtime. You wonder what their confidence level would have been and what their perception would be had they held on to beat Pitt.

>Oklahoma State hasn’t left Stillwater yet. The Cowboys should be considered a Big 12 title contender. They have a bye this week before they open conference play Oct. 1 at Baylor. Will see then if the Baylor defensive hex of Spencer Sanders continues.

>Joey McGuire’s Texas Tech team suffered its first loss when it fell at ranked NC State, 27-14. No shame there. The Red Raiders were their worst enemy with four turnovers. Can’t do that on the road, especially against a ranked team.

What I found a little interesting about the Red Raiders is that they did a nice job over what was expected to be an explosive NC State offense. The Wolfpack only finished with 270 yards of total offense. Maybe the Red Raiders understand that defense matters.

Should be interesting when they play host to Texas on Saturday.

>Iowa State is the mystery of this conference. A team that wasn’t considered very well regarded is probably at its best when it’s under the radar. The Cyclones won at Iowa and have looked pretty solid their winnable wins against Southeast Missouri State and Ohio.

Defensive end Will McDonald IV is off to a great start and could be the reason this team sneaks into the Big 12 race. Very compelling game when the Bears play in Ames on Saturday. We’ll learn a lot about both of these teams.

>What we know about TCU is that the Horned Frogs 2-0 start is against maybe the worst P5 team in college football (Colorado) and a team in its first year as an FCS school (Tarleton State). We also know their starting QB Chandler Morris is out for a while with a leg injury.

They have some decent wide receivers and some quality running backs. But maybe this week at SMU offers a better glimpse of Sonny Dykes’ team. They were coming off a bye last week.


>I’ve talked long enough about Saturday in Ames, IA being the litmus test for this Baylor team. Regardless, who plays or who doesn’t play for Baylor up there or for the rest of the season, it doesn’t matter.

The excuses ended when the clock read 0:00 Saturday against Texas State.

Every team in college football is going through something where a key player is hurt and is out either for the season or for several weeks. You are who you are. And in this game where attrition is the elephant in the room at every level, every head coach is hoping that the players on his roster are good enough to make a charge.

This is about being prepared and making plays to win close games. These are the two months where coaches earn extensions or their walking papers.


Now, a look at other Baylor sports…
>The No. 14-ranked Baylor volleyball program pulled out a three-set sweep over Sam Houston to start the second day of the Baylor Classic, then swept to close it out against McNeese.

The Bears (10-2) dispatched Sam Houston State in three sets (25-22, 25-11, 25-21) to extend their streak of sets won in a row to 22, with 18 of them coming in Ferrell. They swept McNeese earlier in the day and swept Tulsa on Friday.

Big 12 play opens Wednesday when the Lady Bears face TCU in the Ferrell Center for a 7 p.m. match to be streamed on ESPN+.

>On Sunday, Baylor women’s soccer lost at No. 19 SMU,1-0, in its final non-conference match. The Lady Bears (2-4-2) open Big 12 play at home Friday against Oklahoma.

> Baylor men's golf improved its score for a second-straight round to collect a tie for eighth on Sunday at the Fighting Illini Invitational.

All four counting scores for the Bears beat the final-round stroke average of 72.27 en route to a 3-over 283 for the day and an 18-over 858 for the week, beating or tying four ranked teams. Baylor finished tied for 6th at the Gopher Invitational in Minnesota last week.

Baylor competes in the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas (hosted by SMU) Oct. 2-4.

> Baylor men's tennis finished the first weekend of fall play on Sunday, falling in both matches played in Dallas and one in Milwaukee.

At the Hilltop Invitational at SMU, Justin Braverman dropped a three setter against Oklahoma State's Leighton Allen 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Christopher Frantzen competed against Mustang, Louis Cloud, losing 6-4, 6-3. Both Bears tallied 1-2 singles records in the tournament. In Milwaukee, Marko Miladinović won the first set of the consolation bracket finals, but lost the match 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(2). The sophomore finished the tournament with a 3-2 singles record.

The Bears head to their second fall tournament at UTSA in San Antonio, Sept. 23-25.

>At the Texas Tech Invitational Cross Country meet, the Baylor men only ran Ryan Hodge and Caleb Ackman, who finished 23rd and 79th, respectively. New Mexico captured the team title, followed by Oklahoma and Texas Tech to round out the podium positions.

>The Baylor women's tennis team will open its 2022 fall tournament schedule with the Lubbock 15K event in Lubbock, Texas, starting on Monday at the McLeod Tennis Center, hosted by Texas Tech.

Qualifying in singles will open on Monday and the first day of the singles main draw will continue on Tuesday. The singles draw will consist of 32 athletes and the doubles draw will feature 16 pairs.


Let’s make it a great week!
 
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