Baylor recorded their first loss of the season on Saturday, a 26-20 defeat in Provo, Utah against the BYU Cougars. One can’t discuss the game without first mentioning special teams miscues (Baylor missing a field goal and extra point attempt, BYU missing two field goals) and penalties (Baylor with 14 for 117 yards, BYU with 8 for 69 yards).
But while this game turned on one or two plays — Baylor makes their PAT or avoids the holding call on Sqwirl’s TD run in OT they win — distilling the whole game down to these moments ignores how hard fought the other 60+ minutes were.