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Texas Bowl prediction: Does Baylor have enough weapons offensively without Jalen Hurd to beat Vanderbilt?

When: 8 p.m. Thursday
Records: Baylor (6-6, 4-5 Big 12); Vanderbilt (6-6, 3-5 SEC)
Last meeting: Baylor 25, Vanderbilt 19 in 1954 (Nashville, TN)
TV: ESPN

What's on the line?

The stakes are about the same for Baylor and Vanderbilt. Both teams are coming off losing seasons in 2017 and finished the 2018 regular season at 6-6, meaning whoever wins the Texas Bowl will also have a winning season.

While Baylor had a much bigger turnaround after going 1-11 in 2017, the Bears won the last bowl game they played in, which was the Cactus Bowl in 2016.