Flagship Interview: Why Baylor could present a unique challenge for Texas

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4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Texas returns to its home turf this Saturday as the Longhorns look to bounce back against a rebuilding Baylor team, which has only completed two games on the 2020 schedule due to recurring COVID-19 interruptions. Following losing back-to-back Big 12 games prior to the bye week, Texas has plenty to prove and improve upon throughout the remainder of the season after the Longhorns have failed to meet expectations early on in Year 4 of the Tom Herman era. But with more than half of the games remaining on the schedule, Texas has a chance to change its trajectory starting this weekend as a two-score favorite at home against the Bears. Baylor enters Saturday's game with a lot of unknown and limited game film available under first-year head coach Dave Aranda, which could play to the Bears favor when they kickoff against Texas at 2:30 p.m. CT inside Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. On this week's Texas-Baylor preview, The Flagship Podcast welcomes in long-time Baylor radio host David Smoak for an in-depth look at the Bears, including BU players Texas cannot afford to overlook, what to make of Charlie Brewer's early season struggles after the first two games, the strengths and questions marks on Baylor's roster and much more. Catch all of that and more on The Flagship Podcast's Texas-Baylor preview with special guest David Smoak. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Join now on the flagship podcast preview as we look ahead to Texas and Baylor by longtime talk show host in in and around the Waco area.
0:18.9	You can hear him on Sycambe 365 radio, the one and only David Smoke.
0:24.1	Of course, I've known you Smokey from back when I was covering the Cowboys.
0:28.4	And we were, you know, doing that stuff together.
0:31.7	But, man, it's, it's good to be talking college football and Mad Dog 2020, right? No, it is. And it's good that Baylor apparently is going to play another game. It's good to be talking college football and Mad Dog 2020, right?
0:41.3	No, it is, and it's good that Baylor apparently is going to play another game.
0:46.8	It's been what seemed like constantly a roller coaster of emotions and ups and downs,
0:50.9	and they just happen to be tag you're it, you know, and it's a crazy story. But, yeah, it appears as if all indications is everything's headed for Saturday in Austin.
0:56.6	Yeah, and that's, I mean, it is something.
0:58.9	I mean, Baylor's played two games and they've had, obviously, you know, just talk about it.
1:04.9	I know you've had athletic director, Mac Rhodes, on your show.
1:08.6	You've talked about the COVID-19 situation.
1:11.3	How would you characterize what Baylor's gone through so far this season?
1:14.9	I would say it's been, you know, I remember Mack even back in May or June saying the one thing you have to expect about 2020 is anything.
1:23.0	You know, the unexpected.
1:25.2	But it was when you cover a team and then all of a sudden they're the ones that are in the crosshairs. Initially, you know the unexpected but it was when you when you cover a team and then all of a sudden
1:28.6	they're the ones that are in the crosshairs initially their opening game with louisiana tech
1:33.3	it was louisiana tech who had the flare up on a tuesday so you have that delay or cancellation
1:39.6	and then the following week you know you try to get the game together so quickly with
1:44.8	Houston and both programs did a great job making that happen.
1:48.2	Then on Friday, all of a sudden, there's some whispers that start coming down late Thursday
1:52.5	that they had a flare up.
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