Will Baylor Experiment with Quarterbacks in Week Three?
Blake Shapen had a bad game on Saturday. At 18-28 passing for just 137 yards and a score, Baylor understood Shapen was having an off day and simply stopped throwing the ball.
The Bears carried the pigskin 52 times. Shapen did not run the ball for a positive gain once. That is concerning.
However, every football player has those games. The outside noise crept into Shapen's head against BYU, and he blinked. But that's going to happen.
A young, relatively inexperienced quarterback who had never seen that type of atmosphere is meant to struggle. Don't think for a moment that it surprised Dave Aranda or his staff. These goes know their personnel.
So where does Baylor go from here? Well, they ride Blake Shapen into the sunset, still. He hasn't lost his stripes or made the staff question his skill as a quarterback. He had a bad day.
I had like three bad days at work in the last week alone, and I did not have 65,000 people praying upon my downfall as I typed away and podcasted.
A source also reported that Shapen took the game harder than most. While many of the Baylor players had already exited the locker room to meet their families, Shapen stayed back, fully dressed, taking in the loss.
Look for Baylor to only use Shapen this week in the first half. The only way Aranda even considers inserting Kyron Drones in the game over Shapen is if things get out of hand late.
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