Post by DiamondThief on Dec 23, 2016 18:30:09 GMT -8
Welcome to SCtoC's presentation of the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl.
The game features the KD Cannon and the Bears of Baylor (6-6 overall) taking on Jeremy McNichols and the Broncos of Boise St (10-2 overall).
SCtoC will cover the Cactus Bowl, As well as the Sun Bowl between Stanford and North Carolina. A full slate of the FBS final rankings and schedules may be found here.
BAYLOR BEARS at BOISE ST. BRONCOS
Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2016.
Time: 7:15 p.m. (PST).
Place: Chase Field; Phoenix, Arizona.
Television: ESPN.
Radio: Baylor Bears. Boise St. Broncos.
Stream: ESPN3.
Head Coaches: Baylor - Matt Rhule* (1st year, 0-0). Boise St. - Brian Harsin (9th year, 31-8).
* Hired 12/6/16
Baylor Bears
The Bears are 6-6 and finished 3-6 (eighth) in the Mountain Division of the Big 12 Conference. They are coming off a 24-21 road loss to West Virginia on Dec. 3.
Passing Leaders: Seth Russell 152/278, 2,126 yards, 20 TDs, 8 interceptions; Zach Smith 88/157, 1,151, 10 TDs, 6 interceptions.
Rushing Leaders: Terence Williams 160 rush, 945 yards, 11 TDs, Shock Linwood 138 rush, 751 yards, 2 TDs; JaMycal Hasty 112 rush, 591 yards, 2 TDs; Seth Russell 94 rush, 506 yards, 8 TDs.
Receiving Leaders: KD Cannon 73 rec, 989 yards, 11 TDs; Ishmael Zamora 58 rec, 786 yards, 7 TDs; Chris Platt 29 rec, 485 yards, 4 TDs; Blake Lynch 34 rec, 404 yards, 3 TDs; Pooh Sticklin 11 rec, 195 yards, 2 TDs.
Kicking Leader: Chris Callahan 49/50 PAT, 9/14 FG (long 38 yards).
Boise St. Broncos
The Broncos are 10-2 overall and finished 8-06-2 (tied-first) in the Mountain West Conference. They are coming off a 27-20 road loss to Air Force on Nov. 25.
Passing Leader: Brett Rypien 212/343, 3,341 yards, 23 TDs, 6 interceptions.
Rushing Leaders: Jeremy McNichols 295 rush, 1,663 yards, 23 TDs; Alexander Mattison 59 rush, 307 yards, 4 TDs; Devan Demas 15 rush, 57 yards; Cory Young 10 rush, 48 yards.
Receiving Leaders: Thomas Sperbeck 72 rec, 1,193 yards, 9 TDs; Cedrick Wilson 50 rec, 1,041 yards, 10 TDs; Jeremy McNichols 32 rec, 450 yards, 4 TDs; Chaz Anderson 27 rec, 356 yards; Sean Modster 7 rec, 120 yards.
Kicking leader: Tyler Rausa 58/58 PAG, 7/11 FG (Long 38 yards).
Notes
Baylor
For the Bears, it is easy to say 2016 has been a year to forget for Baylor, but no one will forget the rape scandal that rocked the university. However, it's plain to see Baylor wants 2016 to be over. The Bears lost their final six games. Their starting quarterback Seth Russell and running back Shock Linwood -- the school's all-time leading rusher -- won't play in the bowl game to prepare for the NFL draft. (Linwood was not a factor in Baylor's offense in the last two games of the season and missed the Oklahoma game because of "attitude issues.") Motivation will be the key storyline for the Bears in their final game. KD Cannon, WR, Baylor: Not only is Cannon an explosive wideout with the most appropriate name possible, he's confident. Cannon promised new Baylor coach Matt Rhule a Cactus Bowl win over the Broncos. Cannon is one of two deep threats the Bears have in the passing attack.
Boise State
A 10-win season is nothing of which to be dismissive, but it could have been so much more for the Broncos. Boise St., which did not make the Mountain West Championship Game, was nine points away from being undefeated and potentially playing in the Cotton Bowl. Still, this is an excellent team led by quarterback Brett Rypien and running back Jeremy McNichols that should test the line between the Power Five and Group of Five. McNichols doesn't get a ton of love nationally when stacked up to the likes of Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette or D'Onta Foreman (the Mountain West alone was several players deep at running back), but his production has been off the charts. He was the fifth-leading rusher nationally with 1,663 yards and led the conference with 23 touchdowns on the ground. He's also a capable receiving threat out of the backfield for Rypien. Reports state McNichols is headed to the NFL, though he maintains no final decision has been made.
- Notes include information courtesy CBS Sports
Links
Baylor Official Roster
Baylor Official website
Baylor Twitter
Boise St. Official Roster
Boise St. Official website
Boise St. Twitter
Cactus Bowl website
Cactus Bowl Twitter
How They Got Here
Baylor
Sept. 2 - vs. Northwestern St. (W 55-7)
Sept. 10 - vs. SMU (W 40-13)
Sept. 16 - at Rice (W 38-10)
Sept. 24 - vs. Oklahoma St. (W 35-24)
Oct. 1 - at Iowa St. (W 45-42)
Oct. 15 - vs. Kansas (W 49-7)
Oct. 29 - at Texas (L 35-34)
Nov. 5 - vs. TCU (L 62-22)
Nov. 12 - at Oklahoma (L 45-24)
Nov. 19 - vs. Kansas St. (L 42-21)
Nov. 25 - vs. Texas Tech (L 54-35)
Dec. 3 - at West Virginia (L 24-21)
Boise St.
Sept. 3 - at UL Lafayette (W 45-10)
Sept. 10 - vs. Washington St. (W 31-28)
Sept. 24 - at Oregon St. (W 38-24)
Oct. 1 - vs. Utah St. (W 21-10)
Oct. 7 - at New Mexico (W 49-21)
Oct. 15 - vs. Colorado St. (W 28-23)
Oct. 20 - vs. BYU (W 28-27)
Oct. 29 - at Wyoming (L 30-28)
Nov. 4 - vs. San Jose St. (W 45-31)
Nov. 12 - at Hawai'i (W 52-16)
Nov. 18 - vs. UNLV (W 42-25)
Nov. 25 - at Air Force (L 27-20)
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