2007 Baylor College Football Picks & Predictions
It’s time for Jimmy Boyd’s college football predictions on the 2007 Baylor Bears. Guy Moriss is running out of time to make things happen at Baylor, and this is most likely the last year he remains on the sidelines at the school since he wasn’t given an extension and faces losing seven starters on offense and most of the secondary. A quarterback has to emerge from the pack since there are a lot of talented receivers, but it’s going to be tough to keep up with the opposition the way the defense will most likely hemorrhage points. This team hasn’t won more than 3 games in the Big 12 conference in any season, so we are not expecting that to change this season, in fact a single victory would probably be an upset.
There is a battle going on at quarterback this year with the front runner being Kent State senior transfer Michael Machen. Machen is making Baylor his fourth school attended and has yet to emerge as a star at any other place. However, Blake Szymanski wasn’t all that impressive throwing seven interceptions to only four touchdowns as a fill-in a year ago, and junior college transfer John David Weed isn’t a likely star, leaving Machen the man by default. He will have a talented group of receivers to throw to, led by Thomas White, Ernest Smith, and Mikail Baker at wideout and Justin Akers and Carl Sims at the slot position. Brandon Whitaker was a bigger threat catching the ball than running it a year ago and is the leading returning receiver. With Baylor only gaining 40.2 ypg to finish last in college football a year ago, he doesn’t have to do much to improve the team’s ground game.
The defense was just puke last year when they gave up 32.6 ppg and 408.2 total yards per contest. It’s going to be more of the same most likely for the Bears this year as the secondary was killed by graduation, retaining only one of their five defensive backs. The worst part about that is the pass defense could actually halfway hold it’s own and force a few turnovers along the way. Joe Pawelek is the bright spot in the middle of the linebacking corps with 86 tackles as a freshman, and he’s helped out by Nick Moore on the outside. The team can get some push up the middle with tackle Vincent Rhodes, but the ends will need to get a little pressure. Geoff Nelson is the leading sack man returning with 2.5 sacks at the end spot.
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