The final was 70-13 last year at Baylor. The Bears were up 56-13 at the half. Along with losing Khalil Mack to the NFL they also lost what Athlon calls "two of the most productive players in school history in tailback Branden Oliver and wide receiver Alex Neutz".
Buffalo was down by 30 at Army before rallying in the fourth quarter.
It's hard to judge Baylor on a shutout of SMU, when we find out later that SMU's coach is going personal issues and needed to resign a week later and a 70-6 trounce over a .500 FCS squad. Bryce Petty will play for Baylor.
Baylor can definitely cover 34, if they want to. Do they want to is the real question.
Crazy things always seem to happen in Friday night games. I feel a lot more comfortable looking at the under in this one.