After displaying one of the most dynamic and puzzling offenses throughout the 2013 season, the Baylor Bears likely do not have a chance at reaching the BCS Championship game. They would need a lot of help to get there, so instead a share of the conference championship will have to be a nice second-place prize. However, the Texas Longhorns are also looking for their piece of the Big 12 championship trophy and aim to spoil the Bears' potential BCS birth.
If Baylor is going to make it to a BCS bowl game they first must win. Then, Oklahoma State must lose. If those two things take place, the Bears are bowling and will earn the outright Big 12 title for the first time since 1980. The Bears' title dreams took a late-season hit and things got worse from their. They are only in this position after hanging out against TCU for a 41-38 win. Losing to Oklahoma State killed their big dreams.
The Bears is still worthy of brags. They average 635.1 yards per game on offense, while putting up 55.4 points per game. However, Oklahoma State figured out the formula to stop them, holding the offense to under 400 yards for the first time in 38 games. The Longhorns watched that game. The team knows they must hold the offense off that remains on record to break a few long-standing NCAA records.
If Texas gets the win, it would be their first conference championship since 2009 when they went on to lose to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the national championship game. If Texas were to lose, not only would the senior class be the first to not earn a conference title during the tenure on the team, but Mack Brown's job officially becomes at risk.
Baylor has struggled against Texas at home. They had a six-game home losing streak to the Longhorns until beating them in 2011. The Bears have won five-straight home games to ranked teams.
