Dave Campbell: Baylor tops Texas Tech 35-24, earns unexpected bowl trip

ARLINGTON -- In that big A&@T Stadium in Arlington that is known otherwise as Jerry World, with a rather slim crowd of 27,308 looking on, Baylor football coach Matt Rhule saw his Baylor Bears do what many Baylor fans only a week earlier had given up winning. They did so after losing the home game many Baylor fans had been counting on them winning, beating TCU in Waco. Instead they beat Texas Tech on neutral grass in Jerry World, 35-24.

And thus did they accomplish a very difficult thing to do: they won that magic sixth game that made them eligible to go to a postseason bowl game. Some Baylor coaches have won bowl trips quickly, but it is a difficult thing to do.