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Two 0–2 starts, two different outlooks. What's the difference between Baylor and Texas Tech?
Texas Tech Red Raiders need to limit quarterback turnovers, while Baylor Bears's quarterbacks aren't healthy. Texas Tech's run game needs to center more on Tahj Brooks while Baylor needs to break in an entirely new offensive line. And Texas Tech's next three weeks allow them to fix its season while Baylor's only gets harder.
On the surface, Texas Tech and Baylor look like mirror images of the same putrid start to 2023.
They both round out the bottom of the Big 12 standings as the only 0–2 teams in the conference. Both of them kicked off the season with an upset loss at the hands of a double-digit underdog Group of Five program. They followed it up by blowing a second-half lead in a close defeat to a top 15-ranked Pac-12 contender. It's like they even have the same deficiencies: losing the time of possession battle (Tech at 26:51 minutes per game, Baylor at 28:45 minutes) because a porous defense can't get off the field (Tech surrendering 396 yards per game, Baylor at 409).
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