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Saturday's game is a bout between what Baylor is now and what it could've been, for better or worse.
The Baylor Bears hired head coach Dave Aranda and saw associate head coach Joey McGuire jump to the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Now fans are going to start deciding which program won out.
A college head coach shapes his program's identity.
So when Baylor hired Dave Aranda in 2020, the program molded to his image instead of Joey McGuire's. McGuire was Baylor's associate head coach at the time. When he wasn't selected for the head job, he spent the 2020 season coaching under Aranda. Then he moved to Texas Tech and built a staff with 11 guys who spent at least a year with him working in Waco.
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