Baylor Bears Offensive Onslaught Beats Down Kansas Jayhawks

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The Baylor Bears (8-4, 6-3 Big 12 Conference) put the hammer on the Kansas Jayhawks (5-7, 4-5) in Waco, Texas, trouncing them 45-17 on Nov. 30.

The Bears might not have secured a bid to the Big 12 title game, but they made their presence known as one of the strongest teams in the conference with this regular season finale win.

Baylor Bears Beatdown

The game started out tight, with both teams exchanging touchdowns early. However, the Jayhawks gave up two almost identical long passing touchdowns from Sawyer Robertson, allowing the Bears to quickly take the lead.

The Baylor onslaught didn't stop there though, as the Bears continued to throttle a Jayhawks defense that looked completely unprepared for them. A halftime score of 21-10 made it look closer than it was. Baylor's second-half effort allowed them to pull ahead into blowout territory, scoring 21 unanswered points after the Jayhawks made it 14-10 early in the second quarter. The Jayhawks only answered once through the rest of the game, as Baylor poured it on scoring 10 more points after the Jayhawks made it 35-17.

Baylor had 603 total yards to Kansas's 491, with Baylor shutting the Jayhawks out in the turnover department three to nothing as well. A sloppy, anti-climatic effort sees the Jayhawks' season come to a close, while the Bears await where they go in the postseason.

Robertson Reigns Supreme

Robertson tore apart the Jayhawks secondary, throwing for 310 yards and 4 touchdowns. The throw that officially made the wheels fall off for the Jayhawks came with 6:25 to go in the third quarter.

Robertson had been hot all game, with just 3 incompletions to this point off of almost 20 attempts. He had the Bears driving once again and finished off the drive with a short dart to Dawson Pendergrass who did the rest, rumbling for 20 yards and the touchdown to take a four-possession lead and put it basically out of reach for Kansas.

Heartbreak for the Jayhawks

The Jayhawks were on a tear to this point, beating three ranked opponents in a row and setting themselves up to potentially be bowl-eligible. This blowout loss all but dashes those hopes and the Jayhawks look to the offseason to improve after what was a very disappointing season.

Kansas replaces 38 seniors next season after returning a great group from last year. This is far from where the Jayhawks wanted to end things this season, being predicted as potential Big 12 champions in preseason. Some major changes could be coming to improve for 2025.

The Bears will await what bowl they end up in after going 8-4 and having a surprisingly good season. Dave Aranda has likely saved his job with how well this season went and the Bears have a lot to look forward to going into next year with a solid 2026 senior class.

The Bears needed the West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6, 5-4) to beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4, 6-3) to remain in the hunt for a Big 12 title appearance. The Red Raiders beat the Mountaineers in a blowout victory 52-15 not long after the Bears beat the Jayhawks, so the Bears' title hopes are finished. They will likely get a solid bowl though, which is a far cry from what they were predicted to do in preseason.