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ARLINGTON, Texas — Dezmon Jackson came up inches abbreviated connected a desperate, fourth-down dive successful the last seconds for Oklahoma State, knocking the fifth-ranked Cowboys retired of contention for a spot successful the four-team playoff.
“Just heartbreak,” Cowboys defender Josh Sills said.
Baylor information Jairon McVea knocked Jackson retired of bounds without letting him scope the pylon with 24 seconds remaining successful the Big 12 title crippled Saturday, preserving a 21-16 triumph for the ninth-ranked Bears a twelvemonth aft they won lone 2 games successful manager Dave Aranda’s debut season.
“This infinitesimal is thing they tin ne'er instrumentality away,” Bears linebacker Terrel Bernard said.
After the Bears (11-2, CFP No. 9) won their 3rd Big 12 title, they didn’t get the chaos needed for them to person a accidental to marque the last 4 for the archetypal clip successful the College Football Playoff rankings Sunday.
Alabama (CFP No. 3) and Georgia (CFP No. 1) were apt acceptable for the playoff aft the Crimson Tide handed the Bulldogs their archetypal nonaccomplishment successful the SEC rubric game. Michigan (CFP No. 2) overwhelmed Iowa successful the Big Ten rubric game, and aboriginal Big 12 squad Cincinnati (CFP No. 4) remained the lone undefeated squad by winning the American Athletic Conference.
Aranda recalled Oklahoma State manager Mike Gundy telling him “that winning is hard” earlier an earlier gathering betwixt the teams. The Big 12 rubric crippled was a definite illustration of that.
Blake Shapen, starting again for injured backmost Gerry Bohanon (right hamstring) threw 3 TDs portion completing his archetypal 17 passes arsenic Baylor took a 21-3 pb successful the archetypal half.
But the Cowboys (11-2, CFP No. 5) rallied back, past went 89 yards connected 17 plays connected that last thrust earlier coming up conscionable shy.
After having first-and-goal from 2 pursuing a walk interference penalty, Jackson gained a gait and was held for nary summation earlier an incomplete walk by Spencer Sanders.
On 4th down from the 1, Jackson tried to expanse wide left, but with McVea successful pursuit, helium hardly missed portion trying to scope the pylon successful the beforehand country of the extremity zone.
“When I saw the moving backmost with the ball, I thought I’ve got to tally this feline down,” said McVea, who wasn’t adjacent definite wherever the shot was erstwhile the tackle was made. “The ref signaled not a touchdown, truthful erstwhile I saw that I was beauteous happy.”
Gundy said Baylor made a bully play and that, “It’s not 27′s fault,” referring to Jackson.
Sanders threw 4 interceptions, 1 by McVea, and the Cowboys were without starring rusher Jaylen Warren due to the fact that of his lingering ankle and enarthrosis issues.
Baylor’s 11 wins lucifer a schoolhouse grounds and came aft the 2-7 grounds past year, erstwhile the pandemic wiped retired outpouring drills erstwhile Aranda was coming disconnected a nationalist title arsenic LSU’s antiaircraft coordinator.
The Bears won with 242 full yards of offense, lone 36 aft halftime. Shapen finished 23 of 28 for 180 yards passing overall.
Oklahoma State led 3-0 connected Tanner Brown’s 23-yard tract extremity acceptable up aft all-purpose backmost Trestan Ebner fumbled connected a tally for Baylor connected the opening thrust of the game. Sanders threw picks connected the adjacent 2 drives, mounting up Baylor with abbreviated fields for three-play TD drives — a 2-yard TD walk to wide-open choky unfastened Ben Sims and Drew Estrada’s 4-yard scoring catch.
Baylor’s 21-3 lead, and the Cowboys’ largest shortage this season, came aft an unthinkable diving 13-yard TD drawback by Tyquan Thornton with a defender connected his backmost with 5 1/2 minutes near successful the archetypal half.
The Cowboys got wrong 21-16 connected Brown’s 20-yard tract extremity with 8:17 left. That was acceptable up aft Ebner muffed a punt recovered by Korie Black, who had ended the archetypal fractional by deflecting a tract extremity effort that came up woefully short.
McVea had his interception aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but Baylor failed to get a archetypal down. Instead of punting from their ain 36, the Bears went for it connected 4th down and Shapen had to conscionable propulsion the shot distant without an unfastened receiver. Eight plays later, Dominic Richardson scored connected a 4-yard tally for the Cowboys.
“I told the squad successful the locker country however arrogant I was that they’ve done everything we’ve asked them to bash since January,” Gundy said. “Came up conscionable a fewer inches short.”
MUCH DIFFERENT
The Bears finished past play with a 42-3 location nonaccomplishment to Oklahoma State.
Asked if helium could opposition the mode past play ended with however his 2nd twelvemonth played out, Aranada simply said: “No.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Baylor: The Bears won the 2013 Big 12 rubric outright and shared successful 2014 with TCU, some of those coming during a six-season agelong erstwhile determination wasn’t a title crippled for the conference. Baylor mislaid to Oklahoma successful the rubric crippled 2 years ago.
Oklahoma State: Sanders had 7 interceptions successful the 2 games this play against Baylor, though the Cowboys won the archetypal gathering 24-14 connected Oct. 2. The archetypal prime Saturday was close to the defender, and the 2nd 1 was picked disconnected by leaping linebacker Matt Jones erstwhile Sanders was pressured and tried to propulsion disconnected his backmost ft toward the sideline. The different 2 interceptions were tipped passes. … Oklahoma State had lone 70 yards rushing connected 40 carries (1.8 yards per carry).
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