Baylor goes to South California to face UCLA in the Holiday Bowl

Well i finally get time to watch a bowl game, and it looks like it's turning out to be a bust, with Baylor dominating.

Players on the field of note to LSU fans include two guys we were really excited about...Baylor RB Lache Seastrunk and UCLA DT Cassius Marsh...both of whom have made some big plays today

 

Since the 1st half wasn't much of a game, with Baylor up 35-7 so far, here's what i was able to look up...

UCLA
#24 university, US News
$35,570 out-of-state tuition
25.5% accepted

Baylor
#77 university, US News
$33,916 tuition
39.7% accepted

Offense
#1/#5 Baylor
#20/#29 UCLA

Defense
#56/#73 UCLA
#117/#123 Baylor

2012 All-Americans
RB Johnathan Franklin, UCLA (#23)
WR Terrance Williams, Baylor (#2)

QBs
UCLA - RS Freshman Brett Hundley of Arizona, 292 of 428 (68.2%), 3411 yds (#18 in NCAA), 26 TD (#20 in NCAA), 11 INT, 150.08 rating (#27 in NCAA). As a recruit: #3/#5/#6 QB, Scout 50, Rivals100, ESPN125, UnderArmour All American
...
Baylor - Senior Nick Florence of Texas, 276 of 451 (61.2%), 4121 yds (#3 in NCAA), 31 TD (#8 in NCAA), 13 INT, 154.87 rating (#20 in NCAA). Currently in MBA school at Baylor

The two schools have never played each other in football before

 

All-time Appearances in the Final AP Top 10

21 - LSU, #11 in NCAA history, #3 in SEC history behind Tennessee (23) and Bama (36)

16 - UCLA, tied #15 in NCAA history with Florida and Florida State, #2 in Pac 12 history behind USC...next is Washington with 11

1 - Baylor (in 1951 when they finished #9 after an 8-1-1 season)

 

In the first half, Seastrunk had 73 rushing on 10 carries (7.3 ypc) and 1 TD on a 43 yd run

 

Williams had 68 yards on 2 catches in the first half

meanwhile, Franklin was stuffed for 20 yards on 9 carries (2.2 ypc) and 0 TD

 

Total yards in 1st half

Baylor - 342 (on pace for about 700)
UCLA - 148

 

Baylor: 3-0 in their last 3 games, including a beat down of K State ...4-1 in their last 5, with the only loss an 8 pt loss @Oklahoma

UCLA: 0-2 in their last 2 games since beating preseason #1 USC 38-28

 

since 2009, the Holiday Bowl features #3 in the Pac-12 vs #5 in the Big 12...since then the Big 12 leads 2 wins to 1

Big 12 victories
2011 - Texas beat Cal 21 to 10
2009 - Nebraska beat Arizona 33 to 0

Pac 12 victories
2010 - Washington beat Nebraska 19-7 (earlier that season, Nebraska won 56-21 at Washington)

 

5 of those 16 for UCLA came under HOF head coach and UCLA alum Terry Donahue (151–74–8 as coach of UCLA)


1st year UCLA coach Jim Mora just won nine games in his first year as UCLA head coach ... He’s the first UCLA head coach to win as many as nine games in his first year since Donahue in 1976, who went 9-2-1. No UCLA coach has ever won 10 games in his first season.

 

Make that 4-0 for Baylor and 0-3 for UCLA to finish the season