Texas Tech at Baylor 10/07/23- College Football Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, October 7th the Texas Tech Raiders will head to McLane Stadium, where they will take on the Baylor Bears. Get the rest of our free college football picks! The Raiders enter this game with a 2-3 record, placing them tenth in the Big 12. After a 20-13 loss to Virginia Tech in week 4, the Raiders bounced back with a 49-28 victory over the Houston Cougars on Saturday.

After the Raiders’ starting quarterback Tyler Shough went down with a broken fibula in week 4, backup quarterback Behren Morton has stepped into a starting job. In the win against the Cougars on Saturday Morton threw for 161 and 2 touchdowns. Raiders’ running backs Tahj Brooks and Cam’Ron Valdez were vital in Texas Tech’s week 5 win, running for a combined 212 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The Baylor Bears also come into this game with a 2-3 record which places them eighth in the Big 12. The Bears came into week 5 fresh off a 38-6 blowout loss against Texas, next up was the UCF Knights. After being down by 28 points against UCF, Baylor completed their largest comeback in the program’s history en route to a thrilling 36-35 win.

The Bears’ quarterback Blake Shepen fuelled the 28-point comeback on Saturday, he finished the game with an efficient 293 yards and 1 touchdown. Bears’ wide receiver Monoray Baldwin was also huge in this game, leading Baylor with 150 receiving yards and 1 touchdown.