WACO, Texas – Jordan Wyatt jumped a curl route, picked off Seth Russell’s pass and returned it to Baylor’s 12-yard line. SMU, leading 6-3, was primed to take a 10-point lead in Waco, where the Mustangs entered Saturday as 28.5-point underdogs.
Three plays later, Ben Hicks lofted a throw for Myron Gailliard on a corner route in the end zone. Underthrown, it landed in the hands of Baylor safety Orion Stewart. It was the first of three Hicks interceptions. Instead of taking advantage of Russell’s mistake, SMU gained 0 yards and gave the ball right back.
That was SMU’s 40-13 loss in one play: every time Baylor gave SMU a chance with a mistake, SMU responded with a mistake of its own.