Three Takeaways: September 14

9/14/2026 8:44:00 PM | Football

Aranda wants to see Bears clean up the penalties after flurry of flags

Director of Sports Journalism

Jerry Hillgives his three takeaways from Monday's weekly press conference with head coachDave Arandatalking about the Bears' 44-3 home-opening win over Prairie View A&M and this week's final Big 12 tune-up between Baylor (1-1) and Louisiana Tech (1-1), which kicks off at 3 p.m. Saturday at McLane Stadium and will be broadcast by ESPNU:- CLEAN IT UP: After a relatively clean game against Auburn, Baylor was flagged nine times for 85 yards in penalties against Prairie View and is now tied for 91st in the country in fewest penalty yards with 62.5 yards per game. "One of the things we've talked about quite a bit is being hard to kill," Aranda said, "and that's not making it easy for a team to beat us. Right now, it's too easy to beat us, with the penalties and the turnovers (three vs. PV). We need to clean that up. Our identity needs to be the opposite of that, of giving those things to the opponent. So, we're very focused on that."

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