Waco, Texas ? By land and by air, No. 2 Texas delivered the kind of statement game Mack Brown wanted.
“The message is we are one of the top two teams in the country,” Brown said. “We won by 62, and that’s without running it up. We have to enjoy this ride, enjoy this moment.”
Receiver-turned-starting tailback Ramonce Taylor ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns to go along with a 42-yard TD catch, and Vince Young had 351 total yards as the Longhorns won their 16th straight game, 62-0, Saturday over Baylor.
After needing a big comeback last week to beat Oklahoma State, and falling from first to second in the BCS standings, the Longhorns (9-0 overall, 6-0 Big 12 Conference) had an easy time with Baylor.
Young, the Heisman Trophy contender who is 26-2 as the Longhorns’ starter, was 16-of-27 for 298 yards and two TDs, and had 53 yards rushing on eight carries in just more than three quarters.
“He makes it look so easy, like everything is in slow motion,” Brown said. “It just seemed like another workman day for him.”
Baylor (4-5, 1-5) has lost eight straight in the series and been outscored 203-14 the last four games, three of those shutouts. The Bears were also shut out for the second straight game, coming off a 28-0 loss to No. 16 Texas Tech last week.
“We’re not in that league yet,” Baylor coach Guy Morriss saidjavascript:body_doublesp()
