Baylor coach Matt Rhule said he wasn’t overly concerned with the Bears’ pass rush in the opener. Yes, Lockhart registered the team’s only sack in ACU’s 41 dropbacks, but Rhule noted that Wildcats quarterback Luke Anthony was releasing the ball quickly, eliminating the chance for a sack.

The Bears’ run defense, however, offered a different story. It was bad — period.

“The run defense, I think, upsets all of us,” Rhule said. “(ACU) did some really cool things schematically that I really liked, and they got the ball to the perimeter and we weren’t able to win on the perimeter. If we want to be an elite defense, our secondary has to get those guys down. We have to win on the perimeter and we didn’t do that on the level we wanted on Saturday.”

Abilene Christian running back Billy McCrary burned Baylor on a couple of long runs. The transfer from Cal zipped to the edge and then simply outran everyone to the end zone on a 75-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. He finished with six carries for a staggering 141 yards.