SMU punched first and the building shook. On the first play of the game Kevin Jennings hit Romello Brinson for a seventy five yard touchdown. That is the kind of start that can rattle an opponent and calm a home sideline. It set a tone that held for most of the day. SMU looked fast and confident. Baylor looked like it would be chasing. Both teams traded bursts through the first half. SMU kept landing explosives. Baylor kept answering just enough to avoid the game getting away. The middle quarters turned into a test of discipline. Missed chances appeared for both sides. Field position began to matter. The crowd felt it shift and then settle again as if the game could only be decided with the ball in the air late. The late swing came with pressure on every snap. Baylor trailed by two scores in the fourth quarter and the clock pushed them into must score drives. Sawyer Robertson did not rush it. He trusted his reads and worked the edges. He hit Josh Cameron for a long strike that gave the Bears oxygen. Then he found Kobe Prentice for the equalizer with thirty four seconds left. That throw asked for touch and nerve. He gave both. SMU still had a chance at the end of regulation. The kick was from long distance and it came up short. That miss changed the air in the stadium. It told both sidelines that the margin for error was gone. From there it would be execution or heartbreak. Overtime gave us the full swing of belief. In the first period Baylor powered in a short score from Bryson Washington. SMU answered immediately with a quick hitter to Romello Brinson. The response was clean and sudden and felt like the opening play of the game all over again. Both teams handled the moment. No one flinched. The second overtime is where details and poise win. SMU had the ball first and missed from makeable range. That is a heavy moment for a college kicker. It also hands the opponent a simple mission. Protect the ball. Move the chains. End it. Baylor did exactly that. The drive did not need heroics. Connor Hawkins stepped into his swing and buried the field goal that finished it. The box score is one story and the feel of the game is another. Robertson carried Baylor with four touchdown passes and a command that grew with the stakes. He threw for four hundred forty yards and spread the ball with confidence. Cameron and Ashtyn Hawkins kept winning matchups and moving the sticks. Washington’s patience between the tackles mattered most in overtime and it gave the Bears balance when they needed it. For SMU there is frustration because the plan worked for three and a half quarters. Jennings hit explosives. Brinson took the top off the coverage. The crowd fed on pace and rhythm. That is why the finish stings. The Mustangs had the game in hand and then let it breathe. In this sport a small window is all a veteran quarterback needs. What this means is simple. Baylor leaves with a result that can reset a season. Close games test belief more than talent. The Bears found plays when the math said they were out of time. That travels. It also teaches a locker room that composure has value when legs get heavy. When a quarterback shows that he can deliver in chaos the sideline listens to him in the next huddle. For SMU the message is not panic. The offense showed it can score in a snap. The lesson is finish. A team with real goals must close drives and own the final four minutes. That is not a scheme fix. It is repetition and accountability. It is also a reminder that special teams decide games that even talent cannot separate. In Dallas we saw a double overtime game that rewarded patience. Baylor stayed in the fight and then controlled the final minute that matters. That is how you steal a win on the road against a ranked rival. That is how a season finds its first true identity.