The officiating was terrible and most calls generally went against us, but were were the recipient of a terrible call that gave us a "chance". No way the video evidence showed that possession was clearly re-established in the end zone. That call had absolutely no business being overturned.
The reality is the officiating didn't come close to costing us this game. We were dominating in both play and scheme at the line of scrimmage. Manning consistently used 5 lineman and Baylor used a 4 man front with wide splits that consistently created pass rush angles. Our tackles were beat with speed the entire game, hanging Dekkers out to dry, yet we made zero adjustments. Manning also continues to abhor using crosses or other "hot routes" that gives his QB options when he needs to throw. When you watch the film our receivers weren't even out of their breaks when the pressure was coming. It was a problem when Purdy was here as well. When what we do offensively isn't working we need to adjust.
The defense wasn't much better. With Rose and Enyi, the 3 man front worked more consistently than it has this year. Even then, we have routinely had issues against the upper echelon competition when it comes to getting some kind of push at the line of scrimmage. This year that push has been harder to come by and we done have a tackling machine like rose taking care of those gaps. Baylor utterly destroyed us at the line of scrimmage and we didn't adjust or have an answer. At some point, we need to consistently have 4 plus guys at the line (different people moving around) as we aren't getting it done with 3 people.
Baylor was the better team and our coaching staff was thoroughly dismantled with strategy. If our staff won't make adjustments when their scheme/plan isn't working it's going to be a long season. The bad calls simply made it more irritating.