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Baylor quotable: Matt Rhule explains how how he knew his team would be bowling in 2018 after loss to TCU last season

Here are some highlights from postgame press conferences after Baylor's 35-28 win over Texas Tech on Saturday at AT&T Stadium.

Head coach Matt Rhule

On Jalen Hurd's early injury: "Jalen Hurd got hurt in the first drive, and we had a whole game plan set up around him. I told him, Jalen, it was something in his knee, something in his ankle. He just got invited to Senior Bowl. Probably a first-round draft pick.

'Jalen, you should sit this one out.' He was like, 'No, Coach. I'm playing.'

On how he knew his team would go to a bowl game this year after loss to TCU in 2017: "I just thought, after seeing the way they improved, they would get [to bowl eligibility].