I predict both Baylor and TCU will get crushed.
I’ve seen it before with teams who were in the hunt and don’t make it, they don’t get motivated for their bowl game (See Bama whenever they are in the Sugar Bowl)
That may turn out to be the case. With the caveat that I really don't believe in "moral victories", it's remarkable that two teams from private schools that were doormats for a long time (and often scheduled as the homecoming opposition by the big teams) have emerged to elite status in CFB. Unless I'm mistaken, yesterday was the first time that Gameday originated from Waco. The Bears were in a long rut of mediocrity (at best) after Grant Teaff.