I want the ball. Baylor will most likely score on their first possession. If we don't, and Baylor scores on their second, we're kind of screwed.
Take the ball. March. Get points. Get the crowd nice and fired up for the first Baylor possession.
The other thing we need is for the Cats to hold onto the ball for the first few minutes of the first quarter in that instance. It lets the tailgaters, especially the rowdy drunk ones, to get inside and make noise on the first Baylor possession.
This is Baylor's first road game. If we're going to get into Griffin's head, it needs to be early. I don't want him going one snap without at least one receiver looking at him with his hands on his ears gesturing that he can't hear the call.