Baylor beats Iowa St 23-21 on FG after blowing 20-point lead

WACO, Texas -- Baylor coach Matt Rhule passed on a field goal try early in Iowa State's huge fourth-quarter comeback because redshirt freshman John Mayers badly missed a kick in the first half. After the Bears had blown the rest of their 20-point lead, Rhule faced another decision from the same distance as the early miss -- 38 yards -- only this time it was into the wind, with less than half a minute remaining, and his team down one. The kid got another chance. Mayers slipped the 38-yarder just inside the right upright with 21 seconds left for the first field goal of his career, lifting Baylor to a 23-21 victory over Iowa State on a steamy Saturday after the Bears blew their big lead and were behind for the first time this season. "I was just kind of reluctant just because of the wind and all that stuff, I didn't want to keep putting the kid out there," Rhule said.