Baylor Bear Insider Jerry Hill gives his three takeaways from Monday's weekly press conference with head coach Dave Aranda talking about the Bears' 42-31 loss to Texas State and this week's matchup against 14^th-ranked Utah (1-0), which kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday at McLane Stadium and broadcast live by ESPN: 

1. NEXT MAN UP: Quarterback Blake Shapen (left MCL) and safety Devin Lemear (dislocated elbow) are both expected to miss the next 2-3 weeks, while JACK linebacker Garmon Randolph suffered a high ankle sprain and will be out 1-2 weeks. Ironically, Shapen and Lemear are coming off their 14^th-consecutive starts. Mississippi State transfer Sawyer Robertson, who threw for 113 yards against Texas State, will get the start at QB, while sophomore Alfonzo Allen will make his first-career start at safety. "He's a confident kid," Aranda said of Robertson. "He's going to motivate those guys around him. There's a contagious spirit about him. We're going to need that, especially early in the week, to kind of pick ourselves up off the mat. There's a great amount of belief in him. They know that with him, we've got a great chance. They feel comfortable with him in situations where a ball has to be thrown and a play has to be made."
2. 3-HEADED MONSTER?: After seeing junior Bryson Barnes and redshirt freshman Nate Johnson split time in Utah's 24-11 season-opening win over Florida, former Texas transfer Cam Rising has been cleared to practice and could return just eight months after suffering a torn ACL in the Rose Bowl. "They have the ability with all three of them to run the quarterback," Aranda said of the defense prepping for three different quarterbacks. "If there's one in particular (Johnson), the run is the lead. . . . we're expecting quarterback-design runs. If it's the other two (Barnes and Rising), then it's going to be more of a drop-back and play-action pass, with the ability to scramble. Or, on a third-and-one or a fourth-and-two and it's a must-have play, the opportunity to run. If (Rising) is back, he's very talented throwing the football, and has a knack to put the ball where it needs to be. Balls are out prior (to the receivers') breaks. That type of timing is what he's been used to. So, if it is him, then we'll have to see if that's where that's at."
3. 'WE MUST IMPROVE' IN THE O-LINE: The Bears obviously struggled in the offensive line, averaging just 3.4 yards per rush (despite runs of 32 and 31 yards) and allowing three sacks, with several other hits on the quarterbacks. Now, they face a veteran four-man defensive front that held Florida to just 105 yards on the ground. While Aranda saw improvement in the O-line throughout Saturday's game, "there's a ton of room to improve. And we must improve; it's going to be demanded that we improve. I feel like from that hard lesson we had Saturday, moving forward throughout the week, that we'll see some good improvement. And then, I think with Sawyer, too, it gives us the ability to maybe change up the approach. And that could possibly protect them in terms of the drop-back and all that, and move around a little bit more. I think mixing the two quantities there would be a good thing."