Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin

Baylor coach Art Briles dug deep into his playbook for several key plays that flummoxed Wake Forest in the Bears' season-opening victory.

Wide receiver Ernest Smith, a former high school quarterback, threw an option pass to redshirt freshman Lanear Sampson for a 33-yard touchdown that provided the Bears' clinching touchdown in a 24-21 conquest of the Demon Deacons.

Defensive tackles Phil Taylor and Trey Bryant lined up as lead blockers in the offensive backfield in two short-yardage situations to give the Bears key first downs on both plays.

And multi-talented quarterback Robert Griffin hit a 59-yard punt from a quick-kick formation to pin Wake Forest at its 5 in the second quarter.

“We’ve got a lot of tricks left -- we only used three or four,” Griffin told the Waco Tribune-Herald after the game. “Coach Briles is an offensive genius.”

Briles said Monday that those gadget plays are part of his basic offensive philosophy.

"Honestly, we don't look at those as tricks at all," Briles said. "We don't even those words, it's just what we do. Those aren't tricks. We're just trying to do what we can to move the football and be productive.

"All of that is situational and part of our offensive scheme. It's not something we line up and hoot and holler about and said this will be a different thing or a trick. It's stuff we do day-in and day-out."

The victory was Baylor's first road triumph under Briles. It should provide the Bears with momentum as they hope to make their first bowl appearance since 1994.

But Briles is not concerned his team will make too much of it.

"The one great thing about where we are at is that we don't have to worry about getting overconfident or the big head," Briles said. "We've had our lips punched enough times that you've never thought you've arrived or where you need to be. One game doesn't indicate that. And after yesterday, we've flipped our goals past that game."