Nope CiftonAve, Cincinnati sucks. Don't you know?

(12-29-2012 03:41 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  "Earlier Thursday, the Cincinnati/Duke Belk Bowl earned 3.9 million viewers — up 12% from North Carolina State/Louisville last year (3.5M), and up 33% from South Florida/Clemson in 2010 (2.9M).

The game ranks as the most-viewed edition of the bowl (previously the Meineke Car Care Bowl) since Pittsburgh/North Carolina in 2009 (6.1M), and the second-most viewed game of the 2012-13 bowl season."

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/12/...k-bowl-up/

but but but....UC doesn't move the needle i thought? Or was everybody tuning in to watch Duke football? Yeah...that must have been it.

(12-28-2012 04:06 PM)texasflood Wrote:  Cincy was extremely fortunate to win. Dook lost because they fumbled twice inside the 5, once thanks to a helmet to helmet hit that wasn't called, and the other because the Dook RB allowed the backside of a Cincy defender to cause a fumble, like Sanchez against the Patriots. And they needed both of those highly unlikely plays to win, one would not have been good enough.

Seems people are overlooking the fact that a Duke player knocked himself silly on a helmet to helmet that was not called as well. UC was fortunate to win but it's getting old hearing about all the helmet to helmet. Had the announcers not commented about every play they felt was helmet to helmet I doubt we would be hearing as much about it.

(12-29-2012 09:26 PM)bearcat65 Wrote:  

(12-28-2012 04:06 PM)texasflood Wrote:  Cincy was extremely fortunate to win. Dook lost because they fumbled twice inside the 5, once thanks to a helmet to helmet hit that wasn't called, and the other because the Dook RB allowed the backside of a Cincy defender to cause a fumble, like Sanchez against the Patriots. And they needed both of those highly unlikely plays to win, one would not have been good enough.

Seems people are overlooking the fact that a Duke player knocked himself silly on a helmet to helmet that was not called as well. UC was fortunate to win but it's getting old hearing about all the helmet to helmet. Had the announcers not commented about every play they felt was helmet to helmet I doubt we would be hearing as much about it.

They were also very fortunate to block a punt for a td.