(11-23-2013 04:13 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 04:12 PM)subflea Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 03:49 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Perhaps 2 ranked teams in Nippert on Friday.


Nice!

It is a Thursday game.

It's on Thanksgiving?

EDIT: Nevermind. I see we have yet ANOTHER bye

Friday? Thanksgiving?

I see both Billy and Rath looked at the schedule

BJ, I usually count on CTip for all my info. He dropped the ball this time.

UH can’t complete rally against Bearcats
Posted on November 23, 2013 | By Chron Sports

By Joseph Duarte

The Houston Cougars ran out of time in their comeback attempt Saturday.

Houston fell behind 17 points and could not recover in a 24-17 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium.

It was the Cougars’ third consecutive loss – all by a touchdown or less.

Looking for a spark offensively, UH coach Tony Levine made a switch at quarterback midway through the third quarter, removing an ineffective true freshman John O’Korn for backup Greg Ward.

The Cougars had a final chance to tie the game after the Bearcats missed a 24-yard field goal with less than 90 seconds remaining.

O’Korn, who came back for the last drive, finished the game 13-of-30 for 171 yards with a pair of costly turnovers.

On the final drive, the Cougars got within the Cincinnati 37-yard line. But with no timeouts, O’Korn scrambled for a short gain and the final few seconds ran off the clock.

Cincinnati had a 24-7 lead in the third quarter before the Cougars attempted to rally.

The UH defense kept the Cougars into the game with Eric Braswell delivering a hit on Cincinnati quarterback Brendon Kay, who fumbled the ball. Trevon Stewart recovered the loose ball and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown to pull within 24-14.

Kyle Bullard added a 27-yard field goal with 23 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Cougars were moving the ball on their opening drive when O’Korn fumbled at the Cincinnati 14-yard line. The Cougars had 58 yards on the drive; they had 79 yards the rest of the half as the offense

went nowhere against the Bearcats eighth-ranked defense.

Cincinnati (9-2, 6-1) took a 10-0 lead when Kay found a wide-open Chris Moore for a 40-yard touchdown and Tony Miliano converted a 25-yard field goal.

O’Korn threw his only touchdown pass – a 12-yarder to Deontay Greenberry – to move UH within 10-7 in the second quarter.

Just before halftime, Kay connected with Shaq Washington for a 43-yard completion to set up a 3-yard pass to Moore.

Another O’Korn fumble, again forced by Silverberry Mouhon, set up a 14-yard run by Kay to give Cincinnati a 24-7 lead.

Anthony McClung had nine catches for 137 yards and Shaq Washington added 10 for 132 for Cincinnati.

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/...15437101=0

UCF plays two days after us, so if we win, will still have to wait for SMU to hopefully knock them off and then the BCS poll to come out sunday night.
At this point, just beat Lousyville, get the Keg back, and get either the Sugar Bowl or Rawlings Sports Bowl.

The bye is nice, gives me a chance to head up to Alliance for Mount Union's second round playoff game. I have a cousin who plays for the Purple Raiders.

So Shaq now has 74 reception this year. It seems an inordinate amount of them have been for 1st downs. The dude is clutch.

UC holds on for sloppy win in Houston
Nov. 23, 2013 3:43 PM


Cincinnati Bearcats wide receiver Chris Moore (15) catches a pass for a touchdown. / Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Written by
Tom Groeschen

HOUSTON — It was a good, old-fashioned mud bowl. The cold-weather Midwestern team managed it better than the warm-weather Southwestern club here Saturday afternoon, as the Cincinnati Bearcats beat Houston 24-17.

The game was played in raw, damp conditions on a muddy grass field at BBVA Compass Stadium. There was intermittent rain and the temperature was around 50, which is cold for Houston. Attendance was not announced but was relatively sparse.

UC (9-2, 6-1 American Athletic Conference) held on after building a 24-7 lead in the third quarter, and kept alive its hopes of winning or sharing the league championship. The Bearcats and Louisville both were 5-1 in the AAC entering Saturday, with Central Florida atop the league at 6-0.

UC quarterback Brendon Kay was 29-for-50 passing for 386 yards, with two touchdown passes and two interceptions.

Chris Moore caught four passes for 72 yards and two TDs for UC. Anthony McClung had nine catches for 137 yards. Shaq Washington had 10 catches for 132 yards.

Hosey Williams led UC in rushing with 13 carries for 84 yards. The Bearcats held a 573-236 edge in total yards.

Houston QB John O’Korn was limited to 12-for-28 passing for 148 yards, with one TD.

Defensive end Silverberry Mouhon forced two fumbles for UC, part of a strong overall defensive effort. The Bearcats forced 10 punts.

UC now is off until Thursday Dec. 5, when it finishes its regular season against Louisville at Nippert Stadium. Central Florida still must play South Florida and SMU.

Houston (7-4, 4-3 AAC) lost its third consecutive game.

The Bearcats now are 4-2 on the road this season.

Houston entered the game leading the nation in takeaways (33) and turnover margin (plus-22) this year. The Cougars did hold a 3-2 edge in takeaways on Saturday, but UC survived.

UC took a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter, on a 40-yard pass form Kay to a wide-open Moore down the right side. The TD came with 14:32 left in the second quarter.

The Bearcats made it 10-0 on a 25-yard field goal by Tony Miliano with 8:13 left in the second quarter.

Houston cut the Bearcats’ lead to 10-7 on a 12-yard TD pass from O’Korn to wideout Deontay Greenberry with 5:56 left in the second quarter. The TD was set up by a Houston interception of Kay, the second time Kay was picked off while throwing from his own end zone.

Kay redeemed himself with a 3-yard TD pass to Moore, which put UC ahead 17-7 with 1:29 left until halftime.

The Bearcats’ outstanding defensive effort included two forced fumbles by Mouhon. The second put UC at the 13-yard line for Houston. After a loss, Kay scrambled 14 yards and scored to put UC up 24-7, with 7:35 left in the third quarter.

Houston chipped UC’s lead to 24-14 with 5:22 left in the third quarter, when Kay was hit and fumbled. Cougars safety Trevon Stewart returned the fumble 15 yards for a TD.

The Bearcats’ lead then slipped to 24-17 on a 27-yard field goal by Houston’s Kyle Bullard, with 23 seconds left in the third quarter.

Miliano missed a 43-yard field goal attempt with just under 10 minutes left, which would have put UC up 27-17. Miliano slipped on the wet grass while kicking, and the ball sailed low and just wide right.

Miliano also missed a 24-yard attempt with 1:24 left, giving Houston one last chance. The Cougars started at their own 20-yard line and drove to the UC 31-yard line, but the clock ran out on the home team.

The win also should help UC on the national front. The Bearcats entered Saturday ranked No. 27 in the latest USA Today coaches’ poll, No. 29 in the BCS standings and tied for No. 30 in the Associated Press poll.

The game was played at BBVA Compass Stadium, a 22,000-seat soccer-specific facility home to Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer). With the Dynamo out of town Saturday, Houston players voted to move the game from 70,000-seat Rice Stadium.

The intimate BBVA Compass atmosphere literally was dampened by the weather, with most estimates saying the stands were maybe half full.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll...069&Ref=AR

From the article above, do you really think Houston waited until they were down by 17 points before they attempted a comeback. I would have thought they were attempting to come back from the moment they first fell behind.

(11-23-2013 04:15 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I am good to go for the Louisville game. I will probably get to campus around noon.

Class is in session that day at UC (it might be exam week) so you might check on tailgating (if you tailgate in UC garages) while classes are in session. The game is at 8 p.m. so starting at noon is some serious tailgating.

(11-23-2013 04:40 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  From the article above, do you really think Houston waited until they were down by 17 points before they attempted a comeback. I would have thought they were attempting to come back from the moment they first fell behind.

"Let's get down by 17 before we show them what we can REALLY do, boys!"

(11-23-2013 04:45 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 04:15 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I am good to go for the Louisville game. I will probably get to campus around noon.

Class is in session that day at UC (it might be exam week) so you might check on tailgating (if you tailgate in UC garages) while classes are in session. The game is at 8 p.m. so starting at noon is some serious tailgating.

Exams are the following week.

Exams are the following week, so campus will be busy that day. Exams the week of the game actually would have helped out for traffic.

(11-23-2013 04:40 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  From the article above, do you really think Houston waited until they were down by 17 points before they attempted a comeback. I would have thought they were attempting to come back from the moment they first fell behind.

We clearly let them back in the game at that point. If Kay dives forward instead of slides on 2nd down then we don't even have that 3rd down situation. But that was a bad call on 3rd and 1 that was unnecessary in the context of the game with how well our D was playing.

(11-23-2013 04:45 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 04:15 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I am good to go for the Louisville game. I will probably get to campus around noon.

Class is in session that day at UC (it might be exam week) so you might check on tailgating (if you tailgate in UC garages) while classes are in session. The game is at 8 p.m. so starting at noon is some serious tailgating.

I am going to hit that fried fish restaurant on the back way into campus for lunch (down past the zoo). Then I am going to come to campus. I actually am getting press credentials to promote UC with the locals up here and to do a piece on Eric Lefeld from Coldwater (so tailgaiting is unlikely). Any extra time I have I will hang out on campus, which is half the reason I like going to the games (next year is going to stink).

(11-23-2013 04:34 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  So Shaq now has 74 reception this year. It seems an inordinate amount of them have been for 1st downs. The dude is clutch.

He has a realistic chance to break the single season reception mark which is 87 by Mardy in 2009. Not so much on the yardage

(11-23-2013 04:02 PM)Racinejake Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 03:59 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(11-23-2013 03:51 PM)ctipton Wrote:  Everyone on here is blaming Miliano, or Kay, or your dog, but the reason this game was not a blowout is because of Eddie Gran. The playcalling and the absolutely stupid plays in big situations is beyond the pale. Cincinnati is twice the Houston team.

I am going to talk to licensing to see f I can market the Gran Magic 8 Ball.

We know there is good stuff in that playbook but the flow of his calling them is still perplexing for stretches.

That third and short razzle dazzle was one for the ages.

Yea. Guy calls a good game 80 percent of the day. The Luallen package inside the 5 also was not working at all.

I think the film is out on the Luallen package. Whole stadium knows where he is going with it on the first snap.

If the kid could throw effectively on his first snap, it would cause chaos for defenses.

I found this blurb in the Houston Chronicle

"UH was originally scheduled to play the game at Rice Stadium but a players vote led to the change of venues."

Really? Is that how it works?

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/...incinnati/

That is exactly how it worked. They changed the venue just a couple of weeks ago.