JhanJo
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 08:16 AM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:48 AM)BigBlueTiger901 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:52 AM)Claw Wrote: I was there for 4th and 25.
Never under estimate Cindy.
Was it really only 25? In my mind it was 30+
I thought it was 4th and 27
Seriously, I thought it was 4th and 26. Ha!
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Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 12:29 PM)salukiblue Wrote: The game worries me a bit. When it was 14-3 Memphis had a chance to choke out Cinci but settled for the field goal and then let them back in the game.
At 27-24 Cinci was about to get the ball with 5 minutes to go but Memphis was bailed out by that super stupid act by the Cinci player.
Memphis probably can't expect at KO return td, or to win the turnover battle.
A lot is being assumed here. I agree they’ll try to kick short to avoid kickoff returns. We’re a big play team though and they may (or may not) be successful at preventing explosive plays.
I hope we don’t have to rely on our defense as much as we did Friday, but UC still has the same issues this week as they did last week. Their offense is not prolific and they’ll have to keep us from putting up points.
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Cincinnati 2.0
(12-01-2019 11:01 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:48 PM)Memphis10Tigers Wrote: I once heard we lost to Cincy 4 times in a single season in basketball. Not sure what year this was.
Winning this game would be some nice payback.
Yep, twice during the regular season, once in conference tourney and then in the ncaa tourney.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 12:01 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
Can people please stop saying dumb stuff like this? We are very good at special teams. If you don’t want us to run back kickoffs, then stop us.
We also could have won by more, but threw a pick due to QB/WR miscommunication. Woulda, coulda, shoulda....doesn’t matter.
Logically thinking people realize that a kick return for a TD is not an every game event. You cannot assume that we will duplicate that in this next game. It was an extra benefit that we cannot look upon for the next game. That is why they are called special teams.
The premise is that we have to assume that we will only get a score from our offense and have to focus on that part of the game.
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Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 05:07 AM)oldmangrizz Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
That's absurd. You can't take away the kick off return for a TD. If you can do that, I can take away one of their TDs. Therefore, we still win by 10. See how absurd that is?
I was thinking the same thing, LOL
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 12:29 PM)salukiblue Wrote: The game worries me a bit. When it was 14-3 Memphis had a chance to choke out Cinci but settled for the field goal and then let them back in the game.
At 27-24 Cinci was about to get the ball with 5 minutes to go but Memphis was bailed out by that super stupid act by the Cinci player.
Memphis probably can't expect at KO return td, or to win the turnover battle.
But we can expect better execution of the offense & better defense against the deep pass without doing much different. And that should account for 2+ scores for Memphis.
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cscottl1981
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Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 01:01 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:01 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
Can people please stop saying dumb stuff like this? We are very good at special teams. If you don’t want us to run back kickoffs, then stop us.
We also could have won by more, but threw a pick due to QB/WR miscommunication. Woulda, coulda, shoulda....doesn’t matter.
Logically thinking people realize that a kick return for a TD is not an every game event. You cannot assume that we will duplicate that in this next game. It was an extra benefit that we cannot look upon for the next game. That is why they are called special teams.
The premise is that we have to assume that we will only get a score from our offense and have to focus on that part of the game.
I’m fine with all of that, but I’m not looking for reasons why the Tigers will lose (nor am I interested in discussing why someone thinks we were lucky the first time). I think we’re the better team. These things are part of the game and we’re good at making big plays. Chances are good that we don’t run one back next game, but maybe Gainwell goes bananas or someone else has a big game.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 02:53 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote: (12-02-2019 01:01 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:01 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
Can people please stop saying dumb stuff like this? We are very good at special teams. If you don’t want us to run back kickoffs, then stop us.
We also could have won by more, but threw a pick due to QB/WR miscommunication. Woulda, coulda, shoulda....doesn’t matter.
Logically thinking people realize that a kick return for a TD is not an every game event. You cannot assume that we will duplicate that in this next game. It was an extra benefit that we cannot look upon for the next game. That is why they are called special teams.
The premise is that we have to assume that we will only get a score from our offense and have to focus on that part of the game.
I’m fine with all of that, but I’m not looking for reasons why the Tigers will lose (nor am I interested in discussing why someone thinks we were lucky the first time). I think we’re the better team. These things are part of the game and we’re good at making big plays. Chances are good that we don’t run one back next game, but maybe Gainwell goes bananas or someone else has a big game.
I think Memphis has better chances for players exceeding their play relative to last week.
Brady was fine, but not tremendous. Gainwell really good, but not great. Taylor ok, but not good.
I think Memphis wasn't as prepared for the backup qb (and their adjustments showed in the 2nd half) and have scouted Ridder.
I do know that if the game had been in reverse, Memphis fans would say they feel confident because Cinci won't get another "free" td on a kickoff, Cinci won't luck out on a ridiculous trick play, and hopefully a Memphis player won't ruin a 3rd down stop with a bonehead foul.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 12:51 PM)JhanJo Wrote: (12-02-2019 08:16 AM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:48 AM)BigBlueTiger901 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:52 AM)Claw Wrote: I was there for 4th and 25.
Never under estimate Cindy.
Was it really only 25? In my mind it was 30+
I thought it was 4th and 27
Seriously, I thought it was 4th and 26. Ha!
4th and 27 :-/
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 03:12 PM)aardWolf Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:51 PM)JhanJo Wrote: (12-02-2019 08:16 AM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:48 AM)BigBlueTiger901 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:52 AM)Claw Wrote: I was there for 4th and 25.
Never under estimate Cindy.
Was it really only 25? In my mind it was 30+
I thought it was 4th and 27
Seriously, I thought it was 4th and 26. Ha!
4th and 27 :-/
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we are NOT the same team. I'm not saying that couldn't happen, but it is very unlikely!
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 03:12 PM)aardWolf Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:51 PM)JhanJo Wrote: (12-02-2019 08:16 AM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:48 AM)BigBlueTiger901 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:52 AM)Claw Wrote: I was there for 4th and 25.
Never under estimate Cindy.
Was it really only 25? In my mind it was 30+
I thought it was 4th and 27
Seriously, I thought it was 4th and 26. Ha!
4th and 27 :-/
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Sad that I can remember that, but go through 2 or 3 of my kid’s names before I hit on the right one lol.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 08:06 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:41 AM)muffinman Wrote: Don't underestimate the difficulty in beating a team twice in the same season, especially back to back.
where did you get that idea?
who would you rather play a team that just beat you by 10 or a team that you just beat by 10?
I would like to play a team that I won against. Cincinnati is a talented team and not a pushover, so it wont be easy. Its difficult to beat a second time due to the loosing team having a "chip on their shoulder" and the winning team "being cocky". You would be surprised on how much that can play a role. You can look throughout sports history and find lots of examples of this, the one that I can think of (off the top of my head) would be Alabama/LSU in 2011.
My prediction is a close game, probably Memphis by 3.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
If the offense had played lights out, won on a last second score and the game was on the road, I’d be more worried. IDK, some back forth type games seem like they can go either way...last team with the ball wins. This was not that...at least for me. While it would have been nice to win by a larger margin, I never felt like the outcome was in doubt.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
just win the toss! we need the ball to start the second-half.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-01-2019 09:25 PM)bluecrew Wrote: Have to beat the same top 25 team in back to back weeks, in order to achieve the biggest game in our history. This is the most Tiger scenario ever.
Saturday will be revenge on two levels for football and the school in general. We will kill two birds with one stone by avenging 4th and 27 and the 1992 Elite 8 in one fell swoop.
We have more to gain from last Friday than we do. They have a really good team, but 90% of our problems were related to gameplan, play calling and strategy. I would think that we will make the needed adjustments.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 04:16 PM)muffinman Wrote: (12-02-2019 08:06 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:41 AM)muffinman Wrote: Don't underestimate the difficulty in beating a team twice in the same season, especially back to back.
where did you get that idea?
who would you rather play a team that just beat you by 10 or a team that you just beat by 10?
I would like to play a team that I won against. Cincinnati is a talented team and not a pushover, so it wont be easy. Its difficult to beat a second time due to the loosing team having a "chip on their shoulder" and the winning team "being cocky". You would be surprised on how much that can play a role. You can look throughout sports history and find lots of examples of this, the one that I can think of (off the top of my head) would be Alabama/LSU in 2011.
My prediction is a close game, probably Memphis by 3.
I think last Friday was the jolt we needed. We went on a rampage after Temple, and the first game made us realize that Cincinnati is better than we thought. I expect the same type of response that we had after Temple.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
Why on earth would anyone take away that for any reason other than a penalty?
We sure do have some weird takes on this board.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-02-2019 01:01 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote: (12-02-2019 12:01 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote: (12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
Can people please stop saying dumb stuff like this? We are very good at special teams. If you don’t want us to run back kickoffs, then stop us.
We also could have won by more, but threw a pick due to QB/WR miscommunication. Woulda, coulda, shoulda....doesn’t matter.
Logically thinking people realize that a kick return for a TD is not an every game event. You cannot assume that we will duplicate that in this next game. It was an extra benefit that we cannot look upon for the next game. That is why they are called special teams.
The premise is that we have to assume that we will only get a score from our offense and have to focus on that part of the game.
There is the chance that could have driven down the field and scored a TD. It happens. We're pretty good.
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RE: Cincinnati 2.0
(12-01-2019 10:29 PM)mapdude Wrote: Well, if you take away the kick off return for a TD, we only beat them by 3 points in basic football. It's hard to beat a good team twice in one year.
If you take away the injury to TJ Carter and Claybrooks being told to fair catch, we might've run another back for a TD and won by 17.
We don't know the what if's... we do know what happened. We won by 10 and never trailed in the game. We played with a comfortable lead most of the game.
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