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(09-12-2021 10:57 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  I watched the first half of their game yesterday, and Ridder would absolutely carve up that defense. It's bad. It's poorly coached, poorly schemed and all that 5* talent doesn't seem to have developed at all. I'm pretty sure that Kerry will be out after this year.

Now, they may straighten things out by season's end, but right now UC would absolutely be favored if they were playing next weekend.

We really haven't been tested yet. Looking at our schedule, I don't see a team as good as Oregon on it. Oregon looked really solid.

(09-12-2021 03:59 PM)bearcat54 Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 10:20 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 10:15 AM)mac6115cd Wrote:  Now that we’re in the Big12, it make sense.

There’s:
Pitt - Penn State
Iowa - Iowa State

Why not UC - O$U?

I'd love to see it but doubt it happens. We know a couple things for sure: OSU would not play in Nippert and would likely demand more tickets allocated @ PBS than UC should give up.

I do believe games may get easier to schedule against P5 opponents regionally such as UK, Louisville, Pitt, IU or Purdue. Those all have the makings of enjoyable home and home in terms of travel and fan interest.

history says that WVU will be UC's main rival. Xavier doesn't have enough money or property to have a football team. I think Xavier fans watch the movie Marshall and cry through it.

Bolded, great point, as it should be with a football and two basketball games every year and a reasonable travel distance between the campuses. I welcome that.

One of the challenges with the AAC was not having a "rival" within a reasonable driving distance. I think that focused an inordinate amount of interest on the X game each year as "our biggest rivalry" to the detriment of what UC was accomplishing in football and in basketball too.

UC returning to a superior basketball conference to where X competes, restores the proper order in this town for our historically elite program. Let's hope Wes Miller can leverage that on the recruiting trail and on the court. If so, the Big 12 will provide competitive interest each year locally from the opening kickoff in September to crowning a basketball national champion in April.