(02-01-2023 02:13 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  As to the claim UC will start stinking going forward without Luke Fickell that remains to be seen. Other than a few years under Tuberville UC has managed to remain strong through losses of several coaches before. UC now will be earning more revenue than they have ever before. If Scott Satterfield doesn't get it done, he will be quickly fired and replaced with someone who will.

Satterfield appears to be a safe hire with a high floor and low ceiling based on his FBS track record. He probably won't set the Big 12 on fire, but the odds that you fall off like under Tuberville aren't very high.

Another relevant note related to the 2023 season: the Miami vs. Miami showdown in Coral Gables has been moved up a day to that Friday night (9/1). No official explanation given, though best guess is that it's for TV purposes.

(02-01-2023 12:04 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  

(01-31-2023 06:38 PM)astr083 Wrote:  

(01-31-2023 06:16 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(01-31-2023 01:06 PM)astr083 Wrote:  

(01-31-2023 12:25 PM)doss2 Wrote:  Who will Miami schedule when The University of Cincinnati drops them in FB?

16 straight wins gives TUC little reason th keep playing them at Oxford every third year.

Cincinnati is about to get a rude awakening.... Back to being a subpar basketball school over the next few years. UC was pretty much overrated every year in the last decade, and was able to finish with decent records due to playing weak schedules. To be honest, they should have lost to OU back in 18 (at home), and furthermore, the 2016 WMU team was far better than any undefeated team UC has had over the last 20 years... No question.

Bahahaha gtfo. The 2020 and 2021 UC teams were elite.

We can agree to disagree.....

Let's be real, the 2016 Broncos were one of the best MAC teams of all time but their best wins were against Northwestern, Illinois, and Toledo. Unlike a team like 2007 Hawaii they showed they were legit when they hung in there against Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl, but at the end of the day they had zero wins over ranked opponents. 2020 UC on the other hand beat ranked Army, SMU, and Tulsa teams while only losing by a field goal to UGA; 2021 UC beat ranked Notre Dame and Houston while demolishing just about everyone else until they ran into Bama in the CFP. On a neutral field I'd take the Bearcats by two possessions.

This fall is the best chance we have at finally knocking off UC with Fickell gone, a lot of transfers leaving their program, and Gabbert coming back for us. I doubt it'll happen given Chuck's OOC record and with how well UC does at Nippert, but crazier things have happened.

I am much more inclined to think Northwestern (who was ranked just outside of the Top 25 when WMU beat them) and Illinois are stronger teams than both Tulsa and Army (year in and year out). I'll give UC some props for SMU, but that isn't that impressive.....Let's also not forget that Toledo was a minute away from beating that same ND team earlier in the year in 21, and Houston turned out to be pretty overrated as well..... I still think that 16 WMU would beat both the 20 & 21 UC teams if they matched up....UC is consistently overrated and their fanbase is really, really annoying.... Borderline obnoxious for not having much of a football history in general. Most current MAC schools have more heralded programs than UC.

When it comes to programs who leapfrogged onwards and upwards over the past couple decades, Cincinnati bucked the trend of being a more northerly Midwest school (instead of rapidly growing southern area). But obviously its larger-city size helped and was fertile ground, given college football's hyper-focus on media markets starting around the turn of the 21st century.

(02-01-2023 03:19 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  

(02-01-2023 02:13 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  As to the claim UC will start stinking going forward without Luke Fickell that remains to be seen. Other than a few years under Tuberville UC has managed to remain strong through losses of several coaches before. UC now will be earning more revenue than they have ever before. If Scott Satterfield doesn't get it done, he will be quickly fired and replaced with someone who will.

Satterfield appears to be a safe hire with a high floor and low ceiling based on his FBS track record. He probably won't set the Big 12 on fire, but the odds that you fall off like under Tuberville aren't very high.

Another relevant note related to the 2023 season: the Miami vs. Miami showdown in Coral Gables has been moved up a day to that Friday night (9/1). No official explanation given, though best guess is that it's for TV purposes.

Thanks. I made the change on our o-o-c master schedule on this thread.