Posted by Under Argo on 5. October 2009 14:12
After UC's sloppy win over the Miami Redhawks this past weekend, the Bearcats jumped from a school record #10 in the AP Poll to a new school record #8. This isn't the most exciting part though. For the first time in 58 years, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats are considered the best college football team in Ohio. They rank one above #9 Ohio State.
Jim Tressel and the Ohio State Buckeyes have been viewed as an underachieving team lately largely in part to poor coaching by Jim Tressel. In Brian Kelly's 3rd full season as Bearcats head coach, he has already dethroned the long time Buckeye coach as best coach in Ohio.
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was regarded as one of the most sought after college recruits in recent history. After starting as a true freshman last year, many thought that Pryor could be in the running for the Heisman this year but that isn't the case. Instead, Senior UC quarterback Tony Pike is 4th in Heisman voting and has stats that completely overshadow Pryors.
The Bearcats are on a bye this week in preperation for their Big East opener against USF in Tampa where they will begin to defend their Big East Championship.
Are the Bearcats really better than the Buckeyes? Is Tony Pike really better than Terrelle Pryor? Unfortunately these are questions that probably won't be able to be anwered this year. UC and OSU play next year, but next year Tony Pike and top wide reciever Mardy Gilyard will be gone. The only thing that can be said is that coaching does so much in college football. There is no doubt in my mind that Brian Kelly is a better coach than Jim Tressel.
As long as Kelly stays at UC and the Bearcats play "Kelly Ball" the Bearcats will be more successful than the Buckeyes if they are playing "Tressel Ball".
Posted by Under Argo on 14. September 2009 22:00
So far this year, the Bearcats have outscored their opponents 117 to 18. This is due to the 47 to 15 win over Rutgers at Rutgers in week one and the 70 to 3 beat-down over Southeast Missouri State in Nippert this past weekend. Surprisingly, this isn't the UC record for the most one sided ass kicking. In 1921 the Bearcats put up 115 points on Kentucky Wesleyan University and UC beat Transylvania University 124 to 0 in 1953.
It doens't matter who you play, when you beat a team 70 to 3 it makes a statement. When it comes to total offensive yards, UC is sandwiched between the two conferences that are considered the two best conferences in all of college football: The SEC and the Big 12. When it comes to total offensive yards, UC has 1,142 which ranks third in the nation behind #1 Florida and #2 Auburn. The #4 team is Kansas.
Cincinnati being so highly ranked offensively and in such good company screams "we deserve respect" not only for the Bearcats but for the Big East. UC has shown the entire nation that they are no longer a team to look past. Any team that does so could find themselves wondering what happened on Sunday morning.