Scott Macmann
2009 BIG EAST FOOTBALL PREVIEW: CINCINNATI
BEARCATS CAN’T GET NO RESPECT
by Scott Macmann
Is Cincinnati the Rodney Dangerfield of college football? You know, “no respect”….?
The Bearcats have now finished in the Top 25 two seasons in a row but once again they are locked out of the pre-season polls.
The Bearcats won last season’s Big East football championship with a 6-1 conference record, 11-2 overall regular season. They return one of the conference’s and nation’s most dynamic offenses largely intact. They have defeated their former nemeses Pittsburgh, Louisville and West Virginia. Moreover, since September 23, 2006, when they had lost to Pitt, Ohio State and Virginia Tech in back to back to back games to open up the season, the Bearcats have reeled off a record of 28 wins and just 8 losses (Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, UConn, Louisville-2, Pitt, WVU-2). The Cincinnati Bearcats should not be a surprise to anyone or overlooked anymore.
