WEBVTT - Lance with Scott Springer 10/2/26 0:00:04.269 --> 0:00:08.890 620-700-WLW, the show R & L Carrier Sports Talk presented 0:00:08.910 --> 0:00:10.550 by Kelsey Chevrolet. 0:00:11.250 --> 0:00:14.190 It is hosted by me, Lance McAllister. It's produced by 0:00:14.250 --> 0:00:14.830 Russ Jackson. 0:00:15.390 --> 0:00:17.840 And Russ there to remind me that I originally wanted 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:19.820 to bump in with what we call a sound. 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:26.480 Broken up by Cincinnati as the clock hits zero. Cincinnati 0:00:26.980 --> 0:00:32.519 improves to 4-0 by winning its Big 12 opener 31-26. 0:00:32.990 --> 0:00:37.190 The magic of Nip at Night continues. 0:00:39.300 --> 0:00:41.810 4-0 Bearcats in Tucson. 0:00:41.850 --> 0:00:43.890 It'll be a late kick in the desert tomorrow night 0:00:44.150 --> 0:00:47.300 at 11 o'clock Cincinnati time versus the Arizona Wildcats on 0:00:47.340 --> 0:00:52.200 the scene early. To adjust his body clock, from the Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.690 Scott Springer. Are you currently hanging out with cactus? Is 0:00:55.700 --> 0:00:56.970 there a cactus nearby? 0:00:58.020 --> 0:01:01.510 Yeah, yeah. I went to the Saguaro National Park because 0:01:01.590 --> 0:01:05.230 old guys like me, you can get this lifetime park pass, 0:01:05.750 --> 0:01:07.179 and then it's like $ 75. 0:01:06.860 --> 0:01:07.480 $ 80. 0:01:07.170 --> 0:01:09.530 You might as well use it. I've had it for 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:13.679 a handful of years. And so when I go to Colorado, 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.540 I hit the Rocky Mountain Park, and then my wife 0:01:16.580 --> 0:01:18.640 and I have hit some here and there, so it's... 0:01:19.250 --> 0:01:22.130 You know, one of the luxuries of being elderly, which 0:01:22.270 --> 0:01:23.050 you're finding out. 0:01:23.190 --> 0:01:26.050 Yeah, I am. And we may have to talk about 0:01:26.090 --> 0:01:28.520 that pass. I may have to get that. So you're 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:32.080 out early. The team got out early. And explain Scott's 0:01:32.380 --> 0:01:35.500 plan and the idea for dealing with the time change 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:36.780 and the late kick with his players. 0:01:38.170 --> 0:01:41.030 Well, I've not owned a UC team to do this before, 0:01:41.150 --> 0:01:44.050 but I guess the idea was they practiced Thursday, got 0:01:44.069 --> 0:01:46.490 them out here, tried to keep them up and get 0:01:46.510 --> 0:01:48.860 them more used to the late night and all. Although 0:01:48.890 --> 0:01:51.210 in my book, most of these kids are up to 1, 0:01:51.210 --> 0:01:51.640 2 a.m. 0:01:51.740 --> 0:01:52.059 Anyway. 0:01:54.010 --> 0:01:55.070 I think they'll be fine. 0:01:55.570 --> 0:01:56.170 I don't know. 0:01:56.230 --> 0:01:59.550 They've played games. It's just they haven't had good records 0:01:59.610 --> 0:02:02.560 come in playing games in mountain time. You go back 0:02:02.590 --> 0:02:05.480 to 23 in BYU, that was kind of a tight 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.260 win where you had some turnovers. Obviously, last year against Utah, 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.440 that didn't work out so well. The year before in 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:16.470 Colorado was 24. You had the Heisman winner and Shador Sanders. 0:02:16.530 --> 0:02:19.950 That didn't work out very well. So they've not had 0:02:20.930 --> 0:02:23.290 a time zone type win. You've got to go back 0:02:23.330 --> 0:02:26.770 to Luke Fickle's second season, 2018, and that was West 0:02:26.810 --> 0:02:31.030 Coast at UCLA, and that was when everyone discovered Desmond 0:02:31.050 --> 0:02:31.709 Ritter that day. 0:02:32.990 --> 0:02:37.150 This run game, offensive line, running backs, wide receivers blocking downfield, 0:02:37.270 --> 0:02:39.290 it is a monster rushing attack. 0:02:39.380 --> 0:02:39.639 Isn't it? 0:02:40.810 --> 0:02:44.320 Oh, yeah. Well, you get 271 yards against Kansas State, 0:02:44.380 --> 0:02:48.200 and they're only allowing 96 coming into that game. Now, 0:02:48.220 --> 0:02:51.600 this rush defense here, Arizona is ranked pretty good as well. 0:02:51.620 --> 0:02:53.840 I think number 13 in the country out of like 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.830 138 teams, UC has the number seven rushing offense. So 0:02:58.130 --> 0:03:01.350 something's got to give. Satterfield's going to try to run 0:03:01.370 --> 0:03:03.470 the ball, obviously. I think they're going to have to 0:03:03.490 --> 0:03:04.610 throw some downfield. 0:03:04.630 --> 0:03:05.010 J.C. 0:03:05.030 --> 0:03:07.790 French only threw the ball recently. 13 times last week 0:03:07.850 --> 0:03:10.650 against the Miami Redhawks. He threw it well over 40. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.740 But I don't think it could be one-dimensional. But, you know, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.440 if you're one-dimensional and it works, then it's effective. If 0:03:17.500 --> 0:03:19.460 you can get those guys to block, if you get 0:03:19.460 --> 0:03:22.320 270 yards, I like your chances. 0:03:22.740 --> 0:03:25.830 You hit on the perfect follow-up because J.C. French has 0:03:25.850 --> 0:03:30.149 been good. 75% completion percentage, six TDs, no interceptions, was 0:03:30.150 --> 0:03:35.460 8 of 13 Saturday night. Are they okay if he's 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.780 forced to sling it more on Saturday night? 0:03:38.980 --> 0:03:41.280 Well, if you look at what he did at Georgia Southern, 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.970 he did throw for more yards than Brendan Sursby, albeit 0:03:44.450 --> 0:03:46.910 in the Sun Belt. He looked decent throwing the ball 0:03:46.950 --> 0:03:49.070 against Miami. He looked decent throwing the ball in the 0:03:49.110 --> 0:03:53.170 second game. He didn't have to throw it as much 0:03:53.350 --> 0:03:56.290 against Kansas State, and he's fine with that. And I 0:03:56.330 --> 0:04:00.630 think Scott Satterfield likes him taking the shorter, more conservative 0:04:00.650 --> 0:04:04.390 shots route sometimes rather than Sorsby every now and then 0:04:04.430 --> 0:04:06.350 would try to fit one end that maybe wasn't going 0:04:06.370 --> 0:04:09.650 to fit or try to hit somebody long that wasn't open. 0:04:10.050 --> 0:04:12.280 You know, it helped to have Cyrus Allen, an NFL 0:04:12.310 --> 0:04:15.880 receiver there, but these guys aren't bad. I mean, JV Gibson, 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.280 actually the last game was the first game he didn't 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.960 score a touchdown. Malachi Henry has done a great job 0:04:22.020 --> 0:04:25.250 and he's the son of a coach and, you know, 0:04:25.290 --> 0:04:27.390 he had a great punt return. He's blocked well and 0:04:27.410 --> 0:04:30.180 then he had the great reception and So eight out 0:04:30.220 --> 0:04:32.220 of 13 and you win, I think they'll take it. 0:04:32.610 --> 0:04:35.010 I would have never thought they'd take away the legs 0:04:35.050 --> 0:04:37.910 of Avery Johnson, the K-State quarterback, last week and have 0:04:37.930 --> 0:04:40.990 him throw 50 times. But, man, this Nate Woody defense, 0:04:41.010 --> 0:04:45.240 they're forcing turnovers. They're doing what Bearcat fans have been craving. 0:04:46.380 --> 0:04:48.460 Well, they've been better in the second half. You know, 0:04:48.540 --> 0:04:50.960 obviously against Miami, that was not very fun in the 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.350 first half. That kind of allows it. So whatever you 0:04:54.380 --> 0:04:56.490 had there, just flush that down the toilet and go 0:04:56.529 --> 0:04:59.910 to plan B. But plan B, you outscored him 28-3 0:04:59.930 --> 0:05:02.410 in the second half. You played a better second half 0:05:02.430 --> 0:05:05.710 against Kansas State coming back. And actually in the other games, 0:05:05.790 --> 0:05:08.130 if you look at them, second half defense has been good. 0:05:08.210 --> 0:05:12.029 So the adjustments have been right there. This guy's tough. 0:05:12.089 --> 0:05:14.990 Noah Fafita tore him up last year. That was going 0:05:15.010 --> 0:05:19.040 against the old 3-3-5 where you're allowing this pocket passer 0:05:19.060 --> 0:05:21.700 to just pick you apart. And they sacked him four times, 0:05:21.779 --> 0:05:22.500 and he still won. 0:05:23.500 --> 0:05:24.540 He's tough. 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.960 He's a little dude. I interviewed him at Big 12 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.700 Media Days. They list him 5'10. He's probably about 5'8. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.809 But it doesn't matter if he's finding receivers. It doesn't 0:05:33.850 --> 0:05:36.710 matter how tall he is. But I think they're going 0:05:36.730 --> 0:05:39.750 to need some turnovers to have any chance. in this game. 0:05:39.930 --> 0:05:41.690 Well, they've certainly got the right guy to do it. 0:05:41.690 --> 0:05:44.030 I love the comment by Scott on his coaching show 0:05:44.050 --> 0:05:45.930 earlier in the week. I think he said, we feel 0:05:45.990 --> 0:05:48.849 if Antoine Peake Jr. gets anywhere near the ball, there's 0:05:48.890 --> 0:05:52.120 a chance it's coming out. For those who don't understand 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.360 the impact, he's got three in the last four games 0:05:55.380 --> 0:05:56.820 or whatever it is, nine for his career. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:57.840 We know what his dad did. 0:05:57.900 --> 0:06:01.340 It's a family of noses for the football. 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:01.960 It's incredible. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.859 Yeah, and at the Miami game, there was a Brown 0:06:05.900 --> 0:06:08.339 scout there, and he told me he was there looking 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.440 at Teague, and I told him, I said, watch him. 0:06:10.460 --> 0:06:13.400 He's got a knack for finding the ball and making 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.430 the hit that disrupts the ball, and they get it, 0:06:16.460 --> 0:06:18.160 and sure enough, he did. So I don't know if 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.540 that's going to help him later on. Actually, I had 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.560 to fly through Dallas this morning. His mother was on 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.240 my flight to Dallas. She had an earlier flight out 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.080 here to Tucson, but when you see somebody with a 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:34.370 Pete Jr. shirt, number three, in Dallas, it's pretty easy 0:06:34.410 --> 0:06:35.589 to narrow down who it is. 0:06:35.830 --> 0:06:36.210 No doubt. 0:06:36.230 --> 0:06:36.929 She's awfully proud. 0:06:37.630 --> 0:06:39.770 No doubt about that. All right, you are out there. 0:06:39.810 --> 0:06:41.130 You're going to be all over this. 0:06:41.510 --> 0:06:43.910 Tell listeners how they can follow as the game unfolds 0:06:43.930 --> 0:06:45.730 and then all the post-game reactions. 0:06:47.060 --> 0:06:49.060 All right. If you want to go on X, it's 0:06:49.300 --> 0:06:53.000 S Springer Sports Cincinnati dot com. We do a live 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.430 blog and update the game. So either way, you can 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.570 catch updates there. If you're up, have some coffee and 0:06:59.589 --> 0:07:02.670 donuts at 2 a.m. We'll have some form of a 0:07:02.690 --> 0:07:05.090 story up there for you. Don't know how it's. 0:07:05.010 --> 0:07:05.430 Going to be. 0:07:05.450 --> 0:07:09.010 I this is one way you got to be honest. 0:07:09.410 --> 0:07:11.610 I think this is a tough one. And I picked 0:07:11.670 --> 0:07:14.230 Arizona to win, but you never know. If you can 0:07:14.270 --> 0:07:16.350 get through this one, that kind of changes a lot 0:07:16.390 --> 0:07:19.510 of folks' opinions. But I thought it was important for 0:07:19.540 --> 0:07:21.820 them to start 4-0 because you look at the next 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.760 state and you've got four top 25 teams. And that's 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.320 not counting Arizona or West Virginia. 0:07:26.860 --> 0:07:30.100 Yeah, difficult path ahead. I appreciate the time, as always. 0:07:30.140 --> 0:07:30.660 Thank you, sir. 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.220 All right, I'm hitting the pool. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.920 All right, sounds like a plan. There you go, Scott Springer, 0:07:35.980 --> 0:07:36.480 checking in from. 0:07:36.500 --> 0:07:37.500 I wouldn't do that to anybody. 0:07:38.700 --> 0:07:41.790 Thank you, sir. Scott Springer checking in from Tucson. 0:07:41.810 --> 0:07:46.230 Bearcats and Wildcats, 11 o'clock kick, 10 o'clock pregame here 0:07:46.290 --> 0:07:51.130 on 700 WLW. Bearcats 4-0 for the first time since 2021. 0:07:51.130 --> 0:07:53.890 They've gotten themselves into a bit of a bind the 0:07:53.940 --> 0:07:57.220 last two games. They've figured their way out. They've overcome 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:03.960 double-digit deficits in back-to-back games. First time that's happened since 2011. 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:05.820 But to Scott's point about how the second half has 0:08:05.860 --> 0:08:11.510 been better, they're outscoring opponents 107-1. 227 in the second 0:08:11.550 --> 0:08:14.270 half this year and still i i and it is 0:08:14.330 --> 0:08:17.150 not a misprint uc's running back and they went for 0:08:17.190 --> 0:08:22.650 what 271 last week colt tabb leads the country rushing 0:08:22.770 --> 0:08:27.600 for 11.1 yards per carry he's rushing for a first 0:08:27.690 --> 0:08:31.440 down plus every time he carries the football scott mentioned 0:08:31.700 --> 0:08:34.380 noah fafita my goodness the arizona quarterback seems like he's 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.140 been around forever He's put up 84 touchdowns at over 0:08:38.140 --> 0:08:42.480 10,000 yards passing in his career. Among active college quarterbacks, 0:08:42.500 --> 0:08:46.380 he's number one in touchdowns, and he's number two in 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.740 passing yards. And that Arizona offense, they are really, really, 0:08:49.980 --> 0:08:52.559 really good at converting on third down. I think I 0:08:52.580 --> 0:08:54.300 saw on the notes they are number six in the 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:59.700 country at over 56%. I mentioned Ohio State has Iowa 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.420 on the road against Iowa for a 330 kick tomorrow. 0:09:03.590 --> 0:09:04.260 That's the 70th time. 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.719 The Ohio State Buckeyes have been part of the ESPN 0:09:08.780 --> 0:09:12.280 College Game Day matchup. That is the most of any 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.300 team in the country. And I was talking about this 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.020 with Rock last night on the Roundtable show. Jeremiah Smith 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:22.240 right now, and it's like video game numbers, is on 0:09:22.300 --> 0:09:30.830 pace for 121 catches, 2,385 yards, and 26 touchdowns. See 0:09:30.850 --> 0:09:33.829 what the Buckeyes do against pretty dang good Iowa defense. 0:09:34.150 --> 0:09:37.050 They are allowing just eight points a game, leading the 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.559 nation in scoring. If you missed the headlines, a real 0:09:39.620 --> 0:09:42.260 bummer for the Miami Redhawks. They have lost their starting quarterback. 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:46.060 Second starting quarterback of the year lost, David McComb, who 0:09:46.179 --> 0:09:49.840 had seven touchdowns, one interception this year, and was averaging 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:54.969 17.3 yards per completion. They get an 0-4 Eddie George-led 0:09:55.010 --> 0:09:58.250 Bowling Green Falcons team on Saturday. 0:09:58.270 --> 0:10:00.480 All right, still ahead. We'll take a to the hoop. 0:10:01.150 --> 0:10:09.720 A little basketball, a little NKU Norse activity. 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.110 They've got a Scoops for Hoops. I was pausing. 0:10:13.130 --> 0:10:15.270 I couldn't remember if they call it Scoops for Hoops 0:10:15.330 --> 0:10:18.010 or Hoops for Scoops. I guess Scoops for Hoops makes 0:10:18.030 --> 0:10:20.429 the most sense, so we'll go with that. Darren Horn 0:10:20.450 --> 0:10:23.700 shakes it after news. It's R & L Carrier Sports Talk. 0:10:23.750 --> 0:10:26.900 I'll be all right, I think. Presented by Kelsey Chevrolet, 0:10:26.900 --> 0:10:27.100 700 WLW.