Speaker 1: Seven point fifty seven in the Queen City of Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: chick Ludwigs seven hundred WLW. This is Sports Talk. Joe
Speaker 1: Waddell is tonight's producer. We're going all the way to
Speaker 1: nine o'clock tonight, and congratulations are in order for the
Speaker 1: University of Cincinnati Bearcats. They defeated the Baylor Bears today
Speaker 1: forty one to twenty at Nippert Stadium on homecoming and
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame weekend. It's UC's seventh consecutive victory, pushing
Speaker 1: their record to seven and one overall and five and
Speaker 1: oh in the Big Twelve, and it also allows them
Speaker 1: to remain atop the Big Twelve conference standings with the
Speaker 1: BYU Cougars, who scored a come from behind forty one
Speaker 1: to twenty seven victory at Iowa State. But don't be
Speaker 1: deceived by the lopsided final score today at Nippert, there
Speaker 1: were signs pointing to a nail biting ending is Baylor
Speaker 1: stormed back from a twenty four to nothing deficit to
Speaker 1: pour within twenty seven to twenty early in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: but when the Bearcats desperately needed a big scoring drive
Speaker 1: the most to swing the momentum, back in their favor.
Speaker 1: They got it with a twelve play, seventy five yard
Speaker 1: march that quarterback Brendan Soresby finished with a twenty three
Speaker 1: yard touchdown run. And on that drive that chewed up
Speaker 1: seven minutes twenty one seconds, u Se converted a third
Speaker 1: and nine pass to Noah Jennings for a first down.
Speaker 1: Evan Pryor ran for twelve yards. Tywee Walker converted a
Speaker 1: first down on a brutal fourth and one yard run,
Speaker 1: and then Soresby worked his magic.
Speaker 2: His TD gave you see a.
Speaker 1: Thirty four to twenty lead, and then baylors Cole Wilson
Speaker 1: fumbled the ensuing kickoff and a helmet to ball hit
Speaker 1: by Tayden Barnes that Jakwan Sanks recovered. Three plays later,
Speaker 1: Soresby rifled an eight yard TD passed to Isaiah Johnson
Speaker 1: and the Bearcats win forty one to twenty. Hey, I've
Speaker 1: got my coffee, I've got my computer. All I need
Speaker 1: is you at five one, three, seven, four, nine, seven thousand,
Speaker 1: one eight hundred, the Big one when we come back.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Knippert's half brothers going to join us. Alfred Knippert
Speaker 1: from Nashville Tennessee. When we return. This is Chick Ludwig
Speaker 1: Sports Talk on seven hundred WLW Jesse eight oh eight
Speaker 1: in the Queens City of Cincinnati. Chick Lodwig, seven hundred WLW.
Speaker 1: This is Sports Talk. Joe Waddelle is tonight's producer. We
Speaker 1: are going all the way to nine o'clock when Donna
Speaker 1: d takes over these airwaves. Well, congratulations to the University
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati Bearcats forty one to twenty winners today over
Speaker 1: Baylor at Knippert Stadium. And we all know that Knippert
Speaker 1: Stadium is named after the immortal Jimmy Nippert, the most
Speaker 1: beloved player in UC history, who died on Christmas morning
Speaker 1: nineteen twenty three after sustaining a spike wound injury against
Speaker 1: Miami in the final game of that sea.
Speaker 2: Joining us now.
Speaker 1: Is Jimmy Knippert's half brother, attorney Alfred Nippert in Nashville. Alfred,
Speaker 1: you were watching today, what'd you think?
Speaker 3: Absolutely? Well, that was Thank you very much Jack for
Speaker 3: the introduction. But oh, I tell you those Bearricats are
Speaker 3: an exciting team. And if if there was ever a
Speaker 3: clinic on why not to go for two point conversions? Yeah,
Speaker 3: this game was the absolute comb up. Here's an excellent
Speaker 3: team Baylor. The only time they got the Clint conversion
Speaker 3: was when the Bearcats kept giving him extra chances to
Speaker 3: make it. Yes, out of what what was it they
Speaker 3: because I think there was one other?
Speaker 2: Uh, they missed it twice? Yeah, oh yeah, flags everywhere
Speaker 2: that kept one. Yeah, kept creeping closer to the goal line.
Speaker 3: Yes, they tried it one, then they tried it again
Speaker 3: and the second time, wasn't there a flag? And yeah,
Speaker 3: and that one in their second attempt and they didn't
Speaker 3: make it. So that's three attempts they didn't make it.
Speaker 3: Then they tried a fourth time and a fifth time,
Speaker 3: so one out of six they make it. Yes's the
Speaker 3: odds of getting a two point conversion. Had they gone
Speaker 3: for the single kick each time, they would have had
Speaker 3: twenty one points instead of twenty.
Speaker 1: Right, because it was it became twenty four to six,
Speaker 1: then twenty seven to twelve, and uh yeah, those were
Speaker 1: those were critical. Hey, just kick the extra point you're
Speaker 1: within twenty four to seven and twenty seven to thirteen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: instead of keep you know, keeping your team behind the
Speaker 1: eight ball there, Alfred.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I mean when they were twenty one
Speaker 3: twenty seven. They were within a such down.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, yes, And I wrote down the drives here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was twenty four to nothing, you see. And then
Speaker 1: eleven place seventy five yards before the half ended, then
Speaker 1: nine play seventy nine yards in the third quarter, then
Speaker 1: a twelve play seventy four yard drive to make it
Speaker 1: twenty seven to twenty.
Speaker 2: And I'm sitting here. I wasn't sitting.
Speaker 1: I was up pacing around this seven hundred WLW studio wondering,
Speaker 1: is you see coin to lose this game with a
Speaker 1: twenty four to zing lead.
Speaker 2: But some great things happened down.
Speaker 3: The stretch, well you know, And again it shows that
Speaker 3: the need for playing fundamental sound football and don't make
Speaker 3: the mistakes that move the sticks for the other team.
Speaker 3: Taylor made a mistake at the very beginning of the game,
Speaker 3: and I think it set the tone where they kept
Speaker 3: a drive alive with the pass interfairance correct and that
Speaker 3: allowed you see, to start getting ahead and to start
Speaker 3: having the long term momentum in their favor. That that
Speaker 3: was probably the most critical call of the whole game.
Speaker 2: And it got pretty sure that yeah, it.
Speaker 3: Got There were a whole series of calls that went
Speaker 3: against you see, but by then the game was already
Speaker 3: rolling against Baylor.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, there were well two pass interference against Matthew McDoom,
Speaker 1: at least two or three against the Ormani Arnold. So
Speaker 1: a cornerback has to get his head turned around. If
Speaker 1: he's got his hands on the receiver and his back turned,
Speaker 1: you're going to get a flag.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, even if it's not affecting the play,
Speaker 3: the balls unctchable, they've they've got to throw the flag,
Speaker 3: which is what happened in that one in the end zone.
Speaker 2: Absolutely right.
Speaker 1: But when UCEE needed when it was twenty seven to twenty,
Speaker 1: when they needed that drive, it came through in a
Speaker 1: huge third and nine passed from Brendan Sorosby to Noah
Speaker 1: Jennings and then Tywe Walker fourth and one, just grinding
Speaker 1: out those short yardages and then of course Soresby with
Speaker 1: the twenty three yard scoring run that allowed us all
Speaker 1: to breathe with six thirteen to go.
Speaker 3: Absolutely in that fourth down play, when you look at
Speaker 3: it again, it was because he was on top of
Speaker 3: the Baylor player. Had he been on the ground, that'd
Speaker 3: have been stopped. But he was on top of a
Speaker 3: Baylor player.
Speaker 1: Well, Alfred Knippert is joining us here in Alfred, you
Speaker 1: were at Knippert Stadium a year ago celebrating the one
Speaker 1: hundredth anniversary of this incredible venue. It's called the Wrigley
Speaker 1: Field of college Football. It seats forty twenty four. Every
Speaker 1: seat was taken today. What's it like for somebody who
Speaker 1: has never been to Nippert for a game like this today?
Speaker 2: What's that atmosphere like?
Speaker 3: There are very few stadiums that are old enough to
Speaker 3: capture that feel of a century ago, and Knippert Stadium,
Speaker 3: although it's had some evolutions, it still has that feel
Speaker 3: of when the game was a classic, but before it
Speaker 3: was hyped up so much, before there was television where
Speaker 3: games were uh transmitted to other city by telegraph and
Speaker 3: reconstructed by by announcers and other cities. It was. It
Speaker 3: was an amazing thing. The announcer didn't announce live, he
Speaker 3: actually tapped out the message on a on a telegraph
Speaker 3: key and another announcer another city, recreated from the telegraph.
Speaker 1: That's right, creating it, making making it sound as interesting
Speaker 1: and as exciting as possible.
Speaker 3: Yes, and Knippert Stadium dates from that era and and
Speaker 3: you do get that feel when you come in you
Speaker 3: see all the fancy buildings, and then you realize when
Speaker 3: you see the printwork, this has been here a while,
Speaker 3: This has got some history. This is important, and it
Speaker 3: has a tradition, and you don't have that tradition in
Speaker 3: most ballparks anymore. They've all been torn down or they're
Speaker 3: stadiums or ballparks or arenas. There aren't many left from
Speaker 3: one hundred years. So it's an amazing experience. It was
Speaker 3: certainly an amazing overwhelmed. I keep using the word amazing.
Speaker 3: It was. It was odd aspiring to be down there
Speaker 3: on the field and hear the roar of that crowd.
Speaker 3: There are very few stadiums or facilities in general that
Speaker 3: can generate the kind of noise that Niffert.
Speaker 1: Us with just forty plus thousand spectators. And listening to
Speaker 1: the Scott Saderfield Show, when the players come in on
Speaker 1: that show and they talk about just how cool it
Speaker 1: is and how exciting it is to play in that venue.
Speaker 3: Well, I'm glad they enjoyed. I've enjoyed being a peripheral
Speaker 3: part of it for for the decades that I lived in.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and Alfred Wow, great family history of course, and
Speaker 1: I know Cincinnati is very important to your uh, to
Speaker 1: your heritage. Your other half brother Lewis owned the Reds
Speaker 1: at a very critical time in history.
Speaker 3: Well, he owned He was the key player in the
Speaker 3: Reds and and the Bengals. He owned a piece of
Speaker 3: the Bengals as well, because when city like Cincinnati was
Speaker 3: on the verge of losing it's too franchise, well losing
Speaker 3: its Red franchise and not getting a pro football franchise,
Speaker 3: and a group of very civic minded citizens, my brother
Speaker 3: was included, came together and saved the Reds from going away.
Speaker 3: Because at that time, you couldn't read a scorecard or
Speaker 3: a box score listed a paper without a ram McNally
Speaker 3: in your hand to see where's this team? Okay, you're saying,
Speaker 3: it's the analytics? What what what city is it in? Is
Speaker 3: it in Philadelphia? Is it in Kansas City? Is an Oakland?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Which city is it? Grabbed me a ram McNelly and I'll.
Speaker 1: Tell you, uh.
Speaker 3: And and they saved that the team for Cincinnati. And
Speaker 3: when he sold the Reds, unlike many owners who are
Speaker 3: just pocketed book the money and moved on, he and
Speaker 3: his wife Louise, took some money and put it into
Speaker 3: a trust for the city of Cincinnati. And sometimes you'll
Speaker 3: you'll see when there are events on Fountain Square that
Speaker 3: the funds come from the L and L Trust, that's
Speaker 3: Lewis and Louis trust that they set up. And they
Speaker 3: didn't do it to wave their wave the flag or
Speaker 3: beat their chest and say how good am I. Most
Speaker 3: people are unaware of what that is and and and that,
Speaker 3: and that came from what he saw with the family
Speaker 3: putting the money up to honor his brother with Hifford Stadium,
Speaker 3: to UH take care of people generally with the Elizabeth
Speaker 3: Gamble Deek and his home Association which is now known
Speaker 3: as christ Hospital. UH and many other had the Professta Hospital,
Speaker 3: but as the base had had a doorway which had
Speaker 3: the name Nippered overt honoring UH his grandfather and my
Speaker 3: grandfather on my father's side of the Reverend Ludig Knippert,
Speaker 3: who had saved German Methodism in in in Switzerland and
Speaker 3: and part of Germany. So he had seen the family
Speaker 3: do service for others, and that was why I think
Speaker 3: he continued forward in terms of trying to pay to
Speaker 3: the Reds and bringing a pro football to Sin today.
Speaker 1: And speaking of that, Alfred Knippert, the half brother of
Speaker 1: both Lewis and Jimmy Nippert. When the Bengals were born,
Speaker 1: I know that they wanted to get into the NFL.
Speaker 1: And my understanding is that Pete Roselle, the commissioner, said, Hey,
Speaker 1: join the AFL for two years. We're going to merge
Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy and we'll have a AFC in an
Speaker 1: NFC and we'll have the Bengals in the National Football
Speaker 1: League at that point. So is that your understanding to yeah,
Speaker 1: wait two years and yeah, and then and then they
Speaker 1: needed three teams. They needed three teams from the NFL
Speaker 1: to join the AFC, and yeah, Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: joined the AFC, thank goodness.
Speaker 2: And they got.
Speaker 1: Rewarded handsomely for it, either two or three million dollars
Speaker 1: to join the a f C, and I know the
Speaker 1: fans were.
Speaker 2: Just up in arms.
Speaker 3: Yeah, which was a lot of money for teams at
Speaker 3: that time. And now it's all fungible. It doesn't make
Speaker 3: any difference which side of the file you're on.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and Alfred, it's always interesting and just a joy
Speaker 1: to talk to you with all the history in that
Speaker 1: in that brain of yours.
Speaker 3: Well, it's a delight to be on your program, and
Speaker 3: it's a it's a it's wonderful that you share your knowledge,
Speaker 3: experience and insights with all the people who are fortunate
Speaker 3: enough to be within the radius of your broadcast, because
Speaker 3: there aren't many broadcasters that have the range of knowledge
Speaker 3: and experience that you do, not only in the in
Speaker 3: the professional leagues, which you do with the Reds and Bengals,
Speaker 3: bute with college sports, and and I know that you
Speaker 3: referee for many, many or youth programs, And what would
Speaker 3: you give back because whatever they pay restaurant around the
Speaker 3: field on Saturday night or Sunday morning early and whatever
Speaker 3: weather is out there is certainly not enough. Uh.
Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate that.
Speaker 3: It's done because of the love of the games, the
Speaker 3: love of the sport, and the opportunity to see young
Speaker 3: people have an opportunity to do something with their lives.
Speaker 3: And what you give back. People don't say enough about that.
Speaker 3: And certainly you would never blow your own hor which
Speaker 3: is the same story of my brother.
Speaker 1: He would never blow his Alfred Nippert Live from Nashville, Tennessee,
Speaker 1: can't thank you enough for joining us tonight. Great stuff, Alfred,
Speaker 1: and we will be in touch all the best of
Speaker 1: you and.
Speaker 2: Can't thank you all right your tuser by way.
Speaker 1: Hey, I put the coffee on and I've got my coffee.
Speaker 1: I've got my computer. All I need is you. That's
Speaker 1: open up the phone lines. You see Bearcats Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame weekend, big victory today over Baylor.
Speaker 2: Gosh, we're good enough to dream about Dallas and possibly
Speaker 2: a national championship. Am I crazy?
Speaker 1: Five one three, seven, four nine, seven thousand, one, eight
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Speaker 1: What an incredible weekend we have here in Cincinnati sports
Speaker 1: and for me selfishly, it all started on Friday night
Speaker 1: when number one ranked Elder, my alma mater, defeated Michigan
Speaker 1: based day le Salle High School thirty five to seven.
Speaker 1: And it was the Elder Panthers four hundredth victory in
Speaker 1: the Pit Elder Stadium, and it marked Elder's ten and
Speaker 1: oh season, the fourth time the program has gone ten
Speaker 1: and oh nineteen fifty four, nineteen eighty nine, ninety one,
Speaker 1: and this year twenty twenty five. In congratulations to Doug
Speaker 1: Ramsey twenty nine plus years heading this program, and he's
Speaker 1: never had an undefeated ten and oh regular season until
Speaker 1: this year. And then you see goes out and defeats
Speaker 1: Baylor today at Knippert Stadium forty one to twenty in
Speaker 1: a game that was really closer than that final score,
Speaker 1: because you see blew out to a twenty four to
Speaker 1: zer in lead and Baylor pulled within twenty seven to
Speaker 1: twenty early in the fourth quarter. You see got the
Speaker 1: drive and the touchdown at Need with six thirteen to go,
Speaker 1: and then caused the fumble, recovered the fumble, and then
Speaker 1: Brendan Soresby threw another touchdown pass for the forty one
Speaker 1: to twenty victory. And tomorrow at pay Corpse Stadium, it's
Speaker 1: the Ring of Honor game against the New York Jets
Speaker 1: one o'clock, featuring inductees Dave Lapham and Leapin' Lamar Parrish.
Speaker 1: And then on Monday, FC Cincinnati hosts the Columbus Crew
Speaker 1: at six forty five at TQL Stadium in the MLS
Speaker 1: Cup Playoffs, Round one, best of three series. Does it
Speaker 1: get any better than this unless the Reds would be
Speaker 1: in the World Series. Hey at Sports Talk with your
Speaker 1: host Chick Ludwig. The numbers to dial five one, three,
Speaker 1: seven four, nine, seven thousand, one, eight hundred the Big.
Speaker 2: One on seven hundred WLW.
Speaker 1: Eight thirty seven in the city of Cincinnati. Chick Ludwig,
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Sports Talk. We're going till nine o'clock
Speaker 1: tonight and then Donna d takes you all the way
Speaker 1: till midnight tonight.
Speaker 2: Just saw Donna in the uh.
Speaker 1: Outside the newsroom here and she's all excited about tonight's show,
Speaker 1: and so am I. I will be listening on my
Speaker 1: way back to the Miamisburg war Room. Well, we're talking
Speaker 1: U see football here and we're gonna mention the the
Speaker 1: Ring of Honor. I want to talk a little bit
Speaker 1: about Dave Lapham and leaping Lamar Paris here in a minute.
Speaker 2: But first let's go out to the phones.
Speaker 1: Richard is in Dayton, Dick, Dick, what's going on tonight?
Speaker 5: Well, you know you have to say something though, after
Speaker 5: that week ago on Thursday, what a victory that was,
Speaker 5: Chick I'm telling you great victory, you know.
Speaker 1: Yes, and what oh yeah, we're talking Bengals here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just had a little uh yeah, oh it was.
Speaker 1: It was huge. And now the toast of the town
Speaker 1: is Joe Flacco. Can they keep it going? Here's what
Speaker 1: worries me, Dick, because I'm a worrier the Bengals. The
Speaker 1: Bengals play to their competition, to the level of their competition.
Speaker 2: They raised their level against Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: Now now they play the zero to seven New York Jets,
Speaker 1: and they better put their foot on the Jets' throat
Speaker 1: early and take them out of this game and get
Speaker 1: back to four and four and then with the arrow
Speaker 1: pointing upward the remainder of the season.
Speaker 5: Yes, and you know another thing, congratulations. I got to
Speaker 5: meet him at Barley korn Is about ten years ago.
Speaker 5: I talked to him, and Dave Lapham deserves he's a
Speaker 5: pretty good color announcer.
Speaker 2: You know, Hey, he's a legend.
Speaker 1: He's a legend that's been involved with the and affiliated
Speaker 1: with the Bengals as a player in broadcaster for fifty
Speaker 1: plus years.
Speaker 2: Lap lap is the best.
Speaker 5: And congratulations to the Bearcats, buddy. How about that huge?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Forty one to twenty over Baylor, and you know, you
Speaker 1: think about the Big Twelve and they're tied here atop
Speaker 1: the conference standings with BYU. They're on a collision course
Speaker 1: to meet later this season and hopefully ESPN game Day
Speaker 1: will be in town.
Speaker 2: Would that be unreal? Again?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I wanted to tell you something too. Every Tuesday,
Speaker 5: I play in a little group. It's called the Star
Speaker 5: City Dollshmers, okay in the direction, and we played down
Speaker 5: by the tring track there and I always enjoy it
Speaker 5: going in and we play a couple hours and she
Speaker 5: wants to book me. It's for some concerts, so you know,
Speaker 5: maybe I'll see you down there.
Speaker 1: This sometimes all fantastic, Dick, And that sounds great, man, Hey,
Speaker 1: appreciate you as always.
Speaker 5: Okay, have a good day, all.
Speaker 1: Right, fantastic. Well, there's all kinds of ways to win
Speaker 1: a football game.
Speaker 4: Okay.
Speaker 1: When I think of Brandon Soresby, Brendan Sorosby of the
Speaker 1: University of Cincinnati, I think of that arm, But how
Speaker 1: about his legs and how about the running game? Being
Speaker 1: the best friend of a quarterback. Brendan Soresby only threw
Speaker 1: twenty one passes today, thirteen of twenty one for a
Speaker 1: one hundred and eleven yards, but two of them were
Speaker 1: for touchdowns and UC erupted for two hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: seven rushing yards on forty nine carries for a five
Speaker 1: point four yard average. How fantastic is that? And Brendan
Speaker 1: Soresby played a huge role in that running game. Two
Speaker 1: and I also and they give credit to the special
Speaker 1: teams of UC, especially Steven Russknack the kicker. He hasn't
Speaker 1: missed an extra point or a field goal this year.
Speaker 1: He's perfect on the season, eleven field goals and all
Speaker 1: of his extra points. And there was really only one
Speaker 1: bummer today, the only unfortunate aspect of today's forty one
Speaker 1: to twenty victory over the Baylor Bears. The Bearcats were
Speaker 1: thirty three for thirty three, scoring touchdowns and field goals
Speaker 1: in the red zone. Every trip inside the red zone
Speaker 1: they scored until the final drive when they got the
Speaker 1: ball back Chance Williams, a third string running back who
Speaker 1: got some action today. Evan Pryor got banged up a
Speaker 1: little bit, had to go into the blue tent and
Speaker 1: ty Wee Walk, Oh my goodness, what a warrior that
Speaker 1: guy is. So to give chance Williams some reps, he
Speaker 1: runs for seven yards to the Baylor seventeen you know
Speaker 1: in the final in the final minute, and then Brendan
Speaker 1: Soresby took a knee for a two yard loss. So
Speaker 1: the ball's on the seventeen yard line inside the red
Speaker 1: zone when the clock runs out. So it was the
Speaker 1: first trip all season inside the red zone where they
Speaker 1: didn't score. But nevertheless, just an awesome performance today by UC,
Speaker 1: especially when they needed it because Baylor was coming back.
Speaker 1: Don't be deceived by the lopsided score forty one to twenty.
Speaker 1: Baylor got within twenty seven to twenty at the thirteen
Speaker 1: thirty four mark of the fourth quarter, and UC faced
Speaker 1: a third and nine on there if they punt and
Speaker 1: give the ball back to Sawyer Robertson, who threw two
Speaker 1: touchdowns in this game for Baylor. Man they couldn't stop
Speaker 1: him on three long drives after UC built a twenty
Speaker 1: four to nothing lead, But Noah Jennings comes through, hooking
Speaker 1: up on a pass from Brendan Sorosby. Tywee Walker gets
Speaker 1: a first down on a fourth and one at Baylor's
Speaker 1: twenty seven, and then a twenty three yard touchdown run
Speaker 1: by Soresby gave the Bearcats breathing room with a thirty
Speaker 1: four to twenty lead at the six thirteen mark, and
Speaker 1: then a forced fumble on the ensuing kickoff and a
Speaker 1: fumble recovery and then a touchdown passed from Soresby to
Speaker 1: Isaiah Johnson. The final score forty one to twenty, and
Speaker 1: the icing on the cake was Steven Russknack's forty one
Speaker 1: to twenty. We're gonna take a final break and come back.
Speaker 1: And I want to talk a little ring of honor
Speaker 1: here with Dave Lapham and leaping Lamar Parrish, and we
Speaker 1: also want to hear from Bearcats head coach Scott Saderfield.
Speaker 1: All coming up Sports Talk with the Chickster Chick Ludwig
Speaker 1: on seven hundred WLW. Welcome back to Sports Talk with
Speaker 1: your host, Chick Ludwig. And do you see Bearcats defeat
Speaker 1: the Baylor Bears today forty one to twenty at Nippert
Speaker 1: Stadium And newly minted UC Hall of Famer Tony Pike
Speaker 1: caught up with Bearcats head coach Scott Saderfield after the game.
Speaker 2: Here's what Scott had to say.
Speaker 6: Coach, congratulations on another win. You come into a game
Speaker 6: like this against Sawyer Robertson, who leads the country in
Speaker 6: passing yards per game, They lead the country from a
Speaker 6: passing attack per game, and you look up at the
Speaker 6: end of the night, one hundred and thirty seven passing
Speaker 6: yards for the Baylor offense. No one's been able to
Speaker 6: do that this year. What led to your defense having
Speaker 6: success against them?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think just, first of all, an incredible job
Speaker 4: by Coach Byte and Coach Brass and all the guys
Speaker 4: on defense. I think our defensive stay I put together
Speaker 4: a great plan coming into this week, and then a
Speaker 4: lot of credit goes to our players because I think
Speaker 4: our players really bought into the plan obviously, and then
Speaker 4: had a great week. I mean, you know, Tuesday was
Speaker 4: a little bit rough, you know, and then you get
Speaker 4: to Wednesday and you clean it up a little bit
Speaker 4: of a few things. But then for us, you know,
Speaker 4: the end of the week is so mental, and I
Speaker 4: think our guys did a great job of locking into
Speaker 4: where they needed to be, who they needed to cover,
Speaker 4: and all those type things. But I'm just really proud
Speaker 4: of our defense. To hold them to that number.
Speaker 6: Felt like great rhythm to start the game. And then
Speaker 6: it felt like at times trying to find that rhythm.
Speaker 6: But it's odd, we're talking on the broadcast. You look
Speaker 6: up at the end of the game and you've scored
Speaker 6: forty one points only punted once tonight. What is it
Speaker 6: about this offense that, at times, even when it doesn't
Speaker 6: feel like it's operating at its highest level, is still successful.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I mean, I think we're very efficient offense. I mean
Speaker 4: I think sometimes you you know, you go out and
Speaker 4: you go three and out, and I think that everybody's like,
Speaker 4: what in the world's going wrong with our offense? I
Speaker 4: mean a little bit of that because we have a
Speaker 4: lot of success, I think, you know, and so you
Speaker 4: feel that way, including me. I'm like, man, what happened
Speaker 4: right there? But but again, I think we're very efficient.
Speaker 4: And you look at the third down and fourth down stats.
Speaker 4: You know, we're able to stay on the field tonight
Speaker 4: with nine for fourteen on third and two for two
Speaker 4: on fourth. I mean that that keeps drives alive. You know,
Speaker 4: we've done a great job this year of scoring. Tonight,
Speaker 4: we did get held to a couple of field goals,
Speaker 4: and I think the penalty has had something to do
Speaker 4: with that. Obviously shooting ourselves in the foot. But but
Speaker 4: tonight we also won a time possession of It's the
Speaker 4: first first time we won that this year. So that
Speaker 4: was good to be able to run more plays than
Speaker 4: the opposition. But yeah, we got some playmakers. I mean,
Speaker 4: I think you know sores be running the football and
Speaker 4: then tyle Wee Walker running in Evan Pryor. I mean,
Speaker 4: all those guys split carries today, did some great things
Speaker 4: and didn't have to throw the ball as much today,
Speaker 4: But we were fishing when we did.
Speaker 6: On a night where Joe Royer only has one catch,
Speaker 6: how is his game still impactful? People see the numbers,
Speaker 6: but it's his blocking, it's his pass protection. How does
Speaker 6: he still have an imprint on a game even if
Speaker 6: the numbers aren't there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it is that kind of game. We
Speaker 4: felt like we needed to come in and establish the
Speaker 4: run and really keep their offense off the field, and
Speaker 4: I think we did a good job with that. And
Speaker 4: so Joe, you know, has to look at our house.
Speaker 4: Can I impact this game? We were a lot of
Speaker 4: twelve person of the nights. There's a lot of tight
Speaker 4: ends on the field throughout this whole game, and so
Speaker 4: obviously him blocking. You know. Obviously we didn't get the
Speaker 4: ball in the air very much because you only throw
Speaker 4: it twenty one times, you know, so it's not going
Speaker 4: to find his way very often. But they have to
Speaker 4: have a huge impact in the game because he's out
Speaker 4: in the field. I'll tell you this too. There were
Speaker 4: many times in this game where we were running the
Speaker 4: ball and the secondary was slow in coming up because
Speaker 4: they were sitting on top of Joe. They're thinking about
Speaker 4: the tight end pass, you know. And so I think
Speaker 4: he did affect the game, just in different ways.
Speaker 6: When you look at the end of the game, taking knee,
Speaker 6: unfortunately it's inside the twenty yard line. You guys had
Speaker 6: been perfect all season inside the red zone. Our guy,
Speaker 6: Zach Stype, somebody needs to make it a point to
Speaker 6: get that reversed from the NCAA. If you're taking a knee,
Speaker 6: that shouldn't count against you.
Speaker 4: That's very unfortunate, you know, And I just realized that
Speaker 4: that we you know, we got down there, we're trying
Speaker 4: to run the clock out, which you know we did,
Speaker 4: and our guys were running hard. We get inside the
Speaker 4: twenty had you know, three yards, you know, but you know,
Speaker 4: we'll take it. You know, we in our minds were
Speaker 4: still perfect in the red zone. We scored every time
Speaker 4: that we wanted to. So I think maybe you put
Speaker 4: a little asterix beside the red zone scoring.
Speaker 6: Watched a punt tonight where Mason Fletcher rolls out to
Speaker 6: the right, kicks it across his body to the opposite
Speaker 6: hash to prevent the return from happening. Russ Nick is
Speaker 6: perfect on the night again. And then you guys force
Speaker 6: a turnover with your kickoff coverage team. We've discussed special teams,
Speaker 6: but this just the latest installment of how good your
Speaker 6: guy's special teams is at momentum and changing the game
Speaker 6: in positive ways.
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, Coach Pascal and Coach Connors do a
Speaker 4: great job setting up our special team units in all
Speaker 4: four phases to have success. And our guys have brought
Speaker 4: into that, you know, and and kicking's part of it.
Speaker 4: And I think, you know, Max did a great job.
Speaker 4: We wanted to punt away from that kid. I mean
Speaker 4: two years ago we're here. He had a huge return
Speaker 4: on us, you know, kind of popped the game open.
Speaker 4: But to not let him, you know, get loose on
Speaker 4: a punt return. Great punt and then obviously knocking down
Speaker 4: the two field goals again tonight. I mean, these guys
Speaker 4: but it played at a high level and when they're
Speaker 4: called upon, you know, if they're not called upon. And
Speaker 4: obviously I was joking with Max, I said, man, how
Speaker 4: you feeling out to the game.
Speaker 2: He's that coach.
Speaker 4: I had one punt. He's excited about it. He's like,
Speaker 4: look at that scoreboard, coach. You know, everybody our team
Speaker 4: are team guys, unselfish players, and they're going to do
Speaker 4: whatever it takes for us to win.
Speaker 6: Lastly, you get a huge win in front of an
Speaker 6: awesome crowd homecoming. Great to see that environment out here today.
Speaker 6: You stay atop the lead in the league with BYU
Speaker 6: who also won. Now you've got to take it on
Speaker 6: the road. What's the mindset as you turn the page
Speaker 6: now and lean on your veteran leaders to get the
Speaker 6: mindset and another good week of preparation.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was a great crowd. I mean
Speaker 4: it was awesome. You know, read out today for homecoming. Really,
Speaker 4: you know, anytime you can show a good product on
Speaker 4: the field, especially during homecoming because your alumni is coming back,
Speaker 4: you know, they want to have a lot of pride
Speaker 4: in their school and something to cheer forward. So obviously
Speaker 4: we gave them something to cheer for tonight. It was great.
Speaker 4: Our students were into it. It's a great environment. It's
Speaker 4: really really fun, you know. And then also you know
Speaker 4: Hall of Fame and you know, congratulations to you know,
Speaker 4: getting played in the Hall of Fame, and it's great,
Speaker 4: a great situation for everybody involved when you put up
Speaker 4: forty one on the board and get a big, big
Speaker 4: twelve win like this to stay undefeated, and really what
Speaker 4: that means is now, hey, next week's even bigger. You know,
Speaker 4: we're going the road in a very tough environment out
Speaker 4: at Utah. We know that an outstanding football team. You know,
Speaker 4: we'll get to work tomorrow, but tonight we're going to
Speaker 4: celebrate this win.
Speaker 6: Coach, we appreciate the time, enjoy the wind tonight, Good
Speaker 6: luck next week.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 1: That's our very own Tony Pike newly minted you see
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer with Scott Saderfield, head coach of the Bearcats,
Speaker 1: celebrating the forty one to twenty victory today over Baylor. Well, tomorrow,
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals host the New York Jets, and it's
Speaker 1: the ring of Honor game at pay Corpse Stadium one
Speaker 1: o'clock featuring inductees Dave Lapham and Leap and Lamar Parrish.
Speaker 1: Both have chapters in my book, The Legends Cincinnati Bengals,
Speaker 1: The Men, The Deeds, The Consequences. Lap fifty years with
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Speaker 1: color analyst on the Bengals Radio network.
Speaker 2: He was the tool.
Speaker 1: He played all five positions, including all five positions in
Speaker 1: one game, and Leap and Lamar Parrish on the opposite
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Speaker 2: Ken Riley. They were just awesome together.
Speaker 1: Well, Leap, one of my closest friends is Bengals alumni Go.
Speaker 1: He's the only Bengals player to ever score two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in a game on returns and or recoveries, and he
Speaker 1: did it three times.
Speaker 2: Leap, who was a Bengal.
Speaker 1: From nineteen seventy through seventy seven, scored two tds in
Speaker 1: nineteen seventy at Buffalo, a ninety five yard kickoff return
Speaker 1: and an eighty three yard return of a block field
Speaker 1: goal attempt. In nineteen seventy two at Houston, he had
Speaker 1: a twenty five yard pick six interception return and a
Speaker 1: thirty three yard interception return. And in nineteen seventy four
Speaker 1: against Washington, he had a ninety yard punt return and
Speaker 1: a forty seven yard fumble return. Just incredible, and he
Speaker 1: went on to play for those two teams that he burned,
Speaker 1: Buffalo and Washington. He's in the Black College Football Hall
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Speaker 1: Leaping Lamar. Unbelievable and it's just the gosh, the knowledge
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