WEBVTT - 12-18-25 Roundtable Show with Chad Brendel

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<v Speaker 2>talk some UC football, squeeze in some basketball as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Next up the Liberty Bowl versus Navy in Memphis on Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>January second. For more on that and all things U

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<v Speaker 2>see athletics is welcome in from Bearcat Journal dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Chad Barndel, how are you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I missed the mark. I'm letting my dogs out

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<v Speaker 3>by I think thirty seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh oh mess ouch.

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<v Speaker 3>It was not raining when I walked in, because I

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<v Speaker 3>was coming home from filling in from O and I

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<v Speaker 3>waited thirty seconds and I went to let them out,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's now pouring down rain here and independence talking.

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<v Speaker 3>So the dogs took one step outside, turned around, looked

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<v Speaker 3>at me and said, no, thank you, sir.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, let's start with as much as we've talked about

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<v Speaker 2>departures in the portal, let's talk about the news of

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<v Speaker 2>significance today, the retention of three offensive linemen who are

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<v Speaker 2>going to run it back and good news for the Bearcats.

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<v Speaker 2>Detail who's returning and how significant that is.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's probably going to be the entire left side

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<v Speaker 3>of your line. You're gonna have Joe Cotton, who was

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<v Speaker 3>one of the highest ranked transfers in the portal, had

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<v Speaker 3>a very good first year at Cincinnati. He's coming back.

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<v Speaker 3>Evan Tengestahl, who has in many regards, been named in

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<v Speaker 3>All American second third team All American for his first

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<v Speaker 3>season as a starter at left guard, and then Taran TiO,

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<v Speaker 3>who played right guard this year. My anticipation is that

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<v Speaker 3>Tyo will move to center next year. So left guard,

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<v Speaker 3>left tackle, and center coming back for next year. That

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<v Speaker 3>certainly raises your floor. If you're looking at you, what

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<v Speaker 3>is this team? What is the next iteration of Scott

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<v Speaker 3>Saderfield football look like? At Cincinnati? Having those three guys back, boy,

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<v Speaker 3>you can you can sell a portal quarterback on that

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<v Speaker 3>big time. Hey, you're going to be protected. You can

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<v Speaker 3>sell running backs in the portal on it. You can

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<v Speaker 3>sell running back that you have on your roster that

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<v Speaker 3>you'd like to keep. Hey, you know we've got the

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<v Speaker 3>line coming back. So it's a big first step in

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<v Speaker 3>stabilizing the roster for twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 4>Speaking of quarterback, the Bearcats couldn't find a measly four

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<v Speaker 4>million dollars apparently to keep bring swersby. So that means,

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<v Speaker 4>I guess Lichtenberg and more are the options. Who do

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<v Speaker 4>you think starts this bowl game? And then what do

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<v Speaker 4>you think happens? Are either of those two guys or

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<v Speaker 4>more in the mix for next season?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Brady Lichtenberg actually his freshman year at UC was

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen eighty four.

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<v Speaker 4>He's been there a little while.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so this is this is it for Lickti. It's

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<v Speaker 3>last his last who rah. I do anticipate that he

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<v Speaker 3>will start in the bowl game.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Sam Oz Jones is a red shirt freshman. He will

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<v Speaker 3>play at some point in time in Memphis on on

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<v Speaker 3>the third or on the second, excuse me, and then

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<v Speaker 3>I think he will he'll be around to compete for

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<v Speaker 3>the job. They're gonna They've got Brooks Goodman coming in

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<v Speaker 3>as a freshman who they really like a lot, but

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<v Speaker 3>true freshman, You're gonna have to hit the portal for

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<v Speaker 3>one starting level quarterback, and you might have to hit

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<v Speaker 3>the portal for potentially a backup guy just to get

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<v Speaker 3>that room back up to size, because that's you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you need four five quarterbacks in that room, and right

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<v Speaker 3>now it's gonna be Sam Oz Jones and a freshman.

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<v Speaker 3>So gonna have to uh to bulk up that room

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<v Speaker 3>in the portal for sure. And by the way, Rock

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<v Speaker 3>four million is a very low ball number on what

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<v Speaker 3>Brandon story is going to get. I've heard five north

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<v Speaker 3>of five at times.

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<v Speaker 4>Wowa a quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>I realize Navy doesn't exactly sling it around the field.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they average fourteen passes a game, but that

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<v Speaker 2>the current status of the UC secondary appears rather sparse,

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<v Speaker 2>does it not.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Hegan is suiting up tomorrow as tasty. It's

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<v Speaker 3>going to be ugly, but I'm gonna be there, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>at eleven o'clock to watch. Yeah, they're they're gonna be relying,

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<v Speaker 3>and honestly, I don't hate it because you're gonna need

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of these freshmen and red shirt freshmen to

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<v Speaker 3>show growth. And you're gonna at least through these bull practices.

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<v Speaker 3>And even though Navy doesn't throw the ball a toime,

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<v Speaker 3>they throw it more than a standard triple option team

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<v Speaker 3>this year. Usually triple option teams will throw four times, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>in a game, and they throw fourteen. So I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>break out the air raid. But you're gonna need to

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<v Speaker 3>see what you've got in some of these guys and

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<v Speaker 3>to see if you can throw them in there, put

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<v Speaker 3>their feet to the fire and see if they can

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<v Speaker 3>hold their own. Because you know, if we're at that

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<v Speaker 3>point right, a lot of people are worried. We haven't

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<v Speaker 3>seen anything from the high school guys. It's a developmental program.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't see a lot of freshmen and red shirt

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<v Speaker 3>freshmen on the field. But now these guys are getting

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<v Speaker 3>into the second third year in the program, You're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>need to find out what you got. If the guys

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<v Speaker 3>that you know really the only one I think they

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<v Speaker 3>really would have liked to keep with Christian Harrison. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sure they would have been okay if Teakwan Sanks would

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<v Speaker 3>have stayed around. But I don't think they were going

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<v Speaker 3>to overpay at that spot because you already have Antoine

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<v Speaker 3>Pete there. So let's find out what we got. Let's

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<v Speaker 3>see throw these guys' feet to the fire and see

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<v Speaker 3>how they hold up against you know, a Navy team

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<v Speaker 3>that's gonna be physical, get down in the box, make

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<v Speaker 3>some tackles. Boys.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta ask you a basketball question. Gisel James has clearly

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<v Speaker 2>been through a lot. He had a nice moment last night.

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<v Speaker 2>I was happy for him last night. He was smiling

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<v Speaker 2>last night. What give me a big picture observation of

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<v Speaker 2>this situation and what do you make of it?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it what I would have done bringing him back

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<v Speaker 3>this early from the situation he went through. No, probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it what I would have done if I had

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<v Speaker 3>a multi million dollar a year job on the line

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<v Speaker 3>and had my leading scorer from a year ago at practice,

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<v Speaker 3>but not on the floor for games. Yeah. Probably, And

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<v Speaker 3>that's not to excuse Wes Miller. That's just reality of

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<v Speaker 3>the situation. There's not a whole lot of multimillion dollars

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<v Speaker 3>a year jobs out there. If you've got one of them,

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<v Speaker 3>I imagine you're you're gonna do whatever you can to

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<v Speaker 3>try to keep it. That's where kind of this falls

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<v Speaker 3>for me. He thought gizl could help them, and there's

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<v Speaker 3>other things. Obviously. You could see his teammates are really

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<v Speaker 3>happy to have Jizzle back yesterday, laughing, smiling on the bench,

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<v Speaker 3>having a good time, enjoying him coming back and playing well.

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<v Speaker 3>The injuries are mounting up. Like, I get some of

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<v Speaker 3>the stuff that WEX talked about in the post game,

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<v Speaker 3>but for me, let's be honest here, they need wins.

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<v Speaker 3>They were six and four yeah, times running out and

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<v Speaker 3>there is no next year if they don't get this

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<v Speaker 3>thing figured out. So putting Jil James back on the floor,

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<v Speaker 3>I get it from a coaching standpoint. Just want to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure it ends up being the right thing by

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<v Speaker 3>the kid. Yes, and at least the early returns are good,

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<v Speaker 3>good like.

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<v Speaker 2>Going on a portal, the Bowl game, basketball. You are

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<v Speaker 3>Everything. A tracker who's going in the portal, a tracker

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<v Speaker 1>Out of the portal.

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<v Speaker 3>basketball game. At this point is there is a lot

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<v Speaker 3>in November and December as I can ever remember. Sands

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, sir, appreciate you guys. You all have a

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<v Speaker 3>great Christmas. I don't know what the plan is for

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<v Speaker 3>next week, but let me know.

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<v Speaker 2>We will let you know. Thanks sir. There you go,

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<v Speaker 2>Chad Brendle