1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,080 Speaker 1: The Bearcats. 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 2: Why not? 3 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: You know, if you have listened to this radio station 4 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: all day, it's it's been like forty eight minutes since 5 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: you heard Chad Brendle, and I don't want to deprive 6 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: you anymore. Bearcat Journal dot Com hosting since he three 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: to sixty tomorrow at noon and joining us now for 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: his weekly segment on the Bearcats. 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: Hi, Chad, I'm a walk kind of sea light. 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: In a while. 11 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: How you been, y I'm hanging in there, hanging in there, 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: just driving home from work. 13 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: You know, good, good, Well, it's nice. It's nice to 14 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: have you. The Bearcat football team is four and one. 15 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: They host UCF as big favorites on Saturday. They're coming 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: off back to back conference wins. This team is playing well. 17 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: What has been the most surprising thing about their performance 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: so far. 19 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: How well the offensive line has played in both phases 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: of the game. I expected this to be a pretty 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: good offensive line. But you lost your left tackle to 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: the NFL. You lost both starting guards to NFL training camps. 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: Like for a school like Cincinnati, that generally spells disaster 24 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: for a year or two until they replenish. You know 25 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: that group of offensive linemen and man I mean, you 26 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: got to go back a while for me to remember 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: feeling this good about an offensive line in both pass 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 2: blocking and run blocking, and it just feels like they're 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: setting the tone. I mean, look, there were some holes 30 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: that they opened up against Iowa State that I think 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: Austin Elmore could have ran through for touchdowns. Oh yeah, 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: and they've given up one sack all year. Like they 33 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: are killing it in the running game, and Brendan Soorsby 34 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: more often than not has had a ton of time 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: to stand back there and pick up our defenses. Everybody 36 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: looks at how explosive the offense has been. I think 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: the biggest reason is that offensive line has been really 38 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: good at both run and as quat. 39 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: So they're four and one, and I don't even love 40 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: to make the comparisons to last year when they were 41 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: five and two and totally fell apart. But if there's 42 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: if there's one or two things that should worry Bearcat 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: fans at this stage in the season, what are. 44 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: They You're in the Big twelve, So I mean outside 45 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: of Oklahoma State, like I you see the Middle Florida 46 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: Institute of Hospitality is talented. They just they're not a 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: complete team, but they do enough things well that if 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: you're not on top of your game, just like Kansas 49 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: last Saturday. Hey, Kansas is probably a good deal better 50 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: than the Middle Florida Institute of Hospitality. And it was 51 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: still a twenty seven to twenty game with Central Florida 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: at the goal line. You can't really tied the Middle 53 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 2: Florida Institute of Hospitality. It takes a lot. I'm gonna 54 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: have to workshop that m f I Florida. Yeah, Central 55 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: Florida was at the one yard line four times and 56 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: couldn't score to tie that game. So if Cincinnati doesn't 57 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: play well, this can be a close game into the 58 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: fourth quarter. And if it's a close game into the 59 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 2: fourth quarter, you're opening yourself up just things happening. So 60 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 2: they need to go out, I think, and take control 61 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: of this game. Because the one thing about Central Florida 62 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: it's not a passing team. So if you get up 63 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: to you know, fourteen to seventeen points on them, they're 64 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: in trouble because they're not going to be able to 65 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: just drop back and throw the ball around. If you 66 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: let this game to hang within ten points, it concerns 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: me because they get after the passer. They've got a 68 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: good even to line, and Miles Montgomery's a really good 69 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: running back, and that can cause problems if you don't 70 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: if you're sleepwalking, if you're thinking, we beat Kansas at Kansas, 71 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: we beat Iowa State, like we're good, we got this. 72 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: How many times have we seen that comeback and fight 73 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 2: somebody in the rear end? 74 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: Is the Big twelve wide open enough and is this 75 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: team good enough for them to be a legitimate factor 76 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: in the conference race? 77 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: Yes? Yes, I think. Well there is one problem I 78 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: think this year, and that is I think Texas Tech 79 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 2: is substantially superior to everyone else in the league. So 80 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: that means there's really only one spot that everybody's fighting for, 81 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: and I think Cincinnati, Arizona State, Iowa State, BYU Utah, like, 82 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: There's maybe even Baylor, maybe even TCU, Like there is 83 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: a large number of teams that there's gonna be some 84 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: separation that happens as we go through. But still you're 85 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: probably talking about three, four, five teams that are gonna 86 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: be in contention for that spot against Texas Tech right 87 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: down to the wire. But I do think with the 88 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: way the schedule sets up, you've got these two years. 89 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 2: If you can take care of these two, you get 90 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: the four to zero in the league. The back half 91 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,239 Speaker 2: is tough, but I don't see any of those games 92 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: that I don't think are are winnable, or at least 93 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 2: you know you can go three and two. If you 94 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 2: go three and two, then you're seven and two in 95 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 2: the conference, and you're in the conversation to be in Dallas. 96 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: I listened to your conversation, excuse me, your conversation with 97 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: Wes Miller today. I heard a coach who sounds confident 98 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: but sort of not even sort of kind of understands 99 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: the mandate this year. 100 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: I think he definitely does, like you gotta win last year. 101 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: The thing is, I think people gets so caught up 102 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 2: in the moment. There had been significant progress from year 103 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: one to year two to year three, and I think 104 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: everybody expected that to continue, me included, you, included, and 105 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: it didn't. And it was a disappointment. It was a 106 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 2: significant disappointment. But it's not like this thing has been 107 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 2: backsliding for a while. It is correctable, but it has 108 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: to be corrected this year. And I think a lot 109 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: of that comes down to the philosophy of roster building, 110 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: because I think Wes kind of was in an old 111 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: school mentality of just go get the most talent and 112 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 2: figure it out right there as many good players as 113 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: you can, and it'll work itself out. Eventually. It didn't. 114 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: And I think this roster is much more fundamentally constructed 115 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: to be good than the one last year was. So 116 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 2: we'll see how that plays out. But I like them 117 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 2: makeup of this team a lot better. The other thing though, 118 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: that I've been able to see a lot tougher, like 119 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: this should be a team that plays really hard. And 120 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: there's nothing that drove all of us more insane last 121 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 2: year than watching a team that didn't play hard. It's 122 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: not that we didn't think they played hard, didn't play 123 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: hard hard. They didn't play hard. Time and time again, 124 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 2: we're looking at each other going, this isn't Cincinnati basketball. 125 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to watch this in thirty five years. 126 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: Last year was the first time that I have repeatedly 127 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: questioned effort. And if I'm doing that this year, then 128 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw more than pens on the floor. 129 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: Are you are you gonna throw Terry? 130 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Throw Terry? I might pick Terry up and heave them 131 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: onto the floor. Yeah, we'll see. We'll see how that 132 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: works out for me. All right, man, thank you as always, 133 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: we'll be listening tomorrow. 134 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: All right, thanks, well, I appreciate it's our. 135 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: Guy, Chad Brendall, Bearcad Turnold. Come you see. Basketball plays 136 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: an exhibition game in two weeks, two weeks from tomorrow 137 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: against Michigan on the road in ann Arbor. That is no, 138 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: it's not true. It's next week. I should know it's 139 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: ann Arbor first next week and then Arkansas in the 140 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: twenty fourth. These are the things I should commit to 141 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: memory before I open my big No, I'm almost certain 142 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: that's the case next week. See now, what I'm gonna 143 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: have to do is go on the internet and make 144 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: sure I have that career. We've had a lot going 145 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: on here. They play exhibition games against Michigan and against Arkansas. 146 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: The Arkansas games on twenty fourth. Michigan game is yeah, 147 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: next Friday. 148 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 2: Good job, mo. 149 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: Cople the way from four o'clock? Which reds picture? Will 150 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: they trade next