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Speaker 1: You got the Rams and Niners San Francisco again with

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Speaker 1: like a billion injuries. That game is on Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: thirteen sixteen. They're the answer to that question. Chad Brendle's

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Speaker 1: with us Bearcad Journal dot com. Bengals get slaughtered on

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Speaker 1: Monday night football Reds get swept. So now many of

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Speaker 1: us pinning our hopes on the Bearcats, who are trending

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Speaker 1: upward following their thrilling, stunning road victory against Kansas, now

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Speaker 1: hosting nationally ranked Iowa State on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Chad, tim how to go on?

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Speaker 3: Uh? Good from a UC perspective, really good.

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Speaker 1: Everything else we'll discard for the purposes of this conversation.

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Speaker 3: Cincinnati gets a big road victory.

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Speaker 1: They win the sort of game that they have lost

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Speaker 1: so many times in recent years. The script was flipped,

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Speaker 1: I think on the Noah Jennings catch. They hang on

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Speaker 1: to win on the road against Kansas. What did we

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Speaker 1: learn about the Bearcats against the Jayhawks?

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Speaker 2: I think we learned that their offenses is as advertised

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Speaker 2: like there were. There were definite questions and doubts about that.

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Speaker 2: After Nebraska, with the offense the passing game struggling as

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Speaker 2: bad as they did they have picked it up since then.

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Speaker 1: And the.

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Speaker 2: Things that we saw on the practice field throughout camp,

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Speaker 2: with a deep wide receiver room, in a deep tight

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Speaker 2: end room, and you know, multiple weapons out of the

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Speaker 2: backfield from the running backs to Soresby running the football, like,

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Speaker 2: all of that stuff looked really good in camp, but

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Speaker 2: you never know until they started playing the game. They

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Speaker 2: played Game one and we all went, well, maybe maybe

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Speaker 2: it wasn't what it looked like in camp. Since then

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Speaker 2: it has been. And you know, that's not a great

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Speaker 2: Kansas defense, but it's a power for quality opponent and

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati shredded them with their offense, So I think that

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Speaker 2: is now you know, this is going to be a

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Speaker 2: whole different aim because Iowa State is always good on defense.

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Speaker 2: They're going to make things difficult for you. But I

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Speaker 2: think we can, you know, feel pretty good about going

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Speaker 2: into any games since the rest of the way since

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Speaker 2: that he should have a chance to win because their

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Speaker 1: They're favored against Iowa State, which I think was surprising

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Speaker 1: to some. What is the biggest challenge in this game

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Speaker 1: on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Well, they've played Iowa State twice since joining the Big twelve.

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Speaker 2: They've not passed for one hundred yards in either game,

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Speaker 2: so that's a concern. Also, this defense has not been

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Speaker 2: good though teams have been challenging them over the top.

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Speaker 2: Teams have been completing a very high percentage of passes.

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Speaker 2: They have not created turnovers, they have not gotten a

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Speaker 2: ton of pressure. The stack numbers have were pretty good

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Speaker 2: up until Kansas, where they didn't get one. But this

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Speaker 2: team is going to have to figure some things out

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Speaker 2: defensively to reach their potential because teams are kind of

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Speaker 2: effortlessly moving the ball against them so far. And I

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Speaker 2: really like Tyson Bite. I really believe because we've seen

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Speaker 2: proof of concept of how good Iowa State has been

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Speaker 2: with this scheme, that there is upside to this scheme.

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Speaker 2: But they have not impressed to this point. And if

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Speaker 2: you're gonna beat Iowa State, this defense is going to

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Speaker 2: have to get some stops.

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Speaker 1: We have injury reports in college football now, so Dante

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Speaker 1: Corleone is listed as questionable. Their defense gets a major

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Speaker 1: boost if he's available. What's your gut tell you about

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Speaker 2: I think it's going to be another one of those

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Speaker 2: Let's see how he feels Saturday morning. I think he's close.

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Speaker 2: I think he was close last week. They just didn't

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Speaker 2: think he was quite there yet. That generally gives you

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Speaker 2: being a questionable. This defense can't be as good as

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Speaker 2: it's not going to get a whole lot better if

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Speaker 2: Dante Corleone is not in the middle of that defense,

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Speaker 2: giving opposing offenses fits at the point of attack. So

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Speaker 2: they need him back. Then.

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Speaker 1: The UC men's basketball season begins one month from tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: What has practiced so far taught us about this team?

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Speaker 2: I don't know a whole lot yet because I think

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Speaker 2: it's still kind of you know, Wes does three four

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Speaker 2: Jordi Rodriguez. But I think this team, the thing that

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Speaker 2: I've gathered so far, this group fits a lot better together.

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Speaker 2: There's not you know, Jeff, I heard Jeff Carr talk

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Speaker 2: of repeatable parts. Last year Cincinnati had a lot of

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Speaker 2: they look good sitting on the table, but if they

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Speaker 2: I still worry a little about a little bit about

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Speaker 2: be excellent defensively, especially with Dayda Thomas, Buck Harris. If

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Speaker 2: you don't know, Sincere Harris is what you know, the

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Speaker 2: name on his birth certificate says he goes by Buck.

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Speaker 2: So if you hear anybody talking about Buck, that's who

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Speaker 2: they're talking about it Since Harris, Boba Miller and Mustapha Chom.

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Speaker 2: I think they have a chance to be elite on

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Speaker 2: one end. But we still have some questions on what

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Speaker 2: exactly it's going to look like defensively or offensively.

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Speaker 3: Excuse me, what's a cooler name? Since here or Buck?

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Speaker 2: I mean probably Buck? Right? Oh, no, sincere. There's a

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Speaker 2: think he had. I don't think he necessarily is. I

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Speaker 2: think he's got some nasty to him. I think that's

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Speaker 2: I think that's one of the things that I mean,

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Speaker 2: we talked about it a million times that this team

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Speaker 2: lack last year was toughness. That they were not a

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Speaker 2: think a guy like Cincire Harris definitely gives you a

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Speaker 2: guy that plays with some edge. And I think Jalen Haynes,

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Speaker 2: I think that was definitely a priority when they went

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Speaker 2: into the portal, was we can't be soft again because

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Speaker 2: it just doesn't work in this league.

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Speaker 3: I'm going with.

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Speaker 1: Buck then Bucket is whatever Buck wants, Buck gets.

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Speaker 3: Chad, thanks so much.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's the thing. He insists that you call him Buck,

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna call him Buck, all right.

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Speaker 3: If that's his preference. I have no problem with that

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Speaker 3: at all. Buck it is. Thanks so much, all right,

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Speaker 3: thanks mam.

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Speaker 1: Chad Brendel Bearcat Journal dot com. It's far away from

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Speaker 1: four o'clock. Meanwhile, lef C Cincinnati has their final regular

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Speaker 1: season road game. Kevin Egan MLS season past Apple TV

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Speaker 1: is calling the match. He'll join us at four oh

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Speaker 1: five on ESPN fifteen to thirty