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Speaker 1: some basketball. Bearcats headed to Fort Worth to take on TCU.
Speaker 1: Three game losing skit has certainly changed a bit of
Speaker 1: the vibe from a seven game winning streak. Let's welcome
Speaker 1: in Chad Brendle from Bearcat Journal Bearcat Journal dot com.
Speaker 1: All right, you you brought up a great point on
Speaker 1: the podcast I've been thinking about all week and in one.
Speaker 1: Nippert was electric on Saturday night. But a concern. They
Speaker 1: have clearly closed the talent gap over the last couple
Speaker 1: of years with other Big twelve teams, but as you
Speaker 1: alluded to so much so the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: their talent has been pretty much on par with the opposition,
Speaker 1: and yet they've been unable to beat that opposition.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been unable to execute. And that's the next step, right,
Speaker 2: Like you got to get on an equal talent level
Speaker 2: because you certainly, look you've all had more talent. Like,
Speaker 2: let's not make any mistakes here when talking about the
Speaker 2: last three games, you fall was a more talented roster
Speaker 2: top to bottom. I didn't get that feeling with Arizona
Speaker 2: on BYU. I felt like Cincinnati was every bit they
Speaker 2: equal of those two teams. But guess what, those two
Speaker 2: teams played clean football, you see, did not? I mean, ultimately,
Speaker 2: to me, it's as simple as that they played clean
Speaker 2: football during that seven game winning streak. They weren't turning
Speaker 2: it over, they were executing in the red zone. Special
Speaker 2: teams was excellent. Defense was doing the bend but don't break,
Speaker 2: letting teams get into the red zone, but holding them
Speaker 2: to field goals. Like they were clean. And the last
Speaker 2: three weeks they've been pig ten from peanuts.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt, yeah yeah, So chat, let me ask
Speaker 3: you this. So, I mean, obviously they start off hot,
Speaker 3: they've lost three straight. What happens, God forbid, they lose
Speaker 3: this game. What is the what is the eulogy of
Speaker 3: the season. Is it a successful season? Is it something
Speaker 3: to build on? Is it a disappointment? What do we
Speaker 3: think about Sadderfield? Where are we at with that?
Speaker 2: I mean, I think it's it's a disappointment. I think
Speaker 2: it's missed opportunities. That would be the story of twenty
Speaker 2: twenty five is the door was open and you ran
Speaker 2: into the door like that. That's all I can think
Speaker 2: about at this point in terms of you had a
Speaker 2: chance to put yourself. I don't think they're better than
Speaker 2: talent wise than Texas Tech. I don't think they're better
Speaker 2: talent wise than Utah. But you had a chance to
Speaker 2: play yourself into the conference championship game, even after the
Speaker 2: Utah lost, You had a chance to put yourself in
Speaker 2: a position, even if you didn't make it, that you
Speaker 2: tie for second right and the tie breakers play out
Speaker 2: however they may, and and you find yourself talking about, look,
Speaker 2: you know we were right there, like we are. This
Speaker 2: program is now in position to compete for championships in
Speaker 2: the Big Twelve, even with three conference losses. You know
Speaker 2: you're going to be you know, tied for fifth, which
Speaker 2: is a respectable position. In year three, moving from the
Speaker 2: American to the Big twelve, you lose. Now you're eighth, ninth,
Speaker 2: and you're in the middle of the pack and one
Speaker 2: in two. Look a low farther off yep from nine
Speaker 2: than it does from five. So the vision becomes cloudy.
Speaker 2: The progress, the steady progress forward, was their progress in
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Sure was it enough progress? No? So,
Speaker 2: you know, we talked about this at the beginning of
Speaker 2: the season. Five people are still going to be all
Speaker 2: over Scott's sadderfield from the fan base eight and four.
Speaker 2: You don't give them a whole lot of amma, you know,
Speaker 2: you don't give them a whole lot to fire at
Speaker 2: because you had a successful season. You went six and
Speaker 2: three in the conference and things look good. So this
Speaker 2: is a really, really important game for the future of
Speaker 2: the Scott Badderfield era at Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: TCU's got a quarterback in Josh Hoover who can sling it.
Speaker 1: I think top ten of the country in yards per
Speaker 1: game and touchdowns. Give us a big picture look at
Speaker 1: that TCU club.
Speaker 2: But it's not just Suber. They've got two excellent wide
Speaker 2: receivers that have been you know, get the ball to
Speaker 2: those guys in space and let them make plays, and
Speaker 2: they have done so. Push the ball downfield to those
Speaker 2: guys in single coverage and they will make plays. That
Speaker 2: has been maybe the biggest problem for Cincinnati's defense is
Speaker 2: isolation on the sideline, pushing the ball down the field
Speaker 2: and it either results in a catch or pass interference.
Speaker 2: Very few of those plays have resulted in an incompletion.
Speaker 2: Hoover's going to test you now, hopefully. Sonny Diyce calls
Speaker 2: Dave Randa, and David Randa says, yeah, you should probably
Speaker 2: run the ball fifty eight percent of the time against
Speaker 2: Cincinnati because Baylor did you see a huge favor in
Speaker 2: that game. Cincinnati says they're going to defend you know,
Speaker 2: Scott Saderfield says they'll defend TCU in a similar way
Speaker 2: that they defended Baylor. I mean, I said after the
Speaker 2: Baylor game, like I fired Dave Randa for not throwing
Speaker 2: the ball forty times a game. That didn't make any
Speaker 2: sense to me. I think TCU is going to throw
Speaker 2: the ball a ton, and it's it's the question is
Speaker 2: going to be it is supposed to be scattered showers
Speaker 2: and storms in the forecast for Dallas Fort Worth on Saturday.
Speaker 2: So maybe that slows down the TCU offense a little bit,
Speaker 2: but uh, Cincinnati's pass defense against that offense is worry some.
Speaker 2: Now Hoover will turn it over. The question is does
Speaker 2: anybody in Cincinnati's defensive backfield want to catch a ball?
Speaker 2: Because they haven't done much of that this year either.
Speaker 1: All right, I wasn't gonna ask this next question, but
Speaker 1: then you started talking about TCU being able to get
Speaker 1: the ball to their guys and letting them make plays.
Speaker 1: So you're gonna make me ask you about Joe Royer
Speaker 1: and how in the last four games he has five
Speaker 1: catches And I feel like I'm beating a dead horse.
Speaker 1: And I know I'm not the only one, but make it,
Speaker 1: make I get he commands a lot of attention. But
Speaker 1: how does Joe Royer get five catches and limited targets
Speaker 1: over the last four games?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not just the five catches, it's the targets,
Speaker 2: Lance and it's yeah, it's every week, We're going to
Speaker 2: find a way to get Joe the ball, Like we
Speaker 2: got to figure it out. We've got an NFL tight
Speaker 2: end we're gonna find a way to get him the ball.
Speaker 2: And then you know, one of his two catches was
Speaker 2: a four yard checkdown on third and eleven. Like they
Speaker 2: were at one point in that game. Lance, they were
Speaker 2: one of ten on third downs, most of them, you know,
Speaker 2: third and five, third and six, third and seven. You
Speaker 2: can't scheme up Joe Royer for seven yards, like you
Speaker 2: can't get the ball to your NFL tight end in
Speaker 2: a situation where you're in the game against the number
Speaker 2: eleven team in the country, you're struggling to get third downs. Look,
Speaker 2: I get it, teams are paying a lot of attention
Speaker 2: to Joe Royer. That becomes the coaching staff and the
Speaker 2: quarterback saying Joe Royer is going to get the football.
Speaker 2: So I'm going back. I'm going to date myself here again.
Speaker 2: I'm going back to Marvin Lewis I see better than
Speaker 2: I hear quit telling me we know, and we're going
Speaker 2: to get the ball to Joe Royer. And then Saturday
Speaker 2: comes and goes and I look down at the stat
Speaker 2: sheet and it says Joe Royer two catches, two targets,
Speaker 2: eleven yards. That can't can't happen, all.
Speaker 1: Right, you're on the scene for basketball tonight, so let
Speaker 1: me squeeze in one of those before we let you
Speaker 1: run and a player I'm intrigued by a Jordi Rodrigue
Speaker 1: is his playing time. It fluctuated and he got twenty
Speaker 1: three minutes the other night was productive with those. What's
Speaker 1: your early read through this stage of the season on
Speaker 1: what Jordi Rodriguez might be able to do for his team.
Speaker 2: Well, he's going to play a ton because bobon Miller's out,
Speaker 2: Jalen Celestine's out. So guess what, Jordi, here you go,
Speaker 2: here's your opportunity. You're probably gonna play thirty minutes tonight,
Speaker 2: twenty five to thirty minutes tonight. I am a big
Speaker 2: fan of Jordi Rodriguez, Like, look, I know what the
Speaker 2: euro guys, the physicality of the game takes them a
Speaker 2: little time to adjust to. But his effort is great,
Speaker 2: his energy is great. He knows how to play offense,
Speaker 2: he can shoot the basketball, he can pass Like I
Speaker 2: just think upside in terms of what this looks like
Speaker 2: in a month. You need to get Jordi Reef Rodriguez
Speaker 2: as much time as possible to let him acclimate to
Speaker 2: the game in the States, and the more you do that,
Speaker 2: the more I think he is going to be a factor.
Speaker 2: And his ability just to shoot the ball alone, and
Speaker 2: he's done it on the international level. He's played for
Speaker 2: you know, some of the Spain teams that have won
Speaker 2: FIBA championships. The guy knows how to win. Let him play,
Speaker 2: and they're gonna have to tonight. So I'm excited to
Speaker 2: see what he can do because I think you know,
Speaker 2: when you watch him play, he plays like you expect
Speaker 2: somebody at Cincinnati to play. And I'm excited to see
Speaker 2: what he can do going forward.
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Speaker 1: Hey, Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for making time tonight, gentlemen.
Speaker 2: Appreciate it. And Happy Thanksgiving to you guys as well.
Speaker 2: Hope you guys have a great holiday. Sounds good.
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