Cincinnati Bearcats (NCAA 11)

[justblaze09]

Tipping the Scale
4 recruits will now call Cincinnati home

The Miami (OH) game did wonders for the Bearcats in the recruiting field, and after sealing up their 6th win and becoming bowl eligible for another year, 4 recruits decided that Cincinnati is the place they want to be.

The group is led by Rival 250 members Willie Woodard (#196) and Lionel Francis (#198). Woodard, the 4* QB from Lake Catholic High School in Cleveland, put away his fears of playing behind Zach Collaros for a year, and felt this would be the right decision. Maybe Collaros' bad game had something to do with that, but expect Woodard to take a redshirt his first year to work on his mechanics.

Francis, the 4* DT from Finneytown, OH, is one of the stronger members of this class, reportedly with a bench press of 456. He could still use work with his footwork, but he should be a stud for the Bearcats.

4* ATH Michael Cole didn't even wait until the game on Friday. He called the coaches up on Tuesday and let them know his decision. "The coaches felt that with my athelticism, they could find a way to get me on the field." Cole said after annoucing his decision in front of his high school peers. Cole plays both WR and DB for Hallandale High in Florida, projects to CB on the next level, but his 4.34 speed could see him get some time in the return game (once DJ Woods leaves) and some time in the slot.

Lastly, there is Mike Harris, the #3 Kicker in the class. With Jake Rogers leaving after the year, Coach Jones wanted to make sure Mike would join the class. He doesn't have the strongest leg in the world, but he rarely misses, and with the way UC's offense moves, he won't have to kick it longer than 35 yds.

Those 4 committment move Cincinnati up from the #55 class in the nation to the #29 class. Most of the players that Cincinnati wanted as the foundation of the class are already on board, and with players that are redshirting, the 2011 class could be primed to keep Cincinnati at the top of the Big East.

[NeverEnough]

good stuff and nice job landing those recruits....also good to see my boys (Washington) doing some good things as well

[justblaze09]

Seeing Red
Balanced attack leads #7 Bearcats over Bulls

Cincinnati, OH -- It looks like Cininnati has finally found the balance they were looking for.

Isaiah Pead ran for 112 yards, and Heisman hopeful Zach Collaros threw for 281 as Cincinnati rolls over USF 45-25.

The emergence of both Pead and Darrin Williams in the past two weeks has made fans forget that DJ Woods is still standing on the sideline nursing a PCL sprain. Pead began the game with a 73 yard TD run that saw him blow past everyone. With Pead coming around, and once DJ gets healthy, it's going to be hard to envision seeing anyone stop this offense.

The defense played a good game too. While just looking at the box score will tell a different story, they got key stops when they needed them. JK Schaffer's fumble return for a TD right before the half swung the game in their favor, and USF couldn't come back from it. After the game, LB Walter Stewart spoke on the defense's performance.

"We knew all along what we could do. We had a bad first month and put too much pressure on the offense to perform. Once we got to the bye week, it gave us time to fine tune what we needed to, and now you can see it in the way we play."

Cincinnati now gets ready to play Syracuse for their Homecoming game, and the question is if DJ Woods will be back to play, or will they hold him out til after the bye week that comes after the game and let him get fully healed.

Oct 22, 2010 - USF at UC
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
South Florida Bulls (2-5)	0	7	11	7	25
#7 Cincinnati Bearcats (7-0)	7	14	10	14	45

Team Stats Comparison
USF		UC
373	Total Offense	493
108	Rushing Yards	212
265	Passing Yards	281
11	First Downs	14
0	Punt Return Yards	20
97	Kick Return Yards	68
470	Total Yards	581
2	Turnovers	1
3-12	3rd Down Converstion	5-13
0-1	4th Down Conversion	1-2
1-1	2-Point Conversion	0-0
2-2-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-0-1
4-51	Penalties	2-29
18:34	Posession Time	16:18

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		USF	UC
7:43	(UC) I. Pead, 73 yd run (J. Rogers kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		USF	UC
7:28	(UC) A. Binns, 27 yd pass from Z. Collaros (J. Rogers kick)	0	14
3:29	(USF) M. Plancher, 1 yd run (E. Schwartz kick)	7	14
0:00	(UC) J. Schaffer, returned fumble 30 yds (J. Rogers kick)	7	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		USF	UC
5:56	(UC) V. Hazelton, 51 yd pass from Z. Collaros (J. Rogers kick)	7	28
3:16	(UC) J. Rogers, 21 yd FG	7	31
3:00	(USF) M. Plancher, 77 yd run (2-Pt)	15	31
1:31	(USF) E. Schwartz, 43 yd FG	18	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		USF	UC
4:55	(UC) D. Williams, 84 yd run (J. Rogers kick)	18	38
3:21	(USF) R. Kelly, 5 yd pass from B. Eveld (E. Schwartz kick)	25	38
1:21	(UC) Z. Collaros, 23 yd run (J. Rogers kick)	25	45

South Florida Bulls Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Bobby Eveld	147.2	18/28	261	1/1	14.5
Jamius Gunsby	77.8	2/3	4	0/0	2
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Moise Plancher	21	129	6.1	2	77
Bobby Eveld	5	-21	-4.2	0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Faron Hornes	5	46	9.2	0	18
Lindsey Lamar	3	74	24.6	0	56
Richard Kelly	3	5	1.6	1	5
Moise Plancher	2	40	20	0	36
TJ Knowles	2	29	14.5	0	21
Dontavia Bogan	2	27	13.5	0	24
Stephen Bravo-Brown	1	4	4	0	4
Bradley Battles	1	12	12	0	12
Kevin Gidrey	1	28	28	0	28
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
David Bedford	12	0	0	0	0
Michael Lanaris	6	0	1	0	0
Kayvon Webster	5	0	0	0	0
Jerrell Young	5	0	0	1	0
Jon Lejiste	5	0	0	2	0
Terrell McClain	5	0	0	0	0
Mistral Raymond	5	0	0	0	0
Quenton Washington	4	0	0	1	0
Devekeyan Lattimore	3	0	0	1	0
George Baker	3	0	0	0	0
Jacquian Williams	3	1	0	2	0
Donte Spires	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Joyce	2	0	0	0	0
Craig Marshall	2	0	0	0	0
Keith McCaskill	2	0	0	0	0
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Eric Schwartz	1/1	100	43	2/2	5
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Justin BrockhausKann	7	291	41.5	1	0
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Quenton Washington	3	56	18.6	21	0
Dontavia Bogan	2	41	20.5	23	0
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Quenton Washington	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Bearcats Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Zach Collaros	148.9	15/27	281	2/1	18.7
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Isaiah Pead	19	112	5.8	1	72
Darrin Williams	6	64	10.6	1	84
Zach Collaros	6	29	4.8	1	23
John Goebel	1	4	4	0	4
Orion Woodard	1	3	3	0	3
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Armon Binns	4	90	22.5	1	27
Vidal Hazelton	4	81	20.2	1	51
Marcus Barnett	3	48	16	0	19
Darrin Williams	3	47	15.6	0	23
Ben Guidugli	1	15	15	0	15
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
Brandon Mills	7	0	0	0	0
Drew Frey	7	0	0	0	0
Walter Stewart	6	0	0	0	0
John Hughes	6	2	0	0	0
Dan Giordano	5	0	0	0	0
Maalik Bomar	5	0	0	0	0
Derek Wolfe	4	0	0	0	0
Camerron Cheatham	3	0	0	0	0
Dominique Battle	3	0	1	1	0
JK Schaffer	2	0	0	1	1
Obadiah Cheatham	2	0	0	0	0
Wesley Richardson	2	0	0	0	0
Reuben Johnson	2	0	0	0	0
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Jake Rogers	1/1	100	22	6/6	9
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Pat O'Donnell	4	142	35.5	0	2
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Vidal Hazelton	3	70	23.3	30	0
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Darrin Williams	7	20	2.8	7	0

[superjames1992]

Isn't your brother Darrin Williams, if I remember right? That's pretty cool to have your brother in a video game!

[justblaze09]

Quote: Originally Posted by superjames1992

Isn't your brother Darrin Williams, if I remember right? That's pretty cool to have your brother in a video game!

Yep, and it usually ends up with me jumping up and down when he breaks his one long run every game lol.

I am really not looking forward to the WV game lol. I just have a bad feeling about it.

[justblaze09]

Week 8 Recap:

Top 25 Action
#1 Wisconsin 41, Iowa 6
#2 Arkansas 49, Ole Miss 32
#4 Washington 45, Arizona 23
#5 Georgia Tech 44, Clemson 24
#6 TCU 27, Air Force 10
#7 Cincinnati 45, USF 25
#9 Ohio St. 24, Purdue 13
#10 Oklahoma 23, Missouri 12
#18 Auburn 23, #11 LSU 10
#12 Pitt 31, Rutugers 28
#13 Alabama 27, #25 Tennessee 21
#15 Virginia Tech 27, Duke 21
#16 Texas 33, Iowa St. 3
#17 Miami (FL) 41, North Carolina 9
#21 West Virginia 34, Syracuse 20
#22 Utah 20, Colorado St. 2
#23 Stanford 25, Washington St. 23

National Players of the Week
Joshua Nesbitt (QB, Georgia Tech): 12-16, 77 yds, 36 car, 201 yds, 6 Total TDs
Nathan Stupar (OLB, Penn St.): 3 Tkls, 6 TFL, 8 ATK, 2 Sacks, FF, FR

Big East Players of the Week
Noel Devine (HB, West Virginia): 33 car, 126 yds, 2 TDs, 3 rec, 94 yds, TD
Dominique Battle (CB, Cincinnati): 2 Tkls, ATK, INT, FF

Injury Wire
Mark Ingram (HB, Alabama): Pulled Groin, Prob.
Steven Threet (QB, Arizona St.): Broken ribs, 4 weeks
Mario Fannin (HB, Auburn): High ankle sprain, Prob.
Cameron Newton (QB, Auburn): Broken tibia, 5 weeks
Jake Heaps (QB, BYU): Turf toe, 1 week
DJ Woods (WR, Cincinnati): PCL sprain, Qst.
Zach Frazer (QB, UCONN): Torn rotator cuff, Season
Ricky Stanzi (QB, Iowa): Broken ribs, Doubtful
Daniel Thomas (HB, Kansas St.): Broken tailbone, 8 weeks
Ryan Van Bergen (DE, Michigan): Sprained wrist, 1 week
TJ Yates (QB, UNC): Strained back, 5 weeks
Terrelle Pryor (QB, Ohio St.): Complete ACL tear, Season
Kenjon Barner (HB, Oregon): Forearm fracture, 6 weeks
Tom Savage (QB, Rutgers): Torn rotator cuff, Season
Stephen Garcia (QB, South Carolina): Broken Ribs, 10 weeks
Garrett Gilbert (QB, Texas): Broken Ribs, 9 weeks
Christine Michael (HB, Texas A&M): Broken tailbone, 1 week
Robert Woods (WR, USC): Broken ribs, 1 week
BJ Daniels (QB, USF): Foot stress fracture, 9 weeks

(This does not include players who are not on the depth chart thanks to real-life injuries, such as Case Kennan and Troy Woolfork)

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 24, 2010
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	--	Wisconsin	7	0	1.000
2	--	Arkansas	7	0	0.994
3	--	Washington	7	0	0.989
4	--	Georgia Tech	8	0	0.981
5	--	Boise State	6	0	0.981
6	--	Cincinnati	7	0	0.972
7	--	TCU	8	0	0.958
8	--	Michigan	7	0	0.956
9	--	Florida	6	1	0.956
10	--	Ohio State	7	1	0.950
11	--	Oklahoma	6	1	0.937
12	--	Alabama	6	2	0.930
13	--	Pittsburgh	6	1	0.924
14	--	Auburn	7	1	0.916
15	--	Virginia Tech	6	2	0.898
16	--	Miami	5	2	0.894
17	--	Texas	5	2	0.891
18	--	LSU	6	2	0.887
19	--	USC	4	2	0.857
20	--	Florida State	5	2	0.853
21	--	West Virginia	6	1	0.845
22	--	Utah	6	1	0.844
23	--	Nevada	6	0	0.840
24	--	Stanford	5	2	0.823
25	--	Penn State	5	2	0.812

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 17, 2010
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Joshua Nesbitt	QB	Georgia Tech		101-136, 1198 yds, 8 TDs; 194 car, 895 yds, 15 TDs
Jake Locker	QB	Washington		181-270, 2338 yds, 26 TDs, 6 INTs
Ryan Mallett	QB	Arkansas		183-260, 2646 yds, 26 TDs, 5 INTs
Jerrod Johnson	QB	Texas A&M		161-241, 2377 yds, 23 TDs, 2 INTs
Zach Collaros	QB	Cincinnati		101-176, 2049 yds, 22 TDs, 4 INTs

[hockeyplaya2724]

Quote: Originally Posted by justblaze09

Yep, and it usually ends up with me jumping up and down when he breaks his one long run every game lol. I am really not looking forward to the WV game lol. I just have a bad feeling about it.

That's so cool! Give your brother my best wishes on the rest of the season

[justblaze09]

Baldwin Hills
3 star LB chooses Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, OH -- After another impressive showing by the Bearcats against USF on Friday, another recruit was ready to call Cincinnati his future home.

3* OLB Patrick Baldwin (#23 OLB in the nation) from Millsboro High School in Millsboro, DE committed to play for the Bearcats on Monday. Baldwin mentioned how they have come out and still competed for a championship without Brian Kelly and the seniors a year ago is what made him choose them. "How they have adjusted to a new defensive system and improved from last year proved to me that the new coaches can coach and they can compete with the best of them." Baldwin said in a phone interview with us.

At 6'1" 219, Baldwin isn't the biggest linebacker out there. But his ability to play sideline to sideline and coverage skills make up for the size he doesn't have. He should be able to take a redshirt his first year, and then grow into the position.

This week with Syracuse coming into town, UC is bringing in 4* T Ryan Holt and 2* C Jim Brown. I've talked to both and they are excited to see a game in person and see what Cincinnati has to offer.

(OOC Note: Sorry about the LONG delay. Got busy with school stuff so I had to take care of that. Now with the semsester winding down, and UC's season being over (for accurate uniform purposes), I will be back to updating regularly.)