Cincinnati Poon

I don't know about you guys, but I was always partial to the chick on the right. Something about Loni's hair helmet always turned me off. That and I can't stand arrogance, which oozed from every pore of her character's existence.

But hey, let's look under the hood at this Bearcat team. There's a two headed monster at running back with Jacob Ramsey and John Gobel getting the bulk of the carries. As a team, they are gaining about 125 ypg on the ground. Nothing flashy about that, but both backs are gaining nearly five ypc.

Cincinnati attacks through the air. Despite being on their third quarterback of the year ( fourth if you count Mauk), they lead the Big East in ypg passing with 260. And it's at this point that I have to tip my hat to Cincy coach Brian Kelly. Some teams (cough, cough) go into a shell when the second or third string QB is running things. Not Kelly. He's going to attack you on both sides of the ball. Even if he has a roster full of waterboys. It's admirable, and I hope Cincy can hold on to him. At least until their bowl game is over. If he's still the coach at Cincinnati next year, there are some STUPID athletic directors in college football. Redundant, I know.

With the rotating quarterback situation, it's not surprising that Cincinnati isn't leading the league in turnover margin. That has to be killing Kelly a little. It's the reason they were so successful last year. Along with great play. Just imagine if Mauk would have been granted his 13th year of eligibility. With the receivers they have, this would be a scary offense.

Defensively, this isn't the statistical giant that Cincinnati has been. Rough days against Oklahoma, South Florida, and Connecticut didn't help much. Akron, for that matter, got 350 yards on them. Akron! But they do put a decent amount of pressure on the quarterback, and they have that Mickens guy at corner back intercepting anything thrown his way.