The duty is simple for Cincinnati in Saturday night time’s Huge 12 Convention conflict with visiting TCU.
“We want that one win,” mentioned Bearcats working again Corey Kiner. “We’re attempting to ship the seniors out proper. The underclassmen perceive that, the older guys perceive that, everyone understands that.”
Understanding and doing are two various things, although, as Cincinnati (5-6, 3-5) has realized throughout a four-game dropping streak that has introduced the group to the brink of elimination from bowl eligibility.
The Bearcats had been by no means in final week’s 41-15 loss at Kansas State, trailing 27-3 at halftime. They allowed 281 yards on the bottom and could not get Kiner going till it was too late.
Kiner, the primary Cincinnati participant with back-to-back 1,000-yard speeding seasons since Michael Warren in 2018-19, finally ran for 140 yards. However with the protection getting gashed always on the bottom, his contributions weren’t near being sufficient.
In the meantime, the Horned Frogs (7-4, 5-3) improved their bowl standing final week by stomping Arizona 49-28 on their Senior Day. It was the fourth win within the final 5 video games for TCU, which scored touchdowns on 5 straight drives to interrupt the sport open.
One key to the Horned Frogs’ latest success has been an elevated deployment of huge receiver Savion Williams within the backfield. He rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns in opposition to Arizona and now has 312 yards on the bottom, good for second on the group.
“There was one play in opposition to Utah and it was presupposed to be a one-off,” TCU coach Sonny Dykes mentioned of the technique. “After which it was like, ‘That was actually good, let’s try this once more.’ I believe this has helped his draft standing unbelievably.”
Along with his speeding complete, Williams can be second on the group with 57 receptions for 596 yards and 6 TDs.
This would be the first assembly of the groups since 2004, when Cincinnati earned a 21-10 residence win.
–Area Stage Media