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C so e ch test test test test second for I'm pretty sure it's be all good e they say you can't wear white after Labor Day so the city of Cincinnati is cutting it close here at Nipper Stadium near a crowd of 40,000 wearing all white on this final day of August college football is back a pair of second-year head coaches get ready for battle as Pete shinik Squad of the talson Tigers get ready to take on Scott sder Fields boys and the Cincinnati Bearcats here on bearcast sports radio hi everybody thanks for joining in I'm Chase Johns alongside my broadcast partner Christian Pon the Cincinnati Bearcats to come up a 3-9 season and their inaugural Big 12 year in 2023 have a new quarterback in Brendan sby the transfer from Indiana yeah sby he had seven starts at IU through for over 1500 yards and 15 touchdowns I really like him as a quarterback and on the rushing side too he's kind of a dual threat nearly 300 rushing yards and I think he's going to fit perfect for the Bearcats speak speaking of the Run game you have Cory ker back there thousand yard rusher from Cincinnati Ohio five touchdowns last season what's the key for him today him just find the lanes let his o line do the work this o line for the Bearcats return every starter so look at Right Guard Luke kandra preseason All-American just follow your line and Trust in them to make the proper blocks and he's going to have a fine day today on the flip side Tyson Vite comes over from Iowa State he was a linebacker coach for nearly seven or eight years over there and V bringing that 335 scheme we were here last year when Iowa State gave Cincinnati problems how excited you see V I'm very excited to see him for the red and black bear cats as you mentioned we were on the call for the Iowa State game and we were like what is this 3 35 defense and it worked so well just a few stats when he was with the Cyclones he led the Big 12 from 2016 and to 2023 in several categories including scoring defense Total Defense yards per play allowed rushing yards allowed and yards per carry out so be very exciting to see the new defense but without the Godfather Dante Corleone who is out today unfortunately yeah he was warming up but around the end of warm-ups we noce that he was not dressed it's going to be a big impact for the bear catch you got to look at Ari Burns either to step up for the barats of that nose tackle slot but you know he was listed as day to-day throughout the week so maybe we'll see him next week vers P again it'll be a big game next week between those two themes a week from today on the flip side talson they have a quarterback question to answer is it Nathan Kent or Carlos Davis we were out there watching we're not sure ourselves we think it might be Carlos Davis but we'll see you we probably end up seeing both them today but Carlos Davis the transer from UMass he only played in four games last season through six touchdowns 886 yards we'll see if it's him or Nathan Kent and then looking at the Run game Devin Matthews he had 147 attempts for 654 yards on the ground and nine touchdowns last year big key for talson winning this game is gonna be himit yes and it's as you mentioned you gota win the line scrimmage without Dante collon for the Beats does the talson o line have an advantage here with Devin Matthews who has 23 career touchdowns we'll see see it's going to be a good battle in the trenches the defensive line we talk about the trenches The Edge rushers for this talson team are two very good ones and Ernie Smith and Deion Cruz Harris yeah that's dline had 29 sacks last season which was third best in the CAA if they can create pressure against the Bearcats o line which is very tough we could have a nice match up in tonight look at at these head coaches Pete shinnick is second year as the head man at talson he's the son of Baltimore Colts linebacker Don shinik who has the most post career interceptions for a linebacker in NFL history Scott safield here his second year with the cats three and N last season trying to go off to a 1 and0 start Bearcats haven't lost a home opener in over 20 years talson will Tee It Away Keegan vaugh will kick off back deep to return will be Logan Wilson the transfer from North Texas I just want to say right here here mayy we're back it's the Tigers it's the cats kickoff underway and it's fair caught like it's like Joe Royer right there Joe Royer getting involved Fair caught it'll be placed at the 25 yard line and new quarterback Brendan ssby we get an opportunity yeah we are very excited to see him play and what was very important he said was to get a hot start and just to find ways to stack plays together and if they can get off to a hot start right here and set the tone for the match that confidence level for not only swords but the team goes up up up up up here the bear cats tied end to the left a wing to the right two receivers out wide sorby calls A Man in Motion pop pass to Barry Jackson Jr Jackson trying to ride his blockers to The Far Side of the field and gains four Barry Jackson ready sh freshman had some action last season on the Jet Sweep right there looked like it would have been kind of gain of zero but he still maneuvered outside follow his block and he cut outside and got a couple yards out of it speed is key with Barry Jackson that's the case oh yeah Personnel change here Xavier Henderson out to the right of sorby jamy May out to the left ker directly behind sorby em motion from Royer give to ker ker sifting through gets the extra effort and will move the sticks for a first down yeah right there we just talked about it trusting his old line and the old line right there made a lot of great blocks and open up a lot of lanes for Cory ker to go to work who was six excuse me eighth in the conference in rushing yards last season the Big 12 and he hit over a thousand yards and the Big 12 is full of a lot of great backs to say the least spread formation two receivers to the left of sorby two to the right ker at the left hip of sby in the gun motion from Aaron Turner sorby will pull it and he'll throw to Turner on the left side Turner makes it breaks that tle Turner is Off to the Races can he beat the charge and he'll get out at around the 17 yd line out in the flat and Aaron Turner turns on the burners and right there great blocked by the wide receiver that open up the lane for Aaron Turner and we mentioned it getting off to a quick start to improve that confidence sorby and the Bearcats just do that they have it at the 16 now big play Turner had 11 catches only 89 yards last year didn't play a whole lot for Yukon spent three seasons there and now the Bearcats will be in the trips right formation with ker directly behind sorby a motion sent from Francis Sherman from left to right sorby the give the ker ker gets through and gets about three yards was tackled by what looks like big 97 Journey Dunbar now right there the all line made their there was a lane but kind of just hit it a little too late if he was there a second earlier he could be in for the touchdown again getting Kinder involved and getting his feet wet will be a big thing going forward sorby's in the gun Chance Williams the Grambling State transfer in Royer the wing to the left two receivers up top one receiver to the bottom sorsby quick throw screen for Xavier Henderson and Henderson will get stopped up and he'll lose about a yard on that one as a pack of tigers get after him yeah it looks like Joe Royer is out there alongside him was Barry Jackson they just couldn't un block the defensive backs of talson which allow them to blow up that play it' be the first third down the Bearcats would have to try to convert it's third and five at the talson 11 shifting here's two receivers at the bottom Henderson and Smith now on the slot they check at the line of scrimmage jamy May out wide right Chance Williams directly behind sorby sorby will drop back sorby lot of time over the middle caught by Mae good enough for a first down inside the 5 yard line down to the two right there sby great job making his read scan the field from left to rain he found JY ma over the middle I thought personally he could have had Tyron Smith on a corner route in the end zone but it's all right Bearcats have it inside the five sorsby completing the first three passes of his bearcat's career the ball will be placed at the two yard line sorby will be in the empty back field two receivers to his left and three out wide to his right maybe a QB keeper right here the man can run and we will see what happens here you called it Chris and it's a touchdown for Brendan sorby starting off his era pretty smooth welcome to Cincinnati Brendan sorby I mean what a great drive to start the game off and for the Bearcats bet you that'll ease the nerves a little bit for him definitely will was a seven playay 75 yard scoring drive that took 3 minutes and 43 seconds capped off by the new quarterback Brendan sorby yeah he had four rushing touchdowns last year for the hooers so he can run he's capable of doing it he just showed us right there Carter Brown will attempt the pat snap hold kick up and down Broadway great start for the Bearcat seven play drive to get things going know this offense they got a lot of new pieces and sby being on them he's really exciting to see they talked about sorby wanting to do a lot of play action a lot of play fakes development he looked really good on that drive he really did stayed composed and as I mentioned maybe a few nerves but on that drive they have to be eased away and again getting Aaron Turner out in the space was the big thing pitch and catch Off to the Races yeah that was a big play right there I don't want to look back see how many yards it was but overall I got the Bearcats in the red zone it was a great play design for the cat it's going to put the pressure early on talson as we will see who their quarterback's going to be it's going to be Carlos Davis or last year starting quarterback Nathan Kent talson they have a lot of depth at receiver just they haven't seen the field as much as we would think yeah there some few notable names John Dunmore the transfer from Oregon State C chosen transfer from TCU jcon dos from Fresno State you know that's D1 Schools power five schools right there besides Fresno State but as you mentioned they they didn't get the experience they didn't have the opportunities and they'll find out right here for the Tigers this is the first meeting between these two teams in history the last time that Talsen came to the state of Ohio was 2012 believe that was a loss to Ken State yeah in 2012 I was eight years old I was nine well the the ones that are listening maybe it shows the age we don't know times have changed itely have here's a fun fact it's lone win in the state of Ohio was a 21-5 victory at Ashlin in 1979 wow they're one and six in Ohio they started off strong and things haven't been the way they expected people rat on Ohio I don't know why theyy doubt but here's the thing though this is the 50 50th anniversary of Talon's undefeated 1974 which they went 10 and0 history in the making boss hey and also here 100 years at nier Stadium they'll have a dedication later on on the season when they play West Virginia the Bearcats in West Virginia who faces off against each other on November the 9th TB Theon who's calling the game but got to get through this one first another note to stand out for the toalson o line they only give up 15 sacks 15 sacks last season second best in the ca you look at the barcat SE line they've only created 21 sacks was 11th in the Big 12 so a matchup kind of want to see can the Beats take advantage of it can they win it but without Dante CW on it could be pretty tough it definitely will be whoever the quarterback is trying to keep them upright will be key talin's offensive coordinator looking at Brian Shepard the second year offensive coordinator was at Stetson has a track record of making FCS quarterbacks develop and become really good players yeah another player to look out for talson tight end Carter Rion he's going to be a problem if he can get rolling for the tigers look out for the Bearcats a preseason FCS all americ one the first in talison history Nathan Hawks will Tee It Up at the 35 yd line to kick it away and just looking at the sideline looks like it's going to be Carlos Davis he has his helmet on he's ready to come out after this kickoff Devin Matthews Christopher Watkins back deep to return Hawks boots it away Fair caught actually dropped it in the end zone and knil it will be a Touchback looks like he lost his awareness there he's going a fair Catch and he's in the end zone just let the ball go out of bounds but and to mention that's their starting running back that's back there taking kicks he's got a lot of work to do you miss or do it all keep it real on that one and yes Chris it is Carlos Davis the graduate from UMass 6 1% completion percentage last year 886 yards six touchdowns three interceptions and limited playing time that's starting off that no tackle it's Kamari Burns for Dante Corleone sends a Man in Motion empty set for Carlos Davis quick drop from Davis scanning gets out flush to his left trying to outrun Jared Bartlett and Jared Bartlett the first play of his Bearcats career is a sack and that was made possible by Eric Phillips he had great pressure on Davis which forced him to roll outside and he ran right into Jared Bartlett Bartlett playing that Mike position and Jack Dingle moving over to the will Jake gold day 82 tackles last year when he was at Central Arkansas yeah when you look at this linebacking core sarahfield says they feel they have at least six or seven guys that'll be in rotation and we'll play in the game so this is a very deep linebacking CT for the Bearcats snap from Davis the hand off to Matthews Matthews gets hit pretty hard after gaining round two where it'll set up a third down and 11 I think overall we're just excited to see Tyson bite here at UC as a DC being this unique 335 formation it's just it's going to be a pleasure to watch with these athletes on the field talson Subs out and has five receivers on the field three receivers down to Carlos Davis's right and two up top to his left including in the slot the FCS preseason All-American Carter runion let's see what the bear cap drop here they're going to looks like they're going to bring four along the line we'll see light box the snap for Davis three-step drop he'll take the shot thrown and it's knocked off the hands of John Dunmore in coverage Jordan Young and the Tigers will punt that's another key thing the defensive backs for the barats is secondary they the team overall had 26 editions to be of the portal and five of them are going to be in the secondary so a lot of new faces out there great play right there by Jordan Young new system new faces but Jordan young the main stay in this system hey he led the team with seven pass breakups last year played a big key in some Bearcat success in the second turn hopeing for more success going forward here the punter Bryce lit he'll Boot It Away nice punt it'll be fair call but actually muffed and talson recovers it at the 20 yard line Michael maseri trying to fair catch it turns his head drops right through his hands and talson with a gift on the doorsteps of the Red Zone I will say this Michael MSI he's a red trick freshman but he was backing up to get that punt look at the wind Chase it's going from north to south that backed him up and he's got a little Wicked spiry on and that could have messed with him a little bit for those wondering Chris is also a part-time weather man so he he's got a lot of this stuff down I will say that we are next to the coach's Booth I heard a few banging you know and bring back memories of last year was Iowa State hopefully this is the only stuff that we hear from over there except for cheers but talson has it at the 20 yard line tied in to the right is ran three receivers out to the left Devin Matthews on the left hip of Carlos Davis flips the side Matthews on the right Carlos Davis three-step drop lot of patience throws to the corner of the end zone and it's incomplete but a flag's going to be thrown Jordan young in coverage on the big Carter runan looks like a pass interference is going to be assessed yeah fans are not happy about that call but we look at Carlos Davis so making his progressions all the way through and looking at runan Jordan young can maybe got a little handy with it but you know not a good sequence of events for the Bearcats it be a holding on Gordon young it'll move talson up 10 yards where it will be first down and goal to go like they Sub in both running backs Devin Matthews and Christopher Watkins the Maris transfer got some carries later on in the season last year had four touchdowns averaged 8.1 yards a carry talk about that that's some RJ Harvey numbers right there RJ all day they say both running backs on both hips of Carlos Davis but a timeout will be called by talson they need to talk this one over and we're going to talk this one over in a break we'll be back here shortly on bearcast Sports Radio e e e SE here we're back here on bearcast sports radio talson has the football on the doorstep of the end zone they're first and 10 first and goal Carlos Davis in the gun with Devon Matthews on the left londono in motion Davis scanning the pocket throws and it's incomplete pass is intended for DK James right there good coverage by Jordan young once again the Bearcats need to make a stand right here here second and goal from the 10 they need to have a good stop Cincinnati trying to keep the lead early on after a Michael maseri mistake on a muff punt second down and 10 from the 10 motion from londono right to left here the give to Matthews and Matthews trying to jump over and he gets tackled around down the 5 yd line that was close if he got out of that tackle he would have been in the end zone but I think it was Antoine Peak I think who made the tackle right there yeah he was very close on that one Townson not wasting any time third down and goal three receivers out wide Davis tried the hard count but got his own man with it would be a false start on Dan vuli now that changes everything you're going from third and goal from the five to Third and goal from the 10 that changes your play calling your personnel big mistake for the Tigers and it relieves the pressure off the Bearcats a little bit but also now for the Bearcats you got more ground to cover now it's going to be 20 yards from the 10 to the end of the end zone so stay composed make a play right here and try force and go for a field goal will be third down and goal from the 10 I will say this last year Talsen 36% on third Downs it was 10th in the ca three receivers out to the left one to the right Davis the clap gets the snap but a flag is thrown let's go delay of game I will say this the tigers are facing the Ruckus right now and it's pretty f for the season opener so they're making a lot of noise and it could be disrupting the communication for the Tigers that's a lot of white over there and it's pretty intimidating to say the least the Ruckus doing their job substitution for both sides Jonathan Thompson in the game and Daren Varner the transfer from Wisconsin play talkx at five they got to hurry up towson's got to hurry three2 gets the snap offall five receivers Davis looking got a lot of time throws and it's Ricochet off an incomplete Cincinnati able to hold on that play and it'll bring up fourth down so antenna Target was ran Davis made his reads it looked like he second gets it he had him at first looks like running was running a Crossing route in the end zone he hesitated he pump fake but he still star at him then he threw it the second time maybe the first time could have been something else for the Tigers but beats get out of it Davis had a lot of time on that throw he had enough time to make a cup of coffee here the kicker vaugh will attempt a 32 yd field goal held by Justin Ritter snap hold kick up and it is good in the All State hands stri down Main Street right there with 803 to go Cincinnati's up seven to3 over the toalson Tigers we'll take a break here on bearcast Sports Radio e back here on bearcast sports radio Keegan vaugh will send this one away back deep to Logan Wilson here the kick is away caught by Wilson at the 21 yd line Wilson juking and gets up to the 35 yd line where the Bearcats offense will take over now right here these kicks by toalson they're not going pretty far they're not going towards the end of The End Zone they're actually almost like Pooch like kicks which is giving the Bearcats the opportunity to go for the return there like a strategic matter in that regard most likely is we'll see here will be first and 10 for Cincinnati at the 35 yd line the Bearcats went seven plays 75 yards on their opening drive capped off by a two-yard Brenan Thorsby touchdown run they'll have three receivers to the right of him and one to the left in Henderson a motion across by Francis Sherman here the give to ker and ker tries to go to the left side and he gets stacked up it's around two yards the host of tigers get there number 11 Rodney rone the one to get there first you're right there the all line for the barats he cannot make it to the second level which allowed the toson linebackers just to infiltrate and get to kind of very early on only gain the two like you mentioned but we'll see what happens with this play call May the Bearcat decide to throw it right here they have trips out to the right Joe Royer the tight end on the left ker directly behind sorby sorby the clap play fake looking throws over the middle and it's caught by Joe Royer and Joe Royer gains around 22 on that play his first catch as a bearcat the former Buckeye gets the first down now Joe Royer such a talented player I'll let you go cuz they're going Tempo we're going NASCAR Pace right now and they flip the formation three to the left one to the right sorby the clap throws out to Henderson and it's off the hands and incomplete maybe a little too fast for the barats but let's go back and play it was a great read a great throw to Roy Royer and he made a great catch now D Royer transfer from OSU not much playing time but this camping off season coach safield said he's such a talented player he's had so much balls ahead of him he hasn't played that much either he's a talented tight end and earn that spot here he's going to make an impact for the Bearcats went to Elder High School was a highly talented recruit from there has four career catches one of them being in the playoff game against Georgia when he was a buck guye motion across for him Sherman right next to sorby play action for sorby sorby's going to take the shot sorby's got Henderson and it's a touchdown Xavier Henderson on the post route and sorby throws a dime right down the middle of the field and the bear catch strike again hey sarahfield said about sword he has a quiet confidence about himself but he shows humility too this kid can play ball and so far for the bear cats I mean this has been a pleasure to watch a great throw a great read a great catch by Henderson Xavier Henderson had 782 yards last season book that up for 42 right there and a great response after dropping the catch earlier on Snap hold kick is up and good for Carter brown with 650 to go in the first quarter the Bearcats are up 14 to3 we'll take a minor break here on bearcast Sports Radio byc scharn [Music] hero honor Ser those who serve us Reserve Master Sergeant Terence Harrison is our hometown to Harris offic with over 35 years of continu service Sergeant has been the Army in various imp at e e e we're back here on Bearcat sports radio the Bearcats are up 14 to3 over the Thousand Tigers a 650 go in the first quarter Nathan Hawks will Tee It Up back deep to return it' be Devin Matthews this one will sail and bounce in the end zone for a Touchback be cats on defense they made quite a few plays last possession it was just the unfortunate special teams error that allowed talison to get points on the board but overall and coverage they've been playing very good in the revamp secondary times like this last last year there have been times where they might have folded or anything in that situation that's a tough thing to go into once you get a good stop and and then a turnover like that happens but Bearcats are able to hold three instead of seven talson on the field down Wing to the right of Carlos Davis two to the bottom one up top running back to the left hip Davis and the gun claps gives it off and a nice run right there it's about a 5 yard gain for number four Tyro green all right there he just lowered the shoulder and went through the defender it looks like it's McKai Miller trouble tackling him but great run right there 6 foot 195 running back that's Tyro green like you mentioned here the gun snapped here is Davis rolling out and On The Run it's caught by Lucas londono londono breaks a couple tackles and gets on the plus side of the field up to the 47 of Cincinnati moving the six looks like he collided with his own man on that play he could have gotten more yards it was looked like three receivers in that small area they ran into each other but it could have been more yards pace for the Tigers a handoff for green and green is stuffed up at the line of scrimmage but Jonathan Thompson the red shirt sophomore from Columbus Ohio had 31 tackles last year the St Francis theale same high school that former head coach Luke fickle wented talk about a storyline talk about a little fun fact too here the Tigers taking their time on this one he trips to the left side and one receiver down to the bottom motion out from Green Davis the dropback gets out to his right looking throws it high and over the head of londono it's incomplete right there bear cats a great job on creating pressure forcing Davis out the pocket and once again secondary doing a great great job uncovering the talson wide receivers it's going to force third down that was big 93 Harrison Adams that broke through the line of scrimmage nearly untouched it'll be third down and eight from the 45 yd line of the Beats five wide for Townson three to the bottom right and two up top to the left Davis looking a lot of time he'll take it and run and he gets stuffed it'll be about a two- yard gain but not before he is dropped he took a hit he did take a hit like kayin Carrol looked like it was Carol here's the thing though the Bearcat they created pressure they had an opportunity but one of the players can't tell who it is but he just looks like he wasn't aware of where Davis actually was and he end up right in front of him but overall barats going to stop on third down Thomson will punt laet will pun punt it away down to masseri high Punt and it will bounce into the end zone for a Touchback but a flag is on the field we'll see what that is yeah I really wasn't looking towards that side of the field that was a was a late flag everyone watching the ball on that one the refs convene and what official will run over to talk to saterfield looks like that'll be on most likely the Tigers call that's just discipline right there that there are a few bad penalties but you get something like that illegal formation on a that's rudimentary right there the little things add up to something big they do they do looking at toson they were last in the conference in penalties they had 8.1 per game they made 89 penalties they have three today yeah here the Bearcats will be on the field the offense Brendan sorby once again be first down and 10 two receivers to his right sends Aon Turner in motion gives it the Chance Williams and Williams will get around three on the carry a Chance Williams he's a fun player to watch a transfer from Grambling State who's All Conference second team last season six touchdowns on the ground he's a physical Runner 510 198 it's going to be hard to bring him down like you men men earlier the balance with him and Cory ker will go a long way in this conference second down and 10 and the pistol is sorby sends Royer in motion from left to his right the clap he's the snap throws out in the flat it's caught by Royer Royer's got a first down oh man Royer he's got some UPS hurdles a man and gets up to the 39 yd line moving the six he's just having fun out there right now I mean you can tell he is having a lot of fun on the field for the Beats making plays hurdling a man too I mean you love to see it though you love to see it the brothers back home he is in the hometown you've got a good history of tight ends recent history that are going to the National Football League maybe roer's one of them in the gun is sorby Roy right next to him here play action roll to the left side sorby looking floats with one deep and a wide open Sterling Burke halter and Sterling bur halter will go for a touchdown absolutely nobody out there and Sterling with the strut into the end zone it's a great play action play call right there 61 yards it really confused the defense and sorby making a great throw wide open like you said was Burk alter and the Bearcats are just letting it pour on against the Tigers Brendan sorby right now 200 passing yards in the first quarter one incompletion Carter Brown the extra point it's up and good I mean great start for Bearcats it doesn't get any better than this you are setting the tone for this match 21 quick points sby three touchdowns I mean hey I got to say is welcome to Cincinnati kids 213 Cincinnati is up right now we'll take a small break once again here on bearcast Sports Radio Nathan Hawks will Tee It Up and send it away here's the kick from the 35 it's a low one to the sideline and the kick will be out of bounds and it will be a flag trying to pin him in coffin territory that one you can't blame the win you can't blame the win on that one that's just another costly mistake this time for the Bearcats but going back to rudimentary stuff this is stuff you know you shouldn't really have to work on during the season but it's all right first game Jitter now you're really going to learn about your team this matchup Jason Doss was very close to touching that right there very close had to pull a smooth criminal out there to not touch it you know what a coach tell me before what you learn a lot by yourself between week one and week two you definitely do talson has it first and 10 three receivers to the left they send one in motion to the right Davis throws out in the flat it's caught by londono and E hit immediately that was Joshua Minkin he's R the transfers in this secondary he's coming from Louisville making a big play right there for the cats quick Tempo from the Tigers again over to londono londono hit hard and gets a first down so before this drive started Davis was one for five and he he was really surveying the field trying to go down the field but now t has switched their approach to something more quick quick throws quick curl routes let's see if it continues a sense of urgency hand off fumbled but it's recovered immediately by Devin Matthews went a little too fast on that a little too fast on the exchange right there and as Matthews comes out could have been a scary play for the Tigers a lot of substitutions for the Tigers is send in two running backs Christopher Watkins and Tyrell green the Bearcats with a couple Subs of their own that'll be second down and 12 at the Tigers 45 yd line two receivers on both sides two running backs excuse me the handoff is to green and green has green grass ahead and he gets hit Low by Antoine Peak Jr flipped over and gets to about the 37 yd line and moves a six for a first talson right there at lineup with two running back backs in the back field and this was green as you mentioned he just bounced it all the way outside he was uncovered for the majority of the play and got a big gainage right there same formation two running backs in the back field two receivers out to the left the clap from Davis but the officials blow the whistle and looks like there'll be a false start another penalty for the Tigers looks like that's going to be their fourth penalty I believe it looks like it full penalties for 20 yards the Florian staylor left guard col Germany once again same formation for the Tigers first and 15 play fake throws out to the flat and it is juggled and dropped by Christopher Watkins had some blocks set up really nicely if he was able to hold on to it he did and out of this formation they have a lot of good plays coming out of it just is unfortunate for the Tigers it was just the throw is a little too high by Davis and Watkins could reel it in but second and long for the Tigers be second down and 15 from the 42 yard line talson again with more subbing trips to the left and a receiver down to the bottom that would be DK James Davis in the gun takes the snap three-step drop looking gets away throws it and it's caught on the sideline by DK James DK kind of hiding over there and a great throw while getting hit was Carlos Davis I love how he mentioned he was hiding over there I'm not going to lie when looking at the field I didn't notice he was he's wide open it was going out BCE for a second yeah it was we were watching the ball like oh wow there's a receiver right there but first down for the Tigers the Tigers will keep that same formation they'll flip the running back Watkins to the left of Davis here a motion be a throw and a tough throw and what an amazing catch by Carter runion threw it in between three people and the FCS allamerican preseason selection goes up and gets it well you just showed us why he's an FCS preseason allamerican I mean that was a risky throw by Davis but trusting her tight end in that situation Tiger's not wasting any time we first down in 10 from the 11 of the Bearcats gives it off to Watkins Watkins bounces off a Defender and gets down to about the three yard line the ball did pop out but they say that it was caused by the ground and that will be the final play of this first quarter the opening act for the 2024 Cincinnati Bearcats 21 points Brendan sorby showing off the arm and an electric defense flying around the football oh yeah what a game we got even though it's going to be just week one still going to be a great opportunity for both teams we'll be back here on bearcast sports radio shortly e test test test e e e e test test here we are back here for the second quarter going to be first down and 10 from the four yd line for the Tigers second down excuse me handoff and tough running by Devin Matthews we'll get to about the three third and short tires talson trying to get a touchdown on the board hand off to Matthews Matthews hop step and he stopped just shy of the end zone barely gets a yard on that one and it'll be decision time be fourth down and one fourth down and goal from the two big play right here snap handoff stuff Cincinnati stand strong think that was Jared Bartlett big play by him and it's a bigger stop for the cats I mean they just infiltrated the backfield no room to work for for the Tigers Jared Bartlett filling the a gap and made his presence felt I mean he went in there unblocked it's a great defensive play for the Bearcats a little bit of a challenge you're you bought your own three yard line so it's going to be kind of tough to get out of there you got to move move your way out of there with a few frun plays maybe a few options try and get the defense guessing but 97 yards to go breathing room will be the huge thing for them as they will have the ball at their own three yard line it'll be first down and 10 Brendan thorby comes back into the game pistol formation motion from Tony Johnson it's taken by sorby sorby The Pitch Out to Tony Johnson Tony Johnson breaks the tackle and gets up to the 15 yd line picks up around 12 and moves the sticks you know I ran that same exact play in NCA football 25 the good old classic read option this time swords me had the read insd to pitch it out and it's a great play I mean versatility you know you want to keep the defense guessing you want to keep them on their feet keeps them going every which way be first down and 10 sorby's in the gun two receivers on both sides he'll drop back quick throw out to Xavier Henderson and Henderson will get around five yards on that so far two plays for the Bearcat 17 yards to get out of the tough spot their own three they make it all the way up to their own 20 yard line so now it's more breathing room for them which can open up the Playbook and really maybe have Scott safield dig in a little bit deep or is he gonna keep it basic a lot of things have been working for the Bearcats so far there 13 minutes to go in the first half the give to ker ker lots of space bounces out breaks a tackle ker toward the talson sideline and gets out around the 39 yd line in the thousand yard rusher getting off with a nice Sprint it was a great run but what I liked was Tony Johnson receiver making a block on that left side which allowed ker to bounce outside and essentially Johnson has kept his man in place through the sideline which allowed kinder to go that way Bearcats setting up shop at their own 39 yd line be doubles to both sides ker on the right hip of sorby sorby in the gun takes the clap here's the snap throws a screen it's dropped by Xavier Henderson second time today looks like to mention Henderson just an easy quick pass to him and he couldn't reel it in he also has that touchdown C so it's a little more consistency out of him would be nice but we get it it's game one a lot of things to work on Henderson three catches for 49 yards and that touchdown that Chris just mentioned Personnel shift by Cincinnati Manning kovi is in the backfield he'll take the handoff and he'll get stuffed in the back field the entire Tigers defensive line shot through getting stopped by Daniel Raymond looks like Dion clu Harris you mentioned Ki in the backfield they added a transfer in that running back room Evan prior came from Ohio State highly recruited and looks like so far today he might be that fourth running back on the depth chart we know he's had a lot throughout his college career including a season ending injury 2022 a lot of running backs the Bearcats have here it's third down and 15 the Bearcats have only had one third down today and they converted it sorby the snap sorby steps over to his left looking down the field makes a man miss nice throw out to kovi but kovi slips loses his footing and will be well short of the first down marker right there I thought sorby was going to run for it honestly it looked like he had the lane and the opportunity too but decided to Dish it off and it's all right but fourth down for the Bearcats this will be the first punt that Cincinnati will have this season and they'll send Mason Fletcher back there Fletcher 2023 all Big 12 honorable mention 2022 Ray guy award finalist from Melbourne Australia 6 fo7 talk about his brother Max Fletcher too transfering in from Arkansas here Fletcher will do the a style punt deep punt that is and pins the Tigers back inside their own ton at the six flag is thrown looks like it might be on the Bearcats officials convening at the C Paul logo at the 50 this is in the backfield where Fletcher was he didn't take any contact so so we'll be a holding and to going to move them back about half the distance there's not much room to go from where they had the fair catch they might push him back to the three it looks like maybe keep at the seven excuse me not I think they're going to move it I was right back to the three second guess myself it's all right the unofficial three and a half yard line if you want to get technical but I mean you can't tell from up here you really can't now we do have a beautiful view nice sunny day here in Clifton few chance of rain showers but looks like the rain might hold off you love the rain don't you I don't love the rain I just like providing the scenery of what's Happening well of course I mean we can't show what's happening so we got to explain it I'm not sure if you want me to explain what's happening in the sky well we have a moment it's very humid out there 73% humidity it's true if you are outside you you know it's humid for sure but the difference is it's 82 degrees outside compared to yesterday it was upper 90s yeah we had the privilege of calling the Battle of I74 for Chatterbox sports that second half it seemed like every other player went down at the cramp yeah I mean again it's August football you have your training camps your practices the pads come out it's a quick turnup but but yeah the hydration and staying with the well fluids it's it's a real thing as when that first cramp shoots through on your calf or your hamstring or your thigh ain't fun it's not fun I think about jayen little the Lineback for Harrison he went down with the cramp three times in one quarter one drive it was yeah I mean it was I could not believe that I mean unbelievable I get the pain you get from one cramp I cannot imagine three of them in that span don't know be first down and 10 the Tigers backed up in their own territory two receivers on both sides Devin Matthews to the right of Carlos Davis Davis in the gun he's in the end zone throws a quick one out to Matthews Matthews has it Matthews gets along the sideline and picks up a first down out to around the 17 yd line great play designed by the tires right there for the Beats cornerback Jordan Robinson had the wrong greet he first went in towards Matthews but then Matthews cut it outside quick tempo for the Tigers and a big hit was maai Miller that laid the boom on Devin Matthews Matthews does pick up about five on that play but the presence felt for Makai Miller I mean hard-hitting linebackers and DBS for the Bearcats Tigers Up Tempo again two receivers on both sides three-step drop for Davis throw it out and almost intercepted it was Jonathan Thompson with full extension on the football very close to getting that very close and that would have been six going the other way for the cats overall just a great pass Def flection and third down for the Tigers Cincinnati Subs in an entirely new unit the third down rush Townson has five receivers empty backfield for Davis Ruckus gets loud as he is very deep in his own territory be catch might rush three right here the clap the snap throws over the middle it's caught and with a lot of green grass going is Jason dos and dos will take it the distance catch the ball and Sprint off as Doss takes it for a touchdown transer from Fresno stay I mean they just found a slip seam in the zone barats only rushed three on that one they dropped back eight in coverage and I know DC Tyson Vite is not happy about that one quick read and throw for Carlos Davis and the talson Tigers have some life here the extra point will be Keegan B be held by Justin Ritter the snap the hold the kick he perfect the Tigers respond they did it right there 76 yard touchdown jci on do huge play from them the sideline jolted with energy 954 to go in the first half it's 2110 Bearcats are up we'll be back on the other side op one what e e here're back on bearcast sports radio the score is 21 to1 Cincinnati is up just a little below 10 minutes ago in the first half it has been a fun one long touchdown passes by both teams talson kicks it away an even shorter kick than before fielded by Logan Wilson Wilson trying to get through muscles his way to around the 37 yd line Cincinnati again with good field position and you mentioned that I really do think it's a strategic point from what they're doing because the kicker and the play kicker he's not taking a long drop back it's only a few steps it's really quick and concise right to the point so they're definitely seeing something they want to avoid certain players it seems like avoiding certain players and finding some spots on the field it looks like and that's what it's all really about is the placement of the ball if you can get in the right point and make the Bearcat special teams uncomfortable that's where mistakes happen first and 10 for Cincinnati sorby on the drop back looks out to his right and and throws and it's caught by Xavier Henderson Henderson caught at the 50 yard line and made his way to the 46 yd line of talson it'll be a first down thought Henderson is six Target so far in this match swords been Henderson so far a good kick con action a few drops by Henderson but overall mostly positive including the long touchdown earlier to mention Xavier Henderson's brother Texans cornerback and former first round pick CJ Henderson be interesting receiver Corner matchup of Brothers at a family reunion or a family Cook I know there's definitely bragging rights sorby throws a screened out to Joe Royer with a lot of space Royer the big man rumbles down the sideline and Royer gets down around the 10 yd line misdirection and finding Royer onto the right side and let the big man get out in space I mean just a great play designed by Scott safield and the barats you had the the backfield Chance Williams mentioned play fake he goes left Royer pump fakes looks right and finds Royer and not only that you got two linen out in front of him too leading the way the game of spacing and there's not much more space you can have than that play right there Ro making an impact 70 receiving yards so far on three catches to say first and 10 Double Wing handoff Chance Williams left side Williams and he gets around the three yard line Williams made a vicious cut cut the Run short yeah you look at Williams as we mentioned 510 198 he's a big guy he's also agile he's quick he can make the Cuts that's exactly what he did on that run right there this going to be a great ad to the Bearcats running back room it's like that fire and nice Dynamic Cory coner Chance Williams with the speed it's gonna be fun to watch with them will be second down and goal sorby keeps it sorby brought back trying to fight but it's ultimately tackled right there that was think that was number 24 for talson that's a big loss for the catch right there and to say probably so far that may be the barats only bad play on offense really yeah that was one of the only negative plays that they've had the entire day and that was Mike Swain who made the tackle for the Tigers now it will be third down and goal from the 12 yd line it does give the offense a little bit more room to operate so it isn't an interesting scenario in that regard a defense has to cover more ground Sor be the snap quarterback draw finding a way sorsby walked down Broadway for the touchdown he's so fun to watch I'm really glad the Bearcats got him that's sorby's fourth touchdown of the day two through the air and two on the ground and once again great blocking by the bear catch right there in the Old Line allowing ssby to manage it way out of the pocket and go into the end zone untouched as you mentioned more space for the cats on offense and the defense say to cover more ground parats with the opportunity Carter brown with the extra point it's up and good Cincinnati takes a 28-10 lead with 656 to go in the first half it starts be he's really a two-way player Dynamic he can throw it out and he can also hurt you on the Run has the same amount of touchdown passes as he has incompletions and we look at those two drops though the two completion are two jobs by Anderson it's not like he missed them badly just off the hands looking at these numbers right now Cincinnati 3177 total yards 268 through the air it's normally the other way around they run the football so well but airing it out here yeah and it deals with obviously the week one match up the coach Scott saford you want to keep the Playbook simple you don't want to go deep into the bag and pull out tricky plays you want to keep it really simple it's like it's really unique though you mentioned you know it's usually flipflop you know one of the best rushing teams in the country that'ss their bread and butter and they're really relying on the passing G right now and on flip side talson they've found a way to get down the field a couple of times they got stopped deep in uh Cincinnati territory they went for it on fourth and one at the two got stuffed so potential where they could have scored a touchdown this game could be a little different if talson was able to punch it in yeah and looking at the score 28 to 10 for the cats H I don't really think that score represents or reflects what we've seen so far in the first quarter tson they they really struggled but in the second quarter they really started getting it going you mentioned they had the fourth down that they were stopped deep inside bar cater and they had a nice 70 yard plus touchdown reception to get a touchdown on the board but they their offense has been pretty good so far nearly 200 yards Carlos Davis completing around 54% of his passes 155 yards a big chunk being on that huge play but he's looked pretty comfortable today he has and he started the game off one for five I was early on and now he's 7 for 13 I'm not good at math but six for eight six for eight yep I was I was going to go with that believe it or not but 75% chance right yeah so see six for eight so far after going one for five he's definitely caught his rhythm and you know that he's on a new team he's com from UMass you know you gotta create that chemistry it's different in practice versus the actual ingame chemistry so it's taken a while to get ready and warmed up but here he is speaking of chemistry he has found five different receivers Lucas londono being his leading receiver on the reception side of things and Fresno State transfer Jason Doss having that long touchdown also same for the Bearcats looks like seven different receivers with the catch Xavier Henderson leading away with four receptions for 67 yards in a touchdown Joe Royer leading in yards with 70 on three catches 46 yards after catch the Bearcats lost a tight end in the portal Shaman matire imagine that onew duo with Royer and matire maybe you argue though you don't get Royer if you keep a tire that's very true Nathan Hawks tees It Up Kicks it away deep it'll be a Touchback talson answer with a deep touchdown of their own Cincinnati responds back does talson have a message well we'll see if you got quarterback Carlos Davison there you know as you mentioned starting to pick up his rhythm a little bit let's see the Tigers do the keep basic keep going on the ground or hit the pass game up more but how would the barcat defense respond after that again at an 18-point cushion right now Midway through the second quarter the Tigers offense on the field two receivers to Davis's left one up to the top Devin Matthews gives it excuse me that's Tyro green and green gets it he's down by contact after a six-yard game but the Beats claim they have the football very interesting talson trying to go quicker so Cincinnati doesn't have a chance to possibly review this one it looked like he was down on the ground it did it it took a while for the play to develop but it did look like green was down but they teach you go till you hear the whistle second down and four at the 31 of talson roll out caught and a big tackle right there Jordan young went very low after the catch was made by Carter runion out in the flat yes so far quarterback Jordan young has had a pretty good game for the barats on the defensive side let's see what they can do right here on Third and short third down and two Davis in the gun here's the snap looking around gets out to his right throws caught by londono but it's actually knocked away and incomplete coming downhill was Antoine Peak with a big hit jarring the ball loose yeah Lono he's shaking up on that that was a big hit by Antoine Peak put the shoulder right where the ball was and was able to pop it out he dra it incomplete yeah and it's a great defensive play by the Bearcats official timeout you mentioned it was londono got popped on that one tending to him on the sideline and will be fourth down and two talson will get ready to send this one away to Michael masseri the snap and the kick a nice kick caught by masseri makes a man missile on the talson sideline and gets out just past the 30 yard line up to about the 34 I bet you that definitely improves confidence for him after uh dropped PA early on in the first quarter but R freshman you know he's going to take time to adapt the situations week one and like I said confidence definitely going up after that one to get on the field in any way as a freshman is a big thing and to have the trust and responsibility as a PPT returner special teams goes a long way it's not talked about as much but mistakes earlier you highlight those but then when you make big plays that are positive those get highlighted as well Bearcats offense on the field giving off to ker ker dishes out punishment and gets 11 on the play up to the 46 of their own I like how you mentioned special teams goes a long way and when the coordinator kri kums you know he's such a likable guy you know he I know he's definitely gonna be a player favorite oh yeah if you're going to be undering the Beats Carrie kums has been in Ohio state for a bit Cincinnati as well with Tennessee too yeah first and 10 sorby dropped back gets out to his left throws it and it's caught by Sterling Burk halter and gets the first down actually they'll Mark him out as he stepped out ever so slightly short of the first down marker so this is very unique shorby was under pressure and he had to roll out and as you mentioned before with one of the players talson kind of sneaking on the sideline you don't really notice him and burter is there just waving him down like so me I'm open I'm open I'm open and he hits but he does played a little too close to the sideline but regardless it's a gain of nine that gain of nine will bring up a second down and one two receivers to sorsby's right ker behind him give to ker ker bounces it to the right side gets up to around the 35 yd line moving the sticks for Cincinnati you're right there another great run by ker he's such a north south runner in particular situations on that one though it looked like he could have bounced outside once again but he s to Lord of shoulder and take the contact and get a few more yards and it looks like we're going to get to see the first of EV prior into the game the Ohio State transfer from Cornelius North Carolina will be lined up on the left side of Brendan sorsby motioning in is Joe Royer from left to right two former teammates out State doubles receivers on both sides drop back for sorby airs it out looking for Burke halter throws it and it's inmp but a flag is tossed by the official In The End Zone it looks like they're going to get a pass interference call be Emerald Grant Gant excuse me here it is the Bearcats they had at 35 yard line that's the ideal range to take a shot towards the end zone because it's not too close but you still can spread out the field which is not too far so barcat side go for a shot didn't get it but they get the pass interference call look that ball was overthrown and Gant just got the feet Tangled Up and played too aggressive on that one yeah definitely e match is overthrown even we saw from up here snap for sorsby pump fakes to his left rolls to his right just throws it into the ground it's incomplete the screen was blown up yeah nothing really going there for the Bearcats on that play as you mentioned they try to get the screen Kinder going about the talson defense was right there right with him not much you can do there for sorby you're rolling to your right too the last Drive they had that misdirection screen that worked and tigers were not fooled on that one second down and 10 from the 21 yd line of the Tigers Royer motions across the formation to his left hand off to ker ker tried a vicious cut but falls down only gets a yard yeah Turf monster got him on that one it's a Turf monsters opener as well he thir along for the Bearcats let's see what they go with right here Tony Johnson and Joe Royer out to sorsby's right Tyron Smith and Xavier Henderson to his left Cory ker on the right hip sorby audibles at the line of scrimmage Kinder flips sides to the left the snap here's sorsby on the drop back throws the out route and it's caught by all reliable Joe Royer all reliable talk about a big Target for the tight end 65 255 really making an impact for the Bearcats in this game so far and we first and goal to go for Cincinnati at the eight yd line Personnel shift now it's like Francis Sherman checked into the game as well as Michael mcant got one one on top of Xavier Henderson and untimely snap Cory ker has it dancing his way and is stuffed well behind the line of scrimmage like Gavin Gart and Brendan sorby were not on the same page in that yeah when watching I don't think sby had a clap I don't think he was even signaling anything it was just snap came out of nowhere Gart heard something but I do know if the defense does Clap That is a penalty they can't they can't do that that is true this is and we have reached the twom minute timeout we have to specify the twom minute timeout but it's 28-10 Cincinnati is up knocking on the doorsteps of the 10 it's second and goal ball at the 13 yd line will be back back after this two-minute timeout you for e back here on bearcast sports radio as we finish the two-minute timeout got some scores around college football at the 12:00 hour akan just took a 3 nothing lead over Ohio State Penn State's up 20 to6 with a delay in the third quarter look at at Oklahoma State right now Big 12 member up 176 over South Dakota state Georgia Big Win R Clemson 34-3 in Atlanta mention that they play in Atlanta almost all the time it seems like pittsbur on 5524 the barats will see him next week but fandy beating VTech in overtime 34- 27 and you picked them to go to the ACC Championship let's not mention that please talk about that off camera here we go off the air here third down throw Corner in zone it's deflected away that was second down excuse me but nonetheless deflected away an incomplete intended for Xavier Henderson right there I mean that was a very very good throw but the Bearcats have it at their own 13 yd line and there not much room to work with it's very tight maybe pushing back couple yards that could have been a touchdown but overall a great throw just couldn't haul it in for Henderson we'll have another chance here on Third and goal from the 13 yd line three receivers out to sorby's left motions Royer from left to right here's the snap sorby play fake throws and it's overthrown incomplete intended for Francis Sherman the Arkansas transfer that'll bring up fourth down and the field goal unit will come on it's going to be Carter Brown he's pretty reliable 15 for 19 last year long of 54 came over from Arizona state after 2022 second year as a bearcat Kick's going to be 31 yards away kicking it into the Ruckus snap hold kick and it's missed Carter Brown misses the kick and talson with a little bit more life have to travel around 80 yards down the field but this offense has played with a lot of tempo today and this is the situation that they would want to be in so does that count as an announcer's Jinx for what I said that he's being pretty reliable does it count it's week one man it's week one forever yeah we one anything can happen I'm not counting that that's just unfortunate now if it happens again like you know that plays into its own say h talson out there on the field three receivers to the left excuse me to the right Carlos Davis hands it off and a lot of space for Christopher Watkins green grass ahead Watkins is tackled down by Jordan young at the 41 yd line and a quick strike from the Tigers they're in business another big play for the Tigers 39 yd run on that this time as you mention it's on the ground first was the long reception now talson they're in barcat territory here at the 41 yd line the Tigers playing with Tempo three receivers to the right one down below to the left looks like we're going to get a penalty think it's going to be a false start Florian staylor it's a second penalty of the day it'll move the Tigers back five yards so as we mentioned Tigers got inside bearcat's territory now we keep seeing a lot with teams early on the season penalties big timely penalties that cost them a lot talson will they bounce out of it right here they was a penalty on the line back him up five yards that can really ruin the momentum for the Tigers you see it at times after big plays teams want to go to the line of scrimmage but they're not on the same page and that's where you get those minor penalties that have major effects all right now talson with it being inside of two minutes they were going to have a 10-second runoff but they elected to take a timeout so they could save that time time is of the essence they say oh yeah yeah 125 left to go before halftime they have at the 46 definitely a lot of time to maneuver with now let's te it up here Chris Carlos Davis is eight for 15 157 yards and a touchdown do they take the shot here do they try to mix in run and pass and and use this Advantage they have one timeout right now well if I'm toalson right it's first and 15 if it was first and 10 personally i' I'd run it get a few yards kind of balance it out but since it's first and 15 the emphasis on getting yards on first down is very important here because this can determine the rest of the drive on how it goes so I'm expecting a pass here but something quick we saw him earlier quick Tempo quick Cur routes quick Crossing patterns if I'm quarterback Carlos Davis I'm going with a quick pass right here and the tigers are back on the field here three receivers out to Carlos Davis's right Christopher Watkins to his left John dunore down to the left here's the snap three-step drop for Davis and he's tripped behind and sacked Eric Phillips the Cincinnati kid gets after and right there they tried running a Crossing pattern just great pressure created by the barcat D line and Eric Phillips who was fifth on the team last season with five and a half tack for losses he gets a big sack right there for the cats the co rain High School product able to make a play and it looks like a timeout will be called have to see exactly who called the timeout yeah we didn't catch it on who called the timeout it's gonna be on Cincinnati CC will take the first time out first time out so they're thinking if they can get a stop here it's second and 19 you know they have two timeouts left they can potentially get the ball they're on a minute to go they're thinking they can go down and score I mean the Bearcats have been able to score from any part of the field long balls running the football so they have a lot of confidence on their side and trying to put the pressure on these Tigers yeah and second of 19 you got to figure talson they're going to have to pass the ball here so it's it's empty back field so the Bearcats kind of can drop back eight players three receivers to Davis's right Carter runan lined up to the left at the tight end position motioning in is Christopher Watkins Davis looking throws and it's caught by Carter runion lot of space for runin and runin runs on out of bounds up to the 43 yd line of the Bearcats here's why it's risky when it's passing right here the Bearcats are trying to save as much time as they can and if it's an incompletion if it were stops the clock can't save a timeout but it's another Crossing pattern they get runion and he goes out of bounds so the clock does stop it's a gain of about six third and long will be third and 13 at the 43 of Cincinnati Carlos Davis in the gun Christopher Watkins on his right hip Davis the hard count the flag will be thrown more real estate for the Tigers and the referees are convening at the moment would looked like it was an encroachment and they get a false start on it I think they say it's on the receiver number 11 janosi said that's my bad in situations like this we're looking at the ball it's interesting to see a receiver have a start well thank God we do have this PA system here from the ref indeed as we'd be asking so many questions it is third down and 18 at the Bearcats 48 yd line stuff does change for the Tigers their attack three receivers to the left of Davis here's the drop back three steps steps up in the pocket he's going to run lots of space out to his right and gets around we'll call it the 36 yd line interesting fourth down if they kick it it's a 53 y but they might save Gres him try and go for this this is truly the definition of No Man's Land right now oh yeah it's Fourth and five kicker hean vaugh his long is only 43 they're going to go for this it looks like there's no question about it at the moment only one timeout I think they will burn it here empty set for Carlos Davis a huge fourth down from the 36 Davis looking quarterback draw trying to read his blockers reads well enough and gets the first down turn the page right there Davis showing off with his legs getting the play done on the Run there's an official timeout player helmet came off that's Jean Germain that's a big boy 66355 from burtonville Maryland and he had a nice block on that play those Davis right behind him and Germaine was Paving the way for Davis he was coming off the field was him and coming on is ibraim jwa Maris transfer playing the right guard position now tigers in business 64290 here's Davis three-step drop airs it to the end zone and it's incomplete a little too far out in front of jondas right there for the beats the coverage little handsy low hand action in The End Zone officials aside no flag Townson in that situation trying to be aggressive with 34 seconds on the clock it's second down and 10 ball at the 28 yd line we'll say talson did defer and kick to start the game off so if they can get points they get the ball start the second half get a two for one play fake Davis airs it out looking and it's incomplete John Dunmore the intended receiver but a great play by orine Arnold it's only a sophomore 33 tackles last year playing coverage on their SE right there another once again contact this time but officials I don't think that was enough for pass interference but Bearcat Defenders playing really handy and making the contact and a bearcat Defender is down and that's one of the last defenders in the secondary you want to see down it's Jordan young just a cramp hopefully so it is a very humid August day they'll get him checked out he gets up pretty quickly see him limping a little bit he's drinking some water we his helmet off like he was holding his hamstring so hopefully it was just a cramp in that regard he's playing really tough out there I mean he's making a lot of plays he's been all over the place making tackles low hitting guys I mean he's done a very good job he's gotten his hands on the ball a couple times today yeah he's gonna that's what he's gonna do he's gonna make it really hard for the receivers to get open he's gonna play really tight coverage he's gonna be really physical with you now let's see if they go after where Jordan young was be third down and 10 from the 28 yd line two receivers on both sides Devin Matthews to the left of Carlos Davis Davis in the gun gets the snap trying to buy time lots of time airs it out deep down the field and it's caught John Dunmore with the head tap hey trasure from Oregon State I mean that play is made by Davis getting out of the pocket and he just threw a prayer up with Dunmore guarded by Arnold it was one on one the entire time Carlos Davis is having himself a half as well wow and the energy has shifted to the side of the Tigers the kick is up and it is through the momentum has shifted the eye of the tiger has opened it's 2817 with 19 seconds to go in this first half that's night gasty gets the ball at half Tigers they're down by 11 that could be a very pivotal play that's a way to get momentum going in the half but dra chair he he looked we made a high contact we were amazed at the catch I mean the ability and to say that Carlos Davis got out to his left he's had a lot of time in the pocket today Chris he has and I think an impact of that is not having Corleone you know you got to have other D tackles step up and you know fill that void right there but you know it kind of comes down to 335 you know there's there's pros and cons you know sometimes you only rushing three and that could be hard but there have been moments where the Bearcats have created pressure in the pocket but most of the time Davis has a lot of time to throw kicking it away is Keegan vaugh and he kicks it even shorter than any other kick that he's had and it's fair caught looks like that was Jake gold day Chase I gotta ask you 19 seconds left they're going to mark it at the 30 yard line Barat have two timeouts do you try something here deep in the Playbook get a little tricky re action going I think in this situation they could try to find the one-onone they don't have the kneel down formation going maybe they try to run this thing out or they've got they've got four receivers on the field you're looking at Henderson and Royer out there and Tyron Smith and Tony Johnson they look like they want to try to find the one-on-one here it's first and 10 Evan prior is to the left hip throws it caught by Royer gets out of bounds the cats do have two timeouts only burned 4 seconds on that play just what I say s you said only 4 seconds taken off the clock right there and the barats ideally in field goal range they want to get to about I want to say the 37 of the towns and tigers Browns long is 54 he did miss one earlier but look at maybe another 25 30 yards to get into field goal range it's going to have to be quick throws but time of the essence but two timeouts snap for sorby drops back steps up in the pocket throws air Maes it incomplete pass intended for Tyron Smith I don't think all five seven of Tyron Smith is gonna go up and get that one yeah especially not around two guys two toalson Defenders playing right by him 11 seconds left kind of really changes up everything it does and I think in this situation maybe they try to get a first down get a seven or eight yards and have a chance to throw a Hail Mary down the field at with the amount of time there is it's third and two ball on the 38 yd line two receivers on both sides Evan PRI out in the flat he catches the pass from Brendan sorsby prior with blockers prior breaks a tackle another tackle and gets out to the 50 yard line where there's four seconds left in this first half overall great play by the Bearcats going with the halfback screen to Prior goes left side and it's not enough for field goal range but it definitely makes it more comfortable for shorby try and airing out to the end zone sorby can get it there he can he can and they have it looks like eight n and 10 on the field being Henderson Aaron Turner and jamo Moy Maye and 11 in Joe Royer here's the thing that's not that much height here a throw over the middle it's caught by Xavier Henderson Henderson lot of space Cuts back to the middle of the field and he'll get tackled around the 30 yd line and that will conclude this first half of play we've had lots of fireworks in this one it's 28 to 17 the cats are up over the Tigers we're going to take a breather be back here at the start of the second half on Bearcat Sports Radio e e e e test test test test e University of cincin Cheers Cincinnati e the audio Quality quality is the thing I mean seems as though it can be heard fine but just the crowd noise you know that's what people really wanted toise so G to get this figured out and try to give the best broadcast that we can that it fixed it I thought it did well that's unfortunate technology man it really is technology I thought I had it e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e to around the 20 yard line it's caught and returned by gold day and up to about the 35 yd line the Bearcats will start in pretty good field position yeah let's see how they respond to this it's a one possession game not necessarily the pressure is on but you know there's some sense of urgency for bearcast to expand their lead and try to respond and put this game Out Of Reach for the Tigers you look at sorby I mean he's had 17- 23 328 two touchdowns in the air and two on the ground let's see what he's got here it'll be first down and 10 will be three receivers down to the left of sorby he'll send Royer across the formation in motion give it to Evan prior prior with space prior gets through the Gap Evan prior he's going to take it the distance One play touchdown for the four Buckey turn Bearcat six goes for six listen this kid's been through a lot he's had a season ending injury back in 2022 he came to the be cat was poised for a bigger role and they beats brought in Chance Williams too you know this kid's been through a lot and what a way to make an impact Evan prior you love to see it the jolt that he's able to give One play 64 yards he's already the leading rusher on the team with that one carry I mean us the number two allp purpose back in 2021 he's got the talent he just hasn't been able to show with injuries in other circumstances and he shows it on that one Carter Browns extra point up and good the score is 35- 20 Cincinnati with a quick answer does Talsen have another one in them we'll see but wow what a strike was lightning in a bottle right there what a strike Lally yes it's a nice hand off to the right side and prior just found a lane and he took off he's got speed he's got speed speed for days they say but honestly that's s to interrupt but it's good it's truly a pleasure to see it really is you know just seeing again what he's been through in those circumstances that he's had to come overcome and everything for him to have a huge run like that just gains confidence so high on that level second career touchdown too I think it's first one in three years wow from North Carolina Cornelius North Carolina that is the red shirt junr you could really get a huge chance at Ohio State so much talent there yeah I mean like we said the other circumstances around it the injuries the other players yio State Buckey always have in the loaded running back room I mean you look at it down Hayden left trainum left fire left the gr and Judkins I there's so much talent there and same thing with Joe Royer you'll get him you know just in a loaded room with uh I can't think of his name Kate uh Kate Stover Kate Stover that's what it was Kate ster I don't think he was there when Rucker was there he might have been yeah some of those years kind of over AP it's yeah ruer frell because Kade started out as a linebacker actually correct was you know an interesting switch thank you for say that planking on cage Silver's name but I mean same thing with roer I mean just tal around them certain circumstances and it like I said it's truly been a pleasure to see him play here and him have the tight end in one spot for the beads especially in his hometown there's another Bucky on this team he hasn't gotten on the field today but but that being Kai Stokes from Tampa Florida played a little bit in 2022 interesting about Kai Stokes he ran a 108 100 meter dash during High School in track wow he can float it's the way to put it Stokes prior roer all of those guys go down i71 en roll at UC two of the three have made huge impacts today Kai Stokes would assume to get a chance sooner if not later yeah let's say that's the backup I free safety on the dep CH he'll definitely get his opportunity to play today but it's just another thing the barats ring in so many new DBS there's a lot of competition for those slots you know you only play four five of them at a time mainly four yeah a lot of lot of depth in that regard Nathan Hawks is going to tee this one up at the 35 yd line he'll kick it down the field to jcon Dos who had the huge touchdown reception in the second quarter 3520 to score 952 to go in the third quarter been a very active game kick sent caught at the seven yard line and fair CAU the Tigers will set up shot momentarily so we talked about it the Bearcats how will they respond the Tigers Spa here know they've past quarter and a half they've been playing pretty good on the offensive end of the ball after a slow start but they're capable they're they're playing their hearts out I mean they really truly have nothing to lose again balanced offense 200 yards passing 134 yards rushing they've done a good job today it's first and 10 in the spread formation Davis gives it off and it's a nice run right there by Tyro Green picking up around eight yards on that Green's had a pretty solid dat so far six carries like around 40 yards on the ground too I mean he's playing pretty pretty good and he's listed as rb3 on the dep sh but I mean third running back room is really talented six carries for 44 yards here Davis throws and he is draped draped in coverage with Z Perkins who haven't seen much of last year he had 26 catches for 301 yards and four touchdowns has not been on the field a whole lot today as there is an injured tiger on the field looks like I think Ralph pagee the center the 63 305 pound senior from Washington DC and the talson o line they've had a lot of injuries on the on the o line front but a cramp yeah you really hope it's a cramp we mentioned it's very human out there I mean it's been humanid all week it's really been a very very bad weather week considering the heat we've had and very minimal rain says 82 degrees right now humidity at 72% that's wow that is very very high and D points around 72 so I mean it's very close in range but main point it's very humid I mean got to drink your water get your electrolytes have to and we we said it yesterday too you know we did high school it's really going to be tough in the second half for both of these teams because that's when the fatigue gets to you and you're like I don't know if I can do this and you really gota stay active and got to rotate a lot of guys in so it usually comes down the second half who has a deeper depth but we'll see again it it's going to be interesting to see how this comes out because Talsen is they've had some success getting down the field throwing the football mixing in the run just guys have to keep their composure and make sure that health is wealth in these scenarios yeah and like you mentioned keeping their composure they've had nine penalties today for 49 yards compared to the Beats only two and those were timely penalties I mean big plays and they back them up because of self-inflicted wins we are third and two two running backs on both sides for Davis Davis pulls it Davis trying to get there but he is swarmed maai Miller with the tackle with the line of scrimmage going to bring up fourth down guess who's helping on that play too the man himself Kai Stokes Kai Stokes getting his chance and making the most with it it'll be fourth down Talsen will send on the punt unit now this is a very inter interesting scenario to me personally they're at 33 yd line down by 15 you're going to get the ball back to the Bearcats do you potentially run a fake like K Stokes is kind of the middleman right there to eye it out here the snap and the kick spiraling down to about the 20 Fair caught by Michael masseri they'll Mark him at the 19 the Bearcats will set up shop and will have to travel 81 yards down the field to try to make this a three-score game I me we see him do it so many times I mean looking at their scoring drives ready 75 yards 65 yards 75 yards 63 64 I mean their drives they have been long yardage drives let's see if they can do it again and looking at it I mean seven plays four plays three plays Five plays One play all those were touchdowns they're on offense here first and 10 in the spread Manny kovi the running back to the right here's sorby in the gun dropped back throws it and it's caught by Xavier Henderson and he is tackled immediately by number eight shafik Smith looking at the Bearcat receivers everyone is contributing got Royer contributing Henderson 86 yards Burke halter 70 Aaron Turner nearly 50 yards there are a lot of targets out there for the barats and you really haven't seen jamy Ma Tony Johnson Tyron Smith spreading the love what sorsby's doing here hands it off to Manny kovi and kovi had a good burst into the hole gets a first down picks up around five on the play Cincinnati will keep the tempo going two receivers up top Manny kovi to the right of Brendan sorby quick snap sorby play fake looking pump fakes scanning the field gets out to his left has a man over the middle of the field it's caught by Aaron Turner and Aaron Turner on the plus side of the field down to the 48 yd line first down points in that direction and the Bearcats are in business so it took a while for that play to develop I think he wanted to hit Henderson along the sideline but he was double teamed waited got out the pocket and he saw Turner wide open in the middle of field even I was pointing at him I'm like hey he's open and he found him it's a it's a big gain on the same telepathic levels are you Chris and Brendan all right here we go give to kovi kovi bounces to the left side makes a man miss makes two Miss and falls down about the 44 yard line he's tackled Low by shafik Smith yeah and the Bearcats right there Manny kovi kind of want to see him go north south on that play lot of east west running making a lot of cuts to go outside got a big game though around five yards pretty cats get up quick here throw quick to Xavier Henderson and Henderson gets about seven yards and the sticks will move BS playing with Tempo Kobe checks out in comes Chance Williams I think right here you're about about 37 yards away from the end zone I think potentially right here you can take a shot Burke halter is the lone receiver to sorby's left up top is Aaron Turner in the slot and Tony Johnson on the far in motion from Royer from right to left to give the Chance Williams to the left chance has a chance gets about seven I'll say it again I I think right here now you want take a shot it's second and short the 30 yard line you can't convert it well you end up with a third and short which is very manful for the cats keep begging him on don't we we want the shot play we've seen it before it's worked and again we've seen it a couple times in this situation like you mentioned Chris looking at the personal you got prior in the back field and Francis Sherman in the fullback so signaling run maybe two receivers up top for sorby on his right one down to his left play action here's ssby lots of time goes to his right throws and it's caught by jamo Moy Mae Mae has enough for a first down it'll be his second Catch of the Day right there shorby great awareness in the pocket he had plenty of time to throw the football and he's taking his time he's patient he's making his progressions and a nice throw on the Run to The Far Side to jam Moy that's a very difficult throw it's not it's not easy it's very difficult and he did a great job it's that difference in not wanting to lob it over there or not wanting to put too much zip on it be first down and 10 for the Bearcats ball at the 24 reverse Barry Jackson has a block and he gets cut down number seven cam Snell gets him Jackson gains about five on the play but an injured tiger down on the field and Townson has been banged up with injuries so far in this match they've really had a lot trying to get a number on that yes they they have they've had a lot of guys go down looks to be like cramps some guys have walked off the field and and everything else with some undisclosed injuries but again it's a hot day the fluids are necessary yeah they really gota stay hydr get the electrolytes if few snacks in a little bit of protein but I mean I mean the cramp monster I mean you can't really can't really beat it it's just yeah it's unfortunate thing and the interesting thing about this game is the 2:30 start time you think about you're reaching an interesting point with the Sun possibly yeah usually around 2 3 o' In This Time of the Season sun sets around 8:00 23 is we're going to have you know the peak of the high you know it's it's going to be hot it's around 2 three o'clock and as you mentioned right at a 2:30 start you know it's a very unique start time I know with um play schools in Texas you know they're going to give you that early start you know kind of to avoid the heat you're going to get it eventually but kind of just that few degree difference really it's impactful it definitely is there's a difference between guys going down with kramps and stopping play and making this game even longer and what it would be in early October yeah it was Alfred Thomas that was down on the field the 61 225 pound freshman from Orlando Florida got up and walked down the field walked off to the sideline IM it's 57 right now I mean the game shed at 230 the third quarter man we've reached that uh five o'clock shadow for sonified really have hey but football's back though I mean it's back you're not going to hear any complaints out of me no me not I mean we both love football it's t the season eh it's that last weekend in August first weekend of September we're getting there it's like Christmas morning and Christmas day right now don't we have NFL this week too in five days youed to pray for times like this Ravens Chiefs great opener and we look at some of the games that will start later on in the Big 12 tonight we've got Tarlton State and Baylor Utah University of Tennessee Martin Utah played on Thursday University of Tennessee Martin plays Kansas State UNLV plays Houston all of those games at 7 o'clock abalene Christian at Texas Tech at 7:30 Southern Illinois at BYU at 800 PM then at 9:30 p.m. two games 10:30 p.m. excuse me Mexico at at number 21 Arizona newly welcomed in the conference Arizona and then Wyoming at Arizona State 10:30 pm L good matchups I mean the big 12 it's it's a very very deep conference I mean it's a lot of talent not only in the football aspect but also the basketball aspect too that's going to be another fun season to call gotta get through one season at a time though indeed we do finish this game out sorsby dropping back looking airs it out for roer but a bit too far be incomplete we bring up third down for the cats the Bearcats so line they've done a really great job giving shorby time to throw in the pocket and make the proper reads throughout the defense and as sh off today he's done really really great four touchdowns on the day the cats are four for six on third down Evan prior into the game the left hip of sorby is where he's at three receivers to sorby's left motion across as Tyron Smith sorby looking throws and it's incomplete lot of aggressive play by both eights Henderson and Smith and the Bearcats will send on their kicking unit yeah the Bearcats I mean they've obviously they won seven points in that drive but if you end up with three you know it's not it's not the worst thing Carter Brown on to attempt this kick he's 0 for one today missed from 31 kick is up it's true and it's good Brown makes this an 18-point game and it's 38 to 20 with 438 to go in the third quarter we'll take a breather here on vcast sports radio have you ever been in the weeds dealing with customers at your retail job the carens the wild cards the regulars the arguers and sometimes you just want to say okay great bye well don't forget the customer is always right listen to In The Weeds anywhere you get your podcasts and youtube.com/ bearcast media let's all right we're back bearcast warts radio like they said check out in the weeds podcast gota listen to it really gota listen to it great podcast good stuff in the food industry oh yeah always I mean and Cincinnati is such a diverse place too there's a lot of a lot of good food places out there a lot of good food places right around campus on campus in the city up North but uh in tragic news um we did receive word that Panda Express is out of TVC a big loss forn that one kick from Nathan Hawks down the field it's going to be a Touchback I got to find the closest Panda Express after this game and get it to dude I don't there is one to be honest I don't know there's even they put one back in my homeown and I leave and they put one there I'm like oh man it's like building schools see that's you ever see when you leave high school and then oh yeah two years later they build a new school L they it seems like every person in existence ever it happens to at some point in life yeah I mean it's like wow I wish I was there when I was there uh living in the past here first and 10 Carlos Davis tigers are in the spread gives it off to Matthews Matthews with some room torpedo his way and gets about seven yards a good run to start the drive a good run I mean talson tires they've gotten a lot of yardage on first downs this game and it's setting them up in great position for second Downs ahead of the sticks gives it back to Matthews Matthews sifting his way through gets just enough to pick up the first down I think Thon they've done a great job spond into the Bearcats under a lot of pressure you know FCS versus FBS 32-point underdogs they done a pretty good job I don't think the score really reflects on how they played since spotting the Bearcats an 18-point lead it's been an even 1717 since first down and 10 trips to the left one receiver to the right draw play given to Matthews Matthews trying to hurdle again that's going to hurt I did not know we were in the WWE did wow a lot of big plays a lot of hard-hitting plays too hand off right there talk about the WWE and there's a lot of former track stars on here I didn't read anything about guys doing hurdles but I guess that's the case I mean Gator stadium is pretty much at Jason to ner Stadium I'm sure a lot of people go there and you know run the hurdles the Olympics just happened too so that is true we got a good view of getler track over there to running backs into the game Matthews and Watkins here the throw out into the flat it's Christopher Watkins Watkins gets around the edge but gets about two yards on that yeah great job by the Bearcat secondary on tracking him down it looks like he's shaking up on that play out of bounds Chris Watkins here it'll be third down and about four from the 42 of t the Tigers will start to sck got Personnel in the game DK James is to the right of Carlos Davis who's getting the play from the sideline John Dunmore to his left and londono in the slot but a timeout called but Tigers yeah decision here oh third and five two minutes left to go in the third quarter they need the right play call here to extend the drive I mean kind of same spot as there were in the previous drive it's not four down territory in my opinion I think you're still too shallow on your own side of the field but hey teams are aggressive they definitely are and looking at this situation with they're being two minutes to go in the third quarter you're down three scores you need to find the right play call yeah and for it's whether it's going deep into the bag of tricks or using your all reliable play call I think they found a lot of success success when they have two running backs in the back field because it creates a lot of different things they can hand off each way keep it or even delay hand off and throw it and they they've had a lot of plays in that formation but they're going to go in the empty Back Field it's third down and five a lot of things to do here trips in a bunch set down to the right green goes back in motion here's the throw and it's going to bounce hit the ground it's incomplete intended for Lucas londono so I thought he had Tyro green Jr open right in the flat he came in the back with the motion he was sent right back out and there really wasn't a barcat within around five 10 yards of him I think if he looked that way and got a quick throw they could have easily gotten a first down missed opportunity there for Talsen they'll have to punt down 18 with 211 to go in this game will be laet punting it away standing at his own 27 yd line back deep to return will be Michael masseri at his z nine there's a snap the kick away making masseri move up and he Fair catches it at the 20 yard line he's great job so far after the first drop in the first quarter he's done a really good job and he's definitely got confidence back up we talked about earlier you got a guy like Harry kums as your you know as your coach you know he's definitely a player's favorite I know a lot of players really like him and having that coaching figure right by you can really make things easier and lighter kum's a very fiery individual but definitely loves and cares about his players of course of course Bearcat offense comes onto the field be first down and 10 at the 20 yard line here's sorby in the gun miscommunication here and sorby will running out to his left and he'll barely get a yard on that mention it miscommunication it looks like the back running back and Sor just not on the same page right there look like they're giving Victor Dawson a chance again the cats going deep into the bag of running backs two receivers to sorsby's right one down to his left and the wing to the left play fake rolls out throws and it's caught by Sherman Sherman lots of room gets the first down up to the 35 yd line the sticks will move in favor of Cincinnati yeah it looks like they may have went with the second team overall in the offensive end just keeping s of be in they do have jamy ma in as well as Aaron Turner and on the line Jonathan harder who's listed as the backup left guard today and few other line pieces but looks like they're going mixing up second team will mix a first and second team getting some of that continuity just in case play fake for sor steps to his left throws and is incomplete he's hit really hard on that play by Dion Cruz Harris yeah Cruz Harris I mean preseason arable mention the conference he was third on the team last year at five sacks he help head the way on the what was a great dline for the talson Tigers and he does a great job to gain the backfield and forcing the quarterback to scramble a team that has gotten zero sacks today on sorby sorsby is B bought time and had a lot of clean pockets and also de with his ability to skip the pocket he's very very effective with that indeed he is second down given off to the back and gets about seven on the play Victor Dawson with it gets to the 41 yd line setting up a third and short be interesting see if the Beats go for it right here if they will call another play before the quarter end about 20 seconds left in the quarter they don't have to call a play if they do not choose to they line up in the spread Dawson directly behind sorby and he'll let this thing run out and as some of the players on the sidelines throw up the fours it's time for the fourth quarter last quarter in football we'll be back with the best quarter of football in a moment have you ever been in the weeds dealing with customers at your retail job the carons the wild cards the regulars the arguers and sometimes you just want to say okay great bye well well don't forget a customer is always right listen to In The Weeds anywhere you get your podcasts and youtube.com/ bearcast media let's meet the meatball man I'm a student at the University of Cincinnati I want to be a broadcaster where 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run by Victor Dawson bounced off a Defender get so many yards after contact but coughs it up and Talsen has another chance that one if he would have kept it could have picked the game Out Of Reach but very very unfortunate on what happened it's a great run but just a fumble it hurts the peanut punch by Daniel Raymond the red shirt senior from Fort Washington Maryland one of a few starters from last year's defense that started in every single game ran him down and made the Freshman pay Townsen has it at their own 12 yard line will be first down and 10 Davis in the gun Davis the clap gives it off to Green Green musters up the strength to get about four and talking about fumbles the Bearcats have had three fumbles they've lost two of them so far that's definitely going to be a talking point and a focal point practice this week had a muff punt bad snap in that critical fumble right there a second down and about six here's Davis play fake looking has a lot of time bounces out to his right and throws and it's caught and a big hit wow it's like Jonathan Thompson DK James with the catch it's good enough for a first down but he'll be feeling that one after the game oh yeah oh yeah that was a big hit right there towns and trying to get this offense moving you have 367 yards of total offense and looking for more it's first and 10 two receivers on both ends of the field here's Davis out in the flat it's caught that's green green finds enough Green Grass and gets around seven make that eight yards it's definitely going to be interesting to see the talson defense in this drive and throughout the rest of the fourth quarter if they can score right here and cut the defs down to 11 I mean it's can be pretty interesting if you're a coach SFI do you keep the starters out there decisions you're gonna have to make if they do end up scoring on this drive trying to keep this game alive as long as they can trips to the right and here's the give lots of space nice run by Tyrell green and he is there's no whistle and the ball's out and it gets popped out again but it's recovered by Talsen unbelievable there was a run right there by Tyrell green got about 10 to 15 yards on it the ball pops out and then it's recovered by the Bearcats and then it looked like that was number 24 Daren Varner who was running with it the ball gets popped out after he goes about seven or eight yards and talson recovers it I I really enjoyed the offal explaining what just happened I'm at a loss for words right now I think it's one of those crazy sequences it's like what even like great job first all but like what do you even do with that like I I don't even know I mean I mean you see a nice run and then the ball's on the turf there's no whistle and then the ball's on the turf again and there's no whistle again hey football's back that's all I gotta say so is that kind as a fumble toward Cincinnati that should right the fumble loss I would really like to see what the official play is going to be and both fumbles are going to be under review yes both fumbles will be under review hey to be fair first review of the game all right that's true we did make it this far there's probably some times in the game where maybe there could have been some but again we pretty high up so yeah I mean it was a very very unique play right there but um you know we'd love to see a replay right here I mean poking over into the ESPN plus broadcast move to see what is being seen I think the first thing's going to be was the ball fumbled initially by Tyro green because that second fumble it it looked like a fumble if yeah and that second fumble can't happen unless the first one has a determined outcome ex so I think all eyes are going to be on that first fumble um just looking at the camera angles from The View we have it's it's really tough because there's so many bodies around the play some many buys around Tyro green and it's really it's really hard to tell but I think what they might be looking at if the talson when they recovered it was the player out of bounds that would be the big thing because it was pretty far to the sideline and we so the player was not out of bounds the said you can wipe it off the map that question was answered pretty quickly but still I like the suspense Chris of course of course you know I I try my best to provide good color to our viewers who are tuning in for the season opener you know for a long 24 hours that we've had hey reversing rolls at this rate I had the game yesterday you had the game today I mean both so far are great games hey I can't complain either way that battle of I74 was unbelievable definitely I consider a classic% even Stephen it definitely was the fact that towns is making this an interesting game is bring some more energy back after a a long winded game yesterday yeah and we were talking about it and it's you look at the first quarter Bearcats were up 21 to3 they were Unstoppable on the f that's F yeah if you were to tell me hey this game would be a one possession game in the third quarter I would think you're a liar I mean not much more to say the fans that are here are staying loyal and faithful they are especially in this weather I gota get kudos oh yeah very humid out here it's first down in 10 here's the give Watkins with it gets around to the outside will gain four up to the 40 yd line trying to stay above the sticks out in front of them be second down about six what I really like about talson three different running backs are using each of them with at least 53 yards of rushing the balance attack has been very efficient we are approaching the 12-minute mark to go in the ball game Carlos Davis is in the gun Christopher Watkins is to his right Carter runan to his left two receivers to the bottom and one up top here the give to Watkins trying to maneuver his way and gets tackled at the 42 yd line gain of two and wood will bring up a third down let's see see what they go with here they've been really on the Run game a lot so far in the second half aing around five yards per carry yeah 34 attempts 181 yards today Personnel change for the Tigers four receivers two on the left and two to the right of Davis so very interesting situation the lay of game is called they're trying to look and see if maybe they want to get the clock reset but I think it was substitution since talson substituted they took off runan they have to give the Bearcats an opportunity to sub but talson took the time okay yeah so I mean you look at that rule that's what it looked like it was it's kind of if it's to your advantage you love it if it's against you you hate it it's one of those rules and it's simple as that you know you have to let the defense substitute and they can let me f talk they can take their time Subs but they can't slack it you know they need to show some also but they have to sprint out there they can might draw out there and that's what Tas was upset about well you substituted cin something to that's the way it goes I mean it's been interesting how they've changed the substitution rules over the last couple years and such giving teams time to to match them which I think is the ultimately right thing to do I mean there's teams that go I mean a million miles an hour can't get any subbing all that stuff but you know tried to find the secr of the Sals yeah it all comes on the ballots if you're a team that loves substitute and go quick make it tough on the defense to get new fresh legs in do like that there's a lot of different strategy you can use with subing and talson just tried to go one way and kind of backfired on them a little bit it did now they had to burn another timeout only one remaining 11:02 to go in the game being third down and four what do you think they cook up here Chris well down by 18 I've said three times already I I think you're still two shall in your own territory four down territory but I mean you're getting that point in the game you might have to go for it and the Run game is it's been pretty good it's been really good for talson I mean I think right here to answer your question I I wouldn't be surprised if they run it right here kind of run it get it closer except uh fourth and short fourth down but um if they if they were to pass it you know they've done a lot of quick stuff you know look at tight end Carter runan receiver Lucas odono they don't don't really have much height yeah John done more but I I would expect a run here try to make it a more manageable fourth and short yeah like you mentioned we've gotten to that point in the game where it's it's four down territory you've gota you know put all your eggs in one basket and say hey we got to go out swinging this third down and four the 42 three receivers to Carlos Davis is left and one to his right that'll be DK James Christopher Watkins will be on his left hip Davis's left hip that is here motion out is Christopher Watkins to the right empty backfield here's Davis he'll look and he'll throw and it's caught by DK James who breaks a couple tackles and gets across the 50 yd line to the 49 assist CNA first down Tigers so mention it you know instead of running they're going to pass the ball and look for something Shor exactly what they did a quick look curl route to DK James he gets the first down talson still in business here the Tigers getting their offense set up in the same formation Watkins to the right of Carlos Davis Davis 227 yards and two touchdowns today 16 of 29 throwing Watkins flexed out into the slot to Davis is Right empty back field for Davis here's the snap Davis lots of time gets out to his right throws and a great defensive play coming back that was Josh Minkin with the pass deflection intended for Christopher Watkins and Carlos Davis didn't really have a choice he he was scrambling right and the r receiv receiver tried to come back in time but it's great play by Josh M coverage here it'll be second down and 10 Tigers switching up the formation Carter runion goes from left to right two receivers to Davis's right two receivers down to his left here's the snap gives it off and stopped in the back field Devin Matthews loses two that was a great play out there by cam rather for the DN making a huge play to force a third down for the Tigers and this is this is more pass situation right here you got to go beyond the sticks third and 12 from their own 49 yard line tigers have two receivers to Davis's left two receivers up to his right Devin Matthews on the left hip of Davis Davis three-step drop steps up in the pocket throws out and it's well short in ended for Jon dos that'll bring up fourth down well short I mean that was well well short but it's a tough throw he's throwing AC cross his body to left side of the field that's that's a hard thr to make the Tigers offense will go off the field and they will kick this thing away interesting choice I mean you think it's four down territory down by 18 but I mean if you're going to pump this one away it kind of looks like a move of you want to get back to Maryland kind of call it a week and move on they have Morgan State next week it's a big time rivalry game for them early in the season punted Away by lafallet and it's it's caught but muffed again by masseri he's able to hop on it at the Bearcat 14 yard line escape the scare from there and Cincinnati will set up shop at a 14 of their own definitely a scare I me though that could have been a huge huge huge huge PL it could have benefited the Tigers mention to see if they readis the situation with Masari maseri going forward I know again red shirt fresh two muff punts first game though in see what the balance is on that we're going to take a short break here on bearcast sports radio 920 to go in the fourth quar have you ever been in the weeds dealing with customers at your retail job the carens the wild cards the regulars the arguers and sometimes you just want to say okay great bye well don't forget a customer is always right Listen to In The Weeds anywhere you get your podcasts and youtube.com/ bearcast media let's meet the meot man e e e we're back here on bearcast sports radio cranking that soldier boy here at the stadium man what a time it was in 2007 I was four I was [Laughter] three voice crack here first and 10 sorsby in the gun gives it off Chance Williams Chance Williams a lot of room tries to break through Ru and gets about seven yeah the Bearcats have rotated a lot of guys in the running back position they've had eight different rushers but looking at the running backs they've had around four or five running backs in and now it's Chance Williams getting the Reps four or five running backs in they've ran eight different people for 207 yards now that's Bearcat football the way we know it the motion across here's Brandon sword by gives it off again to Chance Williams Chance Williams he had a huge hole but was sh string tackled only gained about two on the play look with Chance Williams backto back runs he's had the holes and gaps he's gaining good yards I'm feeling a if he stays up for one more second he can break one of these and Go the Distance quick tempo for the Bearcats on Third and one and a tush push attempt I don't think he got it is foiled it was Devin zahy that was right behind Brendan sorby and the cats are short and it looks like they're going to bring the punt unit on Here's My Philosophy if you can't get one yard that's a very very poor thing but it's you're deep in your own territory it would be a very gutsy call to go for but it's so in dream because it's it's only one yard I think it's true they can definitely get it but playing safe I totally understand a very interesting thing is the Bearcats have two number 11s on the field right nowc how did you notice that Joe Royer was out there and then they decided to run out Jake gold day but it's actually interesting to look at who's all on the field for the Special Teams Corey ker and Xavier Henderson Aaron Turner all of those guys are out there on on a punt yeah that's very interesting to note I mean got quite a few stars out there in the Special Teams unit I'm not really sure the philosophy behind it or the reasoning but is definitely very interesting to see Chance Williams out there as well Jonathan Thompson Jack Dingle I mean all right it it's gonna be Jared Bartlett the thing with college that's confusing is that you can use a number twice but still Bartlet is a starter though he's outside linebacker the cats use the number twice on the same play that's why that's probably May one of the reasons I want to call timeout there but there are a lot of starters on the field in this special team's formation here the snap for Fletcher and he'll Boot It Away nice looking punt making Dunmore run back for and he had to catch it like a normal pass Dunmore trying to get through and he's tackled by The Long Snapper Jaden Perry made the Excursion down the field and made John dunore feel it Excursion he ran like 60 yards I think that's that's a pretty long Excursion but yeah he made the play great tackle deep in Townson territory now here it's 7:15 to go in the fourth quarter need just start taking shots right now if TS yeah definitely the focus has to be getting the ball downfield is quickly as possible you're down by 18 seven minutes left to go you just mentioned you have to get the ball downfield as quick as possible it will be first down and 10 from their own 22 yd line Davis and the gun gives it off to Matthews Matthews bounces it outside gets through a couple Defenders and picks up around 12 on the play moving to six I think the focal point of this this week in practice for the barats as well it's going to be the Run game I mean the run defense needs to improve to 419 total yards 227 of those coming in the air they've stayed true to that balance attack first and 10 Carlos Davis in the gun gives it off again to Matthews and stuff pretty well gets only about a yard up the middle so this story gets interesting looking at the recent play calls I don't necessarily think talson is trying to win this game with urgency like it the back-to-back run plays 620 left I I think they're kind of experimenting see how things can go I'm sure they're definitely pleased with their performance but I don't think they're trying to go for the win just by the play calling again this is a good time to to see what the experience can do against a big 12 team Davis in the pocket throws out to the left to Carter runion a great tackle right there that was Monty Weeden thank you of course getting some of the second Team guys in for the Bearcats true fresh right there Bearcats with some substitution same with the Tigers it will be third down and eight at the 36 yd line of the Tigers trips to the right Devin Matthews on the right hip of Carlos Davis receiver down to his left Davis in the gun three down defensive lineman takes the snap five-step drop gets out to his right trying to evade throws on the run and it's caught a great catch on the sideline and knocked out of bounds hard it looked like by Logan Wilson but a flag on the back field yeah I don't want to speculate but thank you to a referee for joining us in the booth but um in sync yeah in SN you know he took the words right out of my mouth well played it's pretty obvious when you see defender on top of a quarterback there a flag in the back field I mean there's only one really indication that could be that'll give the Tigers even more room to work with here we first down and 10 at the cats 36 yd line as we creep under five minutes to go in this ballet two receivers to the right of Davis and two down to his left Christopher Watkins on the right hip here's a shotgun snap three-step drop Davis looking around throws out into the flat caught by Watkins on the right toward the towns and sideline and loses about two yards there's a lot he can do I mean Davis made a lot of progressions down the field but this this defense of the cats it's been kind of inconsistent yeah you know the secondary's been playing pretty good but there's also moments which and they get a big yardage play and you know it's only week one it's a lot to learn a lot to to adjust but just not the performance you really were expecting if you're a Cats fan they got to get ready for that big game against Pittsburgh next Saturday that'll be a noon kick you can catch it here on bearcast sports radio here is Carlos Davis on the dropback throws across the middle it's caught by jaon dos and dos loses a yard on that bring up another third down for talson let's see if they go with right here they got to go beyond the sticks but 340 left to go it's not really it's not a sense of urgency you know they just wna you know try to get out of Cincinnati them getting a touchdown on this drive would be a huge win to lose the game by possibly 10 points as an FCS school on the road yeah I mean like I said they' they've got to be very happy with the performance Carlos Davis in the gun three receivers to his right one down to his left in the pocket gets out rolls out to his right looking evading a lot of Defenders throws right over the top and it's caught by John Dunmore Dunmore rides the W of Defenders out at around the 32 yd line toward the tals sideline it'll be fourth down in about we'll call it seven so you mentioned the performance I mean talson they've been about a middle-ish pack of the team in the ca they finished I believe ninth last year or they're projected to be nth this season but still an overall good performance and this would go a long way for the team not only with their confidence but they're gonna have a lot of poise going to next matchup they definitely will that next matchup is against Morgan State that'll be a home game their home opener next Saturday at six o'clock pm and then they will go to Villanova on Saturday September 14th at 3:30 p.m. the cats will be back here next Saturday against Pittsburgh at noon and then the following Saturday they'll try to get their Revenge at Miami Ohio a noon game on September the 14th very interesting stretch for the Bearcats I mean you got the river seity rivalry then you Beck Rivals Miami Ohio then you kick off Big 12 Play you know it's there's going to be a lot to unpack in these next upcoming few weeks especially after today's performance versus talson again I think the way you put it just on defense very inconsistent there have been some really good things there have been some really bad things it's the first game under Tyson bite they'll try to work out some of those Kinks and try to make them a stronger unit it is third down actually fourth down excuse me there's a bunch set to Davis's left one receiver up to his right Davis will drop back looking for a def actually a player down the field he he looks and there's absolutely nobody incomplete pass turnover on Downs Cincinnati will take over great job right there by Bearcat defense playing great defense against the receivers in not allowing any receivers to get open down the field and you're forcing him out the pocket forc him to make a tough throw on the run and yeah think we say that that should do it that should two and a half minutes to go in this one two 7 to be exact the Bearcats will send in Brady lonberg what do you call him Chris Lieutenant lenberg a 612 200lb red shirt Junior from Toledo Ohio he was in a quarterback battle with Brendan sorby this off season last year completed 55% of his passes threw for about 250 yards two touchdown and an interception gives it off to Evan Pryor pror gets around four on the play to the left side yeah you look at the quarterback battle between him and brenon ssby sby had to say I think his or him and Bray did a good job of keeping the competition separate from their friendship not letting it affect them but just going out there and supporting each other they think it's huge for both of them to not let the competition get in the way between them but rather help each other out you know they watch film together they break down things together and they overall want to make each other better again that's the thing a quarterback group has to be tight open to criticism but at the same time be very supportive each other we've hit a two-minute timeout what what's the other word for it I'm not gonna say it Roger gell is G be on the phone I don't want the door to knock when we're uh still sitting here and we have to answer some questions don't want that to happen scvs are coming oh boy but I mean just looking at the Bearcats though I mean offensively great performance great performance I mean swords beat through for nearly 400 yards in his debut four total touchdowns and you also kept your main identity with the running game 220 rushing yards averaging around eight yards per carry three of them on the ground it's like we said it's just been defensively just been defensively sorby 22 for 31 383 yards and two touchdowns today no picks 71% completion percentage he also has two touchdown runs on the ground five attempts for only five yards a long of 12 math goes into that and this Bearcat offense 603 yards a day you combine these two teams together at the moment 1,041 yards of offense we've seen today you know it's definitely been a pleasure to our eyes it's seemed a great offensive showcaser in this football game there's some defensive gurus out there that love defense but you know it's you trade one thing for another it's been a very long game it's been a very long day it's been a very long weekend that go on on it's been very long week in general starting class and everything but yeah I mean this is what it's about though me you get great Showcase of offense but it does take up a lot of your time it definitely does but at least there's more time going into this weekend now the extra day off labor days is on Monday prob a lot of a lot of students go out and celebrate this victory tonight he just reminded me we have no school one I forgot about it I totally forgot about it see what my parents always say is back in their day school didn't start until Labor Day you know yeah now here we are moved it up into having to go to school when it's feeling like 100 degrees outside I think that should be illegal honestly I mean there's there's no reason why I should be sweating while walking to class yeah that's a big problem big problem we all feel just man but I'm very very pleased that you know this is going to be a cooler week finally hitting September so the heat decides to turn down a little bit so made it through the dog days of summer oh yeah as summer goes insert fall in the football season last two minutes of this game lenberg gives it off to Prior prior to the left side once again trying to fight for that extra yardage and he'll be about a yard shy of the first down marker give stoppage here we'll see what that is some substitutions going on Manny kovi coming in for Evan Pryor clock has stopped at 1:53 the officials telling the cats to hold on one moment and the cats have a 10-second runoff thank you official for joining us once again the booth uh you know where will we be without officials in the game of football exactly where we be without this speaker up here I mean I think it's probably the coolest part of this it's really awesome feel professional lenberg gives it off to kovi kovi with space gets across the 50 Manny cvy at the 50 see Paul logo moves the stick as clock continues to burn the cats line up in the pistol formation two receivers up to the left one down to the right looks like Evan Prader has entered the game another Hometown kid right there gives it to cvy cvy finds a great deal of space moves the sticks once again and gets a first down as we break even with the minute Mark do apologize I've just been looking to see if any game records I could say on here I haven't really seen much but the numbers are high we will say that oh yeah oh yeah contesting some records to say lenberg gives it off the prior prior jump cut prior Off to the Races prior down the sideline and prior inside the 10 yd line down to the seven he was going to try to walk off a touchdown with less than a minute to go and add to his total okay I do have something to say guys let's hear it okay with that the Cincinnati Bearcats have a total of 660 total yards it is is the ninth most in a total game but will they take a knee will they take a knee a shotgun knee that is what are they going to mark it it's a loss of two it's a loss of two and what does that do okay it puts him at 10th they were at eighth it puts him at 10th okay they're in the top 10 still so a good performance 658 to yards P them 10th alltime program history most yards in a single game 1,9 6 yards between these two teams the clock hitting triple zero and that will do it the Cincinnati beats win the season opener 38 to20 over the thousandal tigers at the end of the day you want to know and you can't hit on that you know it was at moments it was sloppy right they won their 23 consecutive home opener but there's going to be a lot of things to approve upon you know you didn't have Corleone and that's going to be a huge factor to see if he will be available leading up to Pittsburgh with that we're in the bearcast sports radio post game show I would say a sponsor we don't have any but Brendan sorby player of the game question mark Chris I think so too I think it's going to be him because we said at pregame he's G to be a great ad for the Bearcats he's gonna be really fun to watch and it's it really was a pleasure to see him play today 2 31 383 passing yards two rushing touchdowns two throwing touchdowns no turnovers I think he's my player at the game The Run game 275 yards On The Ground Three touchdowns leading the way in yards is Evan prior with 105 yeah and looking at it it's we said it's going be very critical for Cincinnati to keep their balance in the offense they got to stay who they are and that's the rushing attack St what they're known for one of the best rushing teams in the country at first it looked Bleak it was I want to say around 200 passing yards to like 40 rushing yards it was something crazy like that but the barats get 275 rushing yards I mean that's that is a huge plus leading tacklers on defense Joshua minkens and Jared Bartlett both having six tackles as well as Antoine Peak Jr lot of guys for the cats making plays on defense what do they need to work on going forward I think it's going be CR turnovers that's really been an emphasis throughout the entire offseason was creating turnovers they had eight interceptions last season it's 13th in the conference you know if you're going to be in a great conference like the big 12 you're going to have to create turnovers and they they really couldn't do that today and it's going to be something that's going to be pivotal in their success throughout the season for Talen again nothing to really hang your hat on losing by 18 to a power five opponent on the road to start the season Carlos Davis looked pretty good today he did and just by last year looking at him playing doing research he can ball he can ball out his season was cut short due to injury and that should the unfortunate part of the game but he can really play I mean 20 of 36 231 for two throwing touchdowns I mean he he played pretty good it's just you know the score didn't indicate it you know you look at 20 points you didn't get the win no he he played pretty good he did the Run game 194 yards on the ground Devin Matthews Leading The Way with 70 on 17 attempts Tyro green eight for 60 and Christopher Watkins 5 for 59 the Tigers going into the CAA have a pretty potent run attack to be happy about they do and if Fe defenses looking at three different balk carries to worry about you know that's when you're going to start stressing that's where the problems occur in prep but you know it shows the depth you know they have three different guys to turn to if they need to and it's it's led by Devon Matthews you it's only game number one the cats will be back next week when they take on the pit Panthers and the River City rivalry that kickoff will be at noon you can hear it here on bearcast sports radio that'll do it here from Nipper stadium for me Chase Johns my partner Christian Pagan we'll see you guys next time here on barcast sports radio have a great rest of your night