Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Cincinnati Bearcats | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Football

looat up the back field on second down and the hand off over the left side is Cory ker first down yardage crossing the 35 give him [Applause] 11 officially gain of two off of play action pass is caught another first down Burke halter racing in plus territory in a gain of 14 empty back field for sorby sensing backside pressure down he goes way back at the 48 sincere Edwards an exotic Blitz what happened was you saw inside pressure if you will inside linebackers were stepped up on the inside but instead of blitzing they Dro back into coverage that left a defense nippard comes to life they'll flip it to Bartholomew the tied end to the edge Gavin Bartholomew picks up a first down and a crafty play on first down he didn't cut inside he went to the outside I'll be looking for that versus this defense they'll want to snap it within 7 Seconds wide open crease for Dez re 5'8 a buck 75 he rumbles into Cincinnati territory and a gain of 23 this defense led by Tyson V is a 335 defense what happens is if you're not good on the edges will be a common theme today for pits [Applause] offense Holstein steps up on the Move passes is caught that's a first down fake it to Reed Holstein wants it all post pattern is picked off in the end zone Josh Minkin reels it in the Louisville Transfer extra Middlefield safety well Minkin was that safety and he made a great play conditions fall like weather this morning we woke up to 51° a Cris that uh you don't see a lot this time of year in these parts Cory ker another big Gator well Cincinnati on the ground a year ago the difference in Pittsburgh a gain of 28 more yards last season the same type of offense what we saw last year what we see this year run to the outside find the hole get vertical now what makes it special is you have to make someone Miss in the defensive back field it's one bring six a three deep two underneath could do it last year trying to get back to those ways this year and the pass is caught tiptoeing down the sideline the touchdown to deoy Mays from 52 yds [Applause] out if there were ever a game plan that you'd want to start if your Cincinnati this is it turnover on defense leading to offense you saw the time in the pocket and maziz gets pushed out of bounds gets back inbounds you can see the defensive back another touch for Dez Reed bolting across the right side still on his [Applause] feet again the small and stature nature of the running back physical tough all those explosive that's the word dance across the right side a punishing finish gain of six more Josh M who had the interception different environment was poppy Williams deep down the field a 47 yd effort on the way and it is good to the six-man pressure or even sometimes seven man pressure from pit hacats one of two on third down sorby another deep ball coming back to it reeling in the reception Xavier Henderson two penalty markers fly in late and that was working against battle in plus territory a gain of 34 the officiating crew and clear contact some 30 yards downfield and it was necessary contact battle got beat off the line of scrimmage and one answer to pressure is can you win one-on-one if you're going to bring off battle 63200 big Corner needs to be better in one-on-one coverage f it to Chance Williams there it is again Royer up to the races it's first and [Applause] goal think it to Conor sorby wide open we had two Targets he'll choose Tony Johnson second catch of the Season pick your boys in time and sort Irby getting it done he had Francis Sherman also in the blasts he could have made it easy on himself but he chose the harder way yeah two guys Wide Open Notice the linebackers are all flowing the wrong direction and what a perfectly placed Ball by sword but yes you had your option keep an eye on 11 in motion already put up some big numbers today Post Corner there it is Xavier [Applause] Henderson the issue with this with this defensive structure is this they're used to Bringing pressure but they've been getting beat on pressure Chance Williams on the field power formation and brought down at the line he's going to lose to rashim biles brown one for two last week and on the way Brown bangs it through defensive stop the penalty the forced holding hold him to a field goal but still a two touchdown game for the Cincinnati Bearcats kicking the LA the field goal is erant holin back on the field a pump fake and the dump off the check down to Reed a spin and a first down Panthers with one timeout [Music] remaining Holstein again flush wants to heave one deep and the pass caught by mfield at the 35 and time for one more play snaap down the hole with a kick on the way penalty marker comes in the kick is good 53 yd bomb is connected on by Ben SS so a spark at the end of the half let's see if that resonates to begin our third quarter Kenny Johnson with a path and a nice return all the way ahead to Midfield 38 yd return ker in the back field on Third and long sorby off the back but Joe Royer a touchdown from 16 yds out Hey [Applause] Joe a great teammate a great leader doesn't talk a lot but he's very trusted Joe Royer on the inside too big for safeties too fast for linebackers ker now approaching 80 yard on the ground deep hand off ker stays on his feet the vision the balance and the speed for the Veteran running back i' Zone play the way the play has got to be made is from the back end Luke cra's going to be on the front end of this play he gets to the second level and takes care of two players no holding great inside hand placement and causes another big time play round one for two today in the field goal Department this attempt from 26 yds out and from straight away Brown this time is good Dez Reed back on the field scampers ahead for nine and now a first down and a lot more Dez Reed into Cincinnati territory penalty markers come [Music] in Holstein will buy a little time Dan in around in the pocket surveys the field and from behind he's driven down well a coverage sack it gives Jonathan Thompson the tfl now he's secondary up to the challenge as is Jonathan Thompson he's playing in the middle of that defense spying the quarterback three-man rush but he gets to be the fourth rusher he misses it but Eli Holstein has to have the wherewithal to know Bartholomew went in motion Holstein looking his way now the other out in the flats pass is caught for the touchdown it's [Applause] mfield gate mfield second score of this season and the akan transfer has pit in position field was voted Captain by this team there's eight man coverage you need time you see him go outside come back inside nothing's there go back outside he has the time in the space second down to 10 to open the fourth quarter Cory ker dragged down already over 100 yds rushing now with 18 carries 26 more added to the tally AO that was a great block by dartanion Tinsley off you see him on the offensive line he holds the inside now 34 yds rushing how about that cut by Reed first down carry gallops ahead to the 39 Dez Reed now over 100 yds seven man front for the Bearcats holstein's got a hurry in the flats Overman stopped short and he's going to lose to maai Miller how about that play in open space analytics tell you to go Holstein has a man wide open reeled in by mfield on fourth down it's a touchdown [Music] Zone again there is a busted coverage on the back end he gets into the end zone scores his second touchdown of the game arm up it's me back to the air and Sack toss down to the 30 rasheem biles big play B 61 215 sophomore out of Columbus Ohio comes off of The Edge unblock that's what this pit defense does but that's not the only play that rashen B has made he made three huge stops in the first half to slow down the Cincinnati [Applause] run time across the middle there goes Reed one man to beat and he reaches the end zone a 56 yd scoring strike hello de re the 93 yd Drive in just over two minutes every time desri touches the ball expect a big play to happen he did it last week in their first game he did it last year when he was at Western Carolina he's a with three touchdown passes Dez re swallowed up and driven down by Jared Bartlett under a minute to go play action Holstein Hees one deep down the field and it's brought in for a first down a lot more mfield snuck behind the defense don't break but also don't break down the defense is breaking down that time 3 seconds 4 seconds 5 seconds is allowing mfield to be wide open he led the team in receptions last year but this is not mfield a cats with two timeouts you wonder if at some point like to use those movement no penalty marker yet Eli Holstein fell down didn't actually cross the line of scrimmage sometimes if you're line back far enough even if you have a slight movement you don't cross the line of scrimmage so it wouldn't be a penalty that's what it looks like in this situation Holstein believes he has a free play he in fact does it in this situation snap is high hold is down kick on the way and for the first time today Pittsburgh has the lead against Cincinnati build your confidence after consecutive timeout sorsby underneath here comes the lateral back to ker and that will do it the comeback is complete Javon McIntyre jumped on the loose football to seal the win for Pat Uzi and the pit Panthers how might how count down a Time staring down the CL throw some Hallelujah