Towson Tigers Vs Cincinnati Bearcats FULL GAME Highlights Aug 31 ,2024 | NCAA Men's College Football

is Devin Matthews excuse me is Logan Wilson for Cincinnati for Cincinnati their offense comes in and we talked about the transfer portal Gerard in the open there 47 new scholarship players 26 from the transfer portal it is a completely overhauled roster for Coach tfield it certainly is Eric and one of the things when you have this overhaul is you never know what you're going to get with these new players how will they acclimate acclimate and adjust to being on a new football team and will they be able to play as a collective they're going to have to rely on Brandon sorby then came over from Indiana breed out beat out Brady lenberg in Camp for The Starting job a hand off to Barry Jackson Jor and Cincinnati a very good running team last year averaging 217 y yards per game mainly with Cory ker their starting running back who rushed for over a th yard last year yeah what you like about that particular play is that the defense did a good job of stringing it out but you were still able to pick up positive yards to put yourself in a great down and distance threshold for Cincinnati second and along five with ker in the back field now for sorby again sorby also a threat to run there's ker inching his way and musling close to a first down they're going to give it to him across cross the 35 and I anticipate seeing a lot of Kinder cuz when you have a offensive line is returning all the starters and that senior leadership versus the sides differential between the two squads you got to figure Eric that there'll be a lot of running taking place for Cincinnati yeah to have 47 new scholarship guys but return your entire offensive line that's pretty impressive yeah that's what we call a luxury my friend so first and 10 at the 35 for Cincinnati this is a talson defense who gave up a lot on the ground last year an average of 193 yards yard per game but that's Aaron Turner breaking through across the 20 and Out of Bounds at the 15 for [Applause] Cincinnati shafik Smith tracked him down but Turner who only had 11 receptions all of last year picks up a big chunk there and Turner does an excellent job of breaking the tackle one of the things that you have to do when you're going up against the FBS opponent if your FCS is make sure that you make the play when it presents itself that it not occur hence the big game 45 yards for Aaron Turner in the red zone now for Cincinnati Sor be to ker this is where you know we talked to offensive coordinator Brad Glenn who said we need to do a better job at converting touchdowns in the Red Zone we can't just walk away with field goals exactly and he spoke to ker the idea that we want to see him take that elevation in getting those touchdowns in those tough Red Zone yardage situations as well Eric they were 22 for 43 in terms of touchdown conversion in the Red Zone a season ago and that will not get it done sorby a second and six the ball on the 12 to the far sideline Xavier Henderson in the flat no gain there for Henderson and one of the interesting things on that play is you generally don't see a middle screen situation in the Red Zone area near the goal line but great Pursuit on the part of towns of towns up getting there to get to the wouldbe receiver in Xavier Chance Williams in the back field now for Cincinnati on a third and five s reading the defense first opportunity for a touchdown in his Cincinnati Bearcat career over the middle and caught J Moy Mae inside the five for a first down JY May the shallow Crossing route and it's really simplistic here find where the defense is not located you got your Crosser sby sees Mae hits him for the pick up a positive yards first down 65 yards in the air on this drive for Cincinnati after the niney catch by Maize who spent three years at Chattanooga before transferring now first and goal five wide for sorby and the Bearcats we said he can run and Brendan sorby's first touchdown of the Cincinnati Bearcat he takes it himself and calls his own number he certainly did and it cannot get any easier than that cuz he literally went into the end zone untouched great job up front by the offensive line of Williams Tinsley Gart as well as Buford and Wilder efficient opening dve for the Cincinnati Bearcats seven plays 75 ydd 3 minutes and 43 seconds to punch it in for six Carter Brown the point after is good well you couldn't have asked for a better start for the Cincinnati Bear cater involved Chance Williams heel just seven plays in for the Cincinnati offense as they're ready to kick it off Nathan Hawks will be kicking for Cincinnati Devin Matthews returning into the end zone and a touch back so now the offense for talson obviously dra we talked about it's an FCS school there's only so much you can expect coming on the road against a big 12 team but they like their weapons and they really like their new quarterback Carlos Davis again he came over from UMass this is his fourth school now in college he's got experience and he beat out Nathan Kent who passed for over 2,000 yards last year for this talson team so that shows you how much respect that this coaching staff has for Carlos Davis abilities exactly and if you Carlos Davis you look to run you a bit tight end because he's a mismatch waiting to happen Davis already pressured Eric Phillips giving Chase and then tracking him down is Bartlett one of the linebackers for this Cincinnati defense Gerard the coaching staff and Tyson B their defensive coordinator could not stop talking about the speed of their linebackers and you see it right there with bartl you certainly do and you also see Eric Phillips defensive end bringing in the rush on that stunt play in which he put pressure on Davis four yd loss on the first offensive play for talson in this game talson who had five and six overall last year in the Colonial Athletic Conference 4 and four and Conference play they really relied on their running back dein Matthews he's a red shirt senior he was their leading rusher from a year ago over 650 yards but he's going to have a a tough time if they can't get The Passing game going this is a strong defensive front for Cincinnati exactly defense when they know Eric what you have to do in a situation like this from a down and distance standpoint it makes the job even more complicated for Davis and Cy on the offensive side of the ball for Talon third and 11 from their own 24 five wide for Davis in the shotgun good time for Davis down the far sideline back shoulder attempted for John dunore well defended by the Cincinnati secondary Jordan Young on the defensive play yeah if you're going to run a fade stop the key composition to a f is that you as a receiver have to at least be ahead of the defensive back not even with him and as David surveys the football field he throws his face stop but on top of that your receiver's out of bounds as well so it wouldn't have counted had he caught the football three and out for talson Bry laet will be kicking off to Michael ler leri standing at his own 35 yd line good punt Siri backpedaling all the way to the 22 and he dropped it and a turnover flying in for talson was John dunore kick was first touch by the receiving team recovered by the kick team first down tson Ling both sides of the ball the leading wide receiver for talson on the depth chart comes in and makes the play and a special teams error for Cincinnati and obviously misseri did not read The Scouting Report because right there you see an excellent kick by the punter and if you're Meri if you can't get to it backing up is not the option you always want to be square with the football and that leads to a huge mistake and that can lead to more confidence for this Townson football team because ultimately Eric you don't want to put Townson in a situation where they start talson you talk about an early confidence boost you'll take any break you can get if you're the talson Tigers exactly cuz that could have been a situation three and out led to another touchdown but now they find themselves in excellent field position 54 yd punt stavis back to pass lobbing to the corner flag thrown has a lot of contact in coverage Jordan young was just grabbing on tight Carter R runs the seven route and that's a wise decision with Carter run you have a 66 tight end going up against a defensive back who gives away at least four to five Ines in height and that's exact the decision you want made on the part of Davis to go to run you that's not going to make cornerback coach kri kums happy because he's had these cornerbacks practicing in literal oven mitts this off seon so that they don't hold he's got Grill Masters in practice for the members of his secondary and Jordan young flaged as a first down upcoming at the 10 yd line for talson so back to back errors for Cincinnati and talson threatening here and they'll take a time out talson their first charge timeout of the half Timeout on the field [Applause]