mtrbur Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 lets go bearcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtrbur Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Pike is on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmanMunster Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 offense looks crazy good (as expected) d looks like it needs a lot of work (as expected). we have 10 new starters on D its going to take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtrbur Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 yeah it looks like Rutgers is trying to run the ball to keep the Cincinnati offense off of the field... and so far it's working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 that wild cat shit with Kelce was sweet. Kelce is a big ass dude running down the middle, and he's a true freshman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmanMunster Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 well our defense is gelling haha. starting to get pressure and starting to be all over the ball. 31-7 at the half. RAPE JOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 I think the Big East has a new favorite and its first ranked team in the next poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmanMunster Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 47-15. rape job. Well if Rutgers is smart Savage is the starting QB for the remainder of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtrbur Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 [quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' date='07 September 2009 - 05:15 PM' timestamp='1252358108' post='799234'] that wild cat shit with Kelce was sweet. Kelce is a big ass dude running down the middle, and he's a true freshman [/quote] yeah that was bad ass... i would expect to see more of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go_Cats_Go! Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Looking forward to seeing them play Illinois and Oregon State. Pike was awesome today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Now that's how to start a season! WTG Bearcats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Did somebody from Rutgers' defense text Tony Pike before the game and tell him to go ahead and just throw the ball where ever he wants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]Cincinnati again team to beat in Big East September 7, 2009 10:15 PM Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Call off the search for a favorite in the Big East. The team to beat is the same team that almost nobody in the league could beat last year. Yes, Cincinnati has a new look this season, but it's not just because of the revamped defense. The Bearcats are much more explosive on offense. Their 47-15 beatdown at Rutgers was a clinic of offensive efficiency and balance, especially during an opener. Last year's Orange Bowl team never scored that many points in a game, and the 47 points were exactly twice as much as Cincinnati averaged during league play in 2008. "We thought we could get it going last year," coach Brian Kelly said. "But we had all those quarterback injuries, so we had to go manage the game. Today, we could let [quarterback] Tony [Pike] manage the game. I told the kids, I didn't do a lot of heavy lifting today from the sidelines." It's scary to think that Kelly, the reigning two-time Big East coach of the year, just now feels like he's got all of his pieces in place at Cincinnati. But this is the first time he's had a returning, veteran quarterback and the depth he wants at receiver and running back. Combine that with eight months to prepare for Rutgers, and the results were awe-inspiring. A lot of teams lack sharpness in their openers. Kelly believed in his veterans so much that he had them come out in the no-huddle and throw all over the field from the start. Cincinnati committed only two penalties all day. "I thought it was important early on for us to do something a lot of college football teams aren't doing in the opener, and that's be really aggressive," he said. The Bearcats scored on six of their first seven possessions. Their first four scoring drives all lasted under two-and-a-half minutes. A team that struggled at times running the ball last year piled up 168 yards on the ground while averaging 4.9 yards per carry. Ten different players caught at least one pass. Against a blitz-loving defense, they surrendered just one sack. "Offensively, we're light years ahead of where we were this time last year," Pike said. "We have weapons at several positions, and I'd put ours up against anybody in the country." New threats included sophomore running back Isaiah Pead, who scored his first two career touchdowns. He took one screen pass 41 yards, juking a defender onto the ground with a stutter step on his way to the end zone. And Kelly got to play mad genius by putting backup tight end Travis Kelce under center near the goal line. The 6-foot-5, 247-pound Kelce, a former quarterback who'd never played a snap before, ran the ball three times and scored two touchdowns. "Florida has been running this package very well with Tim Tebow," Kelly said. "We went down to study with Florida, and we stole it from them. I don't mind saying that." This team's supposed No. 1 question was its defense, which replaced 10 starters from last year, switched to a 3-4 base and had to adjust to a new coordinator. The Bearcats held Rutgers to 15 points and took two of those back with a safety. They were no doubt helped by the Scarlet Knights' offensive ineptitude, but they still managed five sacks and three interceptions, one of them by former Notre Dame quarterback Demetrius Jones, another successful Kelly project. "We're hungry, and we always want to try to prove people wrong," safety Aaron Webster said. "We feel that the only people who believe in us are in this locker room." That should change now, as Cincinnati proves it deserves to be the first Big East team to crack the Top 25, and is once again the team to beat. "If people from the outside start believing in us, that's good," Webster said. "But if they don't we're going to play the same way." Or maybe even better.[/quote] http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]Three-point stance: Replacing Blount September 8, 2009 5:00 AM Posted by ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel 1. Of course, the loss of Oregon back LeGarrette Blount changes the Ducks' offense. How? Ducks head coach and playcaller Chip Kelly isn’t sure. “We don’t have another 6-[foot-]2, 240-pound back like [Blount],” Kelly said. The duty falls to freshmen LaMichael James and Kenjon Barner and senior Andre Crenshaw. “It’s just really getting a feel for what they feel most comfortable running,” Kelly said. “Some quarterbacks like slants more than outs.” That’s what coaches get a feel for in August. But that’s when Blount soaked up a lot of carries. 2. Florida State and Miami saved an otherwise dismal week for the ACC with a game as good as this rivalry used to be. The Seminoles have more athletic talent than they have had in five years, and Canes coach Randy Shannon’s hiring of veteran offensive coordinator Mark Whipple has paid off handsomely. It is easy to imagine a rematch in the ACC championship game on Dec. 5. [b]3. With some teams, it takes only one week to blow away months of “expert” analysis. Look at Cincinnati, the defending Big East champion. The Bearcats aren’t expected to repeat because they lost 10 defensive starters. The new 3-4 defense made Rutgers look lost Monday. The Scarlet Knights gained only 293 yards and quarterback Domenic Natale threw three second-quarter picks in the Bearcats’ 47-15 rout. The Big East may have a Top-25 team after all.[/b][/quote] http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Ivan must have read my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote] PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly unleashed his high-speed, no-huddle offense - and quarterback Tony Pike pushed it into overdrive. Pike threw for a career-high 362 yards and three touchdowns, and the defending Big East champion Bearcats hurried past Rutgers 47-15 on Monday. ''The pace was absolutely crucial today,'' said Kelly, who began his third season with the Bearcats as a rising star in the business. ''You knew what Rutgers was going to do and that is control the clock. So we knew it was absolutely crucial to push the ball down the court.'' Courted by Washington and Tennessee last season, Kelly might not be long for the Queen City and his team showed why in the season opener. The Bearcats pushed it Oklahoma-style and put up 510 yards and 45 points in the first three quarters. They also got a jump on the conference race by improving to 4-0 against Rutgers since joining the league. With the luxury of a returning starter at quarterback for the first time at UC, Kelly doesn't have to hold anything back offensively. ''I didn't do a lot of heavy lifting today from the sidelines,'' he said. ''All those kids out there really made this thing work.'' The Scarlet Knights , looking to christen their newly expanded stadium and extend a seven-game winning streak, couldn't keep up. Instead, it looked like the bad ol' days at Rutgers. It was the most points allowed by the Scarlet Knights since Virginia Tech put up 48 in October 2003. ''Certainly not what my visions were of what today was going to be like,'' said coach Greg Schiano, who has built Rutgers from a sadsack program to a consistent winner in his nine seasons. Domenic Natale threw three first-half interceptions for the Scarlet Knights and the senior left open the possibility that his first career start could be his last. Highly touted freshman Tom Savage played the second half and finished 15 of 23 for 135 yards with a touchdown pass. Pike completed 27 of 34 passes, Mardy Gilyard caught eight passes for 89 yards and a score and Isaiah Pead scored two touchdowns. With Pike directing traffic at the line of scrimmage, the Bearcats burned down the field on the opening drive of the game, covering 81 yards in 2:29 without an incomplete pass. Pead capped the drive with a 2-yard TD run. ''Definitely a byproduct of our experience,'' Pike said about the speed and efficiency of the offense. ''I think our offense tonight was light years ahead of where we were last year at this time.'' Rutgers' response to UC's speed was a methodical, 20-play, 78-yard touchdown drive, that took more than 10 minutes and was capped by a 5-yard run by Joe Martinek . Ultimately, though, the team breaking in a new quarterback was no match for the one with a seasoned veteran. Natale, replacing the departed Mike Teel , held the ball too long and had several throws sail high. Cincinnati turned his first two picks into touchdowns. Meanwhile, Pike went 20 of 25 in the first half for 286 yards with touchdown passes of 5 yards to Gilyard and 41 yards to Pead as the Bearcats raced to a 31-7 halftime lead. ''I thought we were a step behind all day - two steps,'' Schiano said. Cincinnati even gave Rutgers a dose of the Wildcat - maybe the Bearcat? - with redshirt freshman tight end Travis Kelce , a former quarterback, taking two snaps and bulling 16 yards to finish off the first of three consecutive second-quarter touchdown drives. Kelce added a 2-yard TD run in the third quarter out of a formation Kelly said he picked up during a trip to Florida. ''We stole it from them. I'm fine saying that,'' Kelly said with a smile. ''And we executed it well.'' That made it 38-7 and Rutgers' big day was ruined. The two-year project to enclose the stadium, put in luxury suites and install a new scoreboard increased capacity from about 42,000 to more than 52,000 and cost $102 million. A crowd of 53,737 was raucous early, quiet and dejected by halftime and mostly out the door by the fourth quarter.[/quote] http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/scoreboards/2009/09/07/40038_viewcast_recap.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]Big East Week 2 power rankings September 8, 2009 8:50 AM Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Finally, we have some actual data on which to base these weekly power rankings. Granted, not all of the information is terribly revealing, given that five Big East teams played FCS opponents this week. Still, it's better than nothing. Here are the Week 2 rankings: 1. Cincinnati: Duh. The Bearcats are 1-0 in the Big East and will be atop the league standings until October. No league team -- and few teams nationally -- looked more impressive in its opener. 2. Pittsburgh: The Panthers didn't show a whole lot on offense or defense and still managed to pound Youngstown State 38-3. The overall talent on this team should carry it until the quarterback situation is fully stabilized. 3. West Virginia: I was hoping to see a more solid performance overall from the Mountaineers against Liberty, but some of that can be attributed to Week 1 kinks. All will be forgiven if they beat East Carolina this week. 4. South Florida: The Bulls were shaky in the first half against a pretty good FCS opponent in Wofford. Predictably, they turned it on in the second half and ran away. The jury is still out, and probably will be until Week 4. 5. Connecticut: The Huskies didn't look very impressive in Saturday's 23-16 win over Ohio, but they also had the toughest nonconference challenge by going on the road against an actual FBS team. We'll know a whole lot more after this week's game against North Carolina. 6. Rutgers: From my preseason favorite to No. 6. What a fall. The Scarlet Knights have a lot to work on, like blocking, tackling and passing. We won't have any idea whether they've improved until Week 4 at Maryland. 7. Syracuse: The Orange offense basically played well for about a quarter and a half, though its defense was solid most of the game. This week's Penn State game looks virtually unwinnable, but Syracuse could make some noise in the Big East before the season is over. 8. Louisville: Had the Cardinals played any Big East team in Week 1, they would have been solidly thumped. Luckily for them, they have an off week to correct the many mistakes they made against Indiana State.[/quote] http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/2337/big-east-week-2-power-rankings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]UC defense better than advertized By Bill Koch • bkoch@enquirer.com • September 7, 2009 PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The way the University of Cincinnati defense played on Rutgers’ first offensive series Monday, it appeared as if the Bearcats might have to score 50 points to win. Advertisement The Scarlet Knights moved methodically down the field, mostly on running plays, moving 78 yards in 20 plays, to tie the score at 7-7. They converted three third-down plays and two fourth-down plays to keep the drive alive. But after that drive, the defense settled down and kept Rutgers off the board for the remainder of the first half, thanks primarily to three interceptions – one each by Aaron Webster, JK Schaffer and Demetrius Jones. “In the first series, you’ve got to get your feet wet and just try to weather the storm,” said Webster, the only returning starter from last year’s defense. “After the first series I told the guys, ‘OK, we got that first series out of the way. The nervousness is gone. Just go play. After that, the guys mellowed down.” In the end, UC’s new 3-4 defense, under the direction of first-year coordinator Bob Diaco, more than did its part in the Bearcats’ 47-15 victory, limiting Rutgers to 293 yards, just 50 yards rushing. They also produced five sacks for 42 yards. It didn’t hurt that the UC offense was operating at such a high rate of efficiency that there was very little pressure on the defense after the first few series. “We made some big plays,” UC coach Brian Kelly said. “which really took some pressure off our defense. We’re a work in progress there. We did some good things but we’ve got some work to do there.” Once it got into the flow of the game, the defense did a good job of containing a Rutgers team that used three quarterbacks, two in the first half, plus heralded freshman Tom Savage in the second. Of the three, Savage had the most success moving the Scarlet Knights, but he also took a safety and managed to put only one touchdown on the board. “Our defense played fast and that’s what you need if you’re going to have a good defense,” said senior linebacker Andre Revels. “Our guys came out today and it was like we were on fire.” They weren’t on fire from the beginning but they recovered quickly enough for Kelly to proclaim the defensive effort “not bad” for the first time out. “There’s some things we’ll look at,” Kelly said. “Bob had a very good plan and it went the way we wanted it to. We know our personnel now maybe a little bit better. That’s going to allow us to tweak some things.” [/quote] http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009309070038 Photos: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=AB&Date=20090907&Category=SPT&ArtNo=909070806&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]Pike wastes little time setting standard for this season Bill Eichenberger Monday, Sep. 7, 2009 - 11:33 p.m. ET PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Managing expectations is a problem Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly did not anticipate having coming out of Monday's Big East opener at Rutgers. But his quarterback, Tony Pike, played so well in a 47-15 upset victory that reporters afterward were mentioning him and the Heisman Trophy in the same sentence, a leap that Kelly did not want them to make, not yet anyway. "I don't think this defines who he is as a player," Kelly said after Pike completed 27 of 34 passes for 362 yards and three touchdowns in front of a record crowd of 53,737 at newly expanded Rutgers Stadium and a national television audience. "Tony has to do it consistently. Talk to me after six or seven weeks. If he's still doing this, then he is going to be a guy that you really need to pay attention to." The Bearcats already are worthy of that sort of attention, snapping Rutgers' seven-game winning streak and serving notice that last year's 11-3 record and BCS bowl berth was no fluke. "You never think coming into a game that it is going to be this easy," Pike said. "But it so happened that we got into a groove and we built that level of consistency that sometimes last year we lacked." The 6-foot-6 senior was in complete control, turning the game into a laugher by halftime. He completed 20 of 25 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns in the first 30 minutes, operating comfortably most of the half out of a no-huddle, five-receiver set that operated at an extremely fast pace. "Our offense tonight was light years ahead of where we were last year at this point," said Pike, who led the Bearcats to 510 yards of total offense despite not playing in the fourth quarter. "The biggest thing is we have guys who know the offense, know the system and know where to be." The way he achieved his numbers were as impressive as the stats themselves. Given plenty of time to throw by a veteran offensive line, Pike was uncannily accurate, hitting nine different receivers in stride time after time, whether in the pocket or rolling right or left. "We thought we could get our offense going last year," Kelly said. "But we ran into a lot of injuries at the quarterback position. As coaches, we had to manage the game. Today, I could let Tony manage it." Healthy after missing two games and parts of two others last season with a broken left arm, and clearly the starter after playing well down the stretch a year ago, Pike made only one mistake, underthrowing a screen pass that was intercepted in the second quarter. Otherwise he was flawless. "When you have a veteran quarterback in our system, and for Tony this is is second year, he's got a better grasp of what we do offensively," Kelly said. "We made it difficult for Rutgers to stop us today." Nearly impossible is more like it.[/quote] http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2009-09-07/pike-wastes-little-time-setting-standard-for-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]TE Kelce spearheads UC's 'Wildcat' Notebook By Bill Koch • bkoch@enquirer.com • September 7, 2009 PISCATAWAY, N.J. – When redshirt freshman Travis Kelce trotted onto the field early in the second quarter Monday with the University of Cincinnati facing a second-and-three at the Rutgers 16, it seemed logical to assume that he would play tight end in the Bearcats’ red zone package. Advertisement Instead, he lined up at quarterback with regular quarterback Tony Pike shifting to wide receiver. Instead, he lined up at quarterback with regular quarterback Tony Pike shifting to wide receiver. The ball was snapped to Kelce, who ran 12 yards to the 4. On the next play, he took another direct snap and scored the first touchdown of his career in his first game. “We needed to be more effective and efficient running the football,” said UC head coach Brian Kelly. “Travis Kelce brings that mix to the game where he’s a big physical kid and he can also throw. We think we found a piece of what’s going to allow us to run the ball a little more efficiently.” The 6-foot-5, 247-pound Kelce, the brother of UC guard Jason Kelce, was recruited as a quarterback, but was shifted to tight end during spring practice. It’s clear now that his quarterback days aren’t entirely over, although his future remains as a tight end. “We thought he brought a package of toughness in running the football,” Kelly said. “It was a copy cat deal. Florida has been running this package very well with Tim Tebow. We went down and studied with Florida and stole it from them. I’m fine saying that. And we executed it well. We’ll continue to use that.” OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY: The 564 yards the UC offense put up were the seventh most in school history. The record is 584 in 1968 vs. Ohio. But as impressive as the offense was, quarterback Tony Pike believes it can get better, maybe a lot better. “We still have some strides to make,” Pike said. “We’re light years ahead of where we were last year but the good thing about Coach Kelly and his offense is that he’s always got new wrinkles and new stuff coming in.” One reason for the offense’s impressive performance was the long preparation time the Bearcats had for Rutgers’ defense. “It took a lot of planning on Tony’s part,” Kelly said, “a lot of film study. We knew we were playing Rutgers last April. He really did his due diligence relative to the schemes and felt really comfortable back there. They’re a very difficult defense to prepare for if you only have three days. We had the advantage of having three or four months and that really helped us today.” WHO NEEDS A PUNTER?: Kelly has talked a lot about missing All-America punter Kevin Huber, who now kicks for the Bengals. But Huber wasn’t missed Monday. The offense was so effective that the Bearcats didn’t punt until midway through the fourth quarter. When they did, Kelly called on Jake Rogers, who punted twice for an average of 31 yards. Rogers also kicked a 30-yard field goal, kicked off and converted all six of his extra point attempts. QB QUARTET: After Pike left the game, Zach Collaros and Chazz Anderson took turns running series at quarterback. With Kelce also playing a few plays at quarterback, the Bearcats played four quarterbacks in their opener, nearly matching the five they played all of last season due to injuries. QUICK KICKS: Isaiah Pead’s 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the first of his career ... The interceptions by JK Schaffer and Demetrius Jones were the first of their careers. Jones, a converted quarterback, was playing his first game at linebacker ... Pike’s 362-yard passing day was the third 300-yard game of his career ... Jacob Ramsey’s 62-yard run in the third quarter was the longest of his career. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 If anyone knows how to embed this video, ...your help would be appreciated. http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2009/09/video_highlights_of_rutgers_se_7.html#comment-form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 [quote]What we learned from Rutgers-Cincinnati September 8, 2009 10:01 AM Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett A few things we learned from Cincinnati's blowout of Rutgers on Monday: 1. The future is now for Rutgers: I was in the camp that thought, if it was close, that Greg Schiano should just go ahead and start freshman Tom Savage. Schiano went with veteran Dom Natale in an understandable decision. But after Natale threw three picks in the first half and Jabu Lovelace was completely ineffective in the Wildcat, it was clear what had to happen. From now on, Rutgers should put the ball in Savage's hands and let him learn and grow. He just looks like a quarterback. Along with impressive true freshman Mohamed Sanu, the Scarlet Knights at least have a solid quarterback-receiver duo for the next four years. 2. The Cincinnati defense is going to be just fine: Brian Kelly called the new defense a "work in progress," and surely Rutgers' inability to throw the ball made the Bearcats look good. Still, five sacks, three interceptions and a safety in a conference game is nothing to sneeze at. Cincinnati's defensive front was active and strong after the first, 20-play Rutgers' drive, and the defensive backs showed a nose for the ball. The defense isn't going to lose games for the Bearcats and may turn into a strength. 3. Cincinnati is far more dynamic in the run game: The Bearcats' rushing statistics weren't terrible last year, but they had a hard time getting tough yards when needed. That shouldn't be the case this year. While Jacob Ramsey and John Goebel are back, sophomore Isaiah Pead adds a whole new dimension of speed to the position, as his sick stop-and-start move on a screen pass touchdown showed. And the Tebow-esque use of tight end Travis Kelce gives the team another power option. If Cincinnati can run enough to make defenses respect the play-action, the passing game becomes even more dangerous.[/quote] http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/2333/what-we-learned-from-rutgers-cincinnati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 UC cracks the top 25 at #23. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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