Saturday was not a fun day if you’re a fan of the University of Cincinnati men’s athletics. In a rare double feature of Men’s basketball and football Bearcats fan’s got a double dose of a sobering reality in not one but two epic losses. Lets see if we can make some sense of it all….
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Barrels & Bearcats: Pirates get Sauced
Like I’m sure Tony Pike does about the ’09 Pitt game lets all forget about the first half of Saturday’s game in Greenville. It was ugly, it was terrifying, it caused pacemakers and heads alike to explode. Let’s not talk about the 12 penalties for 112 yards, the 2 Ridder INTs, or the dismal defense….
Around the American, Week 7
UCLA – At 1-5 the Bruins took a much needed week off for a bye. Ohio State – The Buckeyes took the weekend off from murdering their opponents. They still sit undefeated at 6-0. Miami (OH) – The Redhawks took another beating this past weekend this time to Western Michigan to the tune of 38-16 to move to…
Barrels and Bearcats: Bye Week Breakdown
The UC Bearcats has the week off but some big things happened concerning the teams the Bearcats still have to play. There was some crazy finishes this week for AAC teams. Fake victory formations and a Philly Special to name a few. Let’s check in on those teams and the ones they’ve already faced now….
How the Bearcats schedule fared in Week 1
The Bearcats (1-0) have quite the schedule this year and we all know that strength of schedule (SOS) is crazy important, unless you’re the SEC, then cupcakes are encouraged. Regardless, I’ll keep you updated each week on how the teams on the Bearcats’ schedule is doing. UCLA – loss to the Bearcats 24-14 (0-1) Ohio…
AAC Media Day 2019 Day 1
The American Athletic Conference Media Days kicked off in Rhode Island today. Highlighted by the annual lobster bake eventually they started talking about football. The Bearcats are 43 days away from the season opener at Nippert. Here are some highlights, need to see, and hot takes to keep you updated. AAC preseason media poll: East1….
Football Pergatory
Cautious Optimism -The Beercat After posting a second half prediction of the football Bearcats my hopes and dreams were shot down by the Temple Owls in OT on Saturday. I thought we would bring home a W from Philly. That didn’t happen. Instead, our Bearcats panicked the last couple of minutes of the…
The End of the Regular Season
The Bearcats Last Chance to Impress Sunday the Cincinnati Bearcats take on #11 Wichita State for the second time in about two weeks. The Shockers did just that at BB&T Arena beating the then #5 Bearcats on their home floor and ending a 39 game home winning streak. It was the Bearcats second loss of…
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Hurricane, Singular. The #11 Cincinniat Bearcats (24-4, 13-2) take on Tulsa Golden Hurricane (17-10, 10-5) today at noon on CBSSN. It is the Bearcats final home game of the season and therefore Senior Night (Afternoon). Before the game UC will honor two seniors Gary Clark and Kyle Washington. I can’t say anthing about these two…
Breaking Down the 2018 Football Schedule
Fickell Year 2 Earlier this week the complete 2018 football scheduled was released by the American. In a turbulent week in basketball it was looked at and tabled for later discussion because the basketball bearcats were on a tear. After Sunday though I need to take my mind elsewhere. I’m not discarding the Basketball Bearcats…