Bye weeks for the University of Cincinnati.

[uconntailgater]

How is it possible for Cincinnati to open up the season with two consecutive bye weeks. Did somebody cancel on them, which prevented them from finding a replacement early in the season?

 

[sportsart]

How is it possible for Cincinnati to open up the season with two consecutive bye weeks. Did somebody cancel on them, which prevented them from finding a replacement early in the season?

Warde was unable to help them schedule games.

 

[specialisthusky]

This may not be 100% correct but the gist of it from my understanding is they cancelled an FCS game in an effort to get a big game name that fell through. Then they thought the aac would get them a conference game week 1 or 2, which obviously didn't happen either.

 

[whaler11]

I thought you meant Toledo was a bye week.

 

[mike012]

Lol you are correct.. they are Officially on a bye week Toledo.. what a beat down.

 

[Forte]

How is it possible for Cincinnati to open up the season with two consecutive bye weeks. Did somebody cancel on them, which prevented them from finding a replacement early in the season?

Cinci has noticeable talent....coaching changes, qb changes and injuries the program never misses a beat. They seem to build their program on transfers and Jucos. Maybe Uconn should go that route .... You never know how freshman will turn out from prior coaches.

 

[uconntailgater]

Are they only playing 11 games this year?

 

[huskymedic]

This may not be 100% correct but the gist of it from my understanding is they cancelled an FCS game in an effort to get a big game name that fell through. Then they thought the aac would get them a conference game week 1 or 2, which obviously didn't happen either.

Yup.

>>What happened: Cincinnati was scheduled to open the year hosting Stony Brook. But then-athletic director Whit Babcock (now at Virginia Tech) went to Tuberville and said he could schedule a home-and-home with Miami starting later this season – it would simply necessitate dropping the Stony Brook game. Tuberville said Babcock believed the American Athletic Conference would move a league game into one of the first two weekends, so he signed off on it.

And then the league game never got moved.<<

 

[john2153]

Possibly blowing a 41-7 lead to Toledo would not look too good....

 

[Vowelguy]

Giving up 31 pts to Toledo. Another stellar night for the AAC.

 

[uconntailgater]

I tell you what, a Cincinnati-BYU would be an awesome Bowl game New Year's Day.

 

[uconntailgater]

Cincinnati simply cannot play defense. If it weren't for that first half fumble by Toledo this would almost be a tied game.

 

[huskymedic]

@TomGroeschen: Attendance 31,912 here for #UC game tonight at PBS

 

[UConnJim]

Hank Hughes is the co-defensive coordinator for Cincy.

 

[zls44]

Kiel has more TD's tonight than Whitmer/Boyle had last year, combined.

 

[specialisthusky]

Kiel has more TD's tonight than Whitmer/Boyle had last year, combined.

We don't do offense.