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Drew said:
I legitimately cannot believe how badly this game was called and managed by Cincinnati’s offensive staff. They 100% were overmatched up front but this was honestly atrocious and we as UConn fans have watched a LOT of bad football the last few years
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I don’t know why bama is throwing the ball at all. Run it 4 straight times and cincy has basically zero chance of ever stopping them.
 
Alabama always was going to overmatch Cincinnati up front...D line and O line.

And that is the game...
 
Hard to beat Bama if you don't cross the goal line. And now Bama is going to run out the clock on the ground.
 
Pretty crappy game plan from the coin toss onward. Was Critical to score first and start with ball. The we’ll play D first to make a statement is just stupidity. Only way they win was to get them rattled
 
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Killer stat...Cincinnati's Third Down Efficiency was 2-12...

And Cinncinnati's 74 net yards Rushing vs Bama's 301.
 
giddyup said:
Pretty crappy game plan from the coin toss onward. Was Critical to score first and start with ball. The we’ll play D first to make a statement is just stupidity. Only way they win was to get them rattled
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Right not saying Cincy was gonna win or even come close, I do feel there was something missing from Cincy, kind of feel they gave Cincy too much respect.
 
storrsroars said:
Eh. He let the DE blow right him on one of the sacks.
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Ridder had pressure from his right and moved out of the box to his left in a 3rd Q sack . Was not Tunstalls fault there. He held up pretty well and will be drafted. Beavers did what he did when he was here. Did not make many tackles.
 
Due to time constraints it is an imperfect playoff system. I would have liked to see Alabama play Utah. It is not like Cinci blew away all their AAC opponents. An 8 team playoff would be awesome but it would have to start right after Army/Navy.
 
Bama D made Cincy offense look like the current NY Giant offense.
 
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Hoping for a much better 2nd game. Want Mich to beat Georgia. One SEC team is more than enough.
 
Cincy didn't embarrass themselves, but it didn't make anyone think the G5 should always have a spot in the playoffs f they are undefeated. But, they did as well as an ND team would...so there's that.
 
Scoe said:
Right not saying Cincy was gonna win or even come close, I do feel there was something missing from Cincy, kind of feel they gave Cincy too much respect.
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Correction Bama not Cincy.
 
They played their seed. It would've been nice to see the upset but we all knew how unlikely that was.

Great season for Cincy.
 
eebmg said:
Hoping for a much better 2nd game. Want Mich to beat Georgia. One SEC team is more than enough.
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I’ll be rooting for team Portnoy in this one.
 
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One point that was discussed by the announcers - Cincy has to get bigger / stronger in o-line and the d-line. They've got a couple of years before they are in the Big 12.
 
I think we knew the title matchup months ago, it’s scripted.
 
a Bama-GeorThe Bama-Cincy game was not as close as the score....

Bama dominated....and, dang, it looks like we will have a Bama-Georgia Final....but, they are very probably the two best teams.
 
Scoe said:
I think we knew the title matchup months ago, it’s scripted.
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If by scripted you mean they're the two best teams, then I agree. Hard to argue with on-field results.
 
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CTFAN4LIFE said:
If by scripted you mean they're the two best teams, then I agree. Hard to argue with on-field results.
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Yes that’s what I meant, always felt like Bama-UGA was destined to happen. It feels to me Georgia was moved to a 3 and Michigan a 2 to increase viewership. Feels like 2 NFL teams vs the rest of college football.
 
Cinci looked about as good as ND every year they've made it and just as good as Michigan against Georgia. So I say they at least belonged.
 
RioDog said:
Fair to say that O line play really cost CU any chance at competing. D was pretty good.
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The OL play wasn’t great but they also had their moments and completely flopped.

Down 11 in the third with all the momentum- Cincinnati intercepts Bryce Young and will start at the 50 yard line. The following ensues:

1st and 10: Under center for the only snap the entire game and run halfback toss off tackle? They wound up having two guys in motion and getting a penalty

1st and 15: Halfback Draw. Lol.

2nd and 16: Incomplete 3 yard hitch batted down at the line

3rd and 16: Burn a timeout to avoid delay of game. Then call a 5 step drop concept from shotgun and gets sacked

4th and 30: delay of game to move them back 5 yards and then punt.

That sequence despite how awful they were offensively in the first half lost them the game. I cannot believe they got a pick to start at the 50 and ran a freaking toss and halfback draw. Insane. And burned a TO on third and 16 because they couldn’t get a play in. Just so bad.
 
Cincinnati lost this game a month before it was played....a 13 win undefeated G5 team was making a play to show they deserved a top 4 billet with the big boys....a lot of pressure on a team who really did not have the horses.

Alabama could have played them 10 times and won 11.
 
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