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Phil Steele was on the Behind the Bets podcast this week...and he said "Cincinnati is loaded" and that "they are a very under the radar team". Whoa! Surprised to hear that.
 
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jacobkdoyle said:
Phil Steele was on the Behind the Bets podcast this week...and he said "Cincinnati is loaded" and that "they are a very under the radar team". Whoa! Surprised to hear that.
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I believe he also said we were "loaded" in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and look at what the results were. Fluberville will FLUB again. The over/under Vegas wins for UC is 6.5. That's a better indicator of our year up ahead and that's a horrible year when you play in the AAC.
 
Defense again has questions, offense depends on how Kiel performs, too many question marks for me to have any confidence in a big season.
 
Tough to get excited about this year and purchase those season tickets lol. I'll break down and do it most likely because I love the program and Nippert, but man there aren't any games I'm overly excited about
 
Talked to one of my uncles this weekend...he and a group of friends all have had season tickets for years and he said this is it. If things aren't better this year, they're all done. He loves UC more than anyone I know and is as positive about everything as you can be. So you know it's bad if he's considering not renewing his tickets. But he's tired of Tuberville.
 
the_one_32 said:
Defense again has questions, offense depends on how Kiel performs, too many question marks for me to have any confidence in a big season.
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Wouldn't be surprised if Moore starts and Trail gets some PT. Heard Trail has been a stud which I had no idea he was. If Kiel gets the starter job simply because he's senior that won't be good.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
Talked to one of my uncles this weekend...he and a group of friends all have had season tickets for years and he said this is it. If things aren't better this year, they're all done. He loves UC more than anyone I know and is as positive about everything as you can be. So you know it's bad if he's considering not renewing his tickets. But he's tired of Tuberville.
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That's unfortunate. Hopefully they impress this year and surprise us. Not holding my breath though. His 2017 recruiting class is off to a good start! There's some hope even if it doesn't help us this year
 
I'm a little more optimistic than most. I think we'll rebound somewhat back to a 9 or 10 win season. The defense has to get better and I'm looking forward to seeing a little more traditional offense that hopefully highlights Mike Boone more than we've done in the past. Running the ball more effectively should keep us from throwing 50 passes a game and should help protect our defense somewhat also.

Mostly, I just love heading to Nippert and enjoying the game day experience. It's always better when they win, but my support doesn't hinge on whether this season meets or exceeds my expectations for wins & loses.

Go Cats!
 
I'm feeling pretty optimistic as well. Really look forward to seeing what Zac Taylor brings to the offense and the QB's in general.

Still a lot of talent on this roster.
 
2bearcatdad said:
I'm a little more optimistic than most. I think we'll rebound somewhat back to a 9 or 10 win season. The defense has to get better and I'm looking forward to seeing a little more traditional offense that hopefully highlights Mike Boone more than we've done in the past. Running the ball more effectively should keep us from throwing 50 passes a game and should help protect our defense somewhat also.

Mostly, I just love heading to Nippert and enjoying the game day experience. It's always better when they win, but my support doesn't hinge on whether this season meets or exceeds my expectations for wins & loses.

Go Cats!
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It doesn't have to be 100% about wins and losses to enjoy the experience. No doubt. But Tuberville is getting paid millions of dollars. You can't lose sight of that. At some point there has to be a breaking point. For me, being down 51-3 at halftime vs a South Florida team that barely made a bowl, basically calling our own bowl a vacation and going down 42-0 by the 3rd Q, and quitting the BYU game by punting down 14 with 4 minutes left and all of our timeouts (then not using any of those timeouts to get the ball back), are all completely inexcusable. Continuing to be unprepared isn't acceptable. And it's hard to just simply expect things to improve when you let those kind of things slide with no accountability.
 
I hope Mike Boone gets 20+ touches per game. I also hope Gunner "The Pick 6 Machine" Kiel isn't the he starter.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
It doesn't have to be 100% about wins and losses to enjoy the experience. No doubt. But Tuberville is getting paid millions of dollars. You can't lose sight of that. At some point there has to be a breaking point. For me, being down 51-3 at halftime vs a South Florida team that barely made a bowl, basically calling our own bowl a vacation and going down 42-0 by the 3rd Q, and quitting the BYU game by punting down 14 with 4 minutes left and all of our timeouts (then not using any of those timeouts to get the ball back), are all completely inexcusable. Continuing to be unprepared isn't acceptable. And it's hard to just simply expect things to improve when you let those kind of things slide with no accountability.
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I won't say that I am a huge Bearcats football fan, more of a casual follower, but reading this breakdown just made me so mad. The team last season looked unprepared more often than not. As a current student, I bought season tickets last year. My fellow students/ friends are all asking if we should get them this coming season and I keep saying I'll buy them on a game-by-game basis. If TT could't get them ready to play last season what, as a fan, should motivate me to buy season tickets? Like I said, casual fan here but I would definitely be more invested in the team if they bring on a new coach if this coming season is another 6-6 or 7-5 struggle where we look un-insterested and un-prepared more than once.
 
Bearcat513 said:
Wouldn't be surprised if Moore starts and Trail gets some PT. Heard Trail has been a stud which I had no idea he was. If Kiel gets the starter job simply because he's senior that won't be good.
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Moore will be the starter. Count on it. It's a fact. Tuberville will say it's a QB battle and the whole thing, but the starter is Hayden Moore.
 
Bearcat513 said:
I won't say that I am a huge Bearcats football fan, more of a casual follower, but reading this breakdown just made me so mad. The team last season looked unprepared more often than not. As a current student, I bought season tickets last year. My fellow students/ friends are all asking if we should get them this coming season and I keep saying I'll buy them on a game-by-game basis. If TT could't get them ready to play last season what, as a fan, should motivate me to buy season tickets? Like I said, casual fan here but I would definitely be more invested in the team if they bring on a new coach if this coming season is another 6-6 or 7-5 struggle where we look un-insterested and un-prepared more than once.
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Buy them on a game by game basis anyways. $2/ ticket. Even if you go to every game, you still save $60. And the tickets don't sell out as quickly as people say. Just buy them online. Don't wait in the long ass line on Wednesday mornings.
 
Reason for Kiel

The reason I said Kiel is because two of our first 3 games are extremely important--first game is a warm-up, but the next two are at Purdue and then Houston on short notice.
 
jds513 said:
Buy them on a game by game basis anyways. $2/ ticket. Even if you go to every game, you still save $60. And the tickets don't sell out as quickly as people say. Just buy them online. Don't wait in the long ass line on Wednesday mornings.
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$2 a ticket? Is that true? I thought they'd be $10, minimum.
 

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