AAC Championship Gameday Thread: #21 Houston @ #4 Cincinnati | 3PM CT | ABC

[dansatjr (Dan)]

Anyone got bowl intel?

[Kyle_Be_Coogin (Kyle)]

Most rushed to the bar I think…

[olutrain (O. Emmanuel)]

Nope. Just me being obstinate and dunking on you. An area where I need to improve. I’ll work on it. In the meantime, enjoy your L.

[The_Coog (Wolf)]

How can I take an L when you just conceded defeat? So much for that mature adult thing…

[uhredcat96 (G.W.)]

Play calling did not help Tune. We needed some screens to stop their blitz.

[olutrain (O. Emmanuel)]

Uh huh… copium.

[The_Coog (Wolf)]

Copium almost as good as opium but a cheap copy that doesn’t even help you cope.

Also according to urban dictionary your statement was copium? I’m learning a new word today.

Urban Dictionary: Copium

[NTXCoog]

We need a running game too. If we’re not going to be an Air Raid team, we’re not going to win many games with 86 yards rushing on 1.8 yards per carry

[jmcoog]

The difference was between the offensive lines.

[The_Coog (Wolf)]

Ours was offensive…

[bigmccoog (Butch)]

The Bearcats are bigger and faster and playing unbeaten at home. We gave them a game for a half and certainly not embarrassed after the loss.

[bigmccoog (Butch)]

I don’t think anyone is going to “slaughter” Cincy

[Acres (Tom)]

Can’t open that link

[atlcoog (Brian C)]

The incessant QB sneaks we’re mind bottling.

[Travelingcoog (Mark Shapiro)]

I don’t recall any QB sneaks. There were some QB draw plays that I remember. When did we run the sneaks?

[Section102 (#theBig12ishardandstuff)]

@Section102

Two things that scare me with this game:

Penalties and QB scrambles.

We are 106th in penalty yards and our aggressive man coverage on pass plays seems to open up big running lanes for QBs who are chased out of the pocket. And Desmond Ridder is one of the best in the nation at scrambling. He turns nothing into something quite often. I feel we’re going to struggle getting off the field on 3rd down which will tire our defense.

I also feel we have to play a super clean game to get it down to the final possession; something we’ve struggled to achieve all season.

I think we’ll perform well enough against their offense but Ridder is the x-factor. Containing him is the most important thing and I just don’t see Belk having some trick up his sleeve to suddenly change our one glaring weakness on defense.

Tune has to play a perfect football game. And I don’t mean by throwing for 350 and 4 TDs. He needs to avoid momentum killing sacks, don’t force throws (see Memphis, ECU, &. Tech games), and he needs to scramble earlier than normal due to the ridiculous talent Cincinnati’s secondary has. I imagine Dell is going to be lined up with Gardner most of the game so that leaves Tune with Herslow, Singleton, and Trahan as his primary targets.

CDH could get creative by finding ways to get Marcus Jones involved but I seriously doubt it. If Cincy is smart they won’t punt or kick to Marcus Jones.

Bottom line…Desmond Ridder is the perfect weapon against our D.

We lose 30-17

I nearly nailed the outcome. Cincy is just that good.

[NTXCoog]

We had to run QB draws because our RBs were getting nothing.

[atlcoog (Brian C)]

You’re right — sneaks wasn’t the right term. Draws it is. 2 in a row I couldn’t understand.

[HoustonCoogs]

Clayton Tune: 23 rushes for 21 yards? Seriously?

[1985coog (Bryant Hargrave)]

Gotta remember QB’s get yardage deducted from their rushing yards when they get sacked.