UC-Tennessee Preview

Your Cincinnati Bearcats will hit the road for the first time this season and try to beat an SEC team on the road for the first time since the Roosevelt Administration. And not  FDR, the first Roosevelt, Teddy. UC hasn't beaten a team from the SEC since beating UK in Nippert in 1996. And just like I was at the Nip to see that game, your boy the RBG will be destroying Knoxville this weekend cheering on the 'Cats.

Tall task at hand to go to Knoxville in front of 100,000+ drunken hillbillies and pull out a victory. Of course this isn't Peyton Manning's Tennessee team anymore, but there is still a lot of talent on that team. UT struggled a little bit to establish a running game last week against Montana, but their top receivers, Justin Hunter and Darick Rogers both went over 100 yards and Tyler Bray is a more than capable quarterback. UT did fumble the ball six times, and recovered every one of them, last week and had two interceptions that were nullified by interference penalties. If UC can get good games from Cam Cheatham, Dominique Battle, Drew Frey and the rest of the secondary this will be a good game. Montana racked up a ton of yards against the Vols' defense and I expect Zorro and the gang to do the same and to put some points on the board. Game will probably come down to turnovers, so if Collaros and Woods don't give the ball to the other team, UC could be in good position to win.

I'm not ready to say UC wins this game, but I will tell you that UC+4.5 is a stone cold lock. Give me the points, and just like last week I'll be at the bar doing celebratory car bombs after the game with my victory money.

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