2016 Football Season

[jacobkdoyle]

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.

[CHEER CINCY]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

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.

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.

[the_one_32]

Defense again has questions, offense depends on how Kiel performs, too many question marks for me to have any confidence in a big season.

[BearcatSpaniard513]

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

[jacobkdoyle]

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.

[Bearcat513]

Originally Posted by the_one_32

Defense again has questions, offense depends on how Kiel performs, too many question marks for me to have any confidence in a big season.

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.

[BearcatSpaniard513]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

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.

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

[2bearcatdad]

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!

[TheHelicopter]

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.

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by 2bearcatdad

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!

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.