Cincinnati Game Preview and Beaver Notes

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My Take on Cincinnati Bearcats:

They are good, but they played a garbage opponent in their first game. While Cincinnati might have good team speed, it's not Pac-10 team speed. OSU's defense is going to give Cincinnati all they can handle. SEMO ran for 170 yds against Cincinnati, so I don't think they will be able to stop our running game. By halftime of the game with SEMO, the Bearcats had 373 yards and led 19-3, they had a missed field goal, two missed extra points, a fumble and an interception which kept the score down. They won't be able to make those mistakes against Oregon St. and not pay for it. SEMO also had 6 turnovers in the game.

That said, Cincinnati is at home so I have a feeling that they will be charged up for the game. The Pac-10 is the best conference, so it's teams are always marked. I don't even know what conference Cincy is in. Ok, they are in the Big East. Thanks ESPN. They will play hard at first, but after our defense hits a couple of Cincy players into oblivion, they will start flinching just like Utah did.

Oregon St is currently favored by 3.5. The over/under is 110, which means Vegas thinks this is going to be a high scoring game. (check realtime odds here)

My prediction, 35-31 Beavers win.


Here are links to Cincinnati Bearcats Info:

Cincinnati vs SEMO game recap and video clip
Stats from the Cinci vs. SEMO


Riley's Take on Cincinnati:

“I think Cincinnati looks like a very good football team. They are fast. I think the speed of the game will go up a couple notches this week. They look active on defense. It’s going to be more of the same offensively as far as the spread and what they do out of it. They try to stretch your defense and you have to do a great job one-on-one. We’ve got to be able to use all of our speed in defending that team. You couple that with the trip and the different type of weather that we are going see, there’s a lot of stuff for our team here. We’re going to go a day early, leave after practice tomorrow and be there and practice in their stadium on Wednesday.”

More of the Mike Riley Press Conference

Beaver Notes:
Joe Newton was cut by the Seahawks
Matt Moore gets cut then picked up
Derek Anderson loses to Frye

Check out a killer highlight video from the Utah game: