Cincinnati Destroyed in Morgantown

The Cincinnati Bearcats flat out got the shit kicked out of them today. The Mountaineers moved the ball up and down the field at will. The Bearcats committed a slew of penalties and turnovers that helped in the losing cause. Geno Smith threw 4 TD passes in the first half, and WVU got a safety to take a 30-3 lead into intermission. Isaiah Pead busted a 53 yard run in the first drive of the second half, but WVU got a roughing the passer call when John Hughes’ hand grazed Smith’s head. The Mountaineers would march the rest of the way and score. 

The Bearcats got a 3 and out to start the game, but the punt hit Munchie Legaux, who was blocking, and WVU recovered. The next play was a busted coverage, of course it was, and an easy catch for Tavon Austin. UC did nothing, and WVU drove for another Austin TD catch. UC punted again, and on the first play Jock Sanders caught a pass, broke a weak tackle by JK Schaffer and a weaker attempt by Drew Frey and went the rest of the way. Then Collaros forced a throw that was picked off by Brandon Hogan, and Collaros committed a late hit. WVU scored again on a pass to Sanders. After both teams traded punts, UC had it at the 8. Collaros was pressured, and instead of being tackled in the end zone, he threw it away, leading the penalty safety. That pretty much concludes the pathetic effort given by the Cincinnati team on this day. 

Zach Collaros looked like he had never played QB in his life. He made overthrows, he hung receivers out to dry, he forced the ball into double and triple teams, he threw INTs that were dropped, and he threw actual INTs. Isaiah Pead was held by the Bearcats ineptness to 8 carries. Armon Binns shined, with 10-115, but apparently hurt his hamstring late in the game. I didn’t see it because I stopped watching when WVU went up 37-10. If UC wasn’t going to give a shit, neither was I. 

This was by far the most pathetic effort of the season. Wait, I already said pathetic. It was deplorable. Coming off a bye week, in a game that you absolutely had to win to keep any chance of winning the shit conference alive, and you lay the most giant of eggs. Actually, laying an egg means that effort was given. When the going got tough, the Bearcats quit. It looked like the players thought the bye week was the end of the season, not just in the way they played, but by the way they acted. They made it seem like playing today was a burden. This obviously doesn’t go for everyone. The defense played hard, but after the 48 yard TD, the energy was zapped. That was followed by the terrible pick, and the team was gone. I mean, this game was so fucking bad that a Louisville player, Richard Raglin, that was Kragthorpe’d tweeted that Cincinnati had been Kragthorpe’d. If that doesn’t show that this season has been an unmitigated disaster at every level, I don’t know what does. Cincinnati plays Rutgers next at Nippert. If you didn’t go, I would understand. I wouldn’t either.