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Date: Saturday, October 17
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
Network: ESPN2
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Why Cincinnati Will Win
It’s not beautiful, but the Bearcats are doing what they’re supposed to over the first three games of the season.
Play great defense, control the clock, get the ground game going enough to be okay, and methodically take down wins.
The Bearcats are outstanding at converting on third downs; Tulsa isn’t.
They’re better at controlling the tempo and they’re going to be able to grind the game down to its level. Tulsa defense has been okay, but has to rely on takeaways – it came up with five in the first two games.
However …
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Why Tulsa Will Win
Cincinnati has had a few issues with turnovers, giving it up seven times in the first three games including four in the win over USF.
The Golden Hurricane defense might not be a brick wall, but it’s amazing at getting into the backfield, screwing up Oklahoma State with 14 tackles for loss and generating ten against UCF. The UC offensive line might be strong, but it’s about to get hit from all sides.
Tulsa’s secondary has been fine, the run defense has been great, and the offense has been okay considering the competition in the first two games. And …
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What’s Going To Happen
If you’re good enough to beat UCF on the road, you’re good enough to at least throw a hell of a scare into a Cincinnati team that doesn’t usually put up enough points to put games away early
Tulsa is dangerous, it has the defense to be a bother, and this should be a low-scoring battle that comes down to who can control the lines. Cincinnati should do a better job of it – the defense is about to rise up – but it’s going to be the antithesis to all the high-powered shootouts happening throughout college football.
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Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 23
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Critics of the College Football Playoff and its selection committee's methodology were up in arms on Tuesday night when No. 9 Cincinnati was revealed to be one spot lower than they were the week before, despite not having played on Saturday.
The Bearcats' regular season finale against No. 23 Tulsa was canceled due to COVID-19 issues. The two teams avoided playing in back-to-back weeks and turned their attention to the American Athletic Conference Championship Game, set for Saturday night in Nippert Stadium. The committee moved the undefeated Bearcats down one spot while Iowa State, which has two losses on the season, moved up one spot. Cincinnati saw the same adjustment within the top 10 of the rankings as Florida, which lost at home to LSU as a 24-point favorite. With three two-loss teams separating Cincinnati from even the No. 5 spot, the outrage focused solely on why the Bearcats were being penalized and whether it was a possible for a Group of Five team to ever make it into the top four.
That playoff outrage will be the backdrop on Saturday, but it won't be the focus inside either locker room. That's because Luke Fickell has Cincinnati playing of one its seasons in program history, and allowing the playoff chatter to cloud the focus on finishing with a championship would be a grave disappointment.
After all, this is a Cincinnati team that is 30-5 since the start of 2018, ranking among the top five teams in the country in winning percentage in that span. The Bearcats are ranked in the top-10 for the first time since the end of the 2009 season and off to the fourth 8-0 start in program history (1951, 1954 and 2009 being the others). Fickell led back-to-back 11-win seasons in 2018 and 2019 with top-25 rankings in the final polls, but one goal that has not been accomplished during his tenure is to win a conference championship. Cincinnati made the AAC title game last season, but lost 29-24 to Memphis.
So while playoff outrage will surround the fringes of this game, the action in Nippert Stadium will be exclusively focused on finishing one of the best seasons in program history with a conference championship for the trophy case.
Storylines
Cincinnati: One common thread through these three seasons of success for Cincinnati has been a dominant defense. The Bearcats rank No. 4 nationally in scoring defense with 15.0 points allowed per game, No. 2 in pass efficiency defense and No. 10 in total defense. That unit also currently holds the longest active streak in FBS with a forced turnover in 18 straight games and its done a great job of closing games out with just 18 fourth-quarter points allowed in its last five games combined. But a huge step has been taken in 2020 by quarterback Desmond Ridder, and as a result, the Bearcats' offense as a whole. Ridder was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after totaling 27 touchdowns (16 passing, 11 rushing), including a five-game stretch that saw him throw for 1,224 yards with 10 touchdowns and rush for 455 yards with 11 touchdowns. According to Cincinnati, the last FBS player to reach those marks over a five-game span was Lamar Jackson during his Heisman Trophy-winning season in 2016.
Tulsa: For all the talk about Cincinnati's defense, credit must be given for the way defense has helped propel Tulsa into this title game. The Golden Hurricane are second in the AAC in both scoring defense and total defense, behind Cincinnati, and it comes at a unique time for Phillip Montgomery here in his sixth year as head coach. Montgomery arrived after a successful stint as the offensive coordinator at Baylor and his best season prior to this one (a 10-3 finish in 2016) saw the team score at least 30 points in every game except a loss to Ohio State. That 2016 season was also the last time that Tulsa made it to a bowl game, which contributed to why the team was picked No. 9 by the AAC media in the preseason poll. Not only has this stellar defense helped take down UCF, SMU, Navy and Tulane -- all teams ranked ahead of Tulsa in that preseason poll -- but it's produced one of college football's biggest stars in Zaven Collins. In seven games of action, Collins has totaled 51 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, four interceptions, two interception return touchdowns, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a safety. He's a big-time player who steps up in key moments, with two of those four interceptions serving as game-clinching or game-winning plays.
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Date: Saturday, Dec. 19 Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Nippert Stadium -- Cincinnati, Ohio
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Cincinnati has won 19 straight games in Nippert Stadium and I do not think that streak comes to an end here with the New Year's Six and American Athletic Conference title on the line. However, this number is just a little bit too big for a game between two strong defensive teams. Tulsa might need a turnover or two to get points, but I think the Golden Hurricane can get to 10 or 14 and cover this number. Pick: Tulsa (+14.5)
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