It’s a rivalry that needs no introduction, probably because it doesn’t deserve one. It’s the Cincinnati Bearcats and the UConn Huskies in football. While there have been some hotly contested and nationally significant games played between the two men’s basketball programs within the last couple years, the football teams have been dragging behind. In the past two seasons, neither team has gotten past four wins.
Yet in the midst of all that losing, the showdowns between these two programs were at least competitive to the end. That doesn’t mean the brand of football was exciting or efficient or any positive adjective you can think of, but the games were, at the very least, close.