Somehow, thanks to a convoluted scoring system that not even the players could fully understand, the offense was victorious in the University of Cincinnati's spring game Saturday at Nippert Stadium.
With Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell and his staff bending the rules a bit to keep the score close until the end, quarterback Desmond Ridder and his offensive teammates defeated the defense, 35-29, as sophomore backup quarterback Evan Prater found freshman wide receiver Will Pauling on a late 43-yard touchdown in front of a limited crowd of a few thousand fans.
"Someway, somehow, it comes down to a really tight ballgame where we really wanted to put the pressure on a lot of younger guys, the Evans of the world, and see how they'd react and respond," Fickell said.