Cincinnati football coach Luke Fickell talks Bearcats' 20-17 win at USF on Saturday. Fletcher Page, fpage@enquirer..com
TAMPA – Ever found yourself thinking, let’s say at the Tampa International Airport a little after 5 a.m. moving on three hours of sleep and without the first hit of caffeine, can this team beat that team at their place in two weeks?
Yes, that's No. 17 Cincinnati at No. 18 Memphis in the regular-season finale.
And we're running the scenario with all these recent happenings in mind: The Bearcats' blah offense against Tulsa, torched defense at ECU and uninspired 20-17 survival here Saturday at USF (contrary to what we felt and said seven days ago, anything good that happens against UConn, especially at home, never really counted because it was against UConn at home).