It doesn’t take an overly complicated game plan to slow down Cincinnati’s offense, as long as you have the jimmys and joes to execute.
Through the Bearcats’ first four games, it was clear they had formed an identity: Run the ball behind your elite offensive line with your elite running backs.
Airing the ball out was a bonus, and they did it very strategically.
The Bearcats came into last week’s Kansas State game with a good-on-good matchup against KSU’s stellar defensive line and run defense. They dominated on the line of scrimmage and ran all over the Wildcats, partly exposing the Wildcats’ poor strength of schedule coming into the matchup which had skewed it’s run defense numbers…