A funny thing happens when seeking out pre season preview pieces for the 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, they all say the same thing. Man the offense is going to be really fun, but that defense...woof. There is reason for the skepticism. Tommy Tuberville is entering his third season in Clifton, with his third defensive coordinator, and the Bearcats defense has played in a way that completely justifies the turnover.
In the Tommy Tuberville era the Cincinnati Bearcats have put below average defensive products on the field in each of that last two seasons. They ranked 54th in Defensive S&P+ in 2013, and they followed that up with a ranking of 69th in the same metric in 2014.