The Cincinnati Bearcats football game with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane will kick off at 7:30 pm on ESPNews, the AAC announced today.
Color me surprised on that slotting.
Neither the Bearcats nor the Golden Hurricane are particularly sniffing their respective division titles, making this mid-November game fairly meaningless in the grander terms of the AAC championship race. Those are reserved for the likes of Memphis, Temple, Houston, and Navy. UC and Tulsa, unfortunately but honestly, are but stepping stones for those teams to claim the inaugural American Conference title in the new 12-team era.
So the fact that ESPN slotted this game at night and on network television, when UC and UCF were pitted at noon, says something.