I know, I know - you're trying to heal. You're pinching yourself, trying to wake-up from the nightmare that was a 65-27 loss to the South Florida Bulls.
Well, you can't. This is our reality. Cincinnati is 6-5 and will have to beat a tough East Carolina team next week, on the road, to avoid a .500 season. This wouldn't be all so bad if Cincinnati wasn't picked to run away with the American Athletic Conference Championship in the preseason. Now certainly the preseason rankings, based purely on conjecture and promise, really mean nothing once the teams take the field, but that's just it; Cincinnati had that promise and things have since fallen apart.