When halftime hit on Saturday during the Cincinnati Bearcats’ battle with the South Florida Bulls, it appeared that UC was going to be able to hang with one of the better offensive teams in the American Athletic Conference. Entering the break, the Bearcats were within one score (24-20) and had scored touchdowns on half of its offensive drives.
Then the second half started and everything came to a grizzly and ugly stop. Punt, interception, fumble, interception, missed field goal, punt, punt and another punt. Those were the end results of each of UC’s last eight possessions.
All of the Bearcats’ inability to move or even hold onto the ball allowed USF to break on through for a 45-20 drubbing that may not have been as bad as last year’s 65-27 loss, but wasn’t exactly a positive outcome.