Any loss is bad, but the University of Cincinnati's 31-28 overtime loss to Southern Methodist University on Saturday night may have been the most painful of the Bearcats' season.
UC (2-6, 0-4 American Athletic Conference East) lost to SMU (5-2, 1-1 AAC West) before a Homecoming crowd of 30,885 at Nippert Stadium. Several missed offensive opportunities were capped by the final play of overtime, when UC quarterback Hayden Moore was intercepted while trying a desperate, underhand flip pass.
UC had made a nice comeback, tying the game 28-28 on a touchdown pass from Moore to Devin Gray and then a 2-point conversion pass to Gray with 2:22 left in regulation.