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Schedule is too tough to overcome this year. Toilet Bowl.
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Predict The Bearcats Football Postseason
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Predict The Bearcats Football Postseason
We've done a poll predicting the Cats regular season record. So, here's one to predict the postseason. I know for the Cats to advance to the NY6 they have to be the highest ranked conference champion among the G5. There's even a "chance" that Cincinnati could qualify for the CFP but running the table and getting a lot of help elsewhere would be the absolute minimum necessary. I was curious how our schedule strength compares to some other G5 programs that could challenge our CFP end of year ranking. Obviously, SOS will change as the season moves along and you still have to win big games but here are a few preseason rankings:

ESPN
67 Cincinnati
68 Tulsa
69 Houston
70 Utah St
71 Tulane
72 N Illinois
73 USF
74 Rice
75 UCF
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94 Boise St

Phil Steele
56 Cincinnati
58 Utah St
63 Rice
64 Houston
65 Tulsa
67 Tulane
70 Hawaii
71 Navy
72 SMU
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103 Boise St

CBS Sports ranks Cincinnati as the 4th toughest nonconference schedule in all of college football:

TEAM [OPPONENTS]
1. Stanford [Notre Dame, Northwestern, at UCF]
2. Miami (Ohio) [Tennessee Tech, at Ohio State, at Cincinnati, at Iowa]
3. USC [Fresno State, at Notre Dame, at BYU]
4. Cincinnati [Miami (Ohio), UCLA, at Ohio State, at Marshall]
5. Rice [Texas, Baylor, Wake Forest, at Army]

Nonconference Schedules

Anywho, I kept the postseason choices to 3 simple outcomes [not a scientific poll folks]. What say you?!
 
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15-0.
 
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RE: Predict The Bearcats Football Postseason
I know I originally put down 11-1 in the other thread (implying a NY6), but ever since, I have been hearing about placekicking issues during camp. So, runner-up status seems likely.
 
08-18-2019 10:11 PM
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RE: Predict The Bearcats Football Postseason
Still think we’ll finish around 9-3, which puts us in a bowl game like the Birmingham Bowl or Independence Bowl against a 6-7 win team from the P5.
 
08-19-2019 03:53 AM
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I'll go for ten wins; among those victories, a headliner upset of UCF or OSU. That will deliver a P5 opponent in a bowl somewhere. When you look at the number of P5 conference bowl affiliations it's almost a given they won't all be filled.

Given the strength of UC's pre-conference schedule and some high profile games this season, I think this is a year UC gets to trade up to a higher profile bowl, securing an unfilled spot. That may or may not be better than the Birmingham or Independence Bowls, but it could happen. UC sells bowl tickets, travels well and brings good TV numbers. Get back to double digit wins again and there will be positive outcomes.
 
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(08-19-2019 07:34 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  I'll go for ten wins; among those victories, a headliner upset of UCF or OSU. That will deliver a P5 opponent in a bowl somewhere. When you look at the number of P5 conference bowl affiliations it's almost a given they won't all be filled.

Given the strength of UC's pre-conference schedule and some high profile games this season, I think this is a year UC gets to trade up to a higher profile bowl, securing an unfilled spot. That may or may not be better than the Birmingham or Independence Bowls, but it could happen. UC sells bowl tickets, travels well and brings good TV numbers. Get back to double digit wins again and there will be positive outcomes.

If UC could upset OSU everyone would be EXPECTING a win over UCF at home. That would be a disappointment to not get that win at home, no matter what the outcome is against OSU.
 
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RE: Predict The Bearcats Football Postseason
(08-19-2019 07:34 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  I'll go for ten wins; among those victories, a headliner upset of UCF or OSU. That will deliver a P5 opponent in a bowl somewhere. When you look at the number of P5 conference bowl affiliations it's almost a given they won't all be filled.

Given the strength of UC's pre-conference schedule and some high profile games this season, I think this is a year UC gets to trade up to a higher profile bowl, securing an unfilled spot. That may or may not be better than the Birmingham or Independence Bowls, but it could happen. UC sells bowl tickets, travels well and brings good TV numbers. Get back to double digit wins again and there will be positive outcomes.

That's a good point. We could backfill a bowl with a P5 team not tied to our conference affiliations if we finish with a strong year despite not qualifying for the NY6. I just don't know how likely that would be but it is certainly possible. It is also possible that we could win the conference chip but not be the highest ranked G5 champion - See Boise, Utah, or the Fresno State's of the world.
 
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