Rutgers went into Nippert Stadium Friday evening and came away with a close, hard-fought, 28-26 win. RB's ruled the day and both QB's looked like they were shooting pool with rope. Late in the 2nd, Cincy scored to go up 20-14, but missed the XP. At the close of the half, Rutgers returned a pick six, nailed the xp and went up 21-20. That point would come back to haunt the BearCats. After going up, joaj34 called for 2 and Cincy came up short, clinging to a 26-21 lead. Rutgers scored to take the lead 28-26 and looked prone to score again when a BearCat defender picked the ball to keep Cincy alive. However, pinned deep, they couldn't move the ball, punted, failed to stop Rutgers running game and the Knights ran out the clock.
After the loss, coach joaj34 had this to say:
"You can't say it's one play here or one play there. It's execution, every play - and that's what we failed to do tonight. We had our chances and we blew them. That's coaching, and I'll take the blame for it. Rutgers is a fine ball club and I don't want to take anything away from them; it was a good game and we came up on the short end. That's all. We'll address our problems next week and hopefully move on from here."
Move on indeed. Cincy faces a rough stretch, playing 5 more human games in a row.
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