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The last time a Cincinnati Bearcats football team visited Lubbock to square off with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, neither of the current coaches was born.
Joey McGuire of Texas Tech came along in 1971 and Cincinnati’s Scott Satterfield in 1972. Both have a chance at leading the season series as on Sept. 21, 1968, the Bearcats and Red Raiders played to a 10-10 tie. To show you how long ago that was UC’s next opponent was Xavier, who would drop the sport at the end of 1973.
The quarterback was UC Hall of Famer Greg Cook, who would be the American Football League Rookie of the Year for Paul Brown and the Cincinnati Bengals the following season.
2 Texas gunslingers take aim in 2024
Texas Tech’s Behren Morton from Eastland is tied for No. 4 in the country in touchdown passes with 12. UC’s Brendan Sorsby hails from Denton, Texas and has thrown for eight scores in four games. Morton has accounted for 78 points, Sorsby 66. Sorsby is second in the Big 12 in quarterback rating behind TCU’s Josh Hoover, with Morton 10th. Morton has been picked off twice, Sorsby none. Morton has been sacked just four times, Sorsby six.
“(It’s) two different offenses,” UC head coach Scott Satterfield said. “They’re more of the uptempo, spread you out and rolling with it and getting in rhythm. We’re a little more huddling, ball control and run the football, play-action and those types of things. They’re both really good quarterbacks. It should be a good matchup between the two.”
Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Scott Satterfield and quarterback Brendan Sorsby will try to keep Texas Tech off the field Saturday.
Don’t expect donuts this week
To celebrate the UC defense shutting out Houston 34-0, Sorsby treated his teammates on the other side of the ball to donuts. It could be a tall order to do so again as Texas Tech has the No. 15 ranking in the country in…
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Publish date : 2024-09-25 01:30:16
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