Another world-terrible and astonishing news: Due to the terrible issues on the ground, a lot of Cincinnati Bearcats players have been suspended disgracefully and in tears.

Another world-terrible and astonishing news: Due to the terrible issues on the ground, a lot of Cincinnati Bearcats players have been suspended disgracefully and in tears.

Many Cincinnati Bearcats players have been shamefully and tearfully suspended as a result of the horrible problems on the ground.

Cincinnati: The Bearcats football team lost against UCF 28–26 on Saturday, extending their current losing streak. Cincinnati ran well and produced a few nice plays here and there, but the same problems plagued a 2-7 Cincinnati squad.

The primary narrative heading into the game concerned the quarterback position, and Emory Jones (16-of-22, 217 yards, one touchdown, one interception) was replaced by Brady Lichtenberg (3-of-5, 50 yards) early on. However, Jones returned after two drives and led an offensive effort for a team that has been scoring roughly 20 points per game since Week 1.

UCF secured a close victory away from home by capitalizing on errors and poor penalties committed by Cincinnati’s defense.

Examine the three primary narratives from yet another Cincinnati defeat in what is likely to be the most disastrous season this century as UC misses out on a bowl berth for the first time since 2017.

For the rest of this season, it’s anybody’s guess as to how Cincinnati will handle the quarterback position. Jones appeared to be the same unreliable option that he had been in every game since the rout of Eastern Kentucky.

Cincinnati’s offensive was largely ineffective due to a lackluster passing game that saw 23 attempts until the final drive, despite the fact that they again ran for over 200 yards and five yards or more per carry.

The few downfield completions that were attempted before garbage time resulted in a turnover, an underthrown pass that turned a touchdown into a field goal, and one good middle-of-the-field completion.

On Saturday, UC made one pass across the middle of the field. early arrival of new blood at the receiver was followed by its disappearance. One of Barry Jackson’s four redshirt games was wasted on a single target, which he caught for 25 yards, after which he was not given any more opportunities.

On his last play, Lichtenberg hit a beautiful ball to Henderson, but for some reason, he chose not to come back in. Now that UC’s bowl prospects are utterly gone, he needs a closer examination. Playing Emory Jones once more and putting up the same kind of performance we’ve seen all season was a waste.

Throughout the first part of the game, UCF’s offense had fits and starts, but it picked up speed whenever a turnover opportunity presented itself. On a day when Jones was careless with the ball once more, UCF capitalized with seven points through turnovers.

They also took advantage of a botched fourth-down try by UC. Cincinnati was 2-of-4 on fourth down on Saturday, demonstrating the persistence of that issue. On that front, the team’s entire season has been a disaster; as of Saturday, they have made 23 attempts (15th nationally), converting 39% of them (104th nationally).

The incoherence of those numbers is directly damaging this program’s prospects of winning games. The majority of the turnovers were the result of poor execution, from Jones’s deep miscommunications with Xzavier Henderson to Henderson’s blunder in the open field.

Numerous passes on the opposing side should have been for long UCF gains, and numerous throws should have been intercepted.

The Bearcats’ offense isn’t helping them with turnovers, and their defense is still deficient in that area as well.