Sunday, October 17, 1999
UC NOTEBOOK
Monds highlights good day by defense
BY MIKE DeCOURCY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
On a day when the Cincinnati Bearcats defense allowed only one real scoring drive, did not allow UAB to reach the 300-yard mark and forced the Blazers to punt seven times, tackle Mario Monds could not have been more dominant.
His day: three unassisted tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble, one broken up pass. Monds, who is 6-foot-4, 329 pounds, was playing only his fifth Division I game. By surging into the backfield and often forcing hurried throws, he disrupted another half-dozen or so plays.
“It's coming around,” said Monds, who missed the Bearcats' loss to Ohio State last month because of a knee injury. “There are some things that are different — the speed of the game, the quality of the players.
“I was just getting the pass rush. I'd go inside, outside, we'd run stunts. Everything we have, we pretty much used it out there.”
SCOOP ON COOP: If only there were a professional football league that allows you to play against UAB every now and then. This would be Robert Cooper's dream.
His 56-yard touchdown catch was the first receiving score of his career.
In three games against the Blazers, he averaged better than 7 yards a carry and rushed for 450 yards. His 174 yards Saturday gave him 2,097 for his career, making him the eighth Bearcat to reach the 2,000-yard mark. Nearly a quarter of his yards to this point have been gained against UAB.
LEAGUE LIFE: If the decision to expand Conference USA was not enough of a reason for UC to wonder about the benefits of playing in this league, there are others.
The Bearcats are 0-2 in Conference USA for the third time in four seasons of league competition. Their overall record in C-USA games is 5-14. With the loss to UAB, the Bearcats now have a conference defeat against every member of the league.
DOUBLE DUTY: Lewis Johnson, who handled the sideline reporting for Fox Sports Net's telecast of the UC-UAB game, had to take a break from his job at halftime to be honored as part of the UC Athletic Hall of Fame.
Johnson, who was All-American in track and field in 1987, was chosen as part of the 1999 class.
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