Sunday, October 08, 2000
Turnovers don't spoil Bearcats' day
UC Notebook
By John Erardi
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The University of Cincinnati Bearcats had to overcome a four-turnover day to win, 48-31, Saturday.
“Typically, that spells defeat,” said UC coach Rick Minter. “Because our offense was on today — and hopefully, you saw the real Bearcats offense today, for the first time this year — we overcame those turnovers.”
Minter said it was about time the Bearcats “put the piano” on the offense's back, because the defense had been carrying this team for so long.
As Minter said, UC quarterback Adam Hoover throws the deep ball as well as starter Deontey Kenner, who has missed the last 21/2 games with a torn stomach muscle. Hoover also throws well on the run, has good mobility and showed some good moves and speed on his runs.
“Hopefully, we're now running a style of offense that is us — run, run, pass, bootleg, spread people out,” Minter said. “Last week, we were conservative to protect Adam (making his first start) and it cost us.”
Minter was disappointed that with five minutes left in the game that the Bearcats were still “fighting for our lives.”
“Yeah, we had a 14-point lead, but as quick as Houston can put up points and as fragile as we are with winning, we had to keep our starters in there till the next-to-the-last drive that finished them off,” Minter said.
That next-to-last drive made the score 45-24 and came on a 27-yard run by Jackson. He had started left and reversed field.
ETC: Special-teams player David Harris, a freshman running back from Cleveland, was lost for the season with torn knee ligaments on a UC kickoff...Junior wideout Robert Drewery made a nice catch of a pass high above his head to start the drive that put UC up 38-24.
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