Ahmad Sauce Gardner

[Pruke]

Surprised we didn’t have a stand-alone topic for this future first round pick

https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-ranking-the-top-10-returning-cbs-in-2021-and-a-sleeper-to-watch

[Lobot]

I'm kind of shocked myself. I didn't realize we didn't. He'll be among the top 4 corners taken so first round is definitely possible. Other than that, I'm not going to jinx him.

[Joco41018]

I'd say he will be the best defensive player outside of Trent Cole to come out the last 25 years

[Pruke]

I didn’t realize he has yet to allow a TD - Hope he crushes it during the ND & IU games in front of a huge audience

[coach]

He had to have been extremely disappointed to scratch for that Georgia bowl game. I don't know if his back bothered him all year, but that was a killer for a lot of reasons.

[Lobot]

Justin Williams has a profile article with Sauce this morning ($):

https://theathletic.com/2602334/2021/05/21/im-not-complacent-cincinnatis-sauce-gardner-is-primed-to-validate-the-hype-in-2021/

[Pruke]

Justin Williams has a profile article with Sauce this morning ($):

https://theathletic.com/2602334/2021...-hype-in-2021/

…”He was plenty busy. Even with Gardner and Bryant throttling down, a slew of young, promising defensive backsmanaged to snag a half-dozen interceptions during practice that day, including a pick-six, after which Gardner led his crew to thump on the offense’s celebratory touchdown drum.

“Yeah, the offense didn’t like that,” Gardner said proudly. “Coach (Mike) Denbrock came over and told us he didn’t like that at the end of practice. I was just boosting my teammates up. I wasn’t out there as much today, so I had to motivate them to keep doing what they were doing. It paid off. We all ate.””

lol - swag city

[Lobot]

Gardner just announced he’s changing numbers. He’s going from 12 to 1. A1 Sauce sponsorship deal inbound. ?

[red_n_black_attack]

Glad he didn't go with Heinz and switch to 57.

[swilsonsp4]

Here's a piece on Gardner from 247sports.com (I don't believe it is paywalled):

https://247sports.com/Article/Cincinnati-football-Ahmad-Sauce-Gardner-NFL-Draft-Notre-Dame-preview-172068963/

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Here's a piece on Gardner from 247sports.com (I don't believe it is paywalled):

https://247sports.com/Article/Cincin...iew-172068963/

What were we ranked in Brian Kelly's last year? We played Florida and Tim Tebow, right?

[sloppydj13]

What were we ranked in Brian Kelly's last year? We played Florida and Tim Tebow, right?

We were #3 as I recall. They were #5. They lost to Alabama in the SEC championship game for their first loss of the season. Had Texas not won we would've been #2 and in the Championship game.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

My point was that this is not our highest ranking ever, as the article claimed.

[bearcatbret]

More mid-season lists Gardner Snags Three More Midseason All-America Honors - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)

[Carin's Dad]

We were #3 as I recall. They were #5. They lost to Alabama in the SEC championship game for their first loss of the season. Had Texas not won we would've been #2 and in the Championship game.

According to Sports Reference we peaked at #4. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb...ls/cincinnati/