Notre Dame 10/2 2:30 NBC

[Carin's Dad]

I wish I had seen this before the game, Bet on it: Cincinnati kids not ready for Notre Dame

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/2/22703249/bet-on-it-cincinnati-kids-not-ready-notre-dame-vegas-gambling-irish-coan-ridder-bearcats

[edawg400]

Does anyone have video from walking out the ramps from the uc section after the game... the echoes and the uc chanting from 8k UC fans was goosebump worthy

[Bearcat Chris]

It was a long drive up there, but glad we went. Notre Dame fans were very polite and courteous, and the football experience up there is like no other. Great win by UC!

B.C.

[bearcatjd]

Absolutely great game yesterday. The ND campus & stadium were impressive. Best of all we beat Kelly

[Geaux Juan]

First, thanks to BK for scheduling us; he continues to help buld what he improved (greatly) upon. Except for the leaving thing, anything negative against BK is just bitterness. Again, thanks BK.

That said, I held two beliefs before the game. One was going to be ND's first drive; many times under BK UC would go like a knife through butter on their first drive and then sometimes struggle afterwards (even though they won lots of games). That played out in this game and UC met the challenge.

The second one was the Marcus Freeman factor. MF was great for UC, but I thought much of his great success at UC was because of HC LF. Freeman wasn't great before UC, and he wasn't great yesterday. I'm not trying to slam him, I just thought his success was greatly due to the man he worked for, who is pretty great.

[leo from jersey]

I will admit - CLF is pretty groovy.

[Lobot]

Recap and stats:

https://gobearcats.com/news/2021/10/2/football-7-cincinnati-takes-down-9-notre-dame-in-south-bend.aspx

[Lobot]

Articles:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2021/10/02/cincinnati-bearcats-notre-dame-fighting-irish-reactions-first-half-south-bend-cfb-top-10-teams/5971625001/

($) https://theathletic.com/2863731/2021...y-has-arrived/

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32326882/cincinnati-luke-fickell-says-win-notre-dame-big-step-team-playoff-profile

https://www.nbcsports.com/video/notre-dame-highlights-irish-fall-short-against-desmond-ridder-cincinnati

[Lobot]

Don't mind me not writing anything up. I'm still processing this W as someone who started following the program in the mid 80s when we were horrible. It's been a long road to get to yesterday's victory.

[GangstaTakester]

Does anyone have video from walking out the ramps from the uc section after the game... the echoes and the uc chanting from 8k UC fans was goosebump worthy

I did not grab any video, but what a great time. All the UC fans cheering coming down the ramp and singing Neil DIamond was awesome. Greatest UC football experience for me, and I'm in my 50's.

[leo from jersey]

Jackie Lee, Greg Cook were exciting for us old men, but beating ND was right up there.

[bearcatbret]

For those that do not know, Greg Cook has been tabbed as the best NFL quarterback that never was. It is a shame because if it were today, medical technology could have allowed him to heal completely. Like all the other potentially good QBs from the Bengals, they all end up injured.

[leo from jersey]

How well I remember the hit in the chief's game.

[longtimefan]

How well I remember the hit in the chief's game.

Me too. Greg Cook may have been the GOAT if not for that.

[leo from jersey]

Jacky Lee, The General was no slouch. In 1960, he was MVP of the Senior Bowl. https://web.archive.org/web/20170216...050616aab.html