How can the Cincinnati Bearcats upset the Alabama Crimson Tide? Here's the blueprint. FrontOffice33 | CFBPlayoff | BearCats
A roster made up of draft-eligible talent on both sides of the ball—similar to their counterpart—don’t scoff at the idea of the Bearcats playing ultimate spoiler in the College Football Playoff. A gritty, uber-talented group with everything to gain and a head coach quickly earning his way to be considered among the nation’s elite, Cincinnati is no walkover.
While it will be interesting to see just how Fickell approaches Alabama’s WR1, whether they plan to shadow him with Gardner, bracket him with a corner and safety, or flat out double him from the line of scrimmage, it doesn’t hurt to have the Jim Thorpe award winner on the opposite side to lift the burden a tad from Gardner as they attempt to completely extinguish Williams from Alabama’s aerial attack.
Led by potential QB1 in the upcoming draft, Cincinnati’s offensive success will lie solely on the shoulders of their dual-threat signal-caller, Desmond Ridder. One of the nation’s premier quarterbacks, Ridder’s continued progression under Fickell has seen him take leaps and bounds as a quarterback talent primed to solidify and drastically boost his day-one draft stock with a solid performance on Friday evening.
While his numbers don’t jump off the page like some of the country’s WR1s, Pierce is as consistent as they come. The target hog for Ridder within the Bearcats offense, while you won’t see him headlining a highlight reel, consistency is king, and Pierce is as sure-handed a talent as they come in the country. At 6-foot-3, he boasts a long and athletic frame that will make waves during the upcoming offseason draft circuit.
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