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The Cincinnati Bearcats beat rival Louisville 41-10 on Saturday, handily keeping control of the Keg of Nails rivalry trophy for the second straight year. However, the joy of winning the game was quickly dampened by news that Texas Christian jumped the Bearcats 24 hours later in the USA Today Coaches Poll, which makes up part of the BCS standings.

Well, it isn’t even Halloween yet. So, I’m not too worried. Sooner or later this whole BCS conference thing will help us out. More on this week’s upcoming matchup against Syracuse later on this week.

-Pittsburgh is 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big East. They throttled USF on Saturday 41-14. Everyone remembers how fellow football fan, Pitt student and guest blogger Jake Meyer said the Panthers would go 4-1 in their non-conference games, right?

Well, I guess they’ll have to take care of business the day before my birthday against Notre Dame to take care of that. Oh, and I don’t want to toot my own horn, but I did say they’d lose to NC State at NC State. It’s rare that I’m right, so I’ll make sure to point it out. (http://adamniemeyer.blogspot.com/2009/03/big-east-football-schedules-pittsburgh.html)

-It was well noted by Rivals.com’s Mike Huguenin that the Naval Academy didn’t throw the ball once in their 13-10 win over Wake Forest on Saturday. They ran the ball 64 times for 338 yards. “The last time a FBS team didn't attempt any passes in a game?” he asks. “It was almost a year to the day: Navy did it last season, on Oct. 25.”

Everyone knows how much I love Navy’s system, but little did I know that Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano—whose Scarlet Knights faced a similar attack from Army on Friday night and defeated the Black Knights by 17—would like to run it one day as well. (Read more: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2009/10/rutgers_coach_greg_schiano_adm.html)

“I enjoy watching it,” he said last week. “It is definitely a science. There is no doubt about it. I enjoy watching it. I really do. Maybe when I am all done and ready to go coach some high school, I will employ that offense, I don’t know. I think it is very good. It really is a joy to watch.”

If you ever hear me talk about Navy and Georgia Tech, you’ll hear the same thing. I love the offense, I enjoy watching it run to perfection, but I’d hate playing against it.

Also, Georgia Tech (coached by former Navy head man Paul Johnson) is quietly sneaking up in the rankings. They beat Virginia on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets had three players rush for over 80 yards including two who gained over the century mark on the ground.

-In news that made former Ball State walk on wideout and UC video coordinator John Sells happy, the Cardinals won their first game this season. In other MAC news, the Miami Redhawks lost, again. You know how much that is hurting UC’s Strength of Schedule? A lot if I’m not mistaken.

-Oh, and one quick note about the BCS before I get going. USC beat Oregon State 42-36 at home on Saturday. UC beat Oregon State 28-19 in Corvallis earlier this year—in fact, on the same day that USC lost to Washington. UC has yet to lose. Who is ranked higher? USC. Makes sense right?

All I’m doing is prepping for the December 6th argument. Just getting my homework done ahead of time.

-And one quick note about NASCAR. Is it really over? That quickly? Jimmie Johnson won another Chase. Well, I’ll be starting my countdown to Daytona within a week or two. Wait, there’s still one more race? Well, we’ll see…