Found January 03, 2012 on Bearcats Blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
On Saturday afternoon, the Cincinnati Bearcats finished the year in style with a 31-24 win over Vanderbilt in the Liberty Bowl. Cincinnati ended 2011 with a 10-3 season. It was a season that started with smiles and ended in smiles. That's really all you can ask for. Bowl games may be completely meaningless in general, but there was 1 that mattered this season and it was the Liberty Bowl. Cincinnati won the most important game of the bowl season. And as an added plus, the UC fans busted out an SEC chant, which is amazing. Speaking of amazing, let's use happy and sad Butch Jones to go through some lingering game thoughts. Let's start with the player who left the biggest stamp of the season on UC football, Isaiah Pead. One of the big keys of the game in everyone's eyes was if Pead could get going against the Vandy defense. Pead did that and more. He had 28 carries for 149 yards and a TD. Pead also had 15 receiving yards. 62 yards in the 4th quarter. His TD came in the ...
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