West Virginia was in desperate need of a win against Cincinnati. And the game went a bit like most WVU games this year: the offense was effective, and the defense was awful.
To be fair, the defense had a stretch in the first half where they weren’t bad. They stopped the Bearcats on a fourth down, and the next two drives, Cincy didn’t get a single first down. WVU’s offense was uncharacteristically struggling a bit, and the score was only 7-7 with just under seven minutes left in the first half. After that point, however, defense seemed to become optional for both teams. Cincinnati scored a touchdown, but WVU responded with one of their own. Cincy answered back with an 85-yard drive that took less than a minute. WVU was able to get a shot for a long field goal at the end of the first half, but missed it, and trailed 21-14 at halftime. The Mountaineers tied things back up on the opening drive of the second half. The teams exchanged punts, and then chaos reigned. The next six drives (three by each team) resulted in touchdowns, and it was 42-42 when Cincy took over with a little under four minutes to play.
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