Originally posted on 09/06/2012:

Pointing to the extra time Cincinnati has to prepare for this game is off-point, IMO. It seems pretty obvious to me that Pittsburgh underestimated Youngstown State, and paid for it, but that doesn't mean a big part of their preseason game-planning wasn't dedicated to the much more important Bearcats game.

Add in the additional motivation of playing mad off that embarrassing loss, in a rivalry game that will be the last in the series and I have a hard time seeing the Panthers as anything but a team that's going to bring their A game tonight.