Thursday Top 25 Capsule.
CINCINNATI 24, (23) SOUTH FLORIDA 10

Cincinnati stymied quarterback Matt Grothe en route to a 24-10 victory over 23rd-ranked South Florida in a Big East game on Thursday.

Grothe entered the game with 1,896 yards passing and a 67.1 percent completion rate for the Bulls. However, the Bearcats harassed him into a 13-of-31 passing effort for 174 yards and three interceptions.

Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike starred, going 20-of-28 for 281 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, despite playing with a broken left forearm that was in a cast.

Pike sealed the victory in the fourth quarter, when he found Connor Barwin for a one-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-10.

The Bulls drove to the Cincinnati 8 with less than five minutes left, but Grothe threw two incompletions before South Florida turned over the ball on downs.

The Bearcats then ran out the clock.

Cincinnati (6-2, 2-1 Big East) shut down Grothe in the first half, limiting the quarterback to eight yards rushing and 65 passing as he went 4-of-8 with an interception.

John Goebel scored on a two-yard run midway through the first quarter to get the Bearcats on the scoreboard. But the Bulls (6-3, 1-3) evened it less than two minutes later, when Moise Plancher ran into the end zone from one yard out.

Jake Rogers kicked a 32-yard field to give Cincinnati a 10-7 lead with 3:41 left in the opening period.

A few plays after crashing into the crowd in the back of the end zone and running into a youngster in the stands, Marshawn Gilyard turned a short pass from Pike into a 26-yard scoring play to make it 17-7 in the second quarter.

Gilyard took off his helmet and consoled the child after crashing into him.

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by admin
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