The Cincinnati Bearcats began their season under the bright lights of Arrowhead Stadium. With alum Travis Kelce on the sidelines, Taylor Swift in the box, Scott Satterfield’s team came close to upsetting the Huskers. A 17-20 loss tells the story of a hard-fought contest. Of course, wins get you momentum, but in the Bearcats’ case, the performance in Week 1 did that for them. Next three games? Three wins. And then came the ultimate challenge of No. 14 Iowa State. Cincinnati went on to win the game 38-30. ESPN’s Greg McElroy is rightly awed by Satterfield’s squad.

Defeating Iowa State was no fluke. The Cyclones have been among the favorites to win the conference. But Cincinnati’s offense didn’t care that they were playing a ranked team. At the end of the first quarter, the scorecard read 17

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