Reactions: Cincinnati Bearcats score three third-quarter touchdowns against Houston
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The Cincinnati Bearcats led the Houston Cougars by just one point at halftime in the American Athletic Conference title game Saturday at Nippert Stadium.
The third quarter was a different story.
UC scored on its opening drive of the second half on a Desmond Ridder 8-yard pass to Leonard Taylor. The Bearcats got the ball back less than a minute later at the Houston 23 on Joel Dublanko's interception. They scored another touchdown two plays later on Ridder's 21-yard pass to Alec Pierce. And they tacked on another TD after a Houston 3-and-out on Jerome Ford's 42-yard run - his second long TD run of the game.
"That's what we're capable of," Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell said after the 35-20 win of the third-quarter outburst.
"We had to come out (of halftime) with a fast start obviously. We did. We were just able to put it on them - our O-linemen did a phenomenal job. And they just kept pounding away, pounding away, pounding away," Ridder said after the game.
Social media reactions to the three touchdowns UC scored in the first half of the third quarter to distance itself from Houston:
I see you, @BearcatsRuckus 👀 pic.twitter.com/9Vp0als7a3
— Keith Jenkins (@MrKeithJenkins) December 4, 2021
ANOTHER ONE‼️
That’s Jerome Ford for 6️⃣ more on a 42 yard carry, and Cincinnati continues to extend the lead.#Bearcats: 35 | Houston: 13
7:38 left in the third. pic.twitter.com/i38iWw8wIP— Cincinnati Football (@GoBearcatsFB) December 4, 2021
ALEC. PIERCE.
Cincinnati capitalizes off of Dublanko’s takeaway, adding another touchdown on the very next play with a 21 yard pass to AP.#Bearcats: 28 | Houston: 13
11:04 in the third. pic.twitter.com/8OshxlXmGm— Cincinnati Football (@GoBearcatsFB) December 4, 2021
Bearcats leaving nothing to chance. They should be comfortably in the CFP clubhouse if this holds. https://t.co/2mldFU9bI1
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 4, 2021
End 3q the Cincinnati Bearcats are a quarter away from the AAC championship with a 35-13 lead. Jerome Ford 191 yards rushing and two scores. For now, that's a season-high #uc #aac
— Scott Springer (@sspringersports) December 4, 2021
.@GoBearcatsFB has scored 21 unanswered points to start the second half. #AmericanPow6r pic.twitter.com/zYucTfsC61
— American Football (@American_FB) December 4, 2021
JEROME FORD IS FASTER THAN YOU@GoBearcatsFB
pic.twitter.com/GEzf38Rok4— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) December 4, 2021
Ford, who transferred to UC from Alabama, could face his former team on Dec. 31.
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This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bearcats score three third-quarter touchdowns vs. Houston
