Why do you say that their run game is better on both sides of the ball? SU has one bad game and youre implying that the run defense istnt that great. The week before they held a team to negative yardage. So why do you say this?
Relax, the reason I'm saying it is because Cinci is better running the ball and defending the run, it's just a fact. They have more dynamic runners who can get chunk plays and their QB is a featured runner. It's just reality, not an insult.
For SU the run defense was an issue early, NWestern went for 166, USC for 279, and SBU 224. I recognize that some of that, just like USF was a product of big runs. SU adjusted and had some excellent performances against the run, but Cinci has been doing that all year. VT and Toledo had good days, but other than that they have shut their other opponents down for the most part. They held Lville to less than 3ypc last week.
They bigger contrast is on offense. 4 of 7 games over 250 yds, one 210 and another 196. The only game they struggled running was VT. They don't have negative plays. They have lost 5 and 4 yards from scrimmage the last two games.
Has SU run the ball much better the last two games, without a doubt. But before that, other than SBU, they struggled to get to 130 yds. They averaged 3.5ypc the first 6 games.
SU has gone a long way in turning around it's running game and run defense, but that doesn't mean that Cinci has been better at both this year.
