Good hustle by Mo getting Brad on the air.  The Bengals PBP man says he spoke with Chad who said he overslept a meeting.

This take is from Drew Rosenhaus, his agent.

 "Tonight's a big game for Chad, because it's a national TV game," Rosenhaus said. "It's been a tough year for Chad. It went south really when Carson Palmer got injured ... As far as Chad getting a new contract or being traded, you know, the bottom line is this: I can't objectively look at Chad's season this year and say that he can be held responsible for the fact that he hasn't had the kind of production that he's had in the past, because of the quarterback play."

And Brad also says that Chad's knee is bothering him and that he wasn't running at 100% in practice.

From the Bengals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco will be deactivated for tonight's game at Pittsburgh, for violation of a team rule.

            The Bengals will have no further comment until after the game.

Michigan coach wants to tell fans, at least some of them to ""get a life.""  How many other coaches want to say the same thing only much stronger.

Is Rich Rod wanting his cake and eating it to ?  Take the millions but not the heat ??

Isn't he paid to just win ??

Rodriguez has his wife and kids around him after practices, at the team hotel and on bus trips to the stadium. His office door is always wide open, allowing visitors to say hello.

UK IS AWFUL !  That will continue until they fix the point guard position.  That's if they fix it.  And they should.  But, 17 turnovers in the first half against anyone means a loss !

UC has players...PLENTY....Can't wait to see them play someone who is real !

POST GAME NOTES THANKS TO MICHAEL HARRIS AND UC.

TEAM 

• Records: Cincinnati - 2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST; Texas Southern - 0-2, 0-0 SWAC
• The Bearcats defeated Texas Southern 82-51, and moves to 2-0 all-time vs. the Tigers.
• UC shot 50 percent from the field for the game (31-of-62). It was the first time Cincinnati shot 50 percent or better from the field since Feb. 6, 2006, when it shot 50 percent versus Providence.
• The Bearcats registered back-to-back 30-plus point victories for the first time since the 2001-02 season when UC defeated Louisiana-Monroe by 36 points (102-66) on Dec. 20, 2000, and Mississippi State by 34 points (90-56) on Dec. 21, 2000.
• Cincinnati scored over 70 points in consecutive games for the first time since the 2006-07 season, when UC scored 76 points versus Syracuse and 96 points versus West Virginia.
• 10 players scored for the Bearcats in the win, including four double-figure scorers.
• UC outscored Texas Southern 20-0 in points off turnovers in the first half.
• The Bearcats shot 60.6 percent from the field in the first half (20-of-33), while the Tigers shot 29.0 percent (9-of-31).
• Cincinnati scored 51 first-half points and led 51-24 at the intermission. It was the first time UC scored 50 points in a half since posting 50 in the second half vs. North Carolina State on Dec. 23, 2006. The 51 points in a half are the most points in a half since Dec. 30, 2005, when the Bearcats scored 53 points in the second half against North Carolina A&T.
• From the 10:01 mark on the clock to the 5:36 mark of the opening half, UC went on a 16-2 run to widen its lead to 37-11.
• UC went on a 15-0 run from the 17:03 mark of the first half to the 13:20 mark, opening up a 17-2 lead.

 INDIVIDUAL

• Sophomore guard Alvin Mitchell hit a career-high four 3-pointers en route to a career-high 15 points. It is the second time in Mitchell's career he has scored in double figures after scoring 12 points versus Villanova on Jan. 12, 2008.
• Junior forward Steve Toyloy scored in double-figures for the first time as a Bearcat, scoring 11 points on a perfect 5-of-5 shooting from the floor and 1-of-2 shooting from the free throw line.
• Junior guard Deonta Vaughn scored 12 points for the second game in a row and has now scored in double figures in four straight games, dating back to last year's BIG EAST Championship vs. Pittsburgh and the Collegiate Basketball Invitational at Bradley. Vaughn also added five rebounds and six assists.
• Sophomore guard Larry Davis added 11 points in the win, his sixth double-figure scoring game of his career and his first of the season.
• Sophomore forward Darnell Wilks scored a career-high seven points on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting night.
• Freshman guard Dion Dixon grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds, his first double-digit rebounding game of his career.
• Texas Southern's Deandre Hall scored a career-high 29 points, his first 20-point game of the season.

Back in August, after the Detroit game, I said on the post game show on the Bengals Radio Network that I was concerned about Carson making it thru the season if the line didn't get better.

Now I've been saying that I'm worried about Fitzy making it thru the season.  Seriously !! 

Artrell Hawkins was strong when I asked him about the health of Fitz making it thru the season, "I think the kid is going to die.  He's in trouble."

I won't be surprised if Carson's brother has to play this year.

If the Eagles can sack Fitzy 8 times, how many times will the Steelers do it ?  And, the Steelers sacked the Bengals 7 times in October.

Levi Jones was pulled on Sunday and returned only after an injury.

Whit has a high ankle sprain.

AND THE STEELERS ARE THE HOST !!

They have 36 sacks.  The Bengals have given up 38 after allowing only a franchise record 17 last year.

I believe that if you put the Giants offensvie line in Cincy, we are talking PLAYOFFS.  Mike Florio, of profootballtalk.com believes that the Bengals would have seven wins.

Put the Giants offensive line in Cincy and how many of you have a different opinion of Marvin ?

Golden Graham makes a few field goals, especially one against the Steelers, how does Cincy feel differently about Marvin ?

Fix the OT rule.  There has to be a winner.  PERIOD.  I still can't believe McNabb didn't know, and he wasn't the only Eagle not to know the OT rules.

The only saving grace for McNabb in this putrid performance is that it was an away game, therefore he didn't have to suffer the indignation of hearing the cat calls from the always tough Philly faithful.

Great stuff on baseball.  GREAT !!!

The modern bullpen is staffed by two or three lefties whose job it is to get out lefties, by an eighth-inning guy whose job it is to be a bridge to the closer, by a seventh-inning guy, and by two or three pudknockers whose job is to pitch in where they can. You have a lot of different guys, doing a lot of different jobs, whose records all look pretty much the same.

 Affeldt signs for $8 million for two years with the Giants.  Guess that is step one with the REDS sitting on their wallets !