Military Bowl Breakdown, Part 2: The Cincinnati Defense

The Cincinnati defense will hope to swarm the Hokies on Monday. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)

This is an interesting matchup from Tech’s perspective in that it will require more chalk-talk prep than most defenses, but it ultimately might play into the Hokies’ hands. 

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I don’t see much of Luke Fickell’s fairly static Ohio State 4-3 in this Cinci team, so I’m guessing the lead cook in this kitchen is defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman.  Also a former Buckeye, Freeman got some duties at Purdue that concluded with co-defensive coordinator; he was coaching when they played Tech, but honestly I don’t remember the Boilermaker defense at all from that whipping by the Hokies.

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