Breakthrough Bearcats Ready for CFP Semi Against Champ Bama

Breakthrough Bearcats Ready for CFP Semi Against Champ Bama
Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell coaches his players during practice for the Cotton Bowl NCAA football game, in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 27, 2021. Brandon Wade/AP Photo
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ARLINGTON, Texas—Cincinnati has heard for more than three weeks about becoming the first non-Power Five team to break into the College Football Playoff, and then what a big underdog the Bearcats are against Alabama.

“It’s definitely been a long time, especially, you know, with the nerves or excitement or whatever you may want to call it, just of the anticipation of coming down here,” quarterback Desmond Ridder said Monday.