'We Left So Much Out There' - UC QB Brendan Sorsby Ready to Close Better in Second Bearcats Season

Cincinnati is hoping to spark the start of a bowl-eligible season on the field next week.

Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby (2) runs downfield in the second quarter of the NCAA football game between Cincinnati Bearcats and TCU Horned Frogs at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. / Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

CINCINNATI — Brendan Sorsby and the Bearcats are hitting the field together next week for the start of spring practice. Cincinnati is trying to wipe away a five-game losing streak to close the 2024 season and they get a solid opponent to have a quick memory for against Nebraska on August. 28.

Sorsby played solid ball last season, passing for 2,813 yards, 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions with a 72 ESPN QBR (31st nationally). He also ran for 4.3 yards per carry and nine scores.

UC lost four games by seven points or less last season.

"I think we were really close to being a really good team last year. We lost a lot of close ones, and I feel like if we got the right pieces back that we could really make that jump as a team, especially as an offense," Sorsby said on Thursday. "I felt like we left so much out there, and I was just excited to get back and see what we can do this year. I don't want to put any like guarantees out there that we're going to do this or that, but, you know, just go out there and see what happens, but I feel really good with we're at right now."

Sorsby and his pass catchers haven't run out there together for live action yet, but he is excited to start talking trash back to the defense soon.

"We obviously got a lot of new faces in the building," Sorsby noted about UC's transfer and freshman class. "We got the ones that I felt like were very impactful for us last year. We got those guys back. I think we're really confident in the team that we have. I think that we were really close in the games that we did lose last year. Obviously, that doesn't change the fact that we lost those games, but we were really close. I think that if they just stick with us and trust us throughout this process, I think they're going to be happy as fans and I think they'll be a part of a pretty big turnaround."

Cincinnati enters the spring period ranked 55th nationally in Bill Connelly's SP+ metric with the 76th-best offense and 44th-best defense. Just getting to that six-win milestone for a bowl berth would be a successful season, anything else is a big bonus entering Year 3 in the Big 12.

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