Bearcats Box Lunch: Prepping for USF and Failing to Qualify for the World Cup

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In Bearcat news:

As the Bearcats get ready for a big test against USF, the defense has to be more stingy when it comes to allowing yards. (Patrick Brennan; Cincinnati Enquirer)

Part of the immense challenge of this game is the fact that it will be played on the road. (Bill Koch; GoBearcats.com)

Arquon Bush has already committed to UC but that doesn’t mean he can’t come visit. (Shane Kinnee; Bearcat Journal)

In other news:

The U.S. men’s soccer team missed the World Cup. Here’s why. (Chris Greenberg; SB Nation)

Isaiah Thomas doesn’t have plans to talk with Danny Ainge anytime soon and who can blame him? (Kristian Winfield; SB Nation)

We are already through the first half of the college football season. Here’s what’s going to happen the rest of the way, according to one ESPN staff writer. (Alex Scarborough; ESPN)