CINCINNATI (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater gave No. 19 Louisville a fantastic farewell to its Ohio River rivalry and its latest conference.
The elusive quarterback pulled off a couple of great escapes during a fourthquarter rally, and the Cardinals made their farewell to the American Athletic Conference by beating Cincinnati 31-24 in overtime on Thursday night.
“Coach tells us all the time to ride the wave,” said Bridgewater, who was 23 of 37 for 255 yards with three touchdowns on a wet, raw night. “We rode it. Then Cincinnati rode it for a while, but we knew we would ride it again and we did.”
The comeback gave No. 15 Central Florida the first AAC title and its BCS bowl berth. Louisville (11-1, 7-1) lost only one game all season — at home to Central Florida — and that decided it.
The Bearcats (9-3, 6-2) had a very slim chance of winning the title, but that ended in overtime along with their six-game winning streak
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