August 16, 20213 yr UC is ranked #8 in the preseason AP poll, their highest preseason ranking ever if I'm not mistaken: https://collegepolltracker.com/football/ I like the above site because you can see how each pollster voted. I assume that Nathan Baird of Cleveland.com is an extremely salty person, both inside and out. That or he's trolling for clicks.
September 3, 20213 yr With announced move by Texas and Oklahoma, it's conference realignment time again, and of course UC is being referred to as a potential expansion team for the BIG 12. BYU, UCF and Houston are also top contenders yet again. UC will have to pay a $10 million exit fee to leave the AAC, which gets larger if they do so before their contract expires in 27 months. For reference, UConn paid $17 million to leave the AAC in 2019. This could be a step up for UC though it's also possible that the Big 12 slides down into the mid-major group if they screw this up, kind of like how the AAC did when the Big East fell apart.
September 3, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Dev said: With announced move by Texas and Oklahoma, it's conference realignment time again, and of course UC is being referred to as a potential expansion team for the BIG 12. BYU, UCF and Houston are also top contenders yet again. UC will have to pay a $10 million exit fee to leave the AAC, which gets larger if they do so before their contract expires in 27 months. For reference, UConn paid $17 million to leave the AAC in 2019. This could be a step up for UC though it's also possible that the Big 12 slides down into the mid-major group if they screw this up, kind of like how the AAC did when the Big East fell apart. If the BIG12 was smart they would join the "alliance" in the NCAA to secure there place as a power 5 conference. But no matter what the BIG12 is up for grabs, i could see more colleges leaving for other conferences, just like Big East schools jumping to the BIG12 and ACC. I would hope Cincinnati would get invited into the ACC over the BIG12, but there was photos linked online of print outs with UC and BIG12 logos printed on them yesterday.
September 10, 20213 yr It’s official: UC is headed to Big 12 Conference The University of Cincinnati is finally returning to one of the nation’s major sports conferences. The Big 12 Conference extended invitations to join the conference to UC and three other schools Friday, the conference announced in a release. Shortly after, UC’s board of trustees unanimously voted in a special meeting to approve the move, Fox 19 reports. giving President Neville Pinto the power to withdraw the university from the American Athletic Conference. Brigham Young, Central Florida and Houston – the latter two of which are members of the American Athletic Conference along with UC – were also approved as new Big 12 members. Video conference announcements with Lawrence Schovanec, Big 12 board of directors chairman and Texas Tech University president, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and campus representatives is slated for 3:30 p.m. today. UC has been trying to get into a Power Five league – one of the five strongest athletic conferences with powerful football programs that generate the most revenue – since the Big East broke up in 2013 and it shifted to the American Athletic Conference. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/09/10/it-s-official-uc-is-headed-to-big-12-conference.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 12, 20213 yr The UC Bearcats are now the highest ranked college football team in Ohio: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll Edited September 12, 20213 yr by Ram23
September 12, 20213 yr On 9/10/2021 at 10:57 AM, ColDayMan said: It’s official: UC is headed to Big 12 Conference The University of Cincinnati is finally returning to one of the nation’s major sports conferences. The Big 12 Conference extended invitations to join the conference to UC and three other schools Friday, the conference announced in a release. Shortly after, UC’s board of trustees unanimously voted in a special meeting to approve the move, Fox 19 reports. giving President Neville Pinto the power to withdraw the university from the American Athletic Conference. Brigham Young, Central Florida and Houston – the latter two of which are members of the American Athletic Conference along with UC – were also approved as new Big 12 members. Video conference announcements with Lawrence Schovanec, Big 12 board of directors chairman and Texas Tech University president, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and campus representatives is slated for 3:30 p.m. today. UC has been trying to get into a Power Five league – one of the five strongest athletic conferences with powerful football programs that generate the most revenue – since the Big East broke up in 2013 and it shifted to the American Athletic Conference. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2021/09/10/it-s-official-uc-is-headed-to-big-12-conference.html What is up with far NW Ohio being in another state here? I know GPS digs up old info constantly but this is ridiculous.
September 12, 20213 yr 17 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: What is up with far NW Ohio being in another state here? I know GPS digs up old info constantly but this is ridiculous. I made the graphic (not sure what it’s doing here beneath a Courier story tbh..) but you can blame Canva. Most of their US maps are like that. Edited September 12, 20213 yr by Pdrome513
September 13, 20213 yr 15 hours ago, Pdrome513 said: I made the graphic (not sure what it’s doing here beneath a Courier story tbh..) but you can blame Canva. Most of their US maps are like that. That graphic was not included on the Courier's site... so@ColDayMan must have found it somewhere else.
September 13, 20213 yr Yes, found that graphic somewhere else (I forget; a place with a similar story). Didn't know THAT would be the discussion and not, ya know, UC joining the Big 12 LOL! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 2, 20213 yr Gotta hand it to the Bearcats. They played great in their 24-13 win at Notre Dame today: https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401282708
October 11, 20213 yr Bearcats are now ranked #3 - their highest AP ranking ever (they were #3 in the BCS in 2009, but #4 in the AP): https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll ESPN's experts have unanimously picked them to make the playoffs as well: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/playoffpredictions100921/college-football-playoff-picks-week-6
October 18, 20213 yr The Bearcats started strong against conference rival UCF - jumping out to a 35-0 lead in the 2nd quarter. They had more points at that mark than UCF had total offensive yardage (29). UC is now ranked #2, thanks to Purdue's upset of previously #2 Iowa: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll?week=8 Next up is Navy. UC is currently a 28 point favorite.
October 18, 20213 yr ^ wow, now that is really something impressive. i knew something was up, i saw some of the game ... albeit with the sound off ... on tv here in ny this weekend.
October 31, 20213 yr UC is now 8-0, still ranked #2 in both polls, and - first the first time ever - will host ESPN's college gameday this weekend: Even if you aren't a college football fan, it'll be worth swinging by campus this weekend to check this out.
November 1, 20213 yr They gotta do better against the these sub-500 teams. OSU beat Tulsa earlier this year 41-20. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
November 1, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Cygnus said: They gotta do better against the these sub-500 teams. OSU beat Tulsa earlier this year 41-20. That was at home. UC is a different team at home. I think they win by 30+
November 1, 20213 yr Agree they need to blow these teams out, but 31-12 over Tulane on the road is not exactly a close game. Don"t forget a team like Oklahoma only beat them 40-35 at home. It is hard to destroy teams every week.
November 1, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Cygnus said: They gotta do better against the these sub-500 teams. OSU beat Tulsa earlier this year 41-20. Very curious to see where UC is in the Official CFP rankings tomorrow. If they are 2 or 3 I think they are in regardless as long as they stay undefeated. If they are 4 or god forbid 5+ they could be in trouble.
November 1, 20213 yr 3 hours ago, 646empire said: Very curious to see where UC is in the Official CFP rankings tomorrow. If they are 2 or 3 I think they are in regardless as long as they stay undefeated. If they are 4 or god forbid 5+ they could be in trouble. Since the CFP rankings have existed, the initial rankings have had the same top 4 teams as the AP poll every year except one: in 2015, AP#5 Oklahoma got the #3 spot, and AP#4 Notre Dame was left out. On occasion, the top 4 spots have been mixed, but that was the only time an AP top 4 team was left out of the CFP top 4. If AP#2 Cincinnati is not in the top 4 of the CFP when it comes out, it would be unprecedented. It'd be the biggest poll discrepancy since the playoff system existed.
November 2, 20213 yr Go back and read through the first few pages of this thread. Look how far this program has come.
November 2, 20213 yr On 11/1/2021 at 3:31 PM, Ram23 said: Since the CFP rankings have existed, the initial rankings have had the same top 4 teams as the AP poll every year except one: in 2015, AP#5 Oklahoma got the #3 spot, and AP#4 Notre Dame was left out. On occasion, the top 4 spots have been mixed, but that was the only time an AP top 4 team was left out of the CFP top 4. If AP#2 Cincinnati is not in the top 4 of the CFP when it comes out, it would be unprecedented. It'd be the biggest poll discrepancy since the playoff system existed. Cincinnati at #6 WOW! Shame.
November 2, 20213 yr 29 minutes ago, 646empire said: Cincinnati at #6 WOW! Shame. There’s still time. crooked good ‘ol boys committee will absolutely not be able to let a soon to be 2 loss Alabama team against Georgie in the playoffs.
November 2, 20213 yr 1 minute ago, Troeros2 said: There’s still time. crooked good ‘ol boys committee will absolutely not be able to let a soon to be 2 loss Alabama team against Georgie in the playoffs. It’s Over. They are too far out believe it or not. And most importantly SMU and Houston are not ranked unfortunately.
November 3, 20213 yr Holy crap - Oregon loses to 3-5 Stanford and is 4. Minnesota with multiple losses including Bowling Green and at 20. Fresno St in and neither SMU or Houston are (eliminating opportunities for CFP top 25 wins). Being 2 in the AP and coaches poll and 6 in CFP has to be one of the biggest discrepancies in week 1 ever. Seems the fix is in. I guess control what you can.
November 3, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Cincy13 said: Holy crap - Oregon loses to 3-5 Stanford and is 4. Minnesota with multiple losses including Bowling Green and at 20. Fresno St in and neither SMU or Houston are (eliminating opportunities for CFP top 25 wins). Being 2 in the AP and coaches poll and 6 in CFP has to be one of the biggest discrepancies in week 1 ever. Seems the fix is in. I guess control what you can. Oregon’s best win is against number 5 and UCs is against number 10 oregon is not who you want to worry about, if Houston or SMU can climb into the top 25 those are better wins than Oregon will have. The PAC won’t have another top 25 team. UC needs bama to lose one more, the BIG will work itself out on its own, and Oklahoma to lose. Notre Dame needs to win out and things should work out for uc.
November 3, 20213 yr My point is that it's as if they are completely ignoring a loss to a sub-500 team. Same with Minnesota. Yet a 19 point road win is somehow a strike against UC. Like I said just keep winning, but the criteria seems to shift based on need.
November 3, 20213 yr 33 minutes ago, Cincy13 said: My point is that it's as if they are completely ignoring a loss to a sub-500 team. Same with Minnesota. Yet a 19 point road win is somehow a strike against UC. Like I said just keep winning, but the criteria seems to shift based on need. I don’t think that is the case though. Uc is ranked higher than Oklahoma who is also undefeated. Oklahoma beat the same Tulane team by 7 points at hone earlier in the season whereas UC won by 19 on the road. Also, UC has better wins than OU this far. I think the comparison to OU is more appropriate at this point
November 3, 20213 yr 11 hours ago, Cincy13 said: Holy crap - Oregon loses to 3-5 Stanford and is 4. Minnesota with multiple losses including Bowling Green and at 20. Fresno St in and neither SMU or Houston are (eliminating opportunities for CFP top 25 wins). Being 2 in the AP and coaches poll and 6 in CFP has to be one of the biggest discrepancies in week 1 ever. Seems the fix is in. I guess control what you can. It is the biggest discrepancy ever - by far. The #2 AP team has always been either #1 or #2 in every initial CFP ranking to date. UC at 6 and Oklahoma at 8 are both wildly unprecedented. 9 hours ago, Cincy13 said: My point is that it's as if they are completely ignoring a loss to a sub-500 team. Same with Minnesota. Yet a 19 point road win is somehow a strike against UC. Like I said just keep winning, but the criteria seems to shift based on need. Alabama at 2 is probably the most ridiculous of all rankings. It essentially means their game against A&M didn't matter at all. Like it had no impact whatsoever. If they would have won, they'd be 2 behind Georgia. But they lost. And they're still 2 behind Georgia. Why even play the games? In another sign of blatant SEC bias -#17 Mississippi State is 5-3. They lost to Memphis, a 4-4 AAC team. That same Memphis team went on to lose to a Temple team that UC beat 52-3 the following week. The only good thing to come out of these playoff rankings is the fact that they are being almost universally lambasted by everyone. I haven't come across a positive article or even comment yet.
November 3, 20213 yr ^ Yes, exactly what I was referring to - in some cases it is like the loss did not occur. SEC bias is strong too.
November 3, 20213 yr I was thinking UC was going to be anywhere between 5&6. 4 would have been a wish, but as long as they were in the top 6 that would have been about the best I was hoping for. The ultimate sign of disrespect was if they were 7 or 8. The committee got it mostly right in that sense. Whether you are 5 or 6 is completely irrelevant. Ohio State at 5 just means the BIG will relinquish one of their spots as the teams play each other down the stretch. The only true locks are 1 SEC and 1 BIG team in the playoff. The last 2 spots are really wide open. The team to be most concerned about is Oklahoma in my opinion. If they win out, they are P5 and undefeated and would have won against 3 top 25 teams to get there (Baylor, OSU & whomever they beat in Big 12 championship). That will be more than UC has. Currently, UC has a better resume than OU because they do not have a top 25 win and UC's win over Tulane looks better than OU's win. It would have been malfeasance to rank them ahead of UC at this point, but it will likely change by the end of the year. The ACC is not a threat, Even if Wake wins out, they will likely have Zero top 25 wins or if they do have one it will be against a lower level top 25 team. UC's win at ND was much better and the committee has recognized that. Bottom line, if Cats need to win out and OU, Oregon and Bama all need to lose another game. All of this seems reasonable.
November 12, 20213 yr How UC’s sports budget stacks up with the Big 12 The University of Cincinnati’s athletic revenue and spending fall short of even the lowest-spending teams in the Big 12, but that could change when it moves up to that conference. UC’s football spending is significantly less than the Big 12 teams, a newly released database from sports business website Sportico shows. UC spent $15.4 million on its football program in the 2019-20 fiscal year ended in June. It will have to boost that by 50% to match the lowest-spending football program in the Big 12 that year – Kansas – which spent $22 million. UC’s overall athletic budget also fell shy of the money in Big 12 programs. UC spent $74 million on athletics in the 2019-20 fiscal year. The lowest-spending Big 12 program was Kansas State, at just less than $80 million. Likewise, UC’s athletic revenues in the fiscal year were $81.7 million. That too is behind all Big 12 programs. But it’s only slightly behind Kansas State, the lowest-revenue Big 12 school with $86.4 million in athletic revenue in 2019-20. The highest athletic revenue of any Big 12 team that will be in the conference when UC joins (Texas and Oklahoma are leaving) is Kansas' $103 million. Cont "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
November 14, 20213 yr Personally, the total expenditure is not as important as how much subsidization the athletic debarment takes from the general budget. I know there was a story published around 5 years ago in the Enquirer that stated that Ohio State was the only FBS school in Ohio where the athletic department not only pays for itself but also gives money back to the rest of the university.
November 15, 20213 yr 18 hours ago, Dev said: Personally, the total expenditure is not as important as how much subsidization the athletic debarment takes from the general budget. I know there was a story published around 5 years ago in the Enquirer that stated that Ohio State was the only FBS school in Ohio where the athletic department not only pays for itself but also gives money back to the rest of the university. I agree. One of the frustrating challenges is that there is so much variation in how universities manage their accounting, making it difficult to compare true "value" of programs between universities. And for a variety of reasons, there is a tendency for programs to make themselves look less profitable by inflating costs (including non-cash expenses). For example, if an alumni association raises a bunch of money at a football game, which department claims that as revenue? It's murky and makes it difficult to assess if a program is actually a net positive for the university. And that murkiness seems to give administrators free reign to justify any expense (which is why the highest paid public official in nearly every state is a public university coach).
November 15, 20213 yr 20 hours ago, Dev said: Personally, the total expenditure is not as important as how much subsidization the athletic debarment takes from the general budget. I know there was a story published around 5 years ago in the Enquirer that stated that Ohio State was the only FBS school in Ohio where the athletic department not only pays for itself but also gives money back to the rest of the university. And that's with just two sports -- football and men's basketball. The rest of the sports lose money.
November 24, 20213 yr 56 minutes ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: Bearcats #4 in the CFP! Tears of happiness, to finally break the glass ceiling. Gotta take care of ECU on Friday. Gonna be a trap game.
November 27, 20213 yr If you would have told someone a few months ago that come December, there would be one Ohio team in the running for a playoff spot - how many people would have said that team would be UC? Big game against Houston coming up - a team that has been undefeated since an opening week road loss to Texas Tech. I like how UC stacks up against them - especially at Nippert in December. I think UC will make quick work of them like they did with SMU. UC's corners are too good and I don't think Houston will be able to get their passing game going. Also - Alabama is trailing Auburn at the half as I type this. This weeks playoff rankings could look completely different than last weeks.
December 6, 20213 yr A great article on UC's playoff run: Cincinnati, not OSU, making College Football Playoff is a sweet smirk for Ohio’s quirky corner | Jones https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/2021/12/cincinnati-not-osu-making-college-football-playoff-is-a-sweet-smirk-for-ohios-quirky-corner-jones.html The reason I’m telling you all of this is to emphasize what an astounding occurrence it just was to see a crowd packed to the rafters of the newly expanded Nippert Stadium (now 40,000 seats) on Saturday night as the Cincinnati Bearcats defeated the Houston Cougars for the American Conference championship. At stake for UC was a berth in the 4-team College Football Playoff. Ohio State will not be playing in it. But Cincinnati will. You cannot fathom how mind-blowing this is to anyone who attended both schools four decades ago when I did. Or to pretty much anyone else from Ohio of any age at all. It’s difficult to even process. It’s also fabulous in every way.
December 6, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Ram23 said: A great article on UC's playoff run: Cincinnati, not OSU, making College Football Playoff is a sweet smirk for Ohio’s quirky corner | Jones https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/2021/12/cincinnati-not-osu-making-college-football-playoff-is-a-sweet-smirk-for-ohios-quirky-corner-jones.html The reason I’m telling you all of this is to emphasize what an astounding occurrence it just was to see a crowd packed to the rafters of the newly expanded Nippert Stadium (now 40,000 seats) on Saturday night as the Cincinnati Bearcats defeated the Houston Cougars for the American Conference championship. At stake for UC was a berth in the 4-team College Football Playoff. Ohio State will not be playing in it. But Cincinnati will. You cannot fathom how mind-blowing this is to anyone who attended both schools four decades ago when I did. Or to pretty much anyone else from Ohio of any age at all. It’s difficult to even process. It’s also fabulous in every way. Hey now. If OSU-UM had gone differently, assuming Iowa would have had no more chance against OSU than they did against UM in the Big Ten title game, there was a real possibility just a couple of weeks ago that Ohio could have had two teams in the playoff. And since UC would have been playing #1 Bama and OSU would be where Michigan is playing #3 Georgia, it would have been Ohio against the SEC. Also, I did not know until this year that former OSU head coach Luke Fickell was UC's head coach now. That was a blast-from-the-past name, and I see he's grown into the head coaching role that he wasn't ready for in 2011 when he lead the Buckeyes to a 6-6 record (that year, in fairness, he was put into an untenable situation being forced to take over the head coaching role on short notice after Tressel was forced out). Perhaps in a bitter irony or historical echo, Fickell coached the last OSU team before this year to lose to Michigan.
December 6, 20213 yr ^Good article... but the author implies that students are no longer permitted to use Nippert on a daily basis, which isn't true. Early in the article, he talks about how seemingly odd it was that students were allowed to walk down across the field in between classes. But Nippert is still open to students on a daily basis, which is a big part of what makes it such a neat part of campus. Quote They played intramural softball at Nippert. People hung out and read on the bleachers. It was open all the time. On the way to my classes every day I walked down a long flight of stairs into the bowl, behind one end zone and then up another flight behind the physical plant. ... Though you couldn’t make out much of it by game’s end because students were clambering down it to run onto the field. I get the feeling they don’t let that happen much anymore. But on Saturday night, Nippert Stadium belonged to all of them. Seems sloppy to frame an otherwise good article around this "feeling they don't let that happen anymore".
December 6, 20213 yr Congrats to the Bearcats! Was just checking flights to Dallas and not much avalability from here (or from the nearest airports). Plus they appear to be starting around $900. Get tickets soon or think about driving (or using an airport further away like Nashville).
December 6, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Gramarye said: Hey now. If OSU-UM had gone differently, assuming Iowa would have had no more chance against OSU than they did against UM in the Big Ten title game, there was a real possibility just a couple of weeks ago that Ohio could have had two teams in the playoff. And since UC would have been playing #1 Bama and OSU would be where Michigan is playing #3 Georgia, it would have been Ohio against the SEC. Also, I did not know until this year that former OSU head coach Luke Fickell was UC's head coach now. That was a blast-from-the-past name, and I see he's grown into the head coaching role that he wasn't ready for in 2011 when he lead the Buckeyes to a 6-6 record (that year, in fairness, he was put into an untenable situation being forced to take over the head coaching role on short notice after Tressel was forced out). Perhaps in a bitter irony or historical echo, Fickell coached the last OSU team before this year to lose to Michigan. I was actually hoping for an Ohio vs. the SEC playoffs, or better yet - an all-Ohio championship in Indy. As it stands, it's still pretty exciting just to see a couple of fresh faces in the playoffs. Of course both are underdogs - Michigan by a score and Cincy by two scores (which is actually better than Notre Dame's three score spread last year against Alabama). Should the favorites win and give us a Georgia - Alabama rematch for the championship, there's a near-zero percent chance I'll tune in to watch that. As for Fickell, there were a few Cincy naysayers around when he was named coach because of that one bad year. He struggled a bit in his first year at UC, primarily due to the dumpster fire that Senator Tommy Tuberville left. Once he was able to build and establish his culture with some of his recruits we've seen nothing but improvement. I can't help but think had he not been thrown into the fire in 2011, he wouldn't be the coach he is today. I'm sure he learned a ton there, an its an experience that almost no one gets to have.
December 6, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, Ram23 said: I was actually hoping for an Ohio vs. the SEC playoffs, or better yet - an all-Ohio championship in Indy. As it stands, it's still pretty exciting just to see a couple of fresh faces in the playoffs. Of course both are underdogs - Michigan by a score and Cincy by two scores (which is actually better than Notre Dame's three score spread last year against Alabama). Should the favorites win and give us a Georgia - Alabama rematch for the championship, there's a near-zero percent chance I'll tune in to watch that. As for Fickell, there were a few Cincy naysayers around when he was named coach because of that one bad year. He struggled a bit in his first year at UC, primarily due to the dumpster fire that Senator Tommy Tuberville left. Once he was able to build and establish his culture with some of his recruits we've seen nothing but improvement. I can't help but think had he not been thrown into the fire in 2011, he wouldn't be the coach he is today. I'm sure he learned a ton there, an its an experience that almost no one gets to have. I am booked and ready for the Cotton Bowl I hope the bearcats knock crimson tide off there feet. Our city needs this with the sad state of Bengals and Reds...
December 7, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, savadams13 said: I am booked and ready for the Cotton Bowl I hope the bearcats knock crimson tide off there feet. Our city needs this with the sad state of Bengals and Reds... I hope you got your plane ticket early... it looks like direct flights from CVG to Dallas are $1500+ anywhere around New Years. It's normally a ~$250 or $300 flight! If the Bearcats get by Alabama, ticket prices in Indianapolis will be nuts. It's smaller than Jerry World and close to Cincy. I'll have a room reserved on the Cardinal in my cart if the game is even close.
December 7, 20213 yr 2 hours ago, savadams13 said: I am booked and ready for the Cotton Bowl I hope the bearcats knock crimson tide off there feet. Our city needs this with the sad state of Bengals and Reds... Im so jealous!! I wanna go so bad but can’t get off work :-(. But if they make it past Alabama you better believe I will be in the building! Edited December 7, 20213 yr by 646empire
December 7, 20213 yr 14 hours ago, Ram23 said: I hope you got your plane ticket early... it looks like direct flights from CVG to Dallas are $1500+ anywhere around New Years. It's normally a ~$250 or $300 flight! If the Bearcats get by Alabama, ticket prices in Indianapolis will be nuts. It's smaller than Jerry World and close to Cincy. I'll have a room reserved on the Cardinal in my cart if the game is even close. I am flying out from Tampa since i will be visiting family, so I got lucky for a flight to Dallas for 200. If we get past Bama, then i will just drive up to Indy from Cincinnati. I am thinking Dallas first and hope we are prepared and ready to play ball December 31st.
June 10, 20223 yr https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/cincinnati-houston-ucf-to-join-big-12-in-2023-as-aac-paves-way-for-conference-usa-additions/ Quote The American Athletic Conference has reached a mutual agreement with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF for the three schools to depart and join the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2023, the AAC announced Friday. The three schools join BYU as new Big 12 members, meaning the league will field at least 12 members for the first time since realignment in 2011. The buyout for the teams to exit the conference early is $18 million per school to be paid over 14 years, according to The Athletic. $1.28 mill/year is steal. Formerly "Mr Sparkle"
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