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i have a nice size bet on cincy so i hope they show for tomorrow's game.....reading the following article it seems to me that they will play at full speed...a good thing is that because of injury this year cincy used all 4 of their qbs....
UC clinches Big East, big bowl
By Bill Koch
The job isn?t finished yet.
Shortly after Pittsburgh came back to post a 20-15 victory over West Virginia on Friday afternoon, clinching a Big East co-championship and Bowl Championship Series bowl game for the University of Cincinnati football team, coach Brian Kelly walked onto the Nippert Stadium turf and made sure his players understood that there?s more work to be done.
?I told them they?re going to a BCS bowl game but we want that to be as the undisputed champs,? Kelly said. ?We don?t want to be co-champs. We want to win this thing. They understand that.?
Kelly was in the coaches? locker room at the Lindner Center preparing for practice when he heard the hooting and hollering from his players who were watching the Pitt-West Virginia game on television.
He tuned in to see the final 52 seconds of Pitt?s victory and took the practice field knowing that he had led the Bearcats to their first BCS bowl game in the school?s history, probably the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 in Miami.
No. 16 UC can clinch the title outright with a win over Syracuse (3-8 overall, 1-5 in the Big East) at noon today at Nippert Stadium.
?Our kids will be loose,? Kelly said. ?They?ll play hard.?
The Bearcats (9-2, 5-1) own a one-game lead over West Virginia, Pitt and Rutgers with one game to go and could still be forced to share the title if they lose today.
But regardless of what happens against Syracuse, UC holds the tie-breaker advantage over all three schools based on its regular-season head-to-head victories and has locked up the BCS bowl berth
UC clinches Big East, big bowl
By Bill Koch
The job isn?t finished yet.
Shortly after Pittsburgh came back to post a 20-15 victory over West Virginia on Friday afternoon, clinching a Big East co-championship and Bowl Championship Series bowl game for the University of Cincinnati football team, coach Brian Kelly walked onto the Nippert Stadium turf and made sure his players understood that there?s more work to be done.
?I told them they?re going to a BCS bowl game but we want that to be as the undisputed champs,? Kelly said. ?We don?t want to be co-champs. We want to win this thing. They understand that.?
Kelly was in the coaches? locker room at the Lindner Center preparing for practice when he heard the hooting and hollering from his players who were watching the Pitt-West Virginia game on television.
He tuned in to see the final 52 seconds of Pitt?s victory and took the practice field knowing that he had led the Bearcats to their first BCS bowl game in the school?s history, probably the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 in Miami.
No. 16 UC can clinch the title outright with a win over Syracuse (3-8 overall, 1-5 in the Big East) at noon today at Nippert Stadium.
?Our kids will be loose,? Kelly said. ?They?ll play hard.?
The Bearcats (9-2, 5-1) own a one-game lead over West Virginia, Pitt and Rutgers with one game to go and could still be forced to share the title if they lose today.
But regardless of what happens against Syracuse, UC holds the tie-breaker advantage over all three schools based on its regular-season head-to-head victories and has locked up the BCS bowl berth
this is from the cincy web site...
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team clinched a berth in the Bowl Championship Series and a share of the BIG EAST Championship Friday.
No. 16/16 Cincinnati (9-2, 5-1 BIG EAST) can claim the BIG EAST crown outright with a victory over Syracuse at Nippert Stadium Saturday. The game is scheduled for a noon kickoff. Prior to the contest, UC will honor 20 student-athletes playing their final home game.
"We're excited to bring the BIG EAST title home to Cincinnati," UC head coach Brian Kelly said. "This is our second year and winning a league title was something we set out to do when we got here. It speaks volumes to the CATAPULT program and the vision of our Director of Athletics Mike Thomas.
"Our game against Syracuse tomorrow is still meaningful to us. We need the support of our fans at Nippert Stadium. We play to win, and finishing our season out right is important for our football team."
Thanks to No. 25 Pittsburgh's 19-15 win over West Virginia Friday, the Bearcats wrapped up their first BCS bid and a share of their first conference championship since 2002. UC was co-champions Of Conference USA along with TCU that year.
There remains a possibility that UC could end the season in up to a four-way tie for the conference title. According to BIG EAST policies, if more than one team has the same final winning percentage in conference games, the tied teams are declared co-champions. Regardless of ties for the conference title, UC has earned the BIG EAST's automatic berth to the BCS
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati football team clinched a berth in the Bowl Championship Series and a share of the BIG EAST Championship Friday.
No. 16/16 Cincinnati (9-2, 5-1 BIG EAST) can claim the BIG EAST crown outright with a victory over Syracuse at Nippert Stadium Saturday. The game is scheduled for a noon kickoff. Prior to the contest, UC will honor 20 student-athletes playing their final home game.
"We're excited to bring the BIG EAST title home to Cincinnati," UC head coach Brian Kelly said. "This is our second year and winning a league title was something we set out to do when we got here. It speaks volumes to the CATAPULT program and the vision of our Director of Athletics Mike Thomas.
"Our game against Syracuse tomorrow is still meaningful to us. We need the support of our fans at Nippert Stadium. We play to win, and finishing our season out right is important for our football team."
Thanks to No. 25 Pittsburgh's 19-15 win over West Virginia Friday, the Bearcats wrapped up their first BCS bid and a share of their first conference championship since 2002. UC was co-champions Of Conference USA along with TCU that year.
There remains a possibility that UC could end the season in up to a four-way tie for the conference title. According to BIG EAST policies, if more than one team has the same final winning percentage in conference games, the tied teams are declared co-champions. Regardless of ties for the conference title, UC has earned the BIG EAST's automatic berth to the BCS
i may be wrong but i think that being undisputed champs mean something to the cincy team...
