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Bearcats win battle of I-75

Cincy takes 2nd-straight season opener vs. Flyers

The site and score were different, but the result was just the same. After opening 2009 with a 5-2 victory against the Dayton Flyers, the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team pulled a repeat on its home turf Wednesday, Sept. 1, beating Dayton 1-0. Full story

Work in progress

Depth an issue as camp continues

After one dozen preseason practices, Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones continues to insist there’s plenty work to be done before the Bearcats kick off the 2010 season. Full story

Bearcats picked to place second in Big East

Pitt Panthers overwhelming favorite

Two-time defending Big East champion Cincinnati hasn't convinced preseason media poll voters that the Bearcats can pull off the threepeat. Full story

Armon Binns: paying it forward

Senior wide out embracing latest role: mentor

One year ago, Armon Binns was an unknown with 19 yards and two career receptions to his name after two seasons at Cincinnati. Now he enters the 2010 preseason as the Bearcats' top returning receiver, a team leader and household name. Full story

Chazz Anderson: ready reserve

Backup prepared to answer call

Tony Pike, Zach Collaros and Chazz Anderson in 2008. Collaros again in 2009. Backup quarterbacks have been busy the past two seasons at Cincinnati. Should Collaros need relief this season, it will be the confidant Anderson waiting in the wing. Full story

Quit Yer Weinin'

Threepeat likely, UC offense can’t be stopped

The 2010-11 season will be about change for the University of Cincinnati football team, but one thing will not change — the Bearcats will win the Big East for the third year in a row. Full story

Jungle fever

Bearcats prep for game-day grass, high heat

Welcome to the Jungle. Both Nippert Stadium and the newly completed Jefferson Avenue Sports Complex utilize artificial field turf. Bulldog Stadium — the site of Saturday's season opener against Fresno State — is natural grass. To help prepare his team for the subtle difference, Butch Jones moved the Bearcats' practice Wednesday, Sept. 1, to the practice field of the Cincinnati Bengals. Full story

Season in sight

Butch Jones era set to begin

It's been more than eight months since he was hired and Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones is finally ready to stand on a Bearcats' game-day sideline. He'll get his first chance Saturday, Sept. 4, on the road against Fresno State. Full story

J.K. Schaffer: great expectations

Experienced junior leading unproven linebacking core

The backbone of any defense is its linebackers. They are expected to stuff the run, stop the pass and anticipate what the offense is going to do. For Bearcat linebacker J.K. Schaffer, the expectations expand beyond the field. Full story

Camp closes

Bearcats wrap up two-week Higher Ground stay

After two weeks of seclusion, intense practice and total immersion in football, the Bearcats ended training camp at the Higher Ground Conference and Retreat Center Wednesday, Aug. 25. Full story

Cronin's Cats return to practice

Canadian scrimmages mean early start to season

Butch Jones and the UC football team aren't the only Bearcats in the midst of preseason preparation. Mick Cronin and the Cincinnati men’s basketball team are beginning practice early this season as a foreign tour north approaches. Full story

Barnett ready to bounce back?

Senior's production low since 13 freshman TDs

Once a freshman phenom, Marcus Barnett hit a two-year sophomore slump. But Cincinnati's star quarterback says Barnett is poised for a second breakout season — this time as a senior. Full story

Derek Wolfe: patient prospect

"Big Bad Wolfe" not looking ahead

Less than four percent of Division I college football players go on to play professionally. University of Cincinnati defensive tackle Derek Wolfe has a chance to be in that elite group. Full story

Lessons learned

Preseason scrimmage reveals strengths, weaknesses

The Bearcats spent practice Wednesday, Aug. 18, in a full scrimmage between the team’s offensive and defensive units. Butch Jones did a lot of teaching, but the one thing the UC head coach learned? Full story

Higher Ground

Temperatures, tempers, expectations high after day one

Confined and away from the onlookers at Nippert Stadium, the University of Cincinnati football team took to the practice fields Friday, Aug. 13, at the Higher Ground Conference and Retreat Center in West Harrison, Indiana. Full story