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WOOT !


They don`t[i] need [/i]to do anything else, but they sure better win their last 2 games.
Or it will be one hell of a let down going into whichever BCS bowl they get.


Also, Lane Kiffin to UT confirmed. One less school Bearcat fans have to worry
about Kelly going to.
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[b][size=6]UC clinches Big East, big bowl[/size][/b]

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats are champions of the Big East Conference and are headed to their first Bowl Championship Series bowl game in the school’s history, probably the Orange Bowl in Miami on Jan. 1.


UC clinched its first Big East title today when Pitt knocked off West Virginia, 20-15, in Pittsburgh, giving the 16th-ranked Bearcats (9-2 overall, 5-1 in the Big East) a one-game advantage over West Virginia, Pitt and Rutgers with one game to go.

UC owns the tie-breaker advantage over all three schools based on their regular-season head-to-head wins.

UC fans will get a chance to crown the champs when the Bearcats play their final home game Saturday against Syracuse at noon at Nippert Stadium.

For the UC seniors, the trip to a BCS bowl is the realization of a goal they set when they arrived at UC, even though many who have followed this long-suffering program didn’t believe it could happen.

“I thought it was possible,” said senior cornerback DeAngelo Smith, “but it’s hard to get to that point. Just seeing all the things we went through, coming so close to beating some teams, it just seemed like it would never happen, but once I knew we had 19 seniors coming back this year and all the leadership that’s involved in it, it helped us out a lot, having all those seniors around and everybody being motivated to win a Big East championship.”

Smith and defensive end Lamonte Nelms both are fifth-year seniors. When they arrived as part of then-UC coach Mark Dantonio’s first recruiting class, the Bearcats were still playing in Conference USA with very little hope of playing in a BCS bowl game.

But they both believed in the program’s potential.

“It was kind of far down the road,” Nelms said. “It was kind of the light at the end of the tunnel but you don’t really see what’s at the end of the tunnel.

“But I knew that we were going to work hard and with us going into the Big East after my first year we were just going to make progressive steps each and every year.”

UC was 2-5 in the Big East in 2005 and improved to 4-3 each of the last two seasons before making its breakthrough this season.

The Big East title is UC’s first conference football title since 2002 when the Bearcats shared the Conference USA championship with TCU, then lost to North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl.

UC coach Brian Kelly said the fact that UC has already clinched the Big East championship – in his second year as the Bearcats’ head coach – will not affect how they play against the Orange (3-8, 1-5), who will be playing their last game under head coach Greg Robinson.

“We put in all this time,” Kelly said, “regardless of what the situation is, we’re going to win this football game.”

UC ends it regular schedule with a non-conference game Dec. 6 against Hawaii in Honolulu.

UC entered this season with high hopes, returning 10 senior starters on defense from last year’s 10-3 team that was ranked No .17 in the final Associated Press poll.

Still, the media picked the Bearcats to finish fifth in the eight-team Big East - behind West Virginia, South Florida, Pitt and Rutgers - perhaps because of the uncertainty at the quarterback position.

At the time the poll was conducted, Ben Mauk, last year’s starter at quarterback, was still in the process of seeking another year of eligibility from the NCAA. When he was turned down, Dustin Grutza, reclaiming the job he had held the previous two years, was named the starter.

When Grutza went down with a broken leg in the second game of the season at Oklahoma, it started a quarterback shuffle that has seen Kelly use five different players at the position.

It was junior Tony Pike, from Reading High School, who emerged as the team leader on offense and one of the surprise stories of the college football season. He leads the Big East in passing efficiency, even though he has been playing with a broken left (non-throwing) arm.

UC beat Rutgers in its Big East opener on Oct. 11, then lost at Connecticut the following week.

Kelly then challenged his seniors to lead the way and the Bearcats have won four straight, posting victories over West Virginia, Louisville and Pitt, three schools that UC had been a combined 0-9 against since joining the Big East in 2005.

Last week’s 28-21 victory over Pittsburgh before the largest crowd in Nippert Stadium history, inspired fans to storm the field even before the game was over as fans tossed oranges onto the artificial turf.

“There must have been an overrun on produce because it has nothing to do with us getting anything but another step closer to a Big East championship,” Kelly said.

As of today, there are no more steps to take. The title belongs to the Bearcats.[/quote]

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[quote][size=5][b]UC prepares for excited crowd[/b][/size]
By Dustin Dow • ddow@enquirer.com • November 28, 2008


University of Cincinnati football fans delivered on coach Brian Kelly’s request last week to bring a big-time atmosphere to Nippert Stadium for the Bearcats’ game against Pittsburgh.


Those fans also brought with them, however, problems associated with large scale crowd control in an emotional environment.

So Saturday, for the Bearcats’ final home game against Syracuse - and a celebration of their Big East championship - officials are planning to ward off some of the safety threats that occurred during last week’s historic victory.

“We’re going to be prepared for it and make the environment as safe as possible,” said Mike Waddell, a UC associate athletic director. “The best thing people can do is arrive 45 minutes to an hour before kickoff; otherwise, they’re going to encounter major lines. Afterward, we prefer people stay in the stands.”

For Saturday’s game, a police force of more than 100 officers will be providing security inside and outside of the stadium.

A school-record 35,098 fans showed up for last week’s game against Pitt, surging into the stadium in the moments before kickoff, creating a tense scene as thousands of fans tried to funnel through a few entry points at once.

Saturday, some 30,000 fans are expected to arrive for the noon kickoff. Waddell suggested several different entry points rather than the popular Gate 2 near varsity village. Other gates, such as Gate 5 near Tangeman University Center or Gate 4 near College-Conservatory of Music offer less crowded – and possibly quicker – entries.

At least one fan, a 19-year-old female student at UC, was knocked to the ground during last week’s pre-game entry rush and had to be helped up by two men who sat her atop a wall, out of the way of the crowd. The woman’s mother, Patty Lohmann, said her daughter called her from the wall.

“She was scared and had gotten separated from the people she came with,” Lohmann said. “She was stuck on this wall, and didn’t want to get back into that crowd. I was pretty upset about it.”

Eventually, the woman, who did not want to be named, made her way to a UC security office where she met her father.

After the game, many of those fans stormed the field – some of them even ran on the field before the final seconds ticked off, only to return to the sidelines after a public address announcement informed them that the game wasn’t quite over.

Other fans threw oranges onto the field in recognition that UC’s pending victory positioned it for an Orange Bowl berth. Anyone seen throwing anything onto the field today will be ejected, said Eugene Ferrara, UC’s police chief and director of public safety.

Rushing the field after the game is technically a violation of Big East rules. For decades before UC joined the Big East, however, UC allowed fans onto the field after games.

“It’s kind of a quandary for us,” Ferrara said. “Now, we have to change people’s behavior. The first thing we do is try to keep them from getting over the wall onto the field. If we do that, we’ve got a chance. But you can’t stop an entire mob of fans from storming the field. In that situation, you try to minimize the damage and make it as safe as possible.”

The collapsible goal posts come down, and police try to get referees, coaches and players off the field as quick as possible in the midst of on-field pandemonium.

Because Saturday’s kickoff is at noon instead of at night, Ferrara doesn’t expect quite the same type of atmosphere at Saturday’s game to produce a post-game rush. A victory against Syracuse, a 3-8 team, also would not produce the emotional impact derived from UC beating Pittsburgh for the first time in school history.

“I don’t think we’ll get that type of celebration this week,” Ferrara said. “But if it looks like it's building to that, we’ll hold more of our officers inside the stadium rather than sending them out to monitor post-game traffic.”

Ideally, Ferrara said he’d prefer a blow-out victory rather than a close game because then people would leave during the second half in staggered waves.

The flying oranges and field rush near the end of last week’s game were so disruptive that Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt told ESPN Radio this week that Pitt might address it with the Big East. Neither Pitt nor the Big East would comment on whether or not Pitt filed an official complaint, but the Big East did point out that it is UC’s responsibility to provide for a safe atmosphere.

“At no time prior to, during, or immediately after the game should non-credentialed individuals be allowed on the field,” Big East spokesperson Chuck Sullivan wrote in an e-mail. “Obviously common sense has to come into play as well, with public safety being the primary concern. If several thousand people are set on getting to the field after a game, sometimes the safest measure is to allow them a few moments to celebrate, make sure both teams’ personnel is safe and calmly usher them off the field.”[/quote]



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[quote][size=5][b]UC's seniors have endured, elevated[/b][/size]
By Bill Koch • bkoch@enquirer.com • November 28, 2008


Each of the University of Cincinnati football team's 19 seniors who will be honored in a pregame ceremony at Nippert Stadium on Saturday has his own story.


Delbert Ferguson, once a highly recruited running back who saw his stock fall after breaking his leg in high school, was moved to linebacker at UC and now is a backup fullback.

Torry Cornett started his college athletic career as a basketball player at Prairie View A&M and now is a starting linebacker.

Terrill Byrd was a star on Colerain High School's 2004 state championship team but was overlooked by many big schools because of his lack of size. He's an All-America defensive tackle at UC.

Byrd's high school teammate, Dominick Goodman, had planned to play basketball at Findlay University but changed his mind, went to UC and switched from quarterback to wide receiver. He'll leave as one of the most productive receivers in UC history.

And Connor Barwin, who was recruited as a tight end, was moved to defensive end this year and is tied for the Big East Conference lead in sacks. He also spent two seasons playing on the UC basketball team.

All of the seniors have different individual stories, but they have shared one goal - to win the Big East championship and play in a BCS bowl game.

"It's been great," defensive end Lamonte Nelms said. "I was telling the guys the other day that I became a man here at the University of Cincinnati, and I'd love to just finish it out with the Big East championship."

The Bearcats can reach that goal with either a Pitt win over West Virginia today or a UC win over Syracuse on Saturday.

They've come this far with a defense that has 10 senior starters. That class has seen the Bearcats through difficult times, including a coaching change two years ago.

"Any time that we've run into a rough spot, we've put it back on our seniors," UC coach Brian Kelly said. "The defining moment would be after the loss to UConn (Oct. 25) when we came back and had to practice the next day.

"I told our seniors, 'This one's on you guys. This is the group that's got to make a difference in practice and the way that we go to work, and all of our seniors really set the tone and the attitude for the way we played in that game.' They need to take all the credit for bouncing back and getting this team to play at the level that it's played."

Cornerback DeAngelo Smith remembers that week well. The Bearcats had played their worst game of the season in a 40-16 loss at UConn and next faced a Thursday night matchup against No. 25 South Florida.

There was no time for agonizing over a loss - not if they wanted to keep their objective within reach.

"That loss kind of brought everybody down, but we came back the next day and came out to practice and everybody was like, 'This is not the end of our season,' " Smith said. "This is just the beginning. We can still win the Big East championship. Everybody just came together, and now we've just got to beat Syracuse this week."

All-conference cornerback Mike Mickens won't get to play in the Syracuse game. He's out 3-4 weeks after having surgery Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. But he'll be just as fired up as his teammates.

"I think we've turned this program around with some of the things we're doing and what we're going for Saturday with the Big East championship," Mickens said. "I've played with these guys since freshman year. When you grow up together like this, it's a good feeling."

Some of these seniors will go on to play in the NFL, but for most of them, their time in the spotlight is dwindling.

That's why this weekend is about more than just finishing out their football careers on a high note. They've put themselves in a position to accomplish something that never has been done at UC and that many believed never could be.

As Kelly said, you couldn't draw it up any better, with such a stalwart senior class coming together with a chance to make history in its final home game.

Said Nelms: "We want to make sure that we leave a legacy so that when we come back years from now for the homecoming game, we can be the guys that say we started this."



[b]Cincinnati's senior class[/b]
Player Position Hometown
Connor Barwin DE Hazel Park, Mich.
Terrill Byrd DT Cincinnati
Trevor Canfield OL Cincinnati
Tyler Clifford DE Portsmouth, Ohio
Torry Cornett LB Columbus
Khalil El-Amin OL Cincinnati
Delbert Ferguson FB Youngstown, Ohio
Dominick Goodman WR Cincinnati
Dustin Grutza QB Maysville, Ky.
Adam Hoppel DT Lisbon, Ohio
Kevin Huber P Cincinnati
Ryan Manalac LB Pickerington, Ohio
Mike Mickens DB Huber Heights, Ohio
Lamonte Nelms DE Ravenna, Ohio
Corey Smith LB Salem, N.J.
DeAngelo Smith DB Columbus
Cedric Tolbert DB Xenia, Ohio
Brandon Underwood DB Hamilton
Brandon Yingling K Mason[/quote]



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[quote][size=5][b]True fans die hard[/b][/size]
By Paul Daugherty • pdaugherty@enquirer.com • November 28, 2008


A word or two about masochism, before we start heaving the oranges all over The Nip:


Meet Tom Ashton, Doug Perry and Andy Olding. They are not insane, not in the textbook sense. There is nothing clinically wrong with spending two decades on the road with the UC Bearcats football team, even if those two decades hosted some of the worst football in the annals of worst football.

You don’t have to be nuts to do what they did in the 80s and 90s, which was rent a minivan on a Friday afternoon several times a fall, drive to some far-flung college hamlet and witness a Bearcat bludgeoning. But being nuts is not a drawback. “It was a really good experience,’’ Ashton explains now. “We saw a lot of Top 10 teams, a lot of really good players. People were very nice. We were all good friends, and it was a great way to keep connected.’’

Now that their suffering is ended – UC won the Big East title Friday, when Pitt beat West Virginia – some perspective is in order. You can’t know pleasure without experiencing pain. Introducing. . . Pain.

Ashton, Perry, Olding and a few others – Steve in Chicago, Willie in L.A. -- put the long in long suffering. They took road trips that made Griswolds-to-WallyWorld look like Learjet-to-Bali. You might be around Saturday at noon to celebrate in the coronation of the Bearcats when they play their final home game against Syracuse. Compared to Ashton and friends, you are Louisville fans.

You might have been at Penn State for the opener in ’91, when the ‘Cats lost an 81-0 cliffhanger to the Nittany Lions. But you didn’t double your pleasure with a trip six weeks later to Virginia Tech, to witness a 56-9 thriller that was close until the coin flip.

And unless you were a member of the team or the ball-hat on Tim Murphy’s head, you absolutely did not complete the mother of all Charlie Brown football trifectas, the way Ashton and friends did in the fall of ‘90:

• 10-63 at Iowa Sept. 15;

• 21-70 at Florida State Nov. 10;

• 7-45 at Alabama Nov. 17.

“That was a banner year,’’ Perry, UC ’81, decided. It was like a month of root canals and tax audits. It was like driving to L.A. via Omaha, to have a fine Chianti with Hannibal Lecter.

And get this: They did it willingly. This wasn’t some work release deal. They didn’t have to call their probation officers from a rest stop south of Montgomery, Ala. They had fun. “I wouldn’t give up those trips for anything,’’ said Ashton, a financial consultant, UC ’78.

If you’re new to the party, there are some details you might have missed: For a very long time, UC stunk. UC was Homecoming’s Homecoming opponent. Unless you are Ashton and friends and very few select others, your joy at what has occurred in Clifton lately couldn’t possibly run as deep.

Some of the “highlights’’ of the long, strange trip, in order of infamy:

• State College, Pa., Sept. 7, 1991: Penn State coach Joe Paterno screams at his 3rd-string quarterback, for scoring a TD that made it 80-0. “Every other play, (Penn State) took a delay’’ of game, Andy Olding, UC ’80, said. “Then they’d hand it to a freshman running back and he’d run 65 yards.’’

• Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 10, 1990: Angry FSU fans swear at Tim Murphy, whose Bearcats score a very late TD to cut the Seminoles lead to 51, then go for two and make it. As Ashton explains, “The spread was 50.’’

• Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 14, 1991: “After that game (16-51), we couldn’t buy a beer anywhere in town,’’ Ashton recalled. “We had our UC gear on and everyone felt sorry for us.’’

• Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1990: Doug Perry analyzed the 63-10 loss: “We were winning 3-0 after the first quarter. Then the wheels fell off.’’

• Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 6, 1980: Not a bad loss (27-41 to the Mountaineers), yet memorable for the opening of WVU’s new stadium. John Denver sang “Country Roads’’ instead of the National Anthem. “Everybody had their hands over their hearts,’’ Olding said.

• Nippert Stadium, Nov. 18, 1989: Northern Illinois (Northern Illinois?) wins 56-3 in front of a few hundred fans. “They kept running the same play, trying to run out the clock,’’ Perry recalled. “UC couldn’t stop them.’’

It wasn’t all awful. The friends saw three games at Army. The scene at West Point makes breathtaking take a breather. They saw Dan Marino’s first pass as a collegian, at Pitt, Nov. 13, 1979, a 0-35 loss. They saw Danny McCoin throw a last-second TD pass to win at Virginia Tech in 1986.

Mostly, they enjoyed the guy-ness of it all. “We’d rent the minivan on Friday, drive all day, get there, hit a bar, go to bed, wake up, walk around campus, go to the game, hit a few bars, then get up the next day and drive home,’’ Doug Perry said.

It’s the journey, not the destination.

Might they reunite for a trip to the Orange Bowl? Olding said, “We’ve talked about it. But we’re too old for that now. It’d take about a month for us to get down there.’’

Yeah, but think of the fun you’d have, reliving the nightmares.[/quote]



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I had to come by and congratulate you guys. Great job winning the conference. It should have been us but if not us im glad its you and not west virginia or pitt.

Now please dont go and lose to syracuse or whoever you play in the bcs. The big east needs to keep their streak of bcs wins alive.
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It's strange...I have hated UC basketball for awhile, almost entirely because of Bob Huggins, and also because of the UC fans I knew in the 1990's talking smack to this UK fan how UK was somehow "afraid" to play UC, etc.

However, I am rooting strong and hard for UC football. The remarkable upswing in the quality of the football programs at both UC and UK are remarkable, especially given that both programs are traditionally very, VERY bad at football but great basketball teams.

Go UC! You're all that's left to root for!!!
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[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' post='728268' date='Nov 28 2008, 09:32 PM']i heard on the radio the other day that nippert stadium is the 9 oldest venu in the country!!! it has a lot of history.[/quote]
You're skipping your ESL classes again, aren't you?

It's the only way anyone could possibly confuse "Bengals" with "Browns".

:)

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[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' post='728268' date='Nov 28 2008, 10:32 PM']i heard on the radio the other day that nippert stadium is the 9 oldest venu in the country!!! it has a lot of history.[/quote]

Actually 5th oldest. Harvard by a longshot, then there are 4 other stadiums built in 1915/16 - The Nip being one of them.

[quote name='Jason' post='728278' date='Nov 29 2008, 12:30 AM']Congratulations Bearcats!

But you better hope you get the ACC team ion the BCS or you will get creamed.[/quote]

Agreed but you never know it maybe more competitive than most people think - not claiming a win, just a good game. And I believe BE football matches up better with SEC type teams than does Big 10. Not saying the BE is a better conference than Big 10, just matches up better. BE teams like WV, UC, USF, Pitt and Louisville are all built on speed. Look what WV did to Georgia last year in the Fiesta Bowl.
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[quote name='Phatcat' post='728294' date='Nov 29 2008, 11:50 AM']Agreed but you never know it maybe more competitive than most people think - not claiming a win, just a good game. And I believe BE football matches up better with SEC type teams than does Big 10. Not saying the BE is a better conference than Big 10, just matches up better. BE teams like WV, UC, USF, Pitt and Louisville are all built on speed. Look what WV did to Georgia last year in the Fiesta Bowl.[/quote]

Close. WVU routed Oklahoma last year in the Fiesta Bowl. They beat Georgia in the 2006 Sugar Bowl and Georgia Tech in the 2007 Gator Bowl.
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[quote name='Bunghole' post='728270' date='Nov 28 2008, 10:35 PM']You're skipping your ESL classes again, aren't you?

It's the only way anyone could possibly confuse "Bengals" with "Browns".

:)[/quote]


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[quote name='Phatcat' post='728294' date='Nov 29 2008, 12:50 PM']Actually 5th oldest. Harvard by a longshot, then there are 4 other stadiums built in 1915/16 - The Nip being one of them.



Agreed but you never know it maybe more competitive than most people think - not claiming a win, just a good game. And I believe BE football matches up better with SEC type teams than does Big 10. Not saying the BE is a better conference than Big 10, just matches up better. BE teams like WV, UC, USF, Pitt and Louisville are all built on speed. Look what WV did to Georgia last year in the Fiesta Bowl.[/quote]


lol i came in here to actually correct myself. you are right sir, it is the 5th oldest stadium in the country.


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Nippert Stadium featured more brand new amenities in 2005. A new, permanent grandstand provides new and improved seating in the North endzone. Underneath the structure are new game locker rooms for both the Bearcats and the visiting team.

The scoreboard features a new video board, nearly twice as large as the previous display, while the playing field is a new installation of FieldTurf, the grass-like artificial turf.

These are just the latest enhancements which preserve the rich history and tradition of Nippert Stadium while making it a contemporary place in which to play and watch a game.

Nippert Stadium has been home to Bearcats football since 1902, making it the fourth-oldest playing site and fifth-oldest stadium in college football.

The stadium's founder was Arch Carson, who as captain and principal organizer, played a significant role in starting football on the UC campus in 1885. In 1901 as physical director of the university, Carson guided the construction of the field which was later named for him-the playing surface is still called Carson Field.

In 1916, construction began on a permanent brick-and-concrete stadium structure, which was completed, section-by-section, as funds were raised.

During the season-ending clash with rival Miami (Ohio) in 1923, Jimmy Nippert sustained a spike wound injury and died a month later from blood poisoning. His grandfather, James N. Gamble of Procter and Gamble, provided the funds needed to complete the horseshoe-shaped structure, and the James Gamble Nippert Memorial Stadium was dedicated on Nov. 8, 1924.

Nippert Stadium has undergone a series of expansions. In 1936, the playing field was lowered 12 feet to allow spectator seating to increase to 24,000. The Reed Shank Pavilion was added in 1954 to bring the capacity to 28,000. In 1991, the capacity was upped to 35,000 through extending the upper deck, now called the Herschede-Shank Pavilion, and a new pressbox was constructed.

Artificial turf was first installed in 1970 and in 2000, the stadium became one of the first in the U.S. to utilize FieldTurf, a grass-like synthetic surface.

Early-century brickwork combined with wrought iron gates and trim give Nippert a comfortable old-time stadium charm and appeal, while continuing renovations have enabled it to remain a classic showplace for college football.

[size=4][color="#FF0000"][b]Nippert Stadium Timeline[/b][/color][/size]

[b]1895[/b]-Arch Carson introduced a plan to build a stadium on a site in Burnet Woods.

[b]1902[/b]-Cincinnati played its first game on Carson Field. Wood bleachers were built on the surrounding hillside.

[b]1909[/b]-Lights were first used because the large number of co-op students on the team could practice only at night.

[b]1916[/b]-Funds to build a permanent brick and concrete structure were made available by a city bond issue.

[b]1923[/b]-UC defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 17-0, in the first night collegiate football game in the Midwest.

[b]1923[/b]-James Gamble donated $250,000 in memory of his grandson, Jimmy Nippert, to complete the stadium.

[b]1924[/b]-The completed James Gamble Nippert Stadium was dedicated. Capacity is 12,000.

[b]1936[/b]-Carson Field was lowered 12 feet to allow the capacity to expand to 24,000.

[b]1954[/b]-Reed Shank Pavilion was completed to boost the capacity to 28,000.

[b]1968[/b]-Nippert served as the first home of the Cincinnati Bengals while the city constructed a facility for the new pro franchise.

[b]1970[/b]-Astroturf replaced the natural grass surface.

[b]1989[/b]-Nippert Stadium was closed for renovation. UC played its 1990 home games at Riverfront Stadium.

[b]1991[/b]-Phase I of the stadium renovation was completed to allow for UC home games to be played. The structure was fortified and a three-tiered press box was added.

[b]1992[/b]-Phase II of the renovation was completed, upping the seating capacity to 35,000 through the expansion of the Herschede-Shank Pavilion, and adding new lighting and a scoreboard.

[b]1998[/b]-UC overcame a 17-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Houston, 44-43 for its 250th win in Nippert Stadium.

[b]2000[/b]-FieldTurf, a revolutionary new grass-like artificial surface, was installed. The pressbox was renamed the John and Dorothy Hermanies Pressbox.

[b]2001[/b]-A new video scoreboard was added in the north endzone and 10,000 seats were upgraded. The season opener against Purdue produced the first advance sell-out in Nippert Stadium history.

[b]2005[/b]-A permanent grandstand upgraded seating behind the North endzone and provided new locker rooms at field level for game use. A new, larger video board was installed and the FieldTurf playing surface replaced.[/quote]

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They'd better get the Orange so they play the ACC...

Because if they get the Sugar they're either getting Florida, or more likely, Alabama...

It'd be a decent game for about a 1/2... but by mid 3rd quarter Alabama would have UC worn out and Coffee would flat run it down their throat. Too much depth.


New stadium looks nice... like to see that FieldTurf... Hated the astroturf. Tore my damn thumb up on that freakin field. Had to have a tendon stapled back into place and a pin put in my thumb to immobilize it for a month because of that crap...
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[quote name='Vol_Bengal' post='729154' date='Dec 2 2008, 09:04 AM']They'd better get the Orange so they play the ACC...

Because if they get the Sugar they're either getting Florida, or more likely, Alabama...

It'd be a decent game for about a 1/2... but by mid 3rd quarter Alabama would have UC worn out and Coffee would flat run it down their throat. Too much depth.


New stadium looks nice... like to see that FieldTurf... Hated the astroturf. Tore my damn thumb up on that freakin field. Had to have a tendon stapled back into place and a pin put in my thumb to immobilize it for a month because of that crap...[/quote]

That astroturf field was as hard as a rock. My HS football team played a game there against Hughes and we had a few injuries because of that turf. Fortunately none were serious. They could stand to add a few thousand more seats though.

Agree on the bowl game.
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  • 2 weeks later...
[quote name='Jason' post='728278' date='Nov 29 2008, 01:00 AM']Congratulations Bearcats!

But you better hope you get the ACC team ion the BCS or you will get creamed.[/quote]

And it doesn't matter who you get, you'll get creamed in a bowl game. This year, it's Texas's turn to smack OSU around.
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