Friday Roundup

Happy Easter weekend everyone. Easter is the Christmas of the summer, where you get to be annoyed by family members, and kind of shamed into going to church. Or for the rest of you, it’s where you look for Easter eggs. If you live alone, you can search for Easter eggs on your dvds. See, everyone can get involved. If you don’t have a dvd player, I suppose you can cry in the corner. Now, everyone can get involved. Bearcats Blog does nothing but bring people together. I should make that the blog slogan. Although, that slogan wouldn’t be that great, because the point of the blog is to do more than bring people together. 

Speaking of bringing people together, there is a new comment system. I know some of you are scared to leave comments or whatever, but you can through twitter and facebook. The process is quick and easy. Plus, there won’t be any spam comments ruining everything. So, if you thought about commenting, go right ahead. BB won’t bite. Except right there. You know where.

Colerain junior Andre Jones became the first Cardinal to committ from the class of 2012, as he signed at, guess, UC. He plays safety. Should be a good pick up. 

Bill Koch brought a ton of information for once in his life, with a big blog post today. There was a lot to touch on. Really, there was.

  • Mick Cronin’s contract has not been finalized just yet. Mick is set to make at least $75,000 in bonuses. I don’t know if that’s a hang up or not, but it’s implied. Or inferred. What is it, people? This is a BB test. You have 10 minutes to come up with the right answer in a detailed statement in the comments section I just talked about. Do it. 
  • Matt Woeste will be a preferred walk on for the Bearcats football team this year. Woeste is a receiver, who played at LaSalle. His teammate, Rodriguez Coleman, is also going to be a Bearcat. Over on Bearcat Lair, his size was brought up to why he didn’t get a scholarship anywhere. If Woeste plays this season at all, it’ll probably be on special teams. 
  • Koch touches on the new Big East TV deal, and how it will help UC. It’s not a complete game changer financially, the Bearcats are still among the have nots there, but it will buoy the program. Cool cool cool. 
  • Koch didn’t write this part, but Community was very funny last night. It made 30 Rock weird though, because that was like a clip show. Also, Parks and Rec is the best show on tv. Period. 

Three Bearcat football players, Derek Wolfe, JK Schaffer and Collin McCafferty, won awards from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. It’s not at all creepy to have an association for judging college kids bodies. Not at all. Keep doing what you do NSCA. Great job. 

Quick basketball note, the CBS runs through some things, and mentions Cheikh Mdobj. The writer says that Cheikh is polished enough that he can step in the starting lineup right away. I’m on board for that. I love Justin Jackson, but I like his energy off the bench. And, just because a guy doesn’t start, doesn’t mean he won’t play starter minutes. 

Lastly, I didn’t know this either until it was pointed out again by Bearcat Lair. The Bearcats homecoming game this season is against Louisville at Paul Brown Stadium. I like that in thought, but in execution I can’t stand by the idea. The PBS page on the UC site has a group of questions, and the homecoming game was mentioned. This is from the site.

Why would you move Homecoming off campus where students, alumni and fans are disconnected from the very campus that is rationale for coming back?

The department of Athletics staff continues to work hand in hand with our partners at the UC Alumni Association to create opportunities for involvement from both current students and UC alumnae in the many events surrounding Homecoming.

Homecoming at the University of Cincinnati has always been designed to create activities and events that will engage both current and former students of the University of Cincinnati. We are excited about the opportunities that the Louisville game at Paul Brown Stadium can provide in the form of new traditions and bringing people back to the City of Cincinnati.  This game at Paul Brown stadium will provide a great opportunity for alumni in the tri-state area to enjoy a first class facility with exciting group and tailgating opportunities. The home football game is one aspect of a series of events and activities that will be offered to showcase the growth and advancement of a football program for which both current students and alumni can be proud. As usual, there will be ongoing events, social gatherings, activities and functions on campus throughout Homecoming Week in 2011. Stay tuned for additional information regarding all Homecoming activities through the UC Alumni Association.

 
From the sounds of that question, which was centered on purpose, it’s a money grab pure and simple. UC wants as many people to show up to the Louisville game as possible, and putting it at PBS is their way of drawing in a huge crowd. Homecoming is overrated as a football game, but not as an experience. You lose a lot of that experience when you sell out for the cash. That was obviously the huge reason UC is playing two games at PBS this season.

That brings up the second point, PBS is going to be overrun with Louisville fans. The Cards travel well no matter what. Give them a stadium, and they are going to fill up at least 20-30%. A few years ago, when the Bearcats and Cardinals played the Big East/SEC challenge thing at US Bank Arena, the crowd was full of Cardinal fans. The biggest cheers of the UC game happened when the Cardinals walked out to take a seat in the stands. The same goes for West Virginia a little later in the season, but this game is different, because it’s supposed to be an event. UC can try to spin this however they want, it doesn’t fly to this guy.

This video is old, but it’s still funny. No matter what your religion or whatever, have a great weekend everyone.
 
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