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Q&A with Cincinnati interim coach Jeff Quinn, Part I
Brian Bennett, Big EastBrian Kelly is gone. Jeff Quinn is now the interim head coach at Cincinnati and will lead the Bearcats to the Allstate Sugar Bowl against Florida. The...
Blog | December 15, 2009Friday Big East mailbag: Brian Kelly edition
Brian Bennett, Big East...time and energy. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Kelly is only the fourth coach in the BCS era to accept a job at another school while coaching a BCS-bound team. Only Rodriguez didn...
Blog | December 11, 2009Kelly's departure was inevitable
Brian Bennett, Big East...proven that you could compete for the national championship at Cincinnati. His two straight trips to the BCS -- including this year's 12-0 record -- showed that you could chart a path to the big...
Blog | December 10, 2009Cincinnati sells out Sugar Bowl allotment
Brian Bennett, Big East...said the school estimated that nearly 30,000 Cincinnati fans actually attended. Because the Orange Bowl and BCS title game tickets were sold in a bundle, many who had purchased the package for the national...
Blog | December 10, 2009Cincinnati Bearcats season recap
Brian Bennett, Big East...a 12-0 record that left them one debatable Big 12 second away from playing in the BCS title game. They came up just short, but nobody's complaining about a second straight Big East...
Blog | December 09, 2009Louisville Cardinals season recap
Brian Bennett, Big East...lived down to them. A 4-8 season included just one win over a Big East or BCS conference team, and that was a 10-9 squeaker late in the year. Louisville's once-powerful...
Blog | December 09, 2009Pittsburgh Panthers season recap
Brian Bennett, Big East...And then the following week, they lost a heart-wrenching 45-44 shootout to Cincinnati with the BCS bid on the line. What looked like a season for the ages instead turned into a 9...
Blog | December 09, 2009Wrapping up the Big East regular season
Brian Bennett, Big East...powerhouse, going 12-0 and coming up a controversial Big 12 second short of possibly crashing the BCS title game. While the Bearcats were clearly the league's best team, the conference remained very balanced...
Blog | December 08, 2009Big East mailbag
Brian Bennett, Big East...every chance to win that game. Unfortunately, when one team is in the running for a possible BCS title game berth that would help the league, there are always going to be questions from fans...
Blog | December 08, 2009Kelly tweets that he'll meet with Irish
Brian Bennett, Big East...in a tough spot; his team was approaching its biggest game ever with the Big East title, BCS berth and possibly a national title on the line. What was he supposed to tell his players...
Blog | December 07, 2009Kelly: Will decide future by Saturday
Brian Bennett, Big East...that if Notre Dame calls, Kelly will go. Kelly said he had an offer from a "major BCS school" last year but declined to identify it to Patrick. In Josh Katzowitz's book, "Bearcats Rising...
Blog | December 07, 2009Leavitt, Schiano had Bearcats No. 2
Brian Bennett, Big East...voted his team No. 2. Five other coaches did the same -- and they all came from non-BCS leagues. Perhaps all of these guys truly voted from the heart. But this shows why including the...
Blog | December 07, 2009Kelly voted his team No. 1
Brian Bennett, Big East...gone to Pasadena to face Alabama. That's because Cincinnati moved ahead of TCU in the final BCS standings, finishing at No. 3. We were within one second of playing for a national championship, Kelly...
Blog | December 06, 2009Allstate Sugar Bowl
Brian Bennett, Big East...Florida (12-1) Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati had hoped to play for the BCS title after its perfect season. A Sugar Bowl trip against the defending national champs and the team...
Blog | December 06, 2009Cincinnati gets first-place vote in coaches' poll
Brian Bennett, Big East...is the highest ranking in school history but of course not good enough to play in the BCS title game. Interestingly, the Bearcats received one first-place vote in the coaches' poll, which undoubtedly marks...
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