Cincinnati

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University of Cincinnati
Established	1819
President	Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher
Athletic Director	Mike Thomas
Enrollment	36,518
City	Cincinnati
State	Ohio
Campus Size
Colors	Red,Black
Mascot	Bearcat
Nickname	Bearcats
Conference	Big East
Championships	1961, 1962 Men's Basketball
Website	University of Cincinnati GoBearcats

The University of Cincinnati was Founded in 1819, It is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a public University Academics: Athletics: University of Cincinnati is located in Cincinnati, OH. The mascot is the Bearcat. The Football program is the 5th oldest in the Nation. The Bearcats are a members of the Big East Conference. Rivalries: The biggest rival for Cincinnati is with Xavier. Annually Skyline Chili sponsors the game, which is called the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. The rivalry began is 1927, starting in 1947, the teams begin playing annually. UC leads the series. Another significant rivalry is with Louisville, the teams battle for the Keg of Nails in Football. The Bearcats and Cards have followed each other into 3 different conferences: The Metro Conference, Conference USA, and now the Big East. Another rivalry for UC is with Miami (OH) for the Battle for the Victory Bell, The Miami-UC rivalry is UC's oldest rivalry in football. Smaller rivalries include Pittsburgh (River City Rivalry) and Memphis in basketball. Cincinnati on the NCAA Network: Forum on NCAAbbs - http://cincinnati.ncaabbs.com

Contents 1 Traditions 1.1 Bearcats 1.1.1 What is a Bearcat? 2 Past Logos 3 Stadiums 4 Football 4.1 Staff 4.2 Projected Starters 4.3 History 5 Basketball 5.1 Staff 5.2 Projected Starters 5.3 History 6 Baseball 6.1 Staff 6.2 History 7 External Links

Traditions

• Colors - Red,Black
• Mascot - Bearcat
• Alma Mater- UC Alma Mater
• Fight Song(s) - Cheer Cincy, Red and Black, Give a Cheer
• Band - University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands

Bearcats

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats were born on Oct. 31, 1914. The occasion was a football game with the University of Kentucky, a star UC player named Baehr, a creative cheerleader and a talented cartoonist. During the 2nd half of that hard-fought football game, UC cheerleader Norman "Pat" Lyon, building on the efforts of fullback Leonard K. "Teddy" Baehr, created the chant: "They may be Wildcats, but we have a Baehr-cat on our side." The crowd took up the cry: "Come on, Baehr-cat!" UC prevailed, 14-7, and the victory was memorialized in a cartoon published on the front page of the student newspaper, the weekly University News, on Nov. 3. The cartoon, by John "Paddy" Reece, depicted a bedraggled Kentucky Wildcat being chased by a creature labeled "Cincinnati BearCats." The name stuck, but not immediately. Following Baehr's graduation in 1916, the name dropped out of use, at least in print, for a few years. On Nov. 15, 1919, Cincinnati played at Tennessee. Cincinnati Enquirer writer Jack Ryder's dispatch on the game was the first time that the major media called UC's teams "BearCats." From then on, the university's teams were regularly called Bearcats.

What is a Bearcat?

The word first appeared in print circa 1889 as a synonym for the giant panda. "Bearcat" is a simple translation of the Chinese word for panda-xiong mao-which means "bear-cat." By 1895, naturalist HN Ridley reported that the Binturong was known as the "bear-cat."

Past Logos

1940's	early 1960's	mid 1960's	1970's
1980's	late 1980's	1990-2005	2005-Present

Gallery of previous UC Bearcat Mascots

Stadiums

Nippert Stadium- Football


Fifth Third Arena- Basketball


Marge Schott Stadium- Baseball


Gettler Stadium- Soccer,Track,Lacrosse

Richard E Linder Varsity Village

Football

Staff

Head Football Coach - Brian Kelly
Defensive Coordinator - Joe Tressey
Offensive Coordinator - Jeff Quinn

Projected Starters

Offense

POS	NO	NAME	CLASS
QB	4	Dustin Grutza	SR*
RB	20	Jacob Ramsey	JR
WR	85	Marcus Barnett	SO*
WR	1	Mardy Gilyard	JR
WR	16	Dominick Goodman	SR
TE	19	Ben Guidugli	SO*
T	79	Khalil El-Amin	SR
G	60	Trevor Canfield	SR*
C	56	Chris Jurek	JR*
G	4	Jason Kelce	SO*
T	72	Jeff Linkenbach	SO*

Defense

POS	NO	NAME	CLASS
DE	5	Connor Barwin	SR
DT	95	Terrill Byrd	SR
DT	67	Adam Hoppel	SR
DE	10	Lamonte Nelms	SR*
LB	52	Corey Smith	SR
LB	49	Torry Cornett	SR
LB	45	Ryan Manalac	SR
CB	21	Mike Mickens	SR
SS	6	DeAngelo Smith	SR*
FS	18	Cedric Tolbert	SR
CB	8	Brandon Underwood	SR*

Special Teams:

POS	NO	NAME	CLASS
PK	97	Jake Rogers	SO*
P	47	Kevin Huber	SR

* Denotes player has taken a redshirt

History

• Bowl Appearances 10
  
• Bowl Record 6-4
  
• BCS Appearances 0
  
• National Championships 0
  
• Famous Alumni - Greg Cook, Jason Fabini, Antwan Peek, Antonio Chatman, Trent Cole, Mike Wright
  

Basketball

Staff

Head Basketball Coach - Mick Cronin

Projected Starters

Offense

POS	NO	NAME	CLASS
PG	5	Deonta Vaughn	JR
SG
SF
PF	34	Yancy Gates	FR
C

Key Bench Players:
PG: Larry Davis
SG: Alvin Mitchell
PG/SG Branden Miller *
PF/C: Anthony McClain , Mike Williams
SF:

* Denotes player is a Walkon

History

• Final Four Appearances -6
  
• National Championships - 2 1961, 1962
  
• Famous Alumni - Jack Twyman, Oscar Robertson, Connie Dierking, Tony Yates, Nick Van Exel, Ruben Patterson, Danny Fortson, Kenyon Martin, Jason Maxiell
  
• Retired Numbers - #4 Kenyon Martin, #12 Oscar Robertson, #27 Jack Twyman

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Baseball

Staff

Head Baseball Coach - Brian Cleary
Pitching Coach - Chris Reily
Hitting Coach - Brad Meador

History

• College World Series Appearances - 0
  
• National Championships - 0
  
• Famous Alumni - Miller Huggins, Sandy Koufax, Kevin Youkilis
  

External Links

University of Cincinnati Alumni Association
Bearcat News
Cincinnati Enquirer UC Sports Blog
KATZ on the Cats Blog