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
University Website	{{{university website}}}
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The University of Cincinnati was Founded in 1819, It is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a public University

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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. 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

[edit] Traditions

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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."