Bearcat Tidbits

Tomorrow night, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats makes its first trip to a BCS bowl game in the Orange Bowl showdown with Virginia Tech.
Here are a few UC tidbits to add to previous posts.
The Team
Five different QBs led the offense this year. Season starter broke a leg, current starter broke an arm, two freshman filled [...]

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To a Fierce Raider from the Past

While on our Vancouver-to-San Diego cruise last October, we had just walked off the ship in Astoria, Oregon. As we passed a very tall gentleman and his wife, I glanced to see if that was the lady you sat beside me the night before in the ship’s theater. Then I noticed the signature moustache on [...]

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Good Deeds by a Good Player

I wasn’t planning this post today, but yesterday’s Cincinnati Enquirer had a great story. Sports news is full of many stories of arrests, guns, drugs, poor behavior, and other negative events. These stories also hide the good deeds done by good people.
Mardy Gilyard, the talented junior wide receiver and kickoff returner for the University of [...]

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Opinions in the Shorts: Vol. 5

I wonder what percentage of GM and Ford’s U.S. sales are to people qualifying for the employee discount?
I agree with George Will who states that WW II got us out of the recession, not the New Deal.
President-elect Obama is upsetting the left and of course can’t please the right anyway. This makes me smile as [...]

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On College Football Coaches

The bowl season is in full swing and the big bowls are just ahead. Besides a few retirees, 19 coaches have already lost their job while others have moved up the program ladder.
I live in Cincinnati and I’m a season ticket holder for UC Bearcat football. No doubt about it, Bearcat football has risen to [...]

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