(03-24-2016 12:38 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  At least "Fight to the Finish..." ("...Never give in!") comes from "Cheer Cincinnati!"

Fight to the Finish is the new marketing slogan at the athletic department. They have made up t-shirts and there is signage up in the Lindner Center.

(03-24-2016 11:09 AM)AeroCat Wrote:  What a nauseating promo video for renewals...

Watching this makes me want more tickets, but as of now I have none.

not giving a dime until that clown of a hc is gone

(03-24-2016 03:49 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  not giving a dime until that clown of a hc is gone

Your Screen Name "Bearcats#1"....you may want to change that...

(03-24-2016 03:54 PM)uchoops Wrote:  

(03-24-2016 03:49 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  not giving a dime until that clown of a hc is gone

Your Screen Name "Bearcats#1"....you may want to change that...

?

I love UC. I hate the state of our fb program.

(03-24-2016 03:49 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  not giving a dime until that clown of a hc is gone

Did you recently change your position?

(03-24-2016 03:58 PM)Bearcat Otto Wrote:  

(03-24-2016 03:49 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  not giving a dime until that clown of a hc is gone

Did you recently change your position?

going 7-6 with the talent we had pretty much cemented it

getting blown out for the third bowl game in a row because grandpappy lets a bowl game get in the way of a free trip was the icing on the cake

now I just watch for the sheer entertainment value of the old man's post game comments...anytime somebody passes off the asinine with a serious face, its high comedy

(03-24-2016 12:47 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-24-2016 12:38 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  At least "Fight to the Finish..." ("...Never give in!") comes from "Cheer Cincinnati!"

Fight to the Finish is the new marketing slogan at the athletic department. They have made up t-shirts and there is signage up in the Lindner Center.

Probably should have handed out those T-shirts in the first half of the USF game when we fell behind 49-0, or the Tuberville Vacation Bowl game against San Diego State when the game was over after five minutes.

Fight to the finish ... Might have needed that for the BYU game

^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Show up and fog a mirror would be good slogans for USF and SD. State types of games.

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

Then take your toys and go home...

(03-25-2016 09:11 PM)uchoops Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

Then take your toys and go home...

Thanks for your advice. I most likely will take "my toys" (aka season tix) and go home. No doubt Mike & Santa appreciate your input.

(03-25-2016 09:40 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 09:11 PM)uchoops Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

Then take your toys and go home...

Thanks for your advice. I most likely will take "my toys" (aka season tix) and go home. No doubt Mike & Santa appreciate your input.

So long...

(03-25-2016 09:43 PM)uchoops Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 09:40 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 09:11 PM)uchoops Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

Then take your toys and go home...

Thanks for your advice. I most likely will take "my toys" (aka season tix) and go home. No doubt Mike & Santa appreciate your input.

So long...

how about u stop being a total doosh to anybody who expresses any view that doesnt match yours.

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

I definitely was not happy after last season but nothing that team or any UC team can ever do will make me ashamed of UC. From an athletic standpoint, I still feel that from top to bottom UC gets more done with fewer resources than just about anyone. And on the academic side UC is still an elite public university and one of the finest institutions in the country if not the world. If a football season or seasons can make an alum embarrassed then you weren't much of one in the first place IMO. Which school, over the last 10-15 years would you rather be that's not a P5 if not UC?

At some point we have to be honest as a fan base. We are not a P5, we do not have an elite pedigree in football and in hoops, it's been a long time. The game, the landscape of the NCAA have changed. Without the BIG BIG $$$ of todays athletic departments and exposure we are not going to compete at the level we did even as recently as our BE days. Can UC do better... definitely, but to perennially expect a 10 win football season and a 24+ win hoops season AND regular routine post season wins or deep tourney runs isn't realistic. Not one school similar to UC does this... Not BYU, Boise St, Gonzaga, Villanova, X etc. One sport maybe, but both? No one. I don't understand how a fan base that complains about $35 tickets expects to field a world class athletic dept.

Check out what's happening with the P5. It's not just hoops and football. If you watch any other sport you see schools outside the P5 specialize but no generally across the board consistent winners. You have Miami OH in hockey, several in hoops, maybe BYU or Boise in football, saw a couple of none P5s at the NCAA Indoor track championships, a few schools in lacrosse. The P5 is not just about football... it's about being able to stay relevant anywhere in athletics in more than one sport.

Sorry, end of rant. I'll crawl back into my hole now

(03-28-2016 05:57 PM)Cal1362 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:56 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 08:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  ^^ those games (plus others) are exactly why they choose this campaign.

Seriously? They expect a slogan and a few t-shirts will erase last season (FB & BB) in fans minds ?

WTF!

Combined with Mick's little tantrum UC athletics is looking like a total joke. Right now I have to say I am embarrassed to call myself a UC alum & fan. SMH

I definitely was not happy after last season but nothing that team or any UC team can ever do will make me ashamed of UC. From an athletic standpoint, I still feel that from top to bottom UC gets more done with fewer resources than just about anyone. And on the academic side UC is still an elite public university and one of the finest institutions in the country if not the world. If a football season or seasons can make an alum embarrassed then you weren't much of one in the first place IMO. Which school, over the last 10-15 years would you rather be that's not a P5 if not UC?

At some point we have to be honest as a fan base. We are not a P5, we do not have an elite pedigree in football and in hoops, it's been a long time. The game, the landscape of the NCAA have changed. Without the BIG BIG $$$ of todays athletic departments and exposure we are not going to compete at the level we did even as recently as our BE days. Can UC do better... definitely, but to perennially expect a 10 win football season and a 24+ win hoops season AND regular routine post season wins or deep tourney runs isn't realistic. Not one school similar to UC does this... Not BYU, Boise St, Gonzaga, Villanova, X etc. One sport maybe, but both? No one. I don't understand how a fan base that complains about $35 tickets expects to field a world class athletic dept.

Check out what's happening with the P5. It's not just hoops and football. If you watch any other sport you see schools outside the P5 specialize but no generally across the board consistent winners. You have Miami OH in hockey, several in hoops, maybe BYU or Boise in football, saw a couple of none P5s at the NCAA Indoor track championships, a few schools in lacrosse. The P5 is not just about football... it's about being able to stay relevant anywhere in athletics in more than one sport.

Sorry, end of rant. I'll crawl back into my hole now

2016 Post of the Year....from Cal1362

"I definitely was not happy after last season but nothing that team or any UC team can ever do will make me ashamed of UC. From an athletic standpoint, I still feel that from top to bottom UC gets more done with fewer resources than just about anyone. And on the academic side UC is still an elite public university and one of the finest institutions in the country if not the world. If a football season or seasons can make an alum embarrassed then you weren't much of one in the first place IMO. Which school, over the last 10-15 years would you rather be that's not a P5 if not UC?

At some point we have to be honest as a fan base. We are not a P5, we do not have an elite pedigree in football and in hoops, it's been a long time. The game, the landscape of the NCAA have changed. Without the BIG BIG $$$ of todays athletic departments and exposure we are not going to compete at the level we did even as recently as our BE days. Can UC do better... definitely, but to perennially expect a 10 win football season and a 24+ win hoops season AND regular routine post season wins or deep tourney runs isn't realistic. Not one school similar to UC does this... Not BYU, Boise St, Gonzaga, Villanova, X etc. One sport maybe, but both? No one. I don't understand how a fan base that complains about $35 tickets expects to field a world class athletic dept.

Check out what's happening with the P5. It's not just hoops and football. If you watch any other sport you see schools outside the P5 specialize but no generally across the board consistent winners. You have Miami OH in hockey, several in hoops, maybe BYU or Boise in football, saw a couple of none P5s at the NCAA Indoor track championships, a few schools in lacrosse. The P5 is not just about football... it's about being able to stay relevant anywhere in athletics in more than one sport."

(03-28-2016 07:34 PM)Ragpicker Wrote:  2016 Post of the Year....from Cal1362

"I definitely was not happy after last season but nothing that team or any UC team can ever do will make me ashamed of UC. From an athletic standpoint, I still feel that from top to bottom UC gets more done with fewer resources than just about anyone. And on the academic side UC is still an elite public university and one of the finest institutions in the country if not the world. If a football season or seasons can make an alum embarrassed then you weren't much of one in the first place IMO. Which school, over the last 10-15 years would you rather be that's not a P5 if not UC?

At some point we have to be honest as a fan base. We are not a P5, we do not have an elite pedigree in football and in hoops, it's been a long time. The game, the landscape of the NCAA have changed. Without the BIG BIG $$$ of todays athletic departments and exposure we are not going to compete at the level we did even as recently as our BE days. Can UC do better... definitely, but to perennially expect a 10 win football season and a 24+ win hoops season AND regular routine post season wins or deep tourney runs isn't realistic. Not one school similar to UC does this... Not BYU, Boise St, Gonzaga, Villanova, X etc. One sport maybe, but both? No one. I don't understand how a fan base that complains about $35 tickets expects to field a world class athletic dept.

Check out what's happening with the P5. It's not just hoops and football. If you watch any other sport you see schools outside the P5 specialize but no generally across the board consistent winners. You have Miami OH in hockey, several in hoops, maybe BYU or Boise in football, saw a couple of none P5s at the NCAA Indoor track championships, a few schools in lacrosse. The P5 is not just about football... it's about being able to stay relevant anywhere in athletics in more than one sport."

I'll 2nd that Rag, well done Cal

So Rag, what away games you looking at this year..? Was good to see you @BYU. Not a lot of good away games, I'm thinking maybe Purdue.

While still thinking the program can do better than a great coach that appears Retired In Place (RIP) I refuse to give up on the program or not support the team. I'll be there and hope they surprise the naysayers.