2006 Cincinnati Bearcats - Additional Information

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2006 Cincinnati Bearcats - Additional Information




Coaching Staff

Head Coach:
Official School Bio - Mark Dantonio


Assistant Coaches:
Official School Bios - Assistant Coaches
Pat Narduzzi - Defensive Coordinator
Don Treadwell - Offensive Coordinator
Harlon Barnett - Defensive Backs
Ted Gill - Defensive Line
Tim Hinton - Running Backs
Dan Roushar - Offensive Line
Mark Staten - Tight Ends & Tackles, Recruiting Coord.
Mike Tressel - Linebackers, Special Teams
Dave Warner - Quarterbacks
John Widecan - Administrator Coordinator
Tim Daoust - Graduate Assistant
Chris Newman - Graduate Assistant
Greg Bruner - Video Coordinator
Maria Gruber - Administrative Coordinator
Adam Shorter - Staff Assistant​

Recruiting

Starters Returning: 20 (Offense 7, Defense 10, Special Teams 3)
Letterman Returning: 44 (Offense 19, Defense 23, Special Teams 2)
Notable Returners:
RB Bradley Glatthaar and well, almost everyone else.

Starters Lost: 5 (Offense 3, Defense 1, Special Teams 1)
Letterman Lost: 13 (Offense 7, Defense 5, Special Teams 1)
Notable Losses:
P Chet Ervin and well, 3 Offensive Linemen a WR and a DE.


Incoming Recruits:

With all of the high school talent in Ohio, it is somewhat surprising that the University of Cincinnati recruits so well nationally. In their class of 2006, the Bearcats signed players from eight different states, plus one from Canada; only five members of the incoming class hail from the State of Ohio.

Overall, Cincinnati's 20-man class was ranked 102nd nationally by Rivals, with only one player (Freddie Lenix) receiving a three-star ranking; three members of the UC recruiting class are not on the roster.

RB Robby Armstrong, Export (Pennsylvania) Franklin Regional (6' 2", 210 lbs); Rivals 2*
[strike]WR Marcus Barnett, Upper Marlboro (Maryland) Frederick Douglass (6' 1", 160 lbs, 4.55 forty); Rivals 2* [/strike]
OL Toby Boeckman, St. Henry, Ohio (6' 7", 240 lbs); Rivals 2*
[strike]DB Peter Carriere, Laval (Quebec) St. Leonard (6' 0", 202 lbs); Rivals 2*[/strike]
OL C.J. Cobb, Jacksonville Sandalwood (6' 4", 310 lbs); Rivals 2*
OL Mario Duenas, San Francisco CC (6' 3", 290 lbs); Rivals 2*
TE Reggie Fugett, Baltimore Gilman (6' 6", 245 lbs); Rivals NR
RB John Goebel, Birmingham (Michigan) Brother Rice (6' 1", 186 lbs, 4.5 forty); Rivals 2*
TE Ben Guidugli, Fort Thomas (Kentucky) Highlands (6' 0", 201 lbs, 4.73 forty); Rivals 2*
DT Chris Harrison, Youngstown Liberty (6' 4", 265 lbs, 4.9 forty); Rivals 2*
LB Freddie Lenix, Cleveland Glenville (5' 11", 195 lbs, 4.4 forty); Rivals 3*
DT Ricardo Mathews, Jacksonville Terry Parker (6' 2", 255 lbs, 4.94 forty); Rivals 2*
DB Brandon Miller, Cincinnati Withrow (6' 2", 188 lbs, 4.59 forty); Rivals 2*
RB Jacob Ramsey, Columbus Independence (5' 11", 211 lbs, 4.5 forty); Rivals 2*
DE Ralston Reeves, Detroit Murray-Wright (6' 3", 240 lbs); Rivals 2*
OL Ken Rodriguez, Glendora (California) Citrus CC (6' 3", 300 lbs); Rivals 2*
DB Aaron Webster, Birmingham (Michigan) Groves (6' 2", 194 lbs, 4.8 forty); Rivals 2*
DB Jason Whitehead, Jacksonville First Coast (6' 2", 185 lbs, 4.5 forty); Rivals 2*
[strike]DT Oren Wilson, Teaneck, New Jersey (6' 3", 273 lbs, 4.9 forty); Rivals 2*[/strike]

Player Profile: Tight end Reggie Fugett is the son of former Amherst College great Jean Fugett (he also played for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins in the 1970's). Reggie attended high school at Baltimore Gilman School, the alma mater of Ohio State's Stan White, Jr.

Player Profile: In February of 2005, Cleveland Glenville's Freddie Lenix origally signed a Letter of Intent with Ohio State, but was denied admission to the school because of poor academics. Lenix spent some time in community college before signing with Cincinnati as part of the Bearcats class of 2006.

Player Profile: Offensive lineman Toby Boeckman is the younger brother of Buckeye quarterback Todd Boeckman; both attended St. Henry High School in St. Henry, Ohio.

Player Profile: As a high school junior, offensive lineman C.J. Cobb blocked for Ohio State's exciting multi-purpose back Maurice Wells at Jacksonville's Sandalwood High School.

Player Profile: Tight end Ben Guidugli is the brother of former UC quarterback Gino Guidugli, who set many passing records as a four-year starter for the Bearcats. Another brother, Jeff, is a wide receiver at Southeastern Louisiana.

The following UC players have recruiting threads on Buckeye Planet: strong safety Cedric Tolbert (Xenia, Ohio); defensive end Tyler Clifford (Portsmouth, Ohio); tight end Kazeem Alli (Hazelwood, Missouri); running back Delbert Ferguson (Warren Harding); and running back Jacob Ramsey (Columbus Independence). Ironically, both Delbert Ferguson and Jacob Ramsey followed similar paths to the University of Cincinnati. As a junior in 2002, Ferguson, a running back for Youngstown Ursuline, was one of the top players in the State of Ohio, and he received serious attention from many major programs, inlcuding Ohio State. Prior to his senior season, Delbert transferred from Ursuline to Warren G. Harding, where most observers felt that he would be the next Maurice Clarett. However, during his senior campaign, Delbert suffered a severe leg injury which caused several colleges (including Iowa) to pull their offers. Ferguson eventually signed with UC, where he is now listed as a linebacker. In 2004, Ramsey was poised to replace Erik Haw as the tailback for Columbus Independence. However, a broken ankle kept him on the sidelines for his entire junior season. As a senior, Jacob started slowly, and with a major injury in his background, the prime offers never came in. Like Ferguson before him, Ramsey, once a highly-touted tailback prospect, was forced to "settle" for a scholarship from Cincinnati. On the season, Jacob has one carry for four yards.​

Behind the Numbers

In Defense of Stats
Throughout the course of the season we like to have fun with statistics. When used correctly, statistics can offer insights into a team's performance and illustrate trends. This can be especially fun for Ohio State fans, because the performances are often dominant and the trends are usually in the right direction.

This observation is offered primarily to counter the prevailing opinion on our message boards of late that numbers never tell you anything. This opinion is understandable, as those offering the numbers lately have been using them in the most invalid ways imaginable.

The best example of this has been one of our guest posters from the University of Texas fan base. I'll call him Jack (you know him better as xrayrandy). Jack offered a dizzying litany of numbers, none of them having any relevance whatever to the game. Jack suffered from having learned enough about statistics to be able to crunch numbers, but not enough to learn which numbers are meaningful in the chosen context. A Big 10 education might have done Jack some good. Jack's inability to see the forest for the trees should not be taken as an indication that stats are meaningless; only that Jack's stats were meaningless.


It's All About Trends
A true measure of a statistic and its proper use is its ability to illustrate and even predict trends. Statistics that appeared here after the 3rd or 4th game last year did a fair job of helping us know what to expect. They weren't perfect, but we never pretended that they were. We do afterall, have Big 10 educations around here.


Words, not Numbers
There is another reason, apart from the recent message board silliness, why words are offered in this section which is usually reserved for numbers: It's week 3 for crying out loud! Like we said, we have Big 10 educations around here; and we know when numbers can tell you a thing or 2 and when they can't. Week 3 is when they can't.

Just for irony's sake, let's illustrate this with numbers. Texas was #1 in the nation in total defense after week 1. Now they're #13. Are there really 12 teams that weren't as good as Texas (defensively) in week 1, but are now superior to them? Please.

There simply isn't any way to reliably correct for strength of schedule yet. Our past opponents' don't have enough data points (games) any more than we do.

OSU has played NIU and Texas. Cincinnati has played Eastern Kentucky and Pittsburgh. The only meaningful number I can think of at this point is to count the number of people who believe that we can meaningfully compare our statistics to theirs at this point. Show of hands... OK, ZERO. Oh, I'm sorry, was your hand up Jack or are you just trying to hang yourself back there?

Non sequitur alert: Is it just me or is it fun to imagine what would happen if NIU played Eastern Kentucky and Texas played Pittsburgh?​

Two Numbers, Just Because
Yes, this is still the statistics portion of the program. Yes, we still think statistics can be fun. So here's our fun number of the week:

Number of TD Drives Scored Using 2nd String OL vs. the #1 Ranked Defense in the Nation:

OSU: 1
UC: 0​

I told you numbers could be fun.

On the other hand, some numbers aren't fun at all. They just show trends.

Div. IA Plays per game in 2005: 141.2
Div. IA Plays per game in 2006: 127.4

We got 10.8% more football last year. Some trends really suck.​

UC Traditions

When talking to Bearcat fans, it is quite obvious that one of their favorite traditions is to hate, really hate, Ohio State. Perhaps they've been bitten by the "little sister" (the mean, spiteful, little sister) syndrome, as BKB dubbed NIU a few weeks ago, but they were quick to point out that they did beat OSU back in 1896, and they point their bums to the northeast and moon Columbus on a regular basis. All sarcasm aside, UC's strongest tradition is the rich history of the football program.

• Cincinnati boasts one of the nation's oldest football programs, and Nippert Stadium has been home to Bearcat football since 1902, making it the 5th oldest stadium in college football. Only four other NCAA Division I-A schools Rutgers, Michigan, Navy, and Minnesota have played the sport longer than UC. UC first fielded football teams in 1885, playing against athletic clubs in the area, and on September 24, 1888, Cincinnati played the first intercollegiate football game in the state of Ohio when they took on Miami University. That contest was the birth of the rivalry which today ranks as the 8th oldest and 11th longest running rivalry in NCAA Division I college football.

• UC and Miami square off each fall for the famed Victory Bell. The original bell hung in Miami's Harrison Hall (Old Main) near the site of that first football game in 1888 and was used to ring in Miami victories. The traveling trophy tradition began in the 1890s when some Cincinnati fans "borrowed" the bell. The bell went to the winner of the annual game for the next 40 years until it mysteriously disappeared in the 1930s. The original bell reappeared in 1946 and is on display in the lobby of the Murstein Alumni Center in Oxford. The current trophy is a replica of the original bell and is kept in the possession of the winning team each year. One side of the bell is painted red and black and shows Cincinnati's victories while the other side is red and white and shows Miami's victories. (Perhaps the rivalry game should be re-titled the "Little Sister Shootout".

• Cincinnati also plays Xavier University in the Annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. (According to one fan, Skyline Chili and beer are popular purchases at Nippert Stadium.). Their annual rivalry with Pitt is called the River City Trophy Game. UC also plays Louisville every year for the Keg of Nails.

• College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank Cavanaugh began his 24-season career at Cincinnati. Sid Gillman, a member of the College and National Football League hall of fame shrines, was the architect of one of the top eras of Cincinnati football history. He directed the Bearcats to three conference titles and a pair of bowl game appearances during his six seasons (1949-54) before leaving for the professional ranks. That coaching tradition has continued. Three current and three recent college head coaches have Cincinnati coaching and/or playing backgrounds, while six NFL head coaches have come through the UC ranks.

• Why Bearcats? The University of Cincinnati "Bearcats" were born on Oct. 31, 1914. The occasion was a football game with the Kentucky Wildcats, a star UC player named Baehr, a creative cheerleader and a talented cartoonist. During the second half of that 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!" Cincinnati 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 depicted a bedraggled Kentucky Wildcat being chased by a creature labeled "Cincinnati Bear Cats". The name stuck, but not immediately. Following Teddy 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.

• Now, tell me. What the hell is a bearcat? Well, 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 H. N. Ridley reported that the binturong--a large cat from Malaysia--was known as the "bear-cat". There is a binturong at the Cincinnati Zoo which frequents UC games.

• For over 50 years, the Marching Bearcats have taken the field before a football game by charging down the Nippert Stadium steps, carrying their instruments. Because we play in a bowl-shaped stadium, the pregame band show begins with the trumpet players playing an introductory fanfare from up on the plaza level. Then the drums kick in, and the band members start shouting and run down the aisles of the stadium to the field level, where they assemble in formation for their show. It's amazing that no band members have been killed!

• The UC band marches through Varsity Village (the brand new UC athletic complex) before every game.

• The UC ROTC sets off a cannon after every score, and since Nippert Stadium is enclosed around other buildings, the sound of the cannon echoes and it can be really loud.

• When the Bearcats win a game, band members turn their hats backward after the game to play "Cheer Cincinnati." Afterward, they straighten their hats to play the "Alma Mater."

• The "hat ripple" occurs after pre-game and half-time performances. Band members stand at attention at their stadium seats until signaled to sit simultaneously, then the drum majors motion for musicians at the end of each row to take off their hats, followed in rapid succession by each member down the line, creating a race between the rows.

• For good luck, Marching Bearcat band members rap each other on the chest with their knuckles before each performance.

• After every game, UC fans are allowed onto the field to talk to players and get autographs and mingle. It's a great opportunity to get closer to the team, which is quite easy when only a few thousand fans attend the games.

• And the most interesting, and entertaining, tradition, according to Eastside_J: "First we don the horned masks of our druid and templar ancestors. Then the line of animals is brought in and the sacrificial slaughter begins. The blood of the animals is saved for ritual washing in giant skin sacs made from the digestive organs of our slain foes. When the slaughter and washing ceremony is over we light the pyre and dance naked beside the flames. Afterwards we like to have a couple beers and some brats, dogs or mets and maybe play a game or two of cornhole." Maybe they should stick to dropping their drawers and mooning Columbus, while eating Skyline Chili. :)

The Lighter Side

Hard to believe week 2 has come and gone. As some of you might know, Ohio State - ranked #1 in the nation - went in to the boiling heat of Texas and, against all odds, came away with a smooth 24 - 7 victory. In case you missed it, it turns out the Ted Ginn was able to run faster than Texas' linebackers. While most of us on this site were pretty sure UTMNC (remember him?) was correct when he said Troy Smith would be yanked by the third quarter, Smith amazed us all by playing every offensive snap. What's more, the heat was bearable! While there can be little doubt that statistically Texas proved - as predicted - to be far and away bigger, faster, stronger, the "little engine that could" that is Ohio State pulled off the greatest upset of all time. It's really a shame so few people saw this game, because it was a good one (Or so I've heard). On a more serious note, truly, hats off to Texas. Despite some of the rather absurd contentions that have been made around here for the last several months, you people have my respect on the whole. Great fans of a great school. Good luck the rest of the year.

Up next for the Buckeyes is the Cincinnati Bearcats. Lets get this out of the way immediately. Ohio State fans will always have a special place in their hearts for Mark Dantonio. We all want to see him succeed. He was instrumental in Ohio State winning the 2002 National Championship, and Buckeyes are loyal to their own... almost to a fault a lot of time. But, as much as we may respect, like, and wish success for Mark Dantonio, it's unfortunate he has to coach at a school where the fans are so embarrassingly bitter towards Ohio State. It's even more unfortunate that Dantonio is so respected because I've concluded what UC needs is a good old fashioned whoppin. I'm talking 222 - 0. A severe and decisive beat down. And that being the case, I'm taking the gloves off this week.

In the interest of providing this preview Sushi and Ryn made their way over to the UC boards to figure out what traditions UC football might have. What ensued was classic in the absurd. At the risk of stepping on some toes, I'd like to have a look at some "UC traditions" as well.

Here's a UC Tradition, as told directly from a UC Fan himself. "Another UC Football Tradition: Our sole source of happiness is not predicated on a rare victory over a better school from a neighboring state." No wonder your football team is awful. You lack the requisite support. You consider it a laughing point that Ohio State has that special deep affection for their school and team.. the type of affection that strikes at your very being, your very soul. Part of the reason that Ohio State is successful is because Ohio State fans live and die with their Buckeyes. Because of this, they demand success. UC doesn't need to provide a winner because "Superfan" doesn't care. Apparently "Superfan" considers such affinity for his team "beneath him." Hey, look UC just went 4 - 7, getting absolutely demolished by Miami of Ohio. "Yawn. I was too busy watching the Reds implode to worry about the Bearcats."

Here's another tradition. "My football tradition: I drop my drawers, aim my ass to the northeast and moon Columbus." OK, Superfan, let's have a look here real quick. You're suggesting Ohio State fan's obsession with Michigan - Ohio State's chief rival - is something to be laughed at, and then you're going to admit to mooning the city of Columbus each week? Odd. And this leads me to my next point about traditions. Traditions should be born of pride for your school, not hatred of another. Much less should your "tradition" be focused on mooning a city some 120 miles away which you're not competitive with on the football field. What it tells me is this, you root for Ohio State to lose, and whether or not UC wins is not much your concern. You aren't fans of UC, you're anti-Ohio State fans, plain and simple. You'd be just as happy rooting for Kent State or any other Ohio "also ran." And, I think I've finally understood the reason for this. Some time ago, Larry Flynt published a satire about Jerry Falwell nailing his mother in an outhouse while stinking of Vodka. This story got a lot of national attention, and even ended up being discussed in front of the United States Supreme Court. And what occurs to me is this. To truly write a successful story, you need a point of reference, some "real event" which affords the author a sound flooring to return to after discussing the more outlandish. See, Jerry Falwell didn't actually have at it with his Mom. That happened to "Superfan." And, well... you see the results. An unhealthy focus on some object, any object, to hate. In your case, you've chosen Ohio State. It didn't have to be that way, Eddie Vedder went in to music only to hate his own popularity, you've gone in to disassociating yourself from reality in an effort to maintain hatred of Ohio State.

And how do I know this? Well, here's why. You bring up Maurice Clarett in the same insitinctive manner that Republicans trot out Bubba when things start looking a little troublesome for the GOP. Newsflash... this is 2006. Maurice has been a non factor in Ohio State football (and football generally) for the better part of 3 years. Also confirming this disassociation from reality, consider this. You like to call OSU "O$U," (or if you're really cute, "O$$$U") and the team the "Pay for play eyes." Guys, let me let you in on a little secret about the success UC has up until recently enjoyed in Basketball. Bob Huggins isn't regarded as the Joe Paterno of Basketball. I'll stop short of calling them the "Pay for play cats" but I must say, when you boast, "Y'see, we're grown up: We can drink beer in public" and not end up with "a long standing tradition of turning over cars and couches and burning them" you might want to reconsider the import of your observation. It's one thing to have raging alcoholics in the stands. It's quite another to have one on the bench. Squeaky clean, Cincy aint.

And, this provides me with a transition to my last point on this matter. One of the more reasonable UC fans offered this observation,

"Its easy to find tons of "tradition" and pre-game ritual in places like Columbus and Austin. You can extend that out to lots of other places too like Madison WI, The whole state of TN, Lexington KY, Ann Arbor etc. You also won't find crap for professional sports."

That much is true. If you're currently in the market for some Crappy Professional Sports teams, look no further than Cincinnati. It doesn't matter if you prefer to endure a mid-summer collapse in baseball or if you'd rather just be the laughingstock of professional football for more than a decade, Cincy has you covered, nearly all year round. Yes-sire-ee, being awful at the collegiate level isn't enough for some. True masochism enjoys a home in the Queen City.

I doubt you read any of this, UC fans. You wouldn't stoop to the level of signing on to a Buckeye Board, and of this I am sure. If not for the fact that you don't care enough about UC Football in the first place, your burning hatred of Ohio State seals the deal. Last week, before Ohio State played Texas one of your own gently ribbed that Ohio State would be hearing a lot of "The Eyes of Texas" this past Saturday. Didn't happen. You know what you're going to hear when UC comes to the Shoe this week? Nothing. Because you're going to be too busy watching the Reds taking a beating from the friggin Cubs. But, if you have a change of heart and want to watch some other Cincy team get taken to the woodshed, you'll hear a lot of this, "Touchdown BUCKEYES!"​

Historical Data
Cincinnati Bearcats (Cincinnati, Ohio) Founded in 1819

Football 1st Season: 1885 (UC is the nations 5th oldest football program to compete in D-1A)
Stadium: Nippert Stadium (Renovated in 2005)
Constructed: 1916
Seating Capacity: 35,000
Playing Surface: Field Turf (Carson Field)
Conference: Big East
Colors: Black & Red
Mascot: Bearcat
College Classification: Cincinnati has played as a D-IA (or equivalent) since 1946
Conference Championships: 9 total, 2 BIAAC, 4 MAC, 2 MVC, and 1 Conference USA.
Consensus All-Americans: 1 (1 different player as of 2004)
College Hall-of-Famers: 3 coaches
Pro Hall-of-Famers: 0
Award Winners: 1 Groza
National Championships: 0
Number of AP/Coaches final rankings: None​

Records

All Time: 505-531-51 (.488)
Bowl Games: 3-4-0 (.429), most recently a 32-14 win over Marshall in the Fort Worth Bowl (2004).
All Time vs the BigTen: 4-20-0 (.167) versus teams with conference membership at time of game.
All Time vs the Ohio State: 2-12-0 (.143) Most recently a 27-6 loss in Columbus (2004)
Coach's Reord: Mark Dantonio, 2004-2005, 11-12-0 (.478)

Last Season: 4-7-0 (.364)
W - Eastern Michigan (28-26)
L - Penn St. (24-42)
W - Western Carolina (NC) (7-3)
L - Miami (OH) (16-44)
L - Pittsburgh (20-38)
W - Connecticut (28-17)
L - Louisville (22-46)
W - Syracuse (22-16)
L - West Virginia (0-38)
L - South Florida (16-31)
L - Rutgers(9-44)

Last 5 Years: 30-31-0 (.492)
Last 10 Years: 56-62-0 (.475)​

Links

Official Sites:
Official School Site - University of Cincinnati
Student Newspaper - The News Record
Official Athletic Site - UC Bearcats
Official Conference Site - Big East Conference


Message Boards & Team Pages:
Message Boards - (Insiders)
Message Boards - (Rivals-Bearcat Lair)
Message Boards - (Independent-Bear Stat Link)
Message Boards - (Independent-Bearcat News)
Team Page - ESPN
Team Page - USA Today
Team Page - Fox Sports
Team Page - CNN/SI
Team Page - CFN
Team Page - CBS Sportsline
Team Page - Yahoo Sports


Local News Sources:
Local News - Cincinnati Equirer
Local News - Cincinnati Post


Team Previews and Breakdowns:
CINCINNATI Team Report (01/05/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (02/03/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (03/24/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (04/11/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (04/25/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (05/02/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (05/05/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (05/17/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (05/30/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (06/13/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (06/27/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (06/30/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (07/13/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (07/25/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (08/08/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (08/22/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (08/30/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (09/04/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (09/05/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (09/10/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)
CINCINNATI Team Report (09/11/06) - CSTV (The Sports Xchange)


Prospectus, Rosters & Other Info.:
2006 Roster - UC Bearcats
2006 Prospectus (PDF) - UC Bearcats
2006 News Releases - UC Bearcats
2006 Big East Spring Looks - CFN
2006 Big East Spring Storylines - CFN
2006 All-Big East Team - CFN
2006 Preview - CFN
2006 Preview - Offense - CFN
2006 Preview - Defense - CFN
2006 Preview - Further Analysis - CFN
2006 Preview - Depth Chart - CFN
2006 Preview - Athlon
2006 Preview - CNN/SI
2006 Preview - Football.com
2006 Preview - Just College Football
2006 Preview-Offense - Just College Football
2006 Preview-Defense - Just College Football
2006 Preview - The Sports Network


Travel: Home Game
2006 OSU Visiting Team Guide - Ohio State Buckeyes
2006 OSU Visitor's Travel Guide - Ohio State Buckeyes
2006 OSU Visitor's Weather Guide - Ohio State Buckeyes


Big East Conference:
2006 Big East Media Guide (PDF) - Big East Conference​

Preseason Rankings

None​

Preseason Watch Lists

2006 Butkus Award - Watch List (Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando)
Smith, Corey - Cincinnati​

Preseason Conference Accolades

2006 Big East Football Media Day

2006 Big East Preseason Media Poll
1.West Virginia (18) 186
2.Louisville (6) 172
3.Pittsburgh 127
4.Rutgers 125
5.USF 97
6.Connecticut 80
7.Cincinnati 41
8.Syracuse 36​

Note: Statistical data was complied using a variety of sources, including:
Stassen (Chris Stassen) - Data
College Football Data Warehouse - Data
Two Cousins College Football Emporium - Data
American College Football-RSFC (Dave Wilson) - Data
D1A Football (Formerly WALJ 10 College Football) - Data
National Champs.net - Data
Hickok Sports - Data