Spring Practice Recap- Offense

The Cincinnati Bearcats’ football team has completed its fifteen spring practices, and Bearcat Journal was there to see every minute of every session. Today, BearcatJournal.com recaps what happened with the Cincinnati offense. More

2013 Spring Practice #15

The Bearcat football program held its fifteenth and final spring football practice on Wednesday morning in full gear. The session lasted approximately one hour and thirty-five minutes after walk-through. More

2013 Spring Practice #12

The Bearcat football team returned to campus on Monday morning for practice No. 12 at the Sheakley Athletics Center. Players wore sweats and helmets for the approximate one hour session. More

Keebler Springing into Gear

Despite being in the Bearcat football program for almost three full years, this is the first spring that Cory Keebler has made an impact, and the biggest reason for that improvement might be his health. More

2013 Spring Practice #10

The Bearcat football squad returned to practice on Good Friday after taking two weeks off due to a combination of spring break and bad weather. The players were in full gear and practiced at the Sheakley Athletics Center. More

2013 Spring Practice #9

The Bearcats hit the indoor practice facility in full gear on Thursday for a session that ended with a live scrimmage. The players will lift weights tomorrow (Friday) before resuming spring practice on Monday, March 25. Today’s report will include some comments by Coach Tuberville. More

2013 Spring Practice #8

The Sheakley Athletics Center “bubble” saved another spring football practice Wednesday morning as the Queen City was hit by another ice/snow storm making it impossible for the squad to practice outside. Today’s practice report includes some comments from Coach Robert Prunty about his defensive ends. More

2013 Spring Practice #7

Everyone participating in or attending Monday morning’s practice session was thankful for the “bubble” as a steady rain fell outside the facility, but inside the Sheakley Athletics Center, the Bearcats had their first workout after Saturday’s scrimmage. The squad was again in shells and went through a two and a half hour workout. More

2013 Spring Practice #6

Tommy Tuberville and his staff incorporated a 109 play scrimmage as part of Saturday’s practice, and the offense appeared to be significantly ahead of the defense as the UC offense scored several touchdowns. However, the UC defense did play pretty well against the run. More

2013 Spring Practice #5

The Bearcats have now completed one-third of their spring practices after Friday morning’s session in the Sheakley Athletics Center, and Bearcat Lair was there, along with a few hundred high school coaches, to see all the action. As a added bonus, today’s practice report includes a quick “Two Minute Drill” interview with Cincinnati’s defensive back coach, Steve Clinkscale. More

2013 Spring Practice #4

It was a very good day to have the Sheakley Athletics Center bubble still up since several inches of snow surrounded the facility. Inside the bubble, temperatures were comfortable, and for the second day in a row the Bearcats were in full gear. More

2013 Spring Practice #3

After taking Sunday off, the Bearcat football team was back on the practice field this (Monday) morning, but unlike the previous two practices, the players were in full gear. There wasn’t a great deal of contact (no tackling), and the whistles came quickly in an attempt to avoid injuries and keep personnel off the ground. More

2013 Spring Practice #2

Practice No. 2 of the spring took place Saturday morning in the Sheakley Athletics Center. Bearcat Lair was the only media present, but there were plenty of others watching from the sidelines as the UC staff hosted its first junior day of the year with about fifty prospects in attendance. More

2013 Spring Practice #1

The Tommy Tuberville Bearcats hit the practice field for the first time on Friday morning, and as is usually the case for a first practice, there was plenty of media present to witness the event. Among them was Bearcat Lair, and here is our detailed practice report. More

Question #3 for Spring Football

Today’s is the third and final story in a series of questions leading up to spring football. Questions #1 and #2 concerned the defensive side of the football (defensive line and defensive back), but Question #3 looks at the offense. Who will play tight end/ fullback in 2013? More

Eddie Gran Gets Offensive

Bearcat Lair recently spoke with Cincinnati’s new offensive coordinator, Eddie Gran, about a variety of topics involving his personnel, but the conversation started with two high school quarterbacks that were recruited as “athletes.” More

BCL’s Look at the Depth Chart

With the season opener just days away, Bearcat Lair takes a look back at training camp by revealing our two-deep depth chart. More

Coach Mahoney Discusses O-line Play

With the graduation of three starters from last season, many questioned how the Bearcats’ offensive front would rebound in 2012 so one week before the first game, Bearcat Lair spoke with an authority on that subject in the person of Don Mahoney. More

12 Questions with the O-Linemen

Cincinnati offensive linemen Sean Hooey, Eric Lefeld, Austen Bujnoch and Sam Longo answer 12 questions with BCL's Tim Adams. More

Day #7 Camp Report

The Bearcats used Day #6 for weight training so the on-the-field action resumed today on Day #7. More

Day #5 Camp Report

Sunday night was the first practice in full pads, and the Bearcats ran the football very well under the lights at Camp Higher Ground. More

Q & A with Coach Jones

After Saturday’s practice, BearcatLair's Tim Adams got some 1-on-1 time with Coach Butch Jones. More

Tim’s Tidbits- Pre-Camp

The start of training camp for the 2012 Bearcat football squad is only about a week away, and Bearcat Lair takes a quick break from the position previews to provide some updates in this edition of Tim’s Tidbits. More

2012 Offensive Line Preview

In the second part of this preview series, Bearcat Lair looks at the competition up front with the big uglies on offense. More

Notebook: 2012 Spring Practice #6

Go inside the Lair to see how the Bearcat defense is progressing this spring. We also have information on a new recruit for the 2012 class. More

Spring Practice: Day 3 Report

The Bearcats were in full gear for Spring Practice #3 and Bearcat Lair was there to take in the action. More

Spring Practice: Day 1 Report

Thursday morning was the first of fifteen spring practice sessions, and Bearcat Lair was there to see all the action. Go inside the Lair for the scoop.

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2012 Spring FB Offensive Preview

The Bearcat football squad will have its first of fifteen spring practices on Thursday, March 1, so Bearcat Lair recently spoke with Coach Jones to ask about his personnel.
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A Closer Look at 2012- O-Line

How does the class of 2012 offensive line recruits stack up against Cincinnati recruiting classes of the past? Go inside the Lair to find out. More

20 Questions with the OLINE

Normally, my stories are pretty formal, but today we’re taking a break to play the BCL version of “20 Questions” with the UC starting offensive linemen. More

2011 Offensive Preview Part I

With training camp starting on Monday, August 8, we take a look at the 2011 Cincinnati offense. In Part I we look at the offensive line, tight ends and running backs. More

Weight Room Warriors: O-LINE

Today, BearcatLair.com continues its “Weight Room Warriors” series with results for the Cincinnati offensive linemen. More

Offensive Spring Review

Now that spring football for 2011 is in the books, BCL takes a look back at what happened. First up we breakdown each position group on the offensive side of the ball More

Spring Preview: Offensive Line

Next up in our spring practice preview is a look at the offensive line. With the loss of Jason Kelce, Sam Griffin and C.J Cobb to graduation there are a lot of questions about More

Five Spring Football Questions

With the start of spring football about a week away, Bearcat Lair asks some of the burning questions that hope to get answers by the end of April. More

Connecticut Notebook - Setting up JUCO visits

The quest for a record fifth straight bowl game continues on Saturday for the Bearcats when they travel to Connecticut for a noon kickoff. We have info on a few JUCO's visits. More

Football notebook - Depth Chart Review

Go inside the Lair as we examine the defensive depth chart. What we uncovered may surprise you. More