No. 8/10 Football Opens 2021 With 125th Battle For The Victory Bell

CINCINNATI – The No. eight/10 College of Cincinnati soccer crew begins the 2021 season towards longtime rival Miami (OH) with the 125th Battle for the Victory Bell on faucet for Saturday, Sept. four, 2021 at three:30 p.m. ET inside Nippert Stadium. The matchup shall be televised through ESPN+ and air on 102.7 WEBN-FM and 700 WLW AM.

eight/10 CINCINNATI BEARCATS

Head Coach Luke Fickell

Document at Cincinnati 35-14 (Fifth Yr)

General Document 41-21 (Sixth Yr)

MIAMI REDHAWKS

Head Coach Chuck Martin

Document at Faculty 32-48 (Eighth Yr)

General Document 106-53 (14th Yr)

GAME INFORMATION

Facility Nippert Stadium

Capability 40,000

TV ESPN+

Radio 700 WLW AM / Sirius 211 / XM 202 / Web 970

On-line SiriusXM Web Channel 970

Sequence Document Miami leads 59-58-7

Impartial Web site Miami leads 44-42-5

Final Assembly Sept. 14, 2019 – UC received 35-13

 

TV: ESPN +

• Play-by-Play: Connor Onion

• Analyst: Bobby Carpenter 

• On-line: WatchESPN.com Cell App: ESPN

WHAT IS ESPN+?

The sport shall be broadcast to a nationwide viewers on the ESPN+ platform. Entry the sport on any streaming gadget with the ESPN app and join an ESPN+ subscription ($6.99 per thirty days/$69.99 per yr). Followers are inspired to join the digital platform on-line.

RADIO: BEARCATS SPORTS NETWORK

• Play-by-Play: Dan Hoard

• Analyst: Jim Kelly Jr.

• Host/Engineer: Mo Egger

• Native: 700 WLW AM

• Satellite tv for pc: Sirius 211 / XM 202 / Web 970

• App: The Varsity Community: “Search Cincinnati”

LIVE STATS: Cincinnati.StatBroadcast.com

THE COACHES

Luke Fickell, a two-time AAC Coach of the Yr, is in his fifth season at UC. He has led the Bearcats to back-to-back 11-win seasons, the 2019 AAC East Division title and consecutive bowl wins within the 2018 Navy Bowl and 2019 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl. A veteran of 20 years within the FBS ranks, Fickell has been part of two nationwide championship squads, 9 convention title-winning groups (seven as a coach, two as a participant at Ohio State) with 16 postseason video games and 13 NFL Draft alternatives.

Chuck Martin is in his eighth season as the top coach at Miami (OH) after 4 years on former UC coach Brian Kelly’s workers at Notre Dame (2010-13). Martin was 74-7 in six years at Grand Valley State (2004-09) and is 32-46 at Miami (OH).

MISSED YOU

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 125th Battle for the Victory Bell recreation, vs. rival Miami (OH), was on maintain till 2021 the primary pause within the collection since World Battle II. The 2021 opener on Sat., Sept. four at Nippert Stadium, the earliest recreation since Oct. 7, 1899. The groups are scheduled to fulfill yearly by way of 2029.

STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS … 

• UC performs its 134th soccer season in 2021. The Bearcats program dates to 1885 and is without doubt one of the 10 oldest within the NCAA FBS. UC has received a league title six instances within the final 14 years and has performed 12 bowl video games up to now 15 years.
• UC has received 5 of the final six American Athletic Convention FB Staff Tutorial Excellence Awards and posted a school-record GPA of three.212 in spring 2021.
• UC has received 31 video games during the last three seasons, together with back-to-back 11-win campaigns in 2018 and 2019.
• UC has received 20-straight at Nippert Stadium, going undefeated at house in three-straight seasons for the primary time in historical past.
• UC ranked within the High-10 of all three closing nationwide polls for the primary time because the finish of the 2009 common season and began a season 9-Zero for the fourth time in program historical past, together with 1951, 1954, 2009 and 2020.
• UC has compelled a turnover in 20-straight video games, the longest energetic streak within the NCAA FBS.
• Picked to repeat as American Athletic Convention Champions, Cincinnati is coming off a 9-1 marketing campaign in 2020, successful the AAC title and taking part in within the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, a New Yr’s Six recreation. AP ranked UC as No. eight in its preseason ballot, the faculties best-ever mark. USA TODAY had the Bearcats No. 10 within the preseason coaches ballot.
• UC has received 10-straight season openers and 17 of 18 since 2005. The Bearcats are 88-36-10 (.694) all-time in lid lifters.
• The Bearcats return 16 starters from final season’s squad, together with Desmond Ridder, the 2020 AAC Participant of the Yr and Ahmad Gardner. a seven-time All-America choice. All-AAC alternatives Darrian Beavers, Marcus Brown, Bryant, Myjai Sanders, Tre Tucker, Whyle and Younger additionally return. 
• The 2021 roster has almost 40 native gamers who grew up and performed high-school soccer within the tri-state space.
• UC enters the season with a school-record season-ticket variety of over 22,000, eclipsing the earlier better of 18,836 set coming into 2010. UC added almost 5,000 new season tickets and bought 6,000 pupil season tickets.