Weekly press conference video from Tuesday, also with Malik Vann and Antwan Peek Jr:

The individual marks from Pro Football Focus:

Post game from last night:

Just got crazy out of hand in the second half:

Guys, my weekly pre-game Q&A with the opposing Rivals site/team beat writer. This week, I caught up with Jeff Johnson, publisher of O-State Illustrated:

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Hey guys, I was able to touch base with one of UC's recent offers, 2025 OL Alex Tatsch. He's up to eight offers, most recent from the Bearcats, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Liberty.
Login to view embedded media The latest offer was from Pitt and that only came after the others. I was surprised the Panthers hadn't offered already.

With UC, the offer came on Oct. 5. Tatsch told me assistant coach Cortney Braswell is who made the offer and who he's talked to the most. Tatsch said he hasn't been to Cincinnati before, but is interested, now that he has the offer and has talked to Braswell.

With Braswell specifically, Tatsch called him "super easy to get along with." It sounds like they've hit it off a bit, though they've pretty much only communicated by phone. But so far, Tatsch said he likes that they've talked some football, but also about plenty of things beyond football.

Tatsch hasn't taken a ton of visits this fall, but did go to Penn State last month for the whiteout game against Iowa and to Wisconsin Oct. 14 for a game. He told me he wants to get to West Virginia and Penn State soon for games. I get the sense that the Nittany Lions are slow playing him. I think he'd commit there if they offered him, but he's not that high a priority at this point, so no offer is there.

Full story coming.

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Hey y'all, I just got off the phone with four-star guard Travis Perry. I didn't want to call him immediately after the visit, because of course it would be positive stuff. I like waiting a few days, to let the trip sink in and see what he really remembers most.
Login to view embedded media As I said before, I think this is a two-horse race between UC and Michigan and that's especially the case now that Kentucky got a commitment last week from five-star point guard Boogie Fland. Perry was already not a top option there, so now that Fland is on board with UK, I think Perry is no longer a take. That said, I'd imagine the Wildcats are still slow-playing him as a backup and possibly even a walk-on. But as we all know, he's much better than a walk on.

Perry told me a lot about getting to see things he didn't see before. I know he spent a lot of time with Rayvon Griffith and Dan Skillings and it seems like the visit overall went about as well as the Bearcats could've hoped for. Perry got on campus on Friday, went to dinner with the staff, then on Saturday, was at the football game. On Sunday morning, he got to watch practice and said he spent about an hour and a half with coach Wes Miller and assistants Andre Morgan and Drew Adams talking x's and o's. Perry told me the coaches reiterated they see him as a perfect fit for the offense and with his shooting ability, he'd be a great compliment to guys like Skillings and Jizzle James.

"Coming in and playing seamlessly, how we play, that’s part of their pitch, playing with freedom, playing fast and making quick decisions," Perry told me. "I’d just be coming in there to win and doing it at a high level."

Last week, Perry told me he was excited for his parents to finally see UC. Multiple guys on the UC staff reminded me that his parents did visit with him for the Memphis game in January. Nevertheless, Perry told me his parents enjoyed the visit. He told me multiple times about "seeing where the players live," so that appears to be a big sticking point.

Overall, Perry told me he really likes UC, both as a basketball program and academically. He even mentioned the Bearcats' training staff and strength and conditioning staff.

A reminder, Perry is still set to officially visit Michigan this weekend. That's his second official there, after one in September. my takeaway is that he really likes Michigan, but wants to compare it one more time to UC. He doesn't have a date set to commit, but told me early November. No more official visits planned, so I'd imagine it could be as soon as next week, but no later than that first full week in November.

If I had to say, I'd say it's 60/40 in favor of the Bearcats right now. But again, this weekend is big. And while I don't think Ole Miss is top of mind, I have heard that Chris Beard is still reaching out to Perry, so don't count them out.

Full story coming.

My weekly look at three highlights from Satterfield's weekly press conference:

Only a mention here of UC, so I didn't link on the front page, but story from our friend Clint Cosgrove on a three-star QB from St. Louis:

Full video from UC's press conference today. Miller said UC still does not have an answer for Jamille Reynolds and Aziz Bandaogo:

Weekly press conference here. I'll break it down tomorrow with our 'what he said, what he meant.'

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Hey y'all, I came across a good nugget from a source today and followed up on it. It does have traction, so posting here.

I had a source who covers Nebraska football tell me that the Huskers don't plan on having a return game for when they play Cincinnati in 2025. If you'll remember, UC was supposed to play at Nebraska in the first of a home and home in 2020. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic that forced everyone to go conference only, that game was cancelled. The two schools didn't cancel the return game, in 2025.

I'm told that Nebraska is pushing to have this game at a neutral site. UC is listening, but wants it closer to Cincinnati. So far, the venue being floated is Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis. They'd call is some type of 'classic' and likely get a sponsor for it. Huskers fans will travel. And keeping this close to Cincinnati, UC hopes it gets a lot of fans and can still make this somewhat of an easy trip. Not sure if that happens, but that's what's being floated out there.

I'll follow up with more info when I come across it.

Another flip from another group of five school. This guy looks like one of UC's next nose tackles:

Our weekly rundown of the Bearcats' individual grades:

Bearcats get UCF for a 3:30 pm ET kickoff on FS1:
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Kid I'd written about a few weeks ago. Announced he's committed to UC this morning: