Visited UC today:
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Full post game press conference:

Full highlights, plus recap of the game. Bearcats just made a ton of mistakes:

It's another big weekend in Clifton, as the Bearcats host Iowa State for homecoming and a noon ET kickoff on FS1. We're told Travis Kelce is planning to be in attendance, since KC played last night (no idea about Taylor Swift). But there will be some other big recruits in, on both the football side and the basketball side. The latter is in the next post below. This list will be updated as more recruits are confirmed:
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Our weekly pre-game Q&A, this one with our Rivals site covering Iowa State, CycloneReport.com and publisher Bill Seals:

Satt mentioned here, as Rivals looks at each power five first year coach:

Our weekly breakdown of what Satt said:

Satt, plus Emory Jones and Dorian Jones all addressed members of the media on Tuesday:

Hey guys, I caught up with Tyler Betsey's AAU coach for the New York Rens and his coach at St. Thomas More to get their thoughts on what makes Betsey so highly-regarded. Some interesting comments, especially from the latter:

First I saw to report this was Seth Davis, but others now out there, that Gonzaga could be announced by Big 12 as soon as next week:
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As we'd forecasted, Betsey officially announced for the Bearcats this afternoon:

Hey all, with Owens going to Ohio State this weekend, wanted to get this story up today, recapping his UC visit and more:

Some good stuff here from Wes Miller, including that Jamille Reynolds and Aziz Bandaogo still haven't been cleared by the NCAA. UC awaiting their waivers:

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Hey y'all, I finally got the chance to follow up with 2025 four-star tight end Eli Owens last night. He visited UC for the Oklahoma game and wanted to get some feedback from him.
Login to view embedded media Owens is now at 18 scholarship offers, but he's been more selective with his visits. Aside from the UC/Oklahoma game, he was at Virginia Tech for its season-opener and at nearby Tennessee for its game Sept. 9. Owens goes to the same high school as the Bearcats' Isiah Cox, though he's four years younger, so there's not a massive connection there.

The OU game was the first time Owens said he visited UC with the new staff in place. But he did visit Louisville last season, so he knows Scott Satterfield and the coaches who came from there. Last season, Owens said he visited UC for the Navy game, so he said seeing Oklahoma was a big upgrade. "The atmosphere was amazing, the fans were in it the whole game, the student section was wild and everyone was getting hype," he told me.

Specifically, it's assistant coach Josh Stepp who's been the main recruiter here. And that relationship extends back to Louisville, which helps. Owens called him, "one of my favorite people." They might not talk every day, but it sounds like it's close. And overall, Owens said he likes the direction of the program in the Big 12, how there's good recruiting classes coming in and the history of using the tight end that the program is.

Tennessee, as you can guess, is one of the favorites here. He lives about 20-30 minutes from campus, so he's grown up going to games, being around plenty of stuff with the Vols. And Virginia Tech, he loves how the Hokies use tight ends and the relationship he has with the coaches. On his visit, Owens said he noticed how VT used four tight ends on one drive.

Coming up, Owens said he'll be at Ohio State on Saturday for its game against Maryland. But nothing else is set right now. He told me he wants to see Michigan. He'd really liked what he was hearing from Wisconsin, but he said the staff hasn't talked to him in a few months, so he's pretty much crossed the Badgers off.

Overall, a top eight is coming. But I think UC is sitting in about a top four there, with VT, Tennessee and possibly Ohio State. Owens said he wants to decide sometime in the spring. Now, the Bearcats need to get him back on campus, maybe for another game, but definitely after the season.

Full story coming.

Hey all, just wanted to let you know that coach Scott Satterfield will not be available this week to the media, because of the bye. He's not obligated to speak because of that. Instead, coach Wes Miller will speak at 1:15 pm ET tomorrow and we'll have the link to the video. So we'll cover what is said from that presser, instead of Satterfield this week.

Hey y'all, full grade rundown from UC's loss Friday at BYU. At least for me, a couple of surprises, as Braden Smith graded better than I realized and Payten Singletary graded much worse: