LB in the portal from Vanderbilt:
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WR in the portal from Georgia State
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DB in the portal from Duquesne:
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DE transfer in the portal from Purdue:
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DE in the portal from Eastern Michigan
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This one escalated quickly. Plenty of momentum going into Xavier next week:

Revealed by coach Wes Miller tonight on his radio show. Miller was actually late to the show because of it. Too many people don't want to stop for people in the crosswalk. Not sure if it was a hit and run, but glad Lukosius is ok.
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Got going Monday when punter Mason Fletcher announced he's coming back:
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Another BIG piece of news for 2024:
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Very interesting sound bite from coach Matt Rhule today on what it costs to get a college QB:
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Pair of Bearcats were named second-team, though there were some other accolades, too. Release from UC:

Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Dontay Corleone and redshirt junior right guard Luke Kandra were name to the All-Big 12 Second Team on Wednesday by the league.

Both players are Cincinnati natives who are expected to be team leaders for the Bearcats next fall following standout 2023 seasons in their first year as starters.

Nicknamed “The Godfather,” Corleone has proven to be one of the country’s top interior defensive linemen the past two seasons. He finished with 39 tackles, 6.5 TFLs and 3.0 sacks as a team captain in 2023. In 2022, he was tabbed as the nation’s highest-rated defensive player by Pro Football Focus during a breakout redshirt freshman season, finishing with 45 tackles, 5.5 TFLs and three sacks en route to AP All-America and AFCA Freshman All-America honors.

Corleone was a 2023 Preseason All-American by the AP. He announced on Tuesday he would bypass the NFL Draft and return to Cincinnati for his redshirt junior season.

In 2023, Kandra finished as the second-highest graded guard in the Big 12 and fourth-best guard in the nation according to Pro Football Focus.

A transfer from Louisville, Kandra led the Bearcats with 79 knockdowns and a 92% overall grade, rating as UC’s best offensive lineman in 10 of 12 games. He logged 895 snaps during the regular season – the third-most of any guard in the country.

Led in part by Kandra’s blocking, Cincinnati finished fifth in the nation in rushing (217.1 ypg) and junior running back Corey Kiner tallied the 20th 1,000-yard rushing season in Bearcats’ history.

Additionally, Corleone received votes for Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year, while Kandra received votes for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year.

Five Bearcats Collect Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Accolades

Fifth-year senior Jowon Briggs, junior punter Mason Fletcher, redshirt junior center Gavin Gerhardt, senior wide receiver Xzavier Henderson and senior defensive back Deshawn Pace all grabbed honorable mention All-Big 12 honors.

Briggs, a team captain, finished with 27 tackles and 6.0 TFLS, while Fletcher averaged 43.0 on 45 punts, placing 23 inside the 20. Gerhardt, also a captain, paired with Kandra to lead an offensive line that helped UC rank fifth in the country in rushing as well as 36th in total offense (426.1).

Henderson finished with 58 receptions for 782 yards and three touchdowns, ranking among the Big 12’s Top 10 in catches and yards.

Pace wrapped up his Bearcats career with 80 tackles, including 11 for loss, during his senior season.

Update from our friend Edgy Tim on a recent Bearcats visitor and offer, 2026 OL Evan Downer:

This one got a bit close at the end, thanks to some big shots by Howard. But UC pulled out the win in overtime:

Thought this warranted its own thread. HUGE news for the Bearcats, as Dontay Corleone announced he plans to return next season. My next thought, though, does this mean Derrick Shepard will transfer? He's been the backup and would've been in line to be the starter.

Individual grades from the game. Look how high Dontay Corleone's grade is:

Full post game video from Satterfield and the Bearcats:

Ouch. Welp, at least the football season is finally over. On to basketball.

Video interview our guy Rob Cassidy did with four-star Jalen Reese:
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Our weekly Q&A, this one from our friend Jon Kirby at JayhawkSlant.com:

Last game of the season will bring a few visitors in town this weekend. By no means an exhaustive list, but I'll add more as I confirm:
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Hell of a start to the second half as UC stomped all over Georgia Tech:

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Hey y'all, I finally got a chance to catch up with the latest UC commit, Zeb Kinsey. He chose the Bearcats over offers from West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Found out quite a bit that I'll share below and later in a story that I'll post on Thursday.
Login to view embedded media First off, Kinsey currently has an injury that he's had since the third game of the season. He has a lisfranc injury in his foot that ended his season. So Kinsey only played six quarters this season before the injury. He has surgery to remove the screws in his foot Dec. 8, then he'll be in a boot until early February. Right now, he said his goal is to compete at the Rivals and Elite 11 camps to show he's full healed by that point in the spring.

The other thing to note is that Kinsey has only been a quarterback for two seasons. He technically played quarterback in middle school, but it was mostly as a wildcat quarterback, with direct snaps. First, he moved to running back as a freshman, but when the QB that season, who was a senior, graduated, the coach determined Kinsey had the best arm on the team. So, Kinsey played quarterback.

Lastly, it sounds like the Oklahoma State offer might not really have been there. Kinsey was 'offered' by the defensive coordinator, but told me he never talked to coach Mike Gundy. And with West Virginia, he did have that offer, but it sounds like the Mountaineers didn't pursue him very heavily.

All to say the jury is really out on this kid. I doubt he'll be ranked by Rivals and if so, maybe two stars, since everyone will want to see how he is after the injury. He camped at Rivals last season in Cincinnati, which was when he first visited UC. But this is a pretty big injury to overcome, so everyone wants to see how he comes back from it.

Full story coming.

Some Bearcats love from our friend Rob Cassidy today: