Although Wes Miller and company would love to have both, signs are pointing Isaiah Collier to USC and Jizzle James to Cincinnati.

Collier has went radio silent the past few weeks, but sources are saying USC is the leader with Michigan making a push.

Those inside James’ camp and around him, believe Cincinnati is the team to beat with a decision coming in the next month.

Hey guys, just an update to the INsider I posted yesterday. Full story on Styles Prescod. I think UC is up there with Purdue right now.

Our friend Chris Harmon at Rivals' Tulsa site filled us in on all the details with the Golden Hurricane:

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Guys, I also caught up last night with another SW Ohio product whom UC has not offered but who they're in regular conversations with, La Salle (OH) three-star safety Koy Beasley. He was on hand at the Bearcats' game against Indiana.
Login to view embedded media Beasley has seven offers, including Minnesota, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Boston College. So I'm a little puzzled on why the Bearcats are slow-playing him a little. They just seem to have others higher on their board than Beasley. But he's still very interested.

The visit to Clifton last weekend was the first gameday visit Beasley said he's had at UC. He mentioned multiple times how much he likes that the Bearcats are his hometown and how he'd love for his family to see him regularly play. Beasley said he felt welcomed and so far has liked everything he has experienced.

Assistant coach Colin Hitschler is the main recruiter here. Doesn't sound like he's been super specific on what the staff is looking for to offer. But Beasley said Hitshcler told him he liked Beasley's game and talked about how he could play safety at UC. Beasley was told the staff simply wants to build a better, stronger connection right now.

Beasley also visited games at Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, the latter for the loss to Marshall. I think Pitt is a real contender here right now. Beasley likes defensive coordinator Randy Bates, the atmosphere, the city and what they've seen from driving around. I think this is honestly the current leader.

The only game Beasley has planned as of now is Oct. 22 to Miami (OH). I think he's waiting to see what UC does, as well as a few others. So I'd imagine this recruitment likely going into next summer, but we'll see. In some ways, the ball is in UC's court.

Full story coming.

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Guys, I talked last night with one of UC's visitors last weekend for the Indiana game, three-star OL Styles Prescod. He's up to 10 scholarship offers after Purdue offered last night and the Bearcats offered him back in June.
Login to view embedded media Prescod was at the Indiana game, which was one of what he called "countless" trips to UC and the city itself. He told me he was born in Cincinnati and still has lots of family in the area. But specifically with last weekend, Prescod told me he liked catching up with the coaches and all of the commits who were on hand. I'm not sure the exact number, but I think there were 15-16 commits who were at the game.

Assistant coach Mike Cummings is the primary recruiter here and has been from the beginning of this recruitment. And Prescod said he loved that even though there were so many commits and other big recruits on hand, he felt like Cummings and other coaches went out of their way to talk with him and his family. Overall, he told me he likes the city, the campus and the program.

This was Prescod's third gameday visit this fall. He also was at Notre Dame for its game against Cal the previous weekend and on Sept. 10 he was at Purdue for its game against Indiana State. Those two seem to have gone well, though the Boilermakers are the only one of the two that has offered a scholarship. Prescod told me a few of his high school football coaches went to Purdue and have been telling him about it. So keep that in mind, especially now that the Boilermakers have offered.

More game visits coming. He'll be at Iowa this weekend, Indiana next weekend and said he wants to get to West Virginia and Tennessee after that. It's still early right now, but based on what Prescod told me and how he talked, I'd say UC and Purdue are the two schools out front. Doesn't sound like he'll be deciding before the first of the year, so still plenty of time here.

Full story coming.

Full press conference from this afternoon.

Big honor for Ivan Pace, after his 15 tackles, 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss. He leads the nation with 11 TFLs and ranks in the top 10 in tackles (46) and sacks (4.5).
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Full press conference from earlier today:

Breakdown from Rivals' Rob Cassidy:

A look at the individual marks. Pay especially close attention to the defense stats. Three guys played over 100 snaps, while Jabari Taylor scored the highest overall:

From our friend EdgyTim. Wright was at UC's game Saturday against Indiana:

Tyler Scott was named the AAC's offensive player of the week, while Ivan Pace Jr was named defensive player of the week. Both had monster games Saturday against Indiana:
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tyler Scott • Jr. • WR • Cincinnati

Scott had career highs in receptions, yards and touchdown receptions to lead Cincinnati to a 45-24 win against Indiana. He had 10 receptions for 185 yards and three first-half touchdowns, finding the end zone from 75, 34 and 32 yards to stake the Bearcats to a 38-10 halftime lead. Scott leads The American with five touchdown receptions and is third in the league at 105.8 receiving yards per game.



DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ivan Pace Jr. • Sr. • LB • Cincinnati

Pace helped Cincinnati to a 45-24 win against previously unbeaten Indiana as he filled the box score with a game-high 15 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, with three quarterback hurries. Pace led a defense that limited the Hoosiers to 3.3 yards per play and forced three turnovers to help Cincinnati improve to 3-1.

Per UC, Chad Dollar has now been promoted on the staff to associate head coach. More than anything, it's an increase in pay. Wes Miller really trusts Dollar and this will hopefully keep him on staff a bit longer, as jobs come open elsewhere. The new financial agreement has not been made public.

Rivals' Adam Gorney mentioned one of UC's HUGE visitors from this past weekend, 2025 five-star safety DJ Pickett in his Recruiting Rumor Mill:

"Michigan, Ohio State and Florida State have been some mainstay favorites in Pickett’s recruitment early on and now Cincinnati will be a team to watch since he visited there this past weekend. The fans were “crazy” and everything about the Bearcats was “amazing” plus the Zephyhills, Fla., 2025 four-star safety got a big message from the Cincy staff.

“The coaches told me I could be the biggest recruit in history if I came to Cincinnati,” Pickett said."
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Announced this morning:
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A source in Jizzle’s camp came away with positive thoughts following a visit to the Queen City.

“The visit went great. They showed Jizzle a lot of love. Great coaching staff. Hell of a head coach. I think it is a close race between UGA and UC. I can’t speak for Jizzle but I know he was really impressed over the weekend.”

My gut feeling is Cincinnati lands the nation’s 15th best PG.

Full post game presser from Luke Fickell:

We'll try to find out what's up with Ben Bryant. UC completely changed when he appeared to hurt his right arm/shoulder:

As you can imagine, UC has a big number of recruits who will be on campus this weekend, on the football and basketball side. Sam and I will be confirming and posting names here, so this list will change. But here's some of the main names who you can expect on hand:
BASKETBALL OFFICIAL VISITS
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Riva;s' Travis Graf was at practice this week to scout and catch up with five-star big man Flory Bidunga:

Our weekly feature previewing the game. We spoke with our friends at Rivals' site covering Indiana, TheHoosier.com, for the details:

No UC offer yet, but Letton is definitely interested:

Release from UC:
The University of Cincinnati men's basketball team's 18-game AAC schedule has been released, and the Bearcats also have tip-off times and broadcast information for most of their non-conference matchups as well.

Twelve of the league games will air on linear TV, including a Saturday, Jan. 28 battle at Houston on CBS. The other six are slated for ESPN+. The full printable schedule can be found here (PDF).

As for UC's non-conference slate, its Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout against Xavier will be at 3 p.m. on Dec. 10 (ESPN2). It marks the third of seven-straight home games following the team's trip to the Maui Jim Maui Invitational that begins Nov. 21 against Arizona (11:30 p.m. on ESPN2).

Just like last year, UC opens league play against Tulane (Thursday, Dec. 29 at 9 p.m.). The Bearcats follow with road games at Temple and Wichita State, followed by two at home against Houston and East Carolina. The next two are at SMU and South Florida before hosting Memphis on Saturday, Jan. 22 and closing the month at Houston.

UC begins the next month with Tulsa (Feb. 1) and UCF (Feb. 4) in Fifth Third Arena before playing at Tulane on Tuesday, Feb. 7 for its first New Orleans trip in two years. The Bearcats then host South Florida on Feb. 11, followed by two on the road at ECU and UCF, before hosting Temple on Feb. 22.

The Bearcats conclude the season with back-to-back Sunday games at Memphis (Feb. 26) and home against SMU (March 5). As previously announced, Tulsa (home) and Wichita State (away) are the only AAC teams that Cincinnati will not play twice.

Further tip-off and broadcast information will be announced when available.

Full schedule in PDF form

Jenkins has two teammates for sure set to visit Cincy, a possible third who already has family ties to the program.