Cincinnati to Honor 2008 Orange Bowl Team September 7th v Pitt
Cincinnati Athletics has announced the 2008 Orange Bowl team who finished 11-3 and Big East Champions will be honored September 7th at home against Pitt.
The 28-21 home win over the 20th-ranked Panthers on Nov. 22, 2008, helped propel the Bearcats to their first BIG EAST Championship and first-ever BCS Bowl appearance at the Orange Bowl.
The team featured nine all conference selections, as well as future pros Marty Gilyard, Tony Pike, Jason and Travis Kelce, Connor Barwin, Kevin Huber, DeAngelo Smith, John Hughes, Derek Wolfe and Mike Mickens – among several others.
Dominick Goodman, Gilyard and Armon Binns all matched or exceeded the previous school record for touchdown catches that season (21).
Indoor Practice Facility Update
From Gobearcats.com :
A Beam Signing Ceremony capped off Friday afternoon on the Cincinnati campus as University President Neville Pinto, Director of Athletics John Cunningham and Head Football Coach Scott Satterfield joined Larry and Rhonda Sheakley to help commemorate a major step in the new $134 million Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center.
Spearheaded by the Sheakley's transformational giving and leadership, the new state-of-the art facilities will elevate the Cincinnati student-athlete experience, giving Bearcats an unrivaled advantage on the playing field and on the recruiting trail. It is set to be completed in Spring 2025.
The facilities will be named after the Sheakley family. Other naming opportunities are still available by contacting the UCATS office, and timelines, construction information and archived video tours by month can be found at ipf.gobearcats.com.
"We're so excited to get in that building," Satterfield said. "When you look at our level of college football and you go to these schools and see these facilities, you have to have them in order to compete. When we bring in a recruit who has been to other schools in the Big 12 who have these things, they want to see that here. We haven't had that before, but now we can show them what we're building. It will help us tremendously moving forward."
The 84,000 square-foot Indoor Practice Facility features a 120-yard football field equipped for multiple sports. The field will provide an all-weather home for Cincinnati football practices and year-round workouts and have direct access to the Performance Center's weight room, training room and performance nutrition fueling stations.
The 96,000 square-foot Performance Center features three levels that will provide nearly everything a student-athlete needs to get competition and practice ready in one place, including offices for the football program.
Brendan Sorsby Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watchlist
Other news this week included Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby being named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watchlist.
Sorsby enters his first season with the Bearcats after transferring to Cincinnati from Indiana.
Sorsby made seven starts for Indiana, throwing for 1,587 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2023. The Denton, Texas native also rushed for 286 yards and four TDs last season, including 151 yards over the final three games of the year.