Cincinnati Still Ignores Bearcat Football

Media Days aren't the most important thing for conferences, but they do provide a convenient place for the media to meet all the coaches and likely top players. The media sources can conduct some early interviews, get some stock footage and generally let the schools and conferences know that there will be some coverage.

Cincinnati media, for the second straight year, has skipped the Big East Football Media Days. The Cinci Enquirer is using a freelance AP/MSNBC.com college basketball writer to supply some stories. The Cinci Post, just uses an AP story on the Big East. Now, the Post is folding at the end of the year so maybe they can be cut some slack, but the excuses by the Bearcat beat writer for the Post are weak.

If the Media Days are so unimportant and not worth the time, then why do (and will) they go to the Big East Basketball Media Days? There's little reason for that.

Just admit that the reason why there is no Cinci media outlet at the Big East Media Days is that there is still little interest by the general public in Bearcat football. The media outlets see little to justify spending $1000 or so on transportation and lodging of a reporter to go to it when people don't care.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-18-2007 @ 11:07AM

Matt Glaude said...

Dave Rahme of the Syracuse Post-Standard had a nice quote from Kelly about the lack of attendance from the Cincy media:

- Kelly, who replaced Mark Dantonio at Cincinnati in December and coached the Bearcats to a bowl victory three weeks later, will run a wide-open offense this season. Tuesday, he also showed his willingness to open his mouth, as he blistered the Cincinnati media for failing to attend the event.

"It strikes me either as incredibly arrogant to think that they know all about college football ... or they just don't care," Kelly said. "Either way, we're going to get to the bottom of it. They can't be considered a credible source for the tremendous college football fans in Ohio if they're not here today. They're either in or they're out. They want to review the movie, but they don't want to go to the movie."

http://www.syracuse.com/articles/orangefootball/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1184750111300360.xml&coll=1&thispage=2

The other odd thing is that season tickets for UC football has risen since last season: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/SPT0101/706290370/1064 . There's no number in the story, but any improvement is an improvement for the Bearcats. You'd think that the newspapers would like to jump on any local interest, especially since the competitor is folding.

7-18-2007 @ 11:38AM

Chas Rich said...

You aren't kidding Matt, and it looks like he might actually want a war with them.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=692221

The Bearcats coach went on to say, "I am still going to coach the team and we are still going to compete for a Big East title. But it is sad for the fans of Cincinnati to not have a legitimate, credible local media outlet. Our fans would be better served going to Rivals, Sporting News, or even the Boston Globe because they are credible sources who care enough about their product to be here."

7-18-2007 @ 11:41AM

Kelly = Purveyor of Supreme Awesomeness.

I think the Big East finally found its mouthpiece devoid of filter.

7-19-2007 @ 11:25PM

bearcats preview said...

Shame on you Cincy fans. You have a good coach that turned a crap team in Central Michigan into one of the best MAC programs. Plus you get a new exciting offense to watch for years to come.