Buzz Unheard Of!

[Bearcat Chris]

Having missed one game since 1974, I can honestly tell you that the buzz about this season is by far the greatest in all that time.

BKs daily diary and more stories in the Enquirer. The only component missing is coverage by Denny Janzen (former UC FB mgr. during Greg Cook years) on Channel 9. He would rather have daily stories on Elder FB.

Still predicting an upset over either Lousiville, S FL, or Rutgers. Concerned about an upset going the other way (suprise loss to Miami, SDSU).

Still, am holding to my prediction of 10-2, resulting in a trip to the Gator Bowl!

B.C.

[bearcatd]

Not to stereotype (but I am going to), most Elder guys would rather go to the Elder game than go to UC. Most of them grow up dreaming to play football for the Purple Panthers (I have friends who have confirmed this - Elder Alums). Once that happens, nothing else matters. No surprise Dennis Jansen is more interested in Elder than UC. Heck, in the days when Channel 9 showed XU games, he had more interest in Xavier. That's blaspheme!

I have a ton of pride for my high school alma mater and always keep track of what they are doing athletically and academically. I get to the homecoming game when I can. Otherwise, my sports allegiance is for my college alma mater. I think it's because I have more pride and more of a sense of achievement from the diploma I received from UC vs. my high school. Any thoughts?

[Justin Register]

I could not agree more. I've never understood how people go to a major university, yet continue to worship their high shool alma mater more, and don't follow their university at all. I too will somewhat keep tabs (by no means all games) of my high school, yet couldnt really care less if they take a loss. Now if UC loses, even in years when they were 4-7???? My wife knows not to talk to me until I announce that I won't bite someone's head off. I definitely rather see the Cats go 2-10, beating WVU and UofL, then my old high school winning a state championship.

[Bearcat85]

I don't know why it has to be mutually exclusive.

[red_n_black_attack]

I don't know why it has to be mutually exclusive.

It doesn't have to be exclusive, but the fact is there is only so much time to spend away from family and money in the budget for attending games. I choose to spend that time and money at UC football games (I get to go to more because I take the whole family!) I think it is great to get the word out on UC football in any way we can.

As a former commuter, there were loads of classmates that looked at UC as a place to take classes to get to the next step or drink to the next party! In both cases there was little allegiance and ties/committment formed to the school. I spent my first year away from Cincinnati and it was memorable. It wasn't until I moved near campus for my senior year and grad school that I formed stronger bonds.

Maybe many commuters never formed that bond and it was easier to walk to the high school game on Friday than drive to Nippert on Saturday... I think there was a rule that if you lived outside the 275 loop you had to live on campus the first year. I am in favor of resticting that rule. You should be able to walk to class everyday. The advantages of study groups, library, and owning some responsibility for your time managment are immeasureable aside from being around for the football games (which are more fun to watch losing than to see a winning basketball game - though I enjoy winning for both- football is fun to watch win or lose!!)

[hammerbearcat1]

It's pretty simple. If you grew up here people ask you where you went to high school not college. It's a very parochial town and if you're from anywhere but here, you're on the outside looking in.

I've lived here 25 years and still don't feel like I've broken the inner circle. Which is why I won't be here much longer.

[shaunsimpson]

In Columbus everyone laughs because my fiancee does that. They ask her where she went to school and she says her high school instead of UC. It is funny.

This is why the newspaper on Saturday doesn't give a good pregame of the Bearcats due to the high school coverage.

[steveedwards]

It's pretty simple. If you grew up here people ask you where you went to high school not college. It's a very parochial town and if you're from anywhere but here, you're on the outside looking in.

I've lived here 25 years and still don't feel like I've broken the inner circle. Which is why I won't be here much longer.

Amen Hammerbearcat. I've lived here for 20 years and sometimes feel like I have to lie and say I went to St. X and married by my high school sweetheart from Ursuline!

Unless you went to H.S. here, you'll always be an outsider!

[ctipton]

I went to school just a little up the road in Hamilton (Garfield HS, which no longer exists) so they give me a little bit of a break. And it's really kinda funny. The GCL crowd, think it's OK cuz it isn't a local CPS school, and the CPS schools think it is OK cuz it ain't Catholic. Simply amazin'.

[mlb]

So BC, are you starting to come around to the idea that UC can be good in the Big East?

[jcraigmoore]

UC grad 1972 from Dayton. I can still vividly remember my very first class at UC. Most of the class members were comparing which high school they were from and the arrogance from the parochial school people was very evident. I also remember the east side, west side thing. The best part of UC to me was when all the commuters went home in the evening and the 5000 or so that lived on campus made it feel like a small school with all the big city amenities.

[Jose_Jalapeno_on_a_Stick]

So BC, are you starting to come around to the idea that UC can be good in the Big East?

I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth MLB. Would you rather see a weekly post wishing we were still in C-USA?:D

[bearcatd]

I think the "what school did you go to" thing depends on where you work and where you live. I'm a west sider and have lived here most of my life (5 in Clifton-but did my laundry on the West Side, 1.5 years in Centerville). Here, you get the high school answer, in Oakley you get it, on the east side you do. As you get to areas where many of the people are imports (I don't mean that in a negative way) like up north, they don't care where you went to high school. I think most of the time it's a conversation starter. If you went to Oak Hills and the other person went to Colerain, Elder or LaSalle, you might know the same people or maybe you worked with their friend when in high school. Regardless, when the school question is asked, I tell them UC. They can ask specifically about high school if they want. And if you feel looked down apon when the question comes up and you're not from here originally, I get the same feeling from some who aren't from here when I say I've been here most of my life. I have been around the world several times for school and work and feel like I'm as cultured as many others. I just like it here and want my kids to know their grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins well. But I also love to get away from Cincy to see other things.

I went to OSU my first year and there was a guy from Hamilton Badin on my floor. We didn't care where we went to high school, just that we were from SW Ohio (and not Cleveland). Many of the kids I was up there with were from Columbus. They compared high schools as much as kids I met at UC from Cincy. It's not just a Cincy thing. I think when you live in a small "big city", you are more likely to have something in common with a person from across town than if you're from a bigger one. It makes sense.

If you're not from Cincy, don't feel like an outsider. Answer the question, 'I went to high school in BFE, Kansas. I went to UC, loved the city and stuck around.' Or, tell them your pre-school. Why the heck not? You'll probably find that most who live in Cincy do love it here, regardless of where they are from. And if they don't and only want to complain, they can go back to BFE...as long as they keep rooting for the Bearcats and come to games.

[Bruce Monnin]

Hate to tell you all, but that is not just a Cincinnati thing. It is a non-college town thing.

Two hours north of Cincinnati, when they ask you what school you went to, they want to know what town you grew up in. It always seemed to me it was only the big college town people who worried about which college you went to.

And, like it or not, Cincinnati does not consider itself a big college town.

[Bearcat Chris]

Yes Mick, I guess I was wrong. If UC makes it to the Gator Bowl... drinks will be on me!

B.C.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

It's pretty simple. If you grew up here people ask you where you went to high school not college. It's a very parochial town and if you're from anywhere but here, you're on the outside looking in.

I've lived here 25 years and still don't feel like I've broken the inner circle. Which is why I won't be here much longer.


St. Louis is exactly the same way. One of the biggest questions, and it's almost a joke here, is where did you go to high school. Being from Cincinnati, I have never felt like I fit in here, and, I've been here since 1993. The cities are similiar in a lot of respects.