They have been playing varsity football at Cincinnati since 1885, when, in fact, the Bearcats enjoyed an unbeaten season.
Granted, Cincinnati went 1-0-1 in a pair of games against Mount Auburn that year. Since then, it’s fair to say that the Bearcats’ schedule has been upgraded considerably.
Still, that’s 134 years of football. And in 2009, the Bearcats’ history and legacy was altered by a mere one second - of a game that Cincinnati wasn’t even playing.
Here was the scenario. Cincinnati, coming off of 2008 season in which it captured the Big East championship, steamrolled through the regular season to go 12-0 and take a second straight conference title.