Unfortunately, if you were hoping to book flights early and beat the rush to secure tickets to the Bearcats’ bowl game, you’ll have to wait until next week. According to UC, the bowl committees are waiting until everything shakes out this weekend with the several conference championship games before sending Cincinnati a formal invitation.
It’s not like the Bearcats are in line to play, say, the winner of the PAC-12 Championship as their New Years Day hopes went sayonara back in September. But the domino effect of that game along with even the likes of Bowling Green and Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship on Friday or Western Kentucky and Southern Miss in the Conference-USA Championship will determine Cincinnati’s fate.