Last Dec. 24 the Cincinnati Bearcats were taking on San Diego State in the Hawaii Bowl. This year they’ll be watching it from their respective couches. The Bearcats entered that game after a disappointing 7-5 regular season, but filled with hope that 2016 would finally be the year Tommy Tuberville’s system clicked in Cincinnati.
A lot can change in a year.
It’s easy to forget after the year they just suffered through, but Cincinnati has been to a bowl game in nine of the past 11 years. That’s a big deal for a program that hadn’t been to any bowl games from 1950 to 1997.