WEST HARRISON, Indiana – Just shy of 27 miles from their urban campus, the University of Cincinnati football team has set up training camp at the Higher Ground Conference and Retreat Center for the 25th straight season. As the buses pulled up the dusty hill to the player dorms, the new signage read "Cincinnati Bearcats Welcome To Big 12 Country" with the Nike swoosh on either side.
With a new coaching staff and 33 new scholarship players, a good bit of the roster has never been away for a training camp. Early signs are positive, which is good as the team will spend two weeks in the woods just a few miles off of Interstate 74, save for a quick trip back to Nippert for a scrimmage in between.