UC Blackout for Football

--from gobearcats.com --

UC RETURNS HOME FOR BLACKOUT AGAINST NO. 24/23 USF
The University of Cincinnati football team plays its second game in five days Thursday, taking on USF at Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats enter at 5-2 (1-1 BIG EAST) and are coming off a 40-16 loss at Connecticut on Oct. 25. No. 24/23 USF is 6-2 (1-2 BIG EAST) in 2008 and makes its second trip to the tri-state area in five days after losing, 24-20, at Louisville on Oct. 25. Thursday’s game will be televised live by ESPN and will also air as the ISP BIG EAST Radio Game of the Week. UC fans have been encouraged to wear black to Thursday’s game as UC will look to BLACKOUT Nippert Stadium the night before Halloween.
THE SERIES
Cincinnati and USF meet for the sixth time Thursday with UC leading the all-time series 3-2. The Bearcats have won three of the past four meetings, including a 38-33 win over the Bulls a year ago at Raymond James Stadium.
THE COACH

Brian Kelly, the 2007 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, is in his second full season at the helm of the Cincinnati football program with a 16-5 record and an 18-year career mark of 153-56-2. Kelly led the Bearcats to a school-record-tying 10 wins in 2007 and a victory in the Papajohns.com Bowl. He won two NCAA Division II National Championships at Grand Valley State and led Central Michigan to the 2006 Mid-American Conference Championship. He is the leader in victories among active BIG EAST coaches and is the only current BIG EAST coach with 150 or more career wins.