It didn’t take nearly as long as it appeared it would for Luke Fickell to take the Cincinnati Bearcats from zeroes to heroes. A year ago at this time, Fickell and the Bearcats were stumbling through a 4-8 campaign in his first year. When they were preparing to take part in the penultimate game of the regular season, as they are this weekend, their wasn’t much to play for other than pride.
Things are quite different now. The Bearcats (9-1, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) are taking aim at their first 10-win campaign since 2012 and trying to keep themselves in the league title conversation.