BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Cincinnati athletics director John Cunningham made a good first impression on Luke Fickell.
The Bearcats' football coach praised Cunningham, hired last month, for ensuring the Birmingham Bowl was not canceled Thursday due to heavy rainfall and lightning.
UC defeated Boston College 38-6 after play resumed following a 90-minute delay.
"I know there was some talk that this didn’t look good," Fickell said, "and (Cunningham) came in and asked me, and I told him there was no way we are leaving this place without playing this football game, someway, somehow.