Tom Groeschen
Last week’s C-Paw Pride Dinner, which followed the first official practice for University of Cincinnati’s football team, was primarily intended to recognize the team’s top performers from summer workouts. But head coach Luke Fickell had an additional surprise planned for two of his players.
After the sports performance staff gave out awards to standouts from the summer, Fickell took the floor.
“I wish that we all were on scholarship – I wish we could take care of everybody,” he said. “But when we have an opportunity to do it, we want to celebrate that.