Fans can be some of the toughest graders in the world. Forget about the most exacting professor you ever had. A fan base will scrutinize even the tiniest problem when things are going well. When things start going poorly, as they have for the Cincinnati Bearcats the last few years, those tiny problems balloon in size and it feels like nothing is going right at all.
Luckily we know that’s not entirely true when it comes to the Bearcats football program. Tommy Tuberville wasn’t given another year to torpedo things after UC went just 4-8 in what would be his final season.