Accolades are a dime a dozen these days for Cincinnati Bearcats football.
The program is in position to play in the College Football Playoff for the first time, it's moving on to the Big 12 for a quicker path in years to come and its head coach is a yearly hot name in the coaching carousel.
Not only is Luke Fickell telling everyone who will listen that he is staying put, it's trickling down to recruiting and that message clinched the pledge of the first SI99 recruit to pick the Bearcats -- Mario Eugenio.
The message was conveyed in person last weekend as UC hosted the Tampa (Fla.