BN: Prior to his hiring at Cincinnati, Luke Fickell’s only head coaching experience was as Ohio State’s interim head coach in 2011 when he went 6-6. What makes you think he is the guy to turn around the Bearcats’ program?
DTD: The results on the field in year one weren’t ideal, but Fickell has already made huge strides in recruiting. Cincinnati had the No. 1 2018 recruiting class in the American Athletic Conference and he made a big deal about recruiting locally. Too often, the top prospects in southern Ohio weren’t ending up as Bearcats under Tommy Tuberville, who had continually diminishing returns both in recruiting and in terms of wins and losses.