Spring Football: Cincinnati

Cincinnati awaits the final appeal of QB Ben Mauk’s hardship waiver for his sixth year of eligibility, but it certainly doesn’t look good. Luckily, the Bearcats have a senior in Dustin Grutza with lots of starting experience. And Grutza had a wonderful spring game for Cincinnati Saturday night. Grutza finished 13-of-18 for 100 yards and 2 TD. Notre Dame transfer Demetrius Jones was expected to compete for the starting job but finished the spring clearly behind Grutza on the depth chart.

UC is commended for shunning traditional color vs. color matchups, aptly naming their contest Bearcat Bowl II. It’s not exactly original, but did we really need another Red-Black Game? Well over 10,000 fans arrived at Nippert Stadium for the festivities.

Enjoy the mouth-watering five-way chili and read these two articles to breakdown the spring from Bearcat Insider.

Tags: Ben Mauk, Cincinnati, Demetrius Jones, Dustin Grutza, spring football