As might be expected, Cincinnati recruits a lot of their players in the greater Cincinnati area. As much as Kentucky has improved its recruiting profile in Ohio since 2013, the Cincinnati area still largely remains untapped for us. We have had very few Wildcats from Cincinnati in recent years. I expect Fickell to increase Cincinnati's recruiting traction in central and northern Ohio, but I don't think there will be many cases when Kentucky and Cincinnati are finalists for the same players. We are competing for Ohio players now with Michigan State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Pittsburgh. Not Cincinnati.
Similar, absolutely. I think it's actually harder for UC because UL isn't competing with multiple schools, just UK. Granted it's a competition they're losing. I just think UC has a slightly tougher challenge competing with at least 4 other big time schools, one of which is UK.
I forgot about UD as well, although some UD fans may root for UC in football. UC had the stretch with Tony Pike where they went to a BCS bowl. They had some energy around the program at that time. Other than that, I don't remember UC fans ever being excited about the football. I'm speaking as a whole, of course. You're certainly going to have a handful of fans here and there that are excited for football, but it's not a lot.
GAA, Edwards, Mahone, Meadows, Ross; Dayton area: Beckham, Hart, Looney,; Between: Rigg.
