Predictions for '26

[Lobot]

The media has chimed in on their expectations for the Bearcats this season with most of them putting UC at .500 or below this season.

What's are your thoughts on where we end up at the end of the season?

Schedule:

https://gobearcats.com/sports/football/schedule?view=list

[leo from jersey]

well we have a new DC. Waiting to see how he will succeed. The offense worries me, but this great line can do wonders for the so called skilled players. If we get off to a bad start will Coach Satt mail it in?

[Bearcat Chris]

3-9

I have never been so disinterested in UC football in my 45 years of having season tickets. I did buy the expensive season tickets with my cousin, but we both did it very reluctantly, hoping for a miracle season. Satterfield will be gone at the end of the season, and then we’re looking at two years of rebuilding. Cunningham should be fired for giving such a horrible contract to a coach, who was gonna be fired by Louisville.

I hope I’m wrong, I used to love the falls, and UC football, and followed everything about them, and now even the local media is ignoring them. Let’s hope this is a surprise season, but I doubt it.

B.C.

[bearcatbret]

I believe they will be below .500 and not make a bowl game. However, this past week, I was at a conference. I spoke with a diehard Bearcats fan who follows the football team. He thinks that they will end up with 8 wins. I just do not see it but he is more informed than I.

[Lobot]

My hope is that JC French IV turns out to be a capable game manager at a minimum. I think he's more capable than we think. I'm hoping sans Sorsby we can avoid the late season swoon that's plagued us the last two years.

[swilsonsp4]

well we have a new DC. Waiting to see how he will succeed. The offense worries me, but this great line can do wonders for the so called skilled players. If we get off to a bad start will Coach Satt mail it in?

I don't see Satterfield mailing in anything. He's not Tommy Tuberville.

[Bearcat93]

I don't see Satterfield mailing in anything. He's not Tommy Tuberville.

Have you seen them at the same place at the same time? 5-7.

[Bearcat1996]

No buzz on this team. The media ignores them. HS football is more popular than UC football by a mile.

[London 'Cat]

My hope is that JC French IV turns out to be a capable game manager at a minimum. I think he's more capable than we think. I'm hoping sans Sorsby we can avoid the late season swoon that's plagued us the last two years.

I think French wants to prove he can play at a P4 conference. Whether he can or not remains to be seen. UC does not need an all-conference QB just as Lobot wrote "a capable game manager." If he turns out to be something more, that will be a bonus. The RBs and OL will carry this team. If the WRs can create separation, something we have not seen consistently under CSS, we may have a solid offense. I am still concerned with the defense, which I read is still a 3-4 scheme. We all know how that turned out last season - sieves on the field. Maybe under the new DC it will be different but I have concerns with the scheme as a whole.

[leo from jersey]

I don't see Satterfield mailing in anything. He's not Tommy Tuberville.

TT had a golden parachute waiting for him. SS, while paid nicely, future can't be up. The town, both national and local media basically have a nonchalant attitude towards UC. I hope SS changes that, but how will he react if he doesn't. It will be interesting to see the fans reaction if the play is bad on the field. My hope is that he turns it into an eight win season. The truth be told, I want more than an 8 win season. It has been proven that UC can do that. Let's see it in the BIG12. IF he can't there has been some notable names once associated with UC who would like to make a jump up. I don't want to think that before the season starts and I still wonder what last year might have ended without the BS at QB.

One final thought. The Basketball team has a positive vibe right now. If it continues and the FB team is not doing well, fans love a winner.