Bearcats Football Action Returns

The two-time defending BIG EAST Champion, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, is back on FOX Sports Ohio, presented by The Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Honda Dealers.

This season, the network will produce the Sept. 11 v. Indiana State game, to be televised LIVE on WXIX FOX 19 in Cincinnati, and televise 12 tape delayed games and 13 weekly episodes of Bearcats Sports Weekly with Butch Jones. For a detailed schedule of programming, click here.

The production of the UC v. Indiana State game live from Nippert Stadium on Saturday, September 11 at 12 noon, will be televised by WXIX FOX19 only. Michael Reghi and Artrell Hawkins will be in the booth for this game. The game will also replay on FOX Sports Ohio on Sunday, September 12 at 11:30pm.

Fans can also visit the UC Game Lounge on FOXSportsOhio.com during the game, as well as during every UC football game all season long, to enjoy an in-game chat with UC student writer, Sam Elliot. Elliott is a senior at the University of Cincinnati and the sports editor at The News Record, the independent student news organization at UC.

The coaches’ show, Bearcats Sports Weekly with Butch Jones, is hosted by UC’s Tom Gelehrter, the Bearcats’ radio sideline reporter for football and director of new media for the department of athletics, who will answer questions and provide analysis. This 30-minute show will air Thursday nights beginning September 9 at 6:00 p.m. Additional replays will also be scheduled around the network’s programming later the same evening. Bearcats Sports Weekly will feature an “ask the coach” segment where fans can submit questions for Coach Butch Jones on FOXSportsOhio.com. Gelehrter is also the feature UC Bearcats reporter on the site. His coverage includes recaps, notebooks, video hits and photo galleries, giving fans a behind-the-scenes experience they can’t get anywhere else.