CMU Butch Jones Going To Cincy

Jones is 26-13 in three seasons with Central Michigan. He led the Chippewas to an 11-2 mark and a berth in the GMAC Bowl this season. ESPN

I have nothing really to say but... Who Butch JONES, Who Butch JONES.

Notre Dame Gets Brian Kelly

"Notre Dame has settled on Brian Kelly as the man who can restore its faded glory, just as he turned Cincinnati into a national title contender. He's leaving behind an undefeated and upset Cincinnati team that didn't seem prepared to lose him despite rampant speculation that the job was his.

"He went for the money," receiver Mardy Gilyard told the Associated Press after Kelly told players of his decision, nearly three hours after the news broke. "I'm fairly disgusted with the situation, that they let it last this long (CBSSports)."

I am really torn about this. On one hand I think Kelly had to take this job. Coaching Notre Dame is way better then coaching Cincy. He'll get paid a shit load more, and if he somehow makes them good again he could be a legend. On the other hand, I don't believe Notre Dame can ever reach fans expectations again. They actually care about kids attending class and being smart, which is something Kelly is going to have to get used to now that he is not in Cincy. Kelly is going to have a tough time getting this school going again after losing their QB and best WR, but fans need to give this guy 4-5 years to build the program that he wants...

Brian Kelly To Notre Dame?

It looks like the Notre Dame coaching search is aimed mainly at Brian Kelly. ESPN's Joe Schad first reported today that Notre Dame will interview the Cincinnati coach today, probably in New York City. ESPN

Of all the head coaches that have been interviewed for the Notre Dame job, this one makes the most sense for me. Brian Kelly can afford to leave Cincinnati, because lets face it, coaching Notre Dame is a better gig than coaching the Bearcats. I know Kelly has had some controversial moments in his past, but Notre Dame needs to forget all that and get their man. I mean he was able to get Cincy from nowhere to a major bowl this year, I think he could do a somewhat better job with that at Notre Dame.

Corie Blount Going To Jail

"Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati star Corie Blount was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a plea arrangement resulting from drug charges (ESPN)."

To be honest this guy is really lucky he didn't a much longer sentence. I am all for the legalization of pot, but this dude was caught with a total of 29 pounds of weed (no that is not a typo). 29 POUNDS!!!! That is fucking insane. The best part of this story is that Blount tried to tell the judge that this was for personal use for him and his friends....yea ok, I mean I know some pot heads, but no one needs 29 pounds! So, what did the judge have to say to that?

"Cheech and Chong would have had a hard time smoking that much," Hedric told Blount.

Here is what they took from him....

Just another shithead Bearcat.

GTown Out

The Big East Tourney kicked off today at MSG. This is the first time they have invited all 16 teams to participate so the BET will run 5 rounds through the Saturday championship game.

The early games featured two tourney long shots in Cincy and Georgetown. Both saw their seasons come to the crashing halt they were meant to. Cincy lost to DePaul. DePaul. The team that could not figure out how to win a conference game all year stumped the Bearcats in a game that was life or death. Sad.

As for Georgetown, if this isn't the loss that puts JT3 at the back of the unemployment line, they might as well give him tenure. He sucks. He can't recruit (another blue chip just backed out and committed to the 'Cuse, that outta sit well in DC) and he sure as shit can't win big games.

St John's is a pretty terrible team with a very limited offense yet they dominated the Hoyas. They killed them on the offensive boards, penetrated at will and forced one sloppy turnover after another. Georgetown couldn't even get the last second shot thing right, heaving one off the backboard and 8 rows out of bounce with 3 seconds left and a chance to tie it up.

In addition to seeing some upsets on the first big tournament day, this was a great pair of results for URI. Had either Cincy or Gtown made a run in the BET, that could have been one less at large bid for the Rams to steal. As is the Rams need a major run in their own tourney and some serious help in all the other conferences. It sure was nice to get a little of that on day 1.

Bill Cunningham Is The New Don Imus

Bill Cunningham said something that I found extremely funny, but probably a lot of people could take it as racist. The Cincinnatti Bearcats have been my favorite basketball team forever, just because of their antics. Anyways here is how the conversation went: Cunningham: How many illegitimate children does the UC men’s basketball team have?

Producer Guy: Uhh, I don’t know. I just worry about whether they win or lose, or their record.

Cunningham: I heard it’s more than a half dozen. So there’s some hangin’ and bangin’ going on at the Shoemaker Center after the game. … [T]hey’re poppin’ those things out like cherry pits out of one’s mouth. For the sound clip click here.