Coach Butch Jones has received a three-year contract extension and a raise for leading Cincinnati to a share of the Big East title and a victory in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.The university's board of trustees approved the extension on Wednesday.Jones got the job after Brian Kelly left for Notre Dame after leading Cincinnati to back-to-back league titles and berths in the Discover Orange Bowl and... [Read More]

Cincinnati will start quarterback Zach Collaros in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Vanderbilt, coach Butch Jones announced after practice Thursday in Memphis, Tenn.Collaros broke his ankle in a loss to West Virginia on Nov. 12 and missed the final three games of the regular season. But he returned to practice several weeks ago and appeared to be the favorite all this week to start the game... [Read More]

Cincinnati Bearcats coach Butch Jones said Monday he had agreed to a contract extension that would keep him at the school through the 2017 season.The contract still must be approved by the school's board of trustees, which is set to meet Jan. 24. That is considered to be a mere formality.Jones, who led Cincinnati to a share of the Big East title in his second season with the Bearcats, had been... [Read More]

Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros will have surgery for a broken right ankle, sidelining him for the Bearcats' last three regular-season games. Collaros hurt the ankle during the second quarter of a 24-21 loss to West Virginia on Saturday that left the Big East race wide open. He'll have surgery on Monday and miss games next Saturday at Rutgers (7-3), at Syracuse (5-5) and home against... [Read More]

The University of Cincinnati received two years of probation among the sanctions handed down by the NCAA on Thursday for violations committed by the women's basketball and football programs. Cincinnati self-discovered and self-reported the violations, which the NCAA said included 220 impermissible recruiting telephone calls. The women's basketball program was cited for a major violation after a... [Read More]