TicketsJuly 16, 2011
A Day With The CBS Sports Network (Courtesy CoachButchJones.com)
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati Head Football Coach Butch Jones spent a day with former University of Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez and a crew from the CBS Sports Network on July 13, 2011, taping segments for a show that will air in early September.
The pair spent the entire day taping, starting things off in the Richard E. Lindner Center with a comprehensive tour of the football facilities, before moving things to the golf course, and closing out the day at Coach Jones' house for a team event and an MTV Cribs-style tour.
Rodriguez, who coached with Jones at West Virginia from 2005-06, was impressed with what he saw inside the Lindner Center.
"To see what Coach Jones and what the athletic department has done on the inside, to see the pictures they've put up, the way the locker room and meeting rooms and everything is set up is really fantastic," Rodriguez said.
Coach Rodriguez was also very impressed with Coach Jones's running the Bearcats program.
"I think so much of him and his family," Rodriguez said. "He's got a great plan and he's going to have a lot of success here."
Stay tuned to GoBEARCATS.com for more information on when the program will air.
Jones, entering his second year at the helm of the UC program, returns 15 starters from the 2010 football squad, including unanimous First-Team All-BIG EAST quarterback Zach Collaros (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville), as well as a trio of Second-Team All-BIG EAST honorees in running back Isaiah Pead (Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor Academy), linebacker J.K. Schaffer (Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle) and wide receiver D.J. Woods (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville).
Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 1-877-CATS-TIX or visiting CATSTIX.com. Single-game tickets will go on sale for UCATS members on July 11, 2011 and will be available to the general public on July 18.