Episode Details

The Cincinnati Bearcats recruiting rankings for the class of 2023 have dropped since Luke Fickell departed for Wisconsin, so can they overcome that?

Alex is joined by John Garcia Jr., the director of football recruiting for Sports Illustrated, for his thoughts on Luke Fickell departing and the drops in recruiting rankings. John thinks the Cincinnati Bearcats winning pedigree of the last five years can help them overcome a smaller signing class come December and February. He also agrees it's paramount to keep recruiting in the "State of Cincinnati."

John also shares his thoughts on how the Cincinnati Bearcats head coaching job should be viewed after what Luke Fickell accomplished. He then shares his thoughts on who the next head coach should be, and the key is to open-minded in the head coaching search.

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Alex Frank uses his experiences and connections from his days as Sports Director of the University of Cincinnati's Bearcast Media into Locked On Bearcats. With an innate feel and passion for Bearcats football, men's basketball and UC Athletics as a whole, Alex provides the latest news, analysis, film reviews and insight to your favorite team and alma mater every day on Locked On Bearcats.

And follow Alex Frank on Twitter @frankie_nnati.

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