The Bearcats are already in motion working out at the new Sheakley Indoor Performance Center and Practice Facility, which opened on Wednesday evening.
Head UC football coach Scott Satterfield has been accurately adamant about how much this streamlined facility designed to help every Bearcats team win will greatly benefit UC football.
Cincinnati lost four one-score games to finish 5-7 last season and this new building should help them band even tighter together to turn some of those results into wins.
"If a [workout] group comes in at 6:30 the next group is at 8:30 that 6:30 group will probably come off the field, they'll probably shower, they'll grab some food, they're going to be able to come right back down and just hang out right here and watch that group finish. You're going to be able to cheer that group on, you know, push that next group, and then so on and so forth," Satterfield said about boosting camaraderie. "Usually there's about three groups in a day. You know, you really don't get that as much in the other space and then the opportunity to grab three or four guys. Let's walk on the field. Let's do a little walkthrough here. Let me just talk some techniques. We're all right here.
"The fact that our coach's offices have all glass, when they see some of their position group that are coming out on the field, man, they're gonna be right down here. 'Hey, let's get a little extra work in you know?' So, I mean, there's so many things that we're going to be able to do to have a connection with our guys. It's limitless, really."
These little things matter a lot in college football, especially in a league that is so tightly compact talent-wise throughout the Big 12.
Cincinnati now has arguably the best, and most time-conducive facilities in the league as a weapon to get back to their national prominence at the beginning of the decade.
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