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Will consist of the six highest-ranked conference champions and the six highest-ranked at-large teams as chosen by the CFP selection committee. The top four conference champions will be seeded Nos. 1 through 4 and receive first-round byes. The remaining teams will play first-round games on the campus of the better seeds. In 2024, those first-round games will take place on Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21. One game will be played on Friday night with the other three taking place on Saturday — one in the early afternoon, one in the late afternoon and another in the evening. Moving ahead, the quarterfinals will be played at bowl sites on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Fiesta Bowl will be played at night on New Year’s Eve (a Tuesday) with the Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl all being played on New Year’s Day (Wednesday). From there, the semifinals will be played at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 and Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. The CFP title game will then be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 20.

The most encouraging thing for someone that follows UC is that the roster has improved each year. He needed 2 or 3 top of the roster guys with what he lost and I think that was accomplished with Fredrick and Lukosius. Reynolds is also a very good offensive big man in the pick and roll. The transition to the Big 12 and new apparel deal with Jordan/Nike should help continue to elevate the program. They're in on a lot of high level 2024 kids so will be interesting to see how all that plays out.

Really hard for me to believe there were 258 players available better than UC LB Ivan Pace. Unanimous 1st team All American and Defensive MVP of the Senior Bowl Ended up signing with the Vikings as UDFA. A lot of teams are going to regret passing on him.

Good question.... A lot of quality depth on next year's team. Jizzle James and Day-Day Thomas will likely be handed the keys from day 1 at the point but the return of Mika Adams Woods allows them time to develop. I think Fredrick is probably locked in as the starter at the 2. Lukosius will have to compete with Dan Skillings for minutes at the 3 but I think he has the versatility to play the 2 through 4. I could see Rayvon making things difficult for both with how advanced he is defensively for an incoming freshman. Reynolds will battle Lahkin to see who starts at the 5. Ody Oguama started at the 4 this season and returns. John Newman also returns after missing the majority of last season to injury. Sophomores Josh Reed and Sage Tolentino seem to be end of bench guys so will be interesting to see if either decide to transfer.

Roster is now complete for 22-23 with the additions of CJ Fredrick and Butler transfer Simas Lukosius.

Raiders took UC WR Tre Tucker in 3rd round... Guess I have two new reasons to follow LV this season.

Shefter mentioned last night that Levis fell because a few teams were worried about the toe injury and the others felt he came off as being "too cocky and arrogant" during interviews, despite being on a "bad team".

Dante finished his Indiana State career with the most receiving yards in program history after finishing his high school career with the most receiving yards in NKY history. He was invited to Notre Dame's pro day after scouts requested to see him there and also participated in the Bengals local pro day. Highlight of this past season included being 1st team all conference and 5 catches for 90 yards against Purdue in the season opener.

UC lost their three best shooters with the losses of Nolley, Dejulius, and Davenport. If CJ can stay healthy, he has shown the ability to shoot at an elite level. He will have plenty of opportunities to showcase what he can do.

Big addition to next year's team.