It's that most 2015 of stories.
Team A wants to play Team B at home. Team B won't play Team A at home. Team A goes to social media to drum up support or perhaps shame Team B into compliance.
Hey @OhioState, you've been to Paul Brown. You've been to Great American. We would love to host you at Nippert or Fifth Third. ?
— U of Cincinnati (@uofcincy) April 8, 2015
This Tweet from the official account of the University of Cincinnati coincided with Opening Night at the Reds game downtown, where the local professional baseball club played host to the Ohio State football team at Great American Ball Park.
As part of the festivities at the Reds game, head coach Urban Meyer -- a UC grad -- assistant coach Kerry Coombs and players Adolphus Washington and Joe Burger threw out ceremonial first pitches. Members of the team also held the American flag while the national anthem was sung.
Whether or not the Buckeyes return to the Queen City for a game against the Bearcats is a matter for school officials to work out, but recent history would seem to indicate it is not likely.
Ohio State and UC have played 16 times on the football field, including a 50-28 Buckeye victory last fall in Columbus. The last meeting in Cincinnati was also during a national championshp season for the Buckeyes, but that 23-19 OSU victory was played at Paul Brown Stadium, the home of the NFL's Bengals.
The Buckeyes lead the series 14-2 and have not lost to the Bearcats since the turn of this or the last century. The Bearcats' two victories came back to back in 1896 and '97. Both of those games were played in Cincinnati, but the Bearcats did not start playing games at the site of Nippert Stadium until 1901.
The UC basketball team, on the other hand, has some serious bragging rights against the Buckeyes. The Bearcats twice knocked off the Buckeyes in the national championship game, first when Ohio State was the defending champ in 1961 and again when the Buckeyes were looking for revenge a year later.
The teams have only played twice since then, however, both Ohio State victories at neutral sites.
