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Cincinnati hired Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell as its head coach, turning to the Buckeye state native to re-establish a program that has slipped in recent years.He agreed to a six-year deal on Saturday, pending approval from the board of trustees. Hell continue to coach the Buckeyes through the playoffs.Few have invested as much time and effort and passion into Ohio State and its football program than Luke, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. We all knew this day was coming.Fickell, a former Ohio State defensive lineman from Columbus, has been a coach with the Buckeyes since 2002. He spent one season as head coach in 2011, taking over after Jim Tressel was fired during the offseason and going 6-7.When Meyer came to Ohio State in 2012, Fickell was retained and has been part of a staff that has won a national title and two Big Ten championships.Im not going to stand up here and promise you wins and championships, but I am going to promise you that we are going to put a product on the field that you will be proud to call your own, Fickell said at a news conference .Fickell replaces Tommy Tuberville, who stepped down after four seasons at Cincinnati. The Bearcats went 4-8 this season and 29-22 under Tuberville.Cincinnati had five double-digit victory seasons in a six-year span (2007-12) under former coaches Brian Kelly and Butch Jones.Under Tuberville, Cincinnati won nine games in each of his first two seasons, but then dropped to just 11 total victories in the final two seasons.His extensive ties to the state of Ohio, experience at a championship-level program in Ohio State, ability to evaluate and develop talent, energy and leadership are all qualities which set him apart, Cincinnati athletic director Mike Bohn said of Fickell.The 43-year-old Fickell has shared the defensive coordinator role the past three years, first with Chris Ash and this season with Greg Schiano.Since 2005, defenses coached by Fickell at Ohio State have ranked among the top 40 in the country in yards allowed per play every year, averaging a ranking of No. 17. 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Its the only weapon that can slice through the shield of bravado that a fighter needs just to step foot inside a cage -- transforming irrational confidence into an infestation of doubt.And what if said loss means the end of a world title reign and universal claim as one of the sports pound-for-pound best? And what if its followed up by two more defeats?If former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has one word to describe his journey over the past 18 months, it would be dark.I was depressed. I was like, This is what I do. This is what I pride myself on -- [being] the champ of the world. Now Ive lost three in a row, Pettis told ESPN.com, during a Reebok FightHub event at UFC 205 in New York. Its a weird place to be at. You find out a lot about yourself when you lose. You find out how good you really are.Pettis, 29, responded to the losing streak in August by moving down in weight, and he looked spectacular in his featherweight debut by choking out Charles Oliveira. Four months later, a flurry of events conspired to transform his return on Saturday at UFC 206 in Toronto into a very big deal.Originally the co-main event, Pettis featherweight bout against red-hot Max Holloway (16-3) was pushed into a headlining role after an injury forced light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to withdraw from his rematch against Anthony Johnson. Soon after, Conor McGregor vacated his featherweight title -- by choice or by force, depending upon your perspective -- and suddenly, the Pettis-Holloway fight had the interim featherweight title on the line (with Jose Aldo elevated to undisputed champion).While Pettis admits the victory over Oliveira definitely bought some confidence, the recent emotional toll of highs and lows has been heavy.Pettis (19-5), among the UFCs most dynamic and creative strikers, opened 2015 on the cover of a Wheaties cereal box. A little more than one year later, however, a trio of defeats to Rafael dos Anjos, Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza left many doubting whether he would ever be the same.Among those doubters was Pettis himself.You still have that thought in the back of your head -- that feeling of losing, Petttis said.dddddddddddd. It haunts you. Its one of the things I hate feeling and I felt it three times in a row. For a whole year I lost. It was a sh---y feeling, but I feel like for now, I have the first win under my belt for a new weight class and a new light. Im having fun training again and Im injury free.Pettis saving grace throughout his losing streak was that all three defeats came by decision. To that end, he was able to pinpoint a couple of small mistakes that cost him in each fight.At this level of the game, its a game of inches and centimeters, Pettis said. Anybody can beat anybody on any given day. If you have an off night, there goes the fight.I just feel like every time I went out there, there were a couple of small mistakes that cost me the fight. I didnt get knocked out, I didnt get submitted. It was just decisions and output, I think. So we just focused on the output, focused on not letting these guys hold me on the cage [like Alvarez did.]Pettis admitted he still questions himself constantly, and says that anyone who claims to be 100 percent confident when entering the Octagon is lying.If youre not nervous, youre not ready, he said.Entering Saturdays fight, Pettis is the betting underdog -- and thats been another positive motivating factor working in his favor. When you are the underdog, you have nothing to lose, Pettis said. People expect you to lose. If I go out there with a dominant performance, everyone is going to remember why I was the champ at one point.The other x-factor for Pettis is knowing he will be the bigger and stronger man after moving down in weight -- and that confidence could be just what he needs to balance out the uncertainty that lingers after his losing streak.Im way stronger. Oliveira is probably the biggest guy in the division [and] when he hit me, I didnt feel it. I wasnt hurt, said Pettis. Wrestling wise, he couldnt take me down. McGregor dominated [Holloway] from the southpaw stance, and as long as Max cant come forward, he doesnt build that confidence. Ive got to be the bigger guy out there and push him around. ' ' ' |
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