Commit to the grit: Inside Cincinnati football’s climb from rock bottom to College Football Playoff history
"It marks the first time a Group of 5 program has crashed the Playoff since the format began in 2014, a paradigm-altering accomplishment within the sport that also punctuates an unfathomable five-year transformation for the Bearcats under Fickell."
Note the mention of beating a big-time program
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