You might think that after the Cincinnati Bearcat football team got clobbered last night by Florida in the Sugar Bowl that I should be posting about the loss.
But the Bearcat loss last night was not typical of the Cincinnati curse. The Bearcats had a great year. They simply ran into a better team in Florida and a quarterback who had a nearly flawless game.
I congratulate this year’s Bearcats on one of the best seasons ever and the fact that they avoided the typical shenanigans associated with the … ahem … other Bearcat team.
Instead, let’s focus on another recent story that is more typical of how our town makes news – the bizarre or the tragic.
So without further ado, I give you the “Bearcat Bandit.”
The “Bearcat Bandit” has been robbing banks in North Carolina while wearing a jacket with the Cincinnati Bearcat logo.
At each bank, the Bandit threatened to blow up the bank if they didn’t give him money.
That is, until he was caught last week. After a teller recognized him, Police arrested Michael J. Dolphin of Loveland as he was leaving a SunTrust bank in Mocksville, NC.
Was he not paying attention in Bank Robbing 101? Isn’t ‘don’t wear identifiable clothing’ the first thing they teach you in bank robbing school?
If he were from California or New Zealand and was trying to throw police off, this might make sense. But turns out he’s from Loveland.
So we salute you this holiday season Mr. Bearcat Bandit for keeping up the Cincinnati tradition of odd sports failures!
