Byline: Neill Ostrout

Oct. 9--Cincinnati hasn't lost a football game in 11 months, leads the nation in forced turnovers and is 6-0 for the first time since 1954.

But the biggest surprise -- People in the Queen City have actually noticed.

The Bearcats are selling out 35,000-seat Nippert Stadium and will probably become quite a road draw as the season progresses.

"It's changing a mindset around here. Right around October I think is when they start basketball practice," Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly said Monday. "We don't want them thinking about basketball until after the bowl games are done."

Cincinnati, which beat Rutgers 28-23 Saturday in Piscataway, ...