With conference media days starting up this week, the college football season has officially wandered back to civilization from its brief wilderness of recruiting, arbitrary administrative verdicts and early morning, strobe-lit weightlifting sessions.



That includes the American Athletic Conference, which hosted its gridiron contingent in Newport, Rhode Island, for fresh-caught lobster and some well-clad interview sessions.







When the 🦞 gets to the table…



😁😁😁@islandbwoy242#Bearcats | #AmericanKickoff pic.twitter.com/MNtjQGsx8a



— Cincinnati Football (@GoBearcatsFB) July 16, 2019



The event was a reintroduction of sorts for the Cincinnati Bearcats, at least within the conference ecosystem, properly hyped and lauded this year after a surprise 11-2 season in 2018. UC was picked second in the AAC preseason poll, finishing behind Central Florida in both the American Championship...