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Cincinnati out to repeat last year's success

By Joe Bendel
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, April 4, 2005

Coach Mark Dantonio would love to bask in the brilliance of his rookie season at Cincinnati, one in which he posted the second-best record among new Division I-A coaches. Problem is, he has no time. "I can't just say, 'We've arrived,'" said Dantonio, who led the Bearcats to a 7-5 mark and a victory in the Fort Worth Bowl in '04. "There's too much work to do." Work? What lies ahead at spring drills, which opened Tuesday, might be more akin to slave labor. Dantonio and his staff face the task ...

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