Cinci is getting set for the “River City Rivalry” (RCR).

The game will also launch a new college football regional rivalry and trophy game. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh will begin the River City Rivalry. The winner will get to keep the River City Trophy, an award composed of a riverboat telegraph and a graphic silhouette of the Ohio River.

Oh, goody. And I’m sure that for the Cinci players, the prospect of this trophy will more than make up for losing their Victory Bell Trophy to Miami of Ohio. I mean that was old. That was the 110th meeting of the teams. Who cares now. Who wouldn’t prefer to say they were there for the very first time the conference dictated “rivalry” game was played?

Their game notes (PDF) also contain the tidbit that the team is taking a bus from Cinci to Pittsburgh — a five hour or so drive — and then, wait for it…

To commemorate their entry into the River City Rivalry, the Bearcats will arrive at their Friday walk-through at Heinz Field via riverboat. Arrangements have been made for the team to bus to Pennsylvania and then board a riverboat for the final miles of the trip to downtown Pittsburgh.

Apparently Cinci is 2-7 when playing on October 8. The wins came against Temple and Western Michigan.