Spring practice: Day 3

- It now appears that UC won't get a ruling from the NCAA on Ben Mauk's status for another 10 days or so.

"We talked to the NCAA (Thursday)," Brian Kelly said today. "They said it would be 10 days to two weeks before they can give us a definite answer. They’ve got four to six cases that are still pending that they’ve got to clear up before they can go back to Ben's."

- Junior running back Jacob Ramsey, who took over as the starter near the end of last season, has put on about 15 pounds and looks much more physically imposing than he was last year.

"I'm about 230 now," Ramsey said. "I was at 215. I just wanted to become a stronger runner between the tackles and bring a little more to my style of running. I'm just as explosive if not more now. I just got stronger and I think it's going to help me out. When we do our contact drills, I can feel the power behind my frame so it's really going to help me out this season, I believe."

Ramsey will be pushed by third-year sophomore John Goebel, who was redshirted last year. Because Ramsey still isn't 100 percent recovered from a sprained right ankle he suffered last season, Kelly said Goebel might be featured more than Ramsey during spring drills.

- The Bearcats will do their first real hitting of the spring during today's practice, which is scheduled from 1-3:15 p.m. About 200 coaches from the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association will be hand.