Team Cincinnati Finishes T-12th In 2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge

For the second straight year Tommy Tuberville represented the University of Cincinnati in the annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge, in which he and a former player faced pairs from other schools around the country in multi-day event on the links.

This time around the Bearcats’ head football coach was joined by former UC punter Kevin “Golden Leg” Huber. The year prior Tuberville paired up with former middle linebacker J.K. Schaffer. The duo performed well, finishing at 9-under (tied for 2nd) and earning $90,000 in scholarship cash. Tuberville and Huber didn’t fare as well this year. They tied for last at +2, which is apparently frowned upon in golf, and earning the minimum $20,000 prize.

It’s difficult to pinpoint what to take away from these results. Is this definitive proof that linebackers make better golfers than punters? Are the bulbous biceps of Schaffer more important on the links than Huber’s strong lower body? Has Tommy Tuberville lost his touch with the clubs in his hands? Who knows but one thing’s for sure, Tommy T and Huber had a blast in Georgia during the last couple of days.

Here’s the full press release from the event.

"Greensboro, Ga. (April 28, 2015) – Team Georgia Tech outlasted Team Alabama on the fourth and final playoff hole to take a one-stroke victory in the 2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament today at Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta.The Yellow Jackets’ victory is their second straight and fourth in the last five years. Head Coach Paul Johnson and former hoops star Jon Barry took home $100,000 in charity and scholarship with their win.“Well, I rode Jon pretty hard today, but in the end, we were able to grind it out,” Johnson said after the round. “I didn’t think we had much of a chance after the front nine, but Jon hit some really good shots and we found a way.”Georgia Tech, Alabama, South Carolina and NC State all finished the 18 holes at -9 before the four met in the playoff. NC State was eliminated on the first playoff hole with a bogey, South Carolina on the second playoff hole with a bogey. Alabama and Georgia Tech both carded a par on the third playoff hole before the Crimson Tide bowed out with a bogey on the final hole.“We battled them, but they played well. It was great to be in the final competition,” Saban said of his round with Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram. “You have to be a long hitter and Mark hit some great shots out there. It was a lot of fun.”Johnson and Barry closed with an eagle on 17 and a birdy on 18 to get to -9 and join the playoff.After the first nine, old nemeses Saban and Spurrier led the field at (-6) with their teammates Mark Ingram and Sterling Sharpe, respectively. Saban led the Alabama team to an eagle on the par-4, hole number three, while Spurrier and Sharpe eagled the par-4 second, to finish strong at the top of the leaderboard as they headed into the Club House at Oconee.NC State’s Doeren and Harvey birdied their final five holes to pull within one stroke of the leaders and forcing a three-way tie for second place at (-5) with Maryland’s Edsall and McBrien and Arizona’s Rodriguez and Lofton, with only nine holes left to play. All together, the 13-team field combined for six eagles and 27 birdies in the first nine holes.The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge is the country’s premier head coach and celebrity charity golf event featuring NCAA head coaches and former athletes and celebrities from the same school competing against their rivals for a share of a $520,000 scholarship purse.In addition to the $520,000 charity and scholarship purse, another $113,305 was generated for charitable organizations including the American Diabetes Association. Over the last nine years, the event has contributed a total of $5.3 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl college football’s most charitable bowl game.Chick-fil-APeachBowlChallenge.com"