The Cincinnati Bearcats are in the midst of an 8-3 season and could be playing on Saturday with a BCS berth and Big East championship on the line. For the third time in the past five years, they will have to prepare for a big game while their head coach is being looked at by [...]

Big East Football: Cincinnati’s Butch Jones Mentioned for Head Coaching Positions

The Cincinnati Bearcats are in the midst of an 8-3 season and could be playing on Saturday with a BCS berth and Big East championship on the line. For the third time in the past five years, they will have to prepare for a big game while their head coach is being looked at by [...]

Big East Football: Cincinnati Wins, Rutgers Loses, Race Tightens

As expected, the Big East race will go down to the final weekend of the season. Heading into this past weekend, there were still six teams who were mathematically in the race for the Big East championship. That number has been cut in half now heading into the final weekend of the regular season and [...]

Big East Football: Backyard Brawl Goes Down to Wire

The 104th installment of the Backyard Brawl was as good as any in recent memory with West Virginia prevailing at home over Pittsburgh 21-20. The win eliminated Pittsburgh from contention for the Big East championship and gave West Virginia a legitimate shot at representing the BCS in the Orange or Sugar Bowl. The Mountaineers will [...]

Big East Football: Louisville Beats South Florida, May be BCS Bound

The Louisville Cardinals closed out the regular season with a 34-24 road victory over South Florida to finish 7-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play. The win clinched at least a share of the Big East championship. While it is not a done deal, only two things needs to happen for Louisville to earn the [...]

Big East Football: Backyard Brawl Takes on Added Meaning

Pittsburgh and West Virginia are set to square off tomorrow night in the backyard brawl, one of the biggest rivalries in college football. This year the matchup will have added meaning with the Big East title at stake. Both teams come into the game 3-2 in Big East play and in contention to win the [...]

Big East Football: Previewing the Weekend’s Games

There are only two weeks remaining in the Big East season and the race is certainly heating up. The league is closer now than it has been all season as four teams all have two losses. There are three pivotal games over the weekend that will go a long way toward determining who will win [...]

Big East Expansion: BYU no Longer in Conversation With the Big East

News has recently surfaced that talks between the Big East and BYU have stopped for now and it is not known when and if they will ever resume. The Associated Press has reported that BYU will not join the conference. BYU rejected the final offer by the Big East on Tuesday and it is not [...]

Big East Football: Power Ranking the Conference

With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, the race is the Big East is stuck in a log jam with five teams atop the conference at two losses. The victory by Rutgers over the weekend against Cincinnati gives them a chance to go to the Orange Bowl, but there are a few other [...]

Big East Football: San Diego St. Now Mentioned in Realignment Talks

BYU was mentioned in talks of Big East expansion in recent weeks, but another name came to light over the past couple days as a possible candidate for expansion. That school is San Diego St. Many people are hesitant to consider San Diego St. a team that would benefit the Big East, but they are [...]