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Big East Football: News and Notes From the Week
Louisville out, West Virginia in for the Big 12 After trying to make a final push to jump over West Virginia right into the Big 12, it looks like Louisville is stuck in the floundering Big East for now, while the Mountaineers will be the 10th Big 12 team after Missouri departs next season. Only [...]
TweetWhit Babcock Hired As Cincinnati Athletic Director
Whit Babcock was introduced as the new athletic director at the University of Cincinnati on Monday. The search lasted three months after former athletic director Mike Thomas jumped ship to become the athletic director at the University of Illinois. Babcock joins the Bearcats from Missouri where he served as the associate athletic director. Clearly, he [...]
TweetBig East Football: Previewing the Weekend Games
The weekend slate for the Big East will kick off early this week as Connecticut and Pittsburgh square off tonight on ESPN. The marquee Big East game of the week happens Saturday afternoon on ABC when West Virginia travels to Piscataway, NJ to take on Rutgers. The other Big East matchup this weekend pits Syracuse [...]
TweetBig East Football: West Virginia Ready to Jump to Big 12
Reports have began to surface today that West Virginia is about to make the jump to the Big 12. It has also been reported that Missouri is ready to head to the SEC, but the board of directors of the Big 12 held a meeting and decided to hold onto Missouri for one more year [...]
TweetBig East Football: Power Ranking the Conference
After only three weeks of conference play, the Big East seems to be more balanced than ever. Cincinnati is the only team remaining in the conference that does not have a conference loss and South Florida is the only team without a conference win. Road teams are 2-8, which means stealing a few on the [...]
TweetBig East Football: Talks of a 32-Team Super-Conference
Reports have been swirling in the last 48 hours that there is talk about a possible merger between the Big East, Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference. This merger would consist of 32 teams divided into four eight-team divisions. The main reason for the merger of these three conferences is to try to keep [...]
TweetBig East Football: A Trio of Upsets Highlight the Weekend
There were only three Big East games this weekend, but in unlikely fashion, all of them could be considered surprise victories. With the World Series on break last night, the Big East was on center stage with West Virginia vs. Syracuse on ESPN and Rutgers vs. Louisville on ESPN2. Both of those along with today’s [...]
TweetBig East Football: Previewing the Weekend Slate
There are only three Big East games this week, but they are three big conference match-ups. With Pittsburgh and Connecticut set to square off Wednesday night on ESPN, both those teams have a bye this weekend. The other six teams are all in action in what could prove to be some key games as teams [...]
TweetBig East Football: Week 7 Power Rankings
1. West Virginia (5-1, 1-0): The Mountaineers were the preseason favorite to win the conference and so far they are living up to expectations. They are putting up over 40 points per game and have the fourth highest passing offense in the country, led by quarterback Geno Smith. He has thrown for 2,159 yards and [...]
TweetBig East Expansion: Louisville and West Virginia Targeted by Big 12
With the recent announcement that the Missouri Tigers are going to apply for admission to the SEC, the Big 12 will be left with only nine teams. It has been widely known that two of their targets are Louisville and West Virginia with one other school in mind to expand to a 12-team league once [...]
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