Big East Football: New Teams Expand the Conference Across the Country

The addition of Boise St, Houston, UCF, SMU and San Diego St. has now expanded the Big East from one end of the country to the other, covering four time zones. It is the first conference ever to include teams across the entire country and is unique in many ways. This expansion will not only [...]

Big East Football: Boise State, Four Others Set to Join Conference

After what has seemed like months of talks and debate, the Big East is set to officially add five teams to the conference beginning in 2013. The league will add Boise St. and San Diego St. for football only and add Houston, UCF and SMU for all sports. Navy is expected to be the sixth [...]

Big East Football: Season Ends in Disappointment for South Florida

While there are five Big East teams headed to bowl games, for three teams, the season has come to an end with one team having the most disappointing season in the conference. Syracuse, South Florida and Connecticut all finished the season 5-7 after heading into Big East play above .500. For these teams, particularly South [...]

Big East Football: Conference Sends Five Teams to Bowl Games

After sending six teams to bowl games last year, the Big East will only send five this year as West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers and Pittsburgh are set to represent the conference in their respective bowl games. Orange Bowl-West Virginia vs. Clemson: The No. 23 West Virginia Mountaineers will get the biggest bowl as they are [...]

Big East Football: West Virginia and South Florida Pit Conference’s Best at Quarterback

The West Virginia and South Florida match-up scheduled for tonight not only has Big East title implications on the line for the Mountaineers, but it will also pit perhaps the best two quarterbacks in the conference against each other. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith is the odds-on favorite to win Big East player of the [...]

Big East Football: Previewing the Weekend Slate

The final week of the college football season is upon us and the race in the Big East is tighter than any other conference. Three teams still have a shot to win the league and represent the Big East in a BCS bowl game. Here is a preview of the three remaining Big East games [...]

Big East Football: Power Ranking the Conference

With only one week remaining in the Big East season, there are still three teams with a possibility to win the conference and go to the Orange Bowl. A week ago, six teams still mathematically had a chance. The race is closer than any conference in college football and it will all be played out [...]

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 [...]