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CFB: Week 11 Big East Notebook

Nov 17th, 2009

The Big East title race is down to just Cincinnati and Pittsburgh after West Virginia was eliminated last week. We've got those scenarios, a look at two surprising Rutgers freshmen and more in this week's notebook.

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CFB: Week 11 National Notebook

Nov 16th, 2009

Mitch Light's national notebook takes a broad look around the nation with teams of the week, under the radar wins and other college football notes.

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CFB: Week 10 Big East Notebook

Nov 10th, 2009

Within the Big East, it’s time for the big games. Three league teams — Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and West Virginia — have an equal shot at the Big East title and a Bowl Championship Series berth. The elimination rounds begin this week.

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CFB: Week 10 Preview

Nov 6th, 2009

As you settle in for another weekend of college football, Michael Bradley takes you around the country with players, storylines and games to watch.

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CFB: Week 9 Big East Notebook

Nov 3rd, 2009

In this week's Big East notebook, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh continue to roll, West Virginia falters against South Florida and Syracuse loses its top playmaker.

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CFB: Week 8 Big East Notebook

Oct 27th, 2009

As you check the rankings these days, you’ll see the Big East has quite a presence. Three teams are within the Top 20. There's also a big conference presence among the nation's leading rushers. Two of the top four play at Big East schools.

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CFB: Week 8 Preview

Oct 23rd, 2009

As you settle in for another weekend of college football, Michael Bradley takes you around the country with players, storylines and games to watch.

[FULL STORY]

CFB: Week 7 Big East notebook

Oct 20th, 2009

A spotlight was turning toward the Big East with three of eight teams situated in the Top 25 this week. Then a brighter light, Jasper Howard, was extinguished after being fatally stabbed in Storrs, Conn.

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Week 7 in Review

Oct 19th, 2009

Athlon takes a look at the five most important things to take away from Week 7, key injuries and what key games are on the schedule for Week 8.

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CFB: Week 6 Big East notebook

Oct 13th, 2009

The Big East features a pair of big matchups this week, but the potential conference game of the year takes place on Thursday night when top-10 ranked Cincinnati will visit Tampa to take on No. 21 South Florida.

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CFB: Week 5 Big East notebook

Oct 6th, 2009

Before the season, much was made of the fact that no Big East teams made the major preseason polls. Now, Cincinnati and South Florida are both on the lists.

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CFB: Week 4 Big East notebook

Sep 29th, 2009

Through much of college football’s nonconference "season," Big East teams have thrown a few rocks. Caused a few ripples. No league victory, though, caused the wave of attention as South Florida’s this past weekend.

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CFB: Week 3 Big East notebook

Sep 22nd, 2009

The Big East had some nice victories last weekend. But it suffered one loss that will be difficult to overcome.

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CFB: Week 3 national notebook

Sep 21st, 2009

Washington, Connecticut and Syracuse earned team of the week recognition while Baylor, Vanderbilt and Maryland were far from it. Find these and other notes in this edition of the national notebook.

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CFB: Five Burning Questions Week 3

Sep 17th, 2009

Athlon's editors debate five burning questions surrounding college football, including the outcome of the Florida-Tennessee game, whether the Big 12 is overrated or not and more.

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CFB: Week 2 Big East notebook

Sep 15th, 2009

It’s time for the Big East to represent. Last Saturday, only West Virginia did so against a highly regarded opponent. This week, the league has four more games against other BCS conference opponents and a big chance to make a statement.

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CFB: Week 1 Big East notebook

Sep 8th, 2009

Cincinnati crushed Rutgers in an early opening to the Big East season, but most of the other teams concentrated on themselves, playing lower division or non-BCS opponents with mixed results.

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2009 Best Units: Linebackers

Jul 18th, 2009

They’re the teams within the team — those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context. Today, we look at the best linebacker units in the country.

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News From Around the Web

Petrus named Freshman All-America

Dec 17th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

Following in the footsteps of running back Donald Brown, who picked up a variety of Big East and national honors earlier...

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Excitement, rust both factors in UConn win

Dec 15th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

HARTFORD, Conn. — Forward Jeff Adrien scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, thriving in UConn's 91-57 win against ...

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Calhoun: Robinson's return 'spectacular'

Dec 15th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

HARTFORD, Conn. — All that was missing from Stanley Robinson's first dunk of the night was his trademark scream. The j...

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Brown: 'I'm coming back'

Dec 15th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

STORRS, Conn. — Running back Donald Brown announced Monday morning that he fully intends to forgo entering the NFL Dra...

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Chambers commits on official visit

Dec 14th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

The warmth of the players was enough to combat the cold for Keensen Chambers, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound defensive end who co...

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Robinson returns after nine months

Dec 14th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

HARTFORD, Conn. — The anticipation regarding Stanley Robinson's return had been building since the Huskies kicked off ...

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Big East: Handing out league awards

Dec 13th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

While QB Tony Pike and Cincinnati were a Cinderella story, others endured tough times. We honor the best of the Big East...

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Brown honored by Big East

Dec 10th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

To say that UConn running back Donald Brown had a career year would be an understatement. He's now being recognized for ...

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Willman's verbal makes two

Dec 8th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

Fulton (Md.) Reservoir defensive end Tim Willman committed to UConn on Friday, just five days after securing a scholarsh...

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Christen makes UConn his choice

Dec 8th, 2008 (Connecticut.rivals.com) $article->rating stars

Randy Edsall and the Huskies received a verbal commitment on Saturday from Chad Christen, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound kicker a...

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2009 CFB Weekend On Tap: Week 12

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CFB: Week 11 Pac-10 Notebook

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