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Cincinnati Uses Crazy Trick Play to Beat Syracuse

Big East Trailing 10-7 early in the second quarter, Cincinnati reached into its bag of tricks to score the go-ahead touchdown against Syracuse. Running back George Winn took the handoff and appear...

28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats

College Football Week 10 Recap: Alabama, Oregon answer BCS title tests

Big East A wild Saturday may make no difference in the national championship race, but the week ended with plenty of questions for title contenders. The BCS top four of Alabama, Kansas State, Notre Dam...

28 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Sun Belt, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans

College Football Predictions: Every Game in Week 10

Big East College football’s weekend slate is highlighted by key games in the SEC (Alabama at LSU) and Pac-12 (Oregon at USC). Here’s a look a every game. Friday No. 33 Washington at No. 67 Calif...

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 10

Big East College football’s Week 10 slate is highlighted by the Alabama-LSU clash in Baton Rouge and Oregon’s visit to USC. The Trojans have played their way out of the national title race with two loss...

Big East Week 10 Preview and Predictions

Big East Momentum for previously undefeated Cincinnati and Rutgers has been sapped the last two weeks, but the Big East has other teams starting to get hot in recent weeks. Syracuse has won back-to-back...

28 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls, USF Bulls

College Football Week 10 Upset Predictions

Big East The 2012 college football season is entering its final full month of action. There's plenty of twists and turns still to come in the road to the national championship and there could be a few top-2...

28 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ole Miss Rebels, UAB Blazers, Washington Huskies

College Football Post-Week 9 Bowl Projections

Big East College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With nine weeks of results in the books, it's beginning to get easier...

29 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 9 Rankings

Big East Week 9 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. Kentucky's Joker Phillips and Boston College'...

29 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Big East Post-Week 9 Power Rankings

Big East Just two weeks ago, the Big East was basking in the glow of three teams undefeated in October. That number is down to one. Barely. Louisville edged Cincinnati 34-31 in overtime Friday to k...

29 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls, USF Bulls

College Football Week 9 Recap: Notre Dame solidifies BCS title case

Big East With the exception of Alabama, Kansas State, Notre Dame and teams not playing Colorado, it was a rough week to be undefeated. Saturday began with 11 remaining undefeated teams and ended with s...

College Football Predictions: Every Game in Week 9

Big East College football’s Week 9 is highlighted by two huge games in the SEC (Florida vs. Georgia, Mississippi State at Alabama) and a meeting of two storied programs in Norman, Okla., as Notre Dame tak...

29 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, AJ McCarron, Jeff Driskell, Mike Gillislee, Tyler Bray, Tyler Russell, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgie Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football Week 9 Upset Predictions

Big East There's no shortage of possible upset picks for Week 9. UCLA is nearly a touchdown underdog against Arizona State, which is a bit surprising considering how both teams have played this year. NC Sta...

29 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Kentucky Wildcats, NC State Wolfpack, TCU Horned Frogs, UCLA Bruins

Big East Week 9 Preview and Predictions

Big East The three-game round robin between Cincinnati, Louisville and Rutgers may still determine the Big East championship, but some of the luster is gone after the MAC bit the Big East again this season ...

29 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls, USF Bulls

College Basketball's Worst Coaching Tenures since 1984-85

Big East Sometimes a coach inherits a bad team or steps into a program where the university simply does not invest in basketball. In some cases, through recruiting, Xs and Os and inspiration, that coach can...

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 8 Rankings

Big East Week 8 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. Kentucky's Joker Phillips and Boston College'...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Kentucky Wildcats, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse Orange, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football Post-Week 8 Bowl Projections

Big East College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With eight weeks of results in the books, it's still too early to mak...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Big East Post-Week 8 Power Rankings

Big East The Big East race may still be between three teams, but the race lost its luster less than a week before one of the marquee games of the season for the league. Thank Cincinnati for that. T...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls, USF Bulls

College Football: BCS Analysis Post-Week 8

Big East Shades of 2008 and 2009 continue to play out in the BCS standings as Alabama and Florida remain on top in the second release of the rankings. The two teams met in the SEC championship game in...

College Football Week 8 Recap: Kansas State, Florida solidify BCS contender status

Big East The skeptics are nowhere to be found in Manhattan, Kan., and Gainesville, Fla. Of course, Alabama and Oregon keep rolling in the national title hunt, but two potential usurpers continue to state th...

College Football Post-Week 7 Award Watch

Big East The Heisman Trophy isn’t the only award worth watching on a weekly basis. The Lombardi, Outland, Davey O’Brien and Biletnikoff races are all worth watching and debating as the season goes along...

College Basketball's Top International Players for 2012-13

Big East Stars like Syracuse’s Fab Melo (Brazil), St. Bonaventure’s Andrew Nicholson (Canada) and Vanderbilt’s Jeffrey Taylor (Sweden) and Festus Ezeli (Nigeria) may have left the college ranks for th...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Horizon, Pac-12, West Coast, Baylor Bears, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Louisville Cardinals, Oregon Ducks, Pittsburgh Panthers, Saint Mary's Gaels, Texas Longhorns, Valparaiso Crusaders, Washington State Cougars

College Football's Second-Half Predictions for 2012

Big East The first half of the college football season provided plenty of twists and turns, but the second half is really when the national championship and the conference title races will be decided. With ...

Big East Week 8 Preview and Predictions

Big East Here’s the good news for the Big East for the second half of the season: The league has three nationally ranked, undefeated teams in Louisville, Rutgers and Cincinnati who will all face each othe...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls, USF Bulls

College Football Week 8 Upset Predictions

Big East Week 8 of the college football season features a handful of intriguing top 25 matchups, including South Carolina-Florida and West Virginia-Kansas State. While those games will grab the national hea...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Northwestern Wildcats, Penn State Nittany Lions, Washington Huskies

College Football's Midseason BCS Championship Predictions

Big East With the first half of the season in the books, it's time to evaluate the preseason picks and make a few changes. Athlon's predicted a LSU-USC showdown in August but things have changed over the la...

31 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks

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