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Which Team is Louisville's Biggest Challenger in the Big East for 2013?

Cincinnati Bearcats Louisville is a heavy favorite to win the Big East/American Athletic Conference in 2013. With quarterback Teddy Bridgewater returning, along with one of the conference’s best defenses, the Cardin...

3 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

Ranking the Big East's Running Backs for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats The Big East doesn’t have many household names returning at running back for 2013. Houston’s Charles Sims is one of the best all-around backs in college football and leads the way for the B...

4 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

Ranking the Big East's Quarterbacks for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats With all of the teams coming and going in the Big East, the conference is clearly one in transition for 2013. Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater is clearly the No. 1 quarterback in the Big East f...

5 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

Ranking the Big East's College Football Coaches for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats Coaching is one of the driving forces in building a national championship team or program. No matter how much talent a program has, it can’t win a national title if the coaching is questiona...

7 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

5 Players to Watch in Big East Spring Practice

Cincinnati Bearcats With spring practice underway across college football, most of interest will focus on quarterback battles or incoming freshmen that enrolled early to get a jumpstart on making an impact for 20...

9 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

Daily March Madness Tracker: Big East Tournament won't disappoint

Cincinnati Bearcats Caution employers: Work productivity may be down Thursday and Friday this week and next. The wild ride continues as college basketball conference tournaments enter their most dramatic phase. F...

10 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, Pac-12, Cincinnati Bearcats, Syracuse Orange, UCLA Bruins, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Villanova Wildcats, 2013 March Madness

2013 Big East Conference Tournament Preview

Cincinnati Bearcats March Madness is just getting started as the college basketball season shifts to the conference tournaments. Titles will be won, NCAA Tournament spots will be clinched or lost all over the country....

10 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Georgetown Hoyas, Louisville Cardinals, Villanova Wildcats, 2013 March Madness

Daily March Madness Tracker: SEC teams, Baylor stay alive

Cincinnati Bearcats Now that the calendar has turned to March, fans of bubble teams may be refreshing web sites of their favorite bracketologists. As college basketball’s regular season and conference tournamen...

10 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kentucky Wildcats, Minnesota Gophers, Ole Miss Rebels, Temple Owls, Tennessee Volunteers, 2013 March Madness

Big East Football 2013 Spring Preview and Storylines

Cincinnati Bearcats Another year brings more changes for the Big East. And if you are having trouble keeping up with the changes, you certainly aren’t alone. West Virginia departed for the Big 12 before the 2012 sea...

11 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights, 2013 college football spring previews

Daily March Madness Tracker: Cincinnati in, Baylor out?

11 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Baylor Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Louisville Cardinals, 2013 March Madness

Daily March Madness Tracker: Reasons for optimism after Michigan-Michigan State

11 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Baylor Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Duke Blue Devils, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, North Carolina Tar Heels, USC Trojans, Virginia Cavaliers, 2013 March Madness, 2013 NCAA Tournament projections

Cincinnati Bearcats 2013 Spring Football Preview

Cincinnati Bearcats For the fourth time since 2004, Cincinnati will begin spring practice with a new coach. Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones all put an imprint on the program despite three-year stints for ea...

12 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, 2013 college football spring previews

College Basketball Bracket Update: Big 12, Tourney implications for Kansas, Oklahoma State

Cincinnati Bearcats A wild college basketball season has an eventful week ahead of it. Entering Tuesday, 11 conferences had ties atop their leagues -- either outright ties or teams tied in the wins or losses colu...

13 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Colorado State Rams, Georgetown Hoyas, Kansas Jayhawks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys

Ranking the Big East's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...

13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

College Football Recruiting: Big East Team Consensus Rankings for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats Recruiting in college football is downright nasty. It is a cutthroat, cannibalistic big business that is microscopically analyzed by fans, administrators and media members alike. There is very litt...

14 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights, AC100, Recruiting

Ranking the Best College Football-Basketball Coach Tandems in the Big East

Cincinnati Bearcats With college football’s spring practice and basketball’s postseason around the corner, Athlon Sports decided this would be a good time to evaluate each school’s coaching tandem. In this ...

14 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, College Basketball, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, East Carolina Pirates, Houston Cougars, Memphis Tigers, Navy Midshipmen, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, Syracuse Orange, Tulane Green Wave, UCF Knights, USF Bulls

College Basketball Bracket Update: Kansas, Pittsburgh face tests this week

Cincinnati Bearcats Is it time to start celebrating or time to start worrying? Those are the questions fans of a handful of teams will start asking over the next month or so of the season. Are NCAA bids or confer...

15 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Miami Hurricanes, New Mexico Lobos, Pittsburgh Panthers

Recruiting: Ranking the Big East's Best Football Rosters

Cincinnati Bearcats Preseason prognosticators like Athlon Sports — the most accurate college football preview magazine on newsstands — use many things to attempt to predict what the coming football season will loo...

16 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights, AC100, Recruiting

Top 10 Big East Football Teams of the BCS Era

Cincinnati Bearcats The BCS has been in place for 15 seasons and Athlon has dissected the numbers and reviewed the tapes of all six BCS conferences in order to rank the best each league has had to offer. Which Oklahom...

17 weeks ago by Mark Ross Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Miami Hurricanes, Virginia Tech Hokies, West Virginia Mountaineers

Grading College Football's Head Coach Hires for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats College football’s coaching carousel was in full effect this offseason. Thirty programs will have a new head coach in 2013, ranging from Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee in the SEC to FBS...

Early Big East Football Predictions for 2013

Cincinnati Bearcats With college football’s 2012 season in the books, it’s never too early to start thinking about 2013. The Big East has gone through a lot of changes since 2011 and more shuffling is expected...

18 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

Ranking Jobs in the 2012-13 Coaching Carousel

Cincinnati Bearcats The opening of three key SEC jobs this season -- Arkansas, Auburn and Tennessee -- sparked debate within the Athlon office, and, it seems, through rabid SEC fans. Which job is the most desirab...

Belk Bowl Preview and Prediction: Cincinnati vs. Duke

Cincinnati Bearcats Good thing the Belk Bowl in Charlotte is only a drive of two hours or so from Durham. After all, Duke fans are a little out of practice in making their way to bowl games. The Blue Devils will p...

21 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Duke Blue Devils

How the 2012 All-Big East Team Ranked as High School Recruits

Cincinnati Bearcats The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each all-conference team ranked as high school recrui...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pitt Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls

Willie Taggart, Matt Rhule or Tommy Tuberville: Who is the Big East's Best Hire?

Cincinnati Bearcats Change seems like the perfect word to sum up the Big East in 2013. The conference will welcome six new teams next season, while three programs will have new head coaches. Willie Taggart was hired t...

22 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls

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