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College Basketball's Early Conference Review: Big East

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Aside from the turmoil caused by conference realignment, the Big East has continued some familiar trends: Syracuse continues to be among the national elite with a bench player taking his turn in th...

22 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, DePaul Blue Demons, Georgetown Hoyas, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Providence Friars, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Seton Hall Pirates, St. John's Red Storm, Syracuse Orange, USF Bulls, Villanova Wildcats

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls for 2012: From Must-See to Must-Miss

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. Although Alabama and Notre Dame is clearly the biggest bowl game, with 3...

24 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, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Syracuse Orange, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big East 2012 Season Recap and Awards

Rutgers Scarlet Knights For another year, the Big East football season almost seemed to be a sidenote. In 2011, charter football members Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia announced their departures as did never-w...

24 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

10 Worst College Football Teams in BCS History

Rutgers Scarlet Knights At the end of college football’s regular season, the focus always shifts to the BCS title and debating the best teams in the nation. However, there’s also the other side of the coin, as the end...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Overtime, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Pac 12, Baylor Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Duke Blue Devils, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Temple Owls, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Big East Week 14 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stumbling and limping isn’t the best way to enter a season-defining game. At least for Louisville and Rutgers, though, both teams will look across the sideline at a team in a similar spot. ...

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

Louisville Cardinals vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights Preview and Prediction

Rutgers Scarlet Knights When the Big East released its 2012 schedule, many circled the Nov. 29 date between Rutgers and Louisville as a matchup that could decide the conference title. And after 11 games and several twists...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Louisville Cardinals, Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Big East Post-Week 13 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Say this for the Big East: The title chase won’t be without intrigue. Losses by Louisville and Rutgers last week gave Syracuse and Cincinnati a chance to claim shares of the Big East title. ...

25 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 Week 13 Recap: Notre Dame seals No. 1

Rutgers Scarlet Knights For all the complaints of losing the tradition of rivalry week, the Thanksgiving holiday was a turn back the clocks kind of weekend. Notre Dame wrapped up a chance to play for its first nation...

Rutgers Joins Big Ten; What's Next for the Big East?

Rutgers Scarlet Knights College football has been on a wave of non-stop realignment over the last two years, and the dominoes continued to fall with the Big Ten’s addition of Rutgers. Maryland was announced as the Big T...

25 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Big Ten, Boise State Broncos, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls

Big Ten Expansion and Why Maryland Terrapins makes sense

Rutgers Scarlet Knights College football expansion has taken over the hearts and minds of college football junkies everywhere. The sky is falling, rivalries are dead and the future of college football is in great...

25 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Maryland Terrapins, Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Big East Post-Week 12 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights The de facto Big East championship game between Louisville and Rutgers has been established with the Scarlet Knights’ 10-3 win over Cincinnati on Saturday. But that’s not going to be the b...

26 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 Week 12 Recap: Upsets of Kansas State, Oregon shift BCS race

Rutgers Scarlet Knights The best and worst of college football was on display Saturday from thrilling upsets (Stanford over Oregon, Baylor over Kansas State), newfound hope in the national title race (Notre Dame, Alabama ...

Big East Week 12 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Louisville’s not playing this weekend, but the developments from last week loom over the Big East. The fall of the league’s last remaining undefeated team opened other teams to grab some notori...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Syracuse Orange, USF Bulls

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 12

Rutgers Scarlet Knights College football's Week 12 schedule is highlighted by two huge battles in the Pac-12. Stanford visits Oregon in a game that likely will decide the South Division champion, while USC makes the short...

Rutgers, Cincinnati or Louisville: Which Team Wins the Big East Title?

Rutgers Scarlet Knights With Louisville's loss to Syracuse, the battle to win the Big East title is a three-team race once again. The Cardinals, Rutgers and Cincinnati are in the mix to win the conference championship, wi...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Louisville Cardinals, Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Big East Post-Week 11 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights As recently as Oct. 20, the Big East had three undefeated teams. Four Saturdays later, all three are sitting with at least one loss. Despite Louisville’s loss to Syracuse in the Carrier Dome...

27 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

Big East Week 11 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Louisville keeps rolling along as the Big East’s only undefeated team, but the rest of the conference has serious questions to answer in the final four Saturdays of the season. Cincinnati and...

27 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

Big East 2012-13 College Basketball Preview

Rutgers Scarlet Knights The next two years will mark the end of an era for the Big East. No more Jim Calhoun this season. No more Syracuse and no more Pittsburgh next season. No more Notre Dame in the years to come. ...

27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, DePaul Blue Demons, Georgetown Hoyas, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Providence Friars, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Seton Hall Pirates, St. John's Red Storm, Syracuse Orange, USF Bulls, Villanova Wildcats

Big East Post-Week 10 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights If Louisville is playing with a chip on its shoulder, Cardinals coach Charlie Strong has to be pleased with the results. Louisville is the lowest ranked undefeated team at No. 11 in the Associa...

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

Big East Week 10 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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...

Big East Post-Week 9 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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...

Big East Week 9 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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

Big East Post-Week 8 Power Rankings

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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

Big East Week 8 Preview and Predictions

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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

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