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• Big East Review: A Tale of Three Coaches
• By Brett McMurphy 1/20/2010 4:38 PM ET
• As impressive as Cincinnati was in winning a second consecutive Big East title in 2009, the biggest news involving the Big East this past year actually occurred after the regular season ended ... More »
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• USF Saga: Miller's Attorney Calls Thursday Press Conference
• By Brett McMurphy 1/13/2010 2:44 PM ET
• TAMPA, Fla. --Barry Cohen, the attorney hired by Joel Miller's family, has called a press conference for 10:45 a.m. Thursday, concerning the situation involving Miller and former University of South ...
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• Cincinnati Bowled Over Yet Again
• By Brett McMurphy 1/02/2010 1:55 AM ET
• NEW ORLEANS -- For the past two seasons, Cincinnati has proved it's clearly the Beast of the Big East. The Bearcats have won back-to-back league titles and 18 consecutive regular season contests. The ... More »
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• Bowden Leaves FSU Practice Field for Final Time
• By Jim Henry 12/22/2009 11:04 PM ET
• TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Bobby Bowden motored off Florida State's practice football field Tuesday for the final time as the Seminoles' head coach. Forced from the sidelines by FSU's administration, ... More »
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• In Gator Bowl, a Battle of Friendly Fire
• By Jim Henry 12/22/2009 5:13 PM ET
• Bill Stewart is among the many ardent Bobby Bowden supporters. The West Virginia head coach calls Bowden one of his heroes and an icon to college football. Stewart completely understands -- and ... More »
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• Big Ten Starts Looking at 12th School
• By Mark Hasty 12/19/2009 12:01 AM ET
• The Big Ten has announced that expanding to 12 teams is now a "front-burner" issue. It's not their only front-burner issue; commissioner Jim Delany also wants to get to the bottom of what this whole ... More »
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• Notes: Kelly Leaves With Egg on His House, St. Petersburg Bowl Sells Out
• By Brett McMurphy 12/14/2009 3:00 PM ET
• Before Brian Kelly accepted the Notre Dame job, Kelly guided Cincinnati to consecutive Big East titles and earned the school back-to-back BCS bowl berths. Apparently those accomplishments meant ...
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• Sources: South Florida Coach Jim Leavitt Struck Player
• By Brett McMurphy 12/14/2009 12:46 PM ET
• TAMPA, Fla. -- University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt grabbed a player by the throat then struck him twice in the face during halftime of the Bulls' Nov. 21 game with Louisville, the player's ...
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• Done Deal: Charlie Strong Is Louisville's New Coach
• By Brett McMurphy 12/09/2009 10:59 AM ET
• Florida associate head coach and defensive coordinator Charlie Strong finalized his agreement to become Louisville's next head coach and will be introduced at a 4 PM ET news conference today, FanHouse ...
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• Sources: Big East Bowls Set
• By Brett McMurphy 12/06/2009 3:31 PM ET
• PITTSBURGH -- With Cincinnati locking up a BCS bowl bid Saturday, most likely the Sugar Bowl, and West Virginia headed to the Gator Bowl, the biggest question remaining was where the Big East's other ...
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• TCU's BCS Championship Hopes Dashed
• By Terrance Harris 12/06/2009 3:30 PM ET
• For a moment late Saturday night, many of us celebrated either internally or out loud as we watched the clock appear to run out on Texas and as the Nebraska Cornhuskers stormed the field at the end of ... More »
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• Gilyard Returns Cincy to Big East Title
• By Brett McMurphy 12/05/2009 7:03 PM ET
• PITTSBURGH -- Sold-out Heinz Field was rocking. Pittsburgh had just converted a blocked punt into another touchdown and led Cincinnati by three touchdowns with only one minute and 39 seconds until ... More »
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• Big East Picks: End of Road for Bearcats
• By Brett McMurphy 12/04/2009 8:39 PM ET
• PITTSBURGH – "The Road" is a tremendous, tremendous novel written by Cormac McCarthy that's been made into a movie (haven't seen it yet). It's set in an unknown time in the future and about a ... More »
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• Taking Stab as Big East Goes Bowling
• By Brett McMurphy 11/30/2009 7:31 PM ET
• Before we take a quick review of last week, here's one final stab at the Big East's bowl projections. Remember, the Big East bowls may select any league bowl-eligible team and are not required to ... More »
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• Louisville Set to Fire Steve Kragthorpe
• By Brian Grummell 11/28/2009 11:05 AM ET
• Nothing surprising here, but ESPN's Pat Forde reports Louisville will part ways with coach Steve Kragthorpe during a meeting with Athletic Director Tom Jurich Saturday. The decision should be final at ... More »
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• WVU Stops Pitt Cold in Backyard Brawl
• By Brett McMurphy 11/28/2009 4:00 AM ET
• MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- This one won't quite make up for 2007 -- actually nothing could ever make up for that one for West Virginia fans -- but Friday's 19-16 victory against Pittsburgh was heaven, ... More »
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• WVU vs. Pitt: Them's Fightin' Words
• By Brett McMurphy 11/26/2009 9:00 PM ET
• MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pittsburgh is one of the best -- and better named -- rivalries in college football. And it's also home to the Big East's rudest fan ... More »
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• Bowl Projections: Fighting for the Irish
• By Brett McMurphy 11/25/2009 7:45 PM ET
• "Win one for the Gipper?" How about "Win one to keep the Gipper out of the Gator Bowl?" When Stanford plays host to Notre Dame (6-5) Saturday, the entire Big East Conference will be pulling for the ... More »
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• UConn Finally Hits Sweet Note for Jazz
• By Brett McMurphy 11/24/2009 2:28 PM ET
• For nearly a month, UConn coach Randy Edsall knew what he would do -- he just started to wonder when he would get the opportunity. That chance finally came Saturday when the Huskies defeated Notre ... More »
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• UConn Wins for Jasper Howard, at Last
• By Brett McMurphy 11/23/2009 2:00 PM ET
• FanHouse Big East writer Brett McMurphy looks back at the week that was in the Big East Rewind. Two weeks ago, UConn coach Randy Edsall and senior running back Andre Dixon both said how much the ... More »
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