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Syracuse Player Has Run-in With Geno Auriemma, Big East Takes No Action

The above video appears to show UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma and Syracuse forward Nicole Michael exchanging words as they go through the post-game handshake line, followed by Michael trying to trip Auriemma when they cross paths again, and Auriemma being restrained by his players from going after Michael. A...

The Big East Has A Network Too

Woo Hoo! Well, not really a network like the Big Ten. But most certainly this was a lot less painful than the Big Ten's fight with Comcast. The Big East announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with SNY to carry Big East football and basketball. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, gives SNY, which...

Reasons Against College Football Playoff Legitimate, Joe Paterno Be Damned

Quote the Penn State coach last week:"To be frank with you, I don't know what the reasons are not to have a playoff," Paterno said during a speaking appearance in Pittsburgh. "You can talk about missing class and all that kind of stuff, (yet) you see basketball go on forever. You have a lot of bogus excuses.Now, far be it...

Teams Want In The Big East Even If The Big East Doesn't Want Them

There are two off seasons in college football. The one before spring games and the one after. The one before is bearable because at least there's news about recruiting and your teams big win in the BCS bowl is still fresh in your mind. For me anyway. The one after, however, is filled with long periods of boredom and...

Big East Keeps its BCS Status Sun Rises in the East

Was it really only four years ago that the Big East was in danger of losing it's BCS status? Miami and Virginia Tech left in 2003 and Boston College in 2004. The conference sent Pitt, one of several 8-4 teams in the Big East to lose to Utah in the Fiesta Bowl. And there wasn't much reason to think the conference was going...