Filed under: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, TCU, West Virginia, Big East
The Big East certainly has a thing for, well, big. News arrived this week that the hodgepodge conference will get a little bigger in 2012 with the addition of latter-day football power TCU. That ups the conference rolls to an expansive 17 schools, nine of them participating in FBS football. "We're the largest family in intercollegiate athletics," was the understatement of the year by Big East Commissioner John Marinatto.
Meanwhile, the current structure of the Big East merrily marches on with unranked Connecticut its most likely BCS bowl participant.
The conference has taken a beating all year, but things may have turned around with South Florida's overtime win last weekend over Miami. It was a significant non-conference road victory.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh defensive end Jabaal Sheard (above) was named to the AFCA All American team. Connecticut back Jordan Todman merits consideration on someone's All-America team before the awards circuit is through. Louisville is making a late push as well for its star tailback, Bilal Powell.
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