Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett

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Bennett joined ESPN.com in August 2008 after nine years at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., where he covered college sports and the University of Louisville beat. He lives in Louisville.

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Kelly voted his team No. 1

Brian Bennett, Big East

Mystery solved. It was Brian Kelly who voted Cincinnati No. 1 in the coaches' poll. Kelly told reporters tonight during a pep...

Blog | December 06, 2009

St. Petersburg Bowl: Rutgers (8-4) vs. Central Florida (8-4)

Brian Bennett, Big East

St. Petersburg Bowl: Rutgers (8-4) vs. Central Florida (8-4): Rutgers is proof that you can schedule your way to a bowl, as six of the Scarlet Knight...

Blog | December 06, 2009

International Bowl: South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5)

Brian Bennett, Big East

International Bowl: South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5): Suppose you would have asked South Florida back on Sept. 26, just hours after it...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Brian Bennett, Big East

...guys like Mardy Gilyard, Armon Binns and Isaiah Pead, the Bearcats are not exactly plodders either. Coach Brian Kelly and his team have to be encouraged by how Alabama scored 32 points on the mighty...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl

Brian Bennett, Big East

West Virginia (9-3) vs. Florida State (6-6) Jan. 1, 1 p.m., (CBS) Three weeks ago, the Mountaineers stood at 7-3 with an uncertain bowl future. The...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Meineke Car Care Bowl

Brian Bennett, Big East

Meineke Car Care Bowl: Pittsburgh (9-3) vs. North Carolina (8-4): Dec. 26, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Talk about your long fall down. Pittsburgh was a missed e...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Papajohns.com Bowl

Brian Bennett, Big East

Papajohns.com Bowl: Connecticut (7-5) vs. South Carolina (7-5): Jan. 2, 2 p.m. (ESPN) The reason why UConn is going bowling is because of its late-se...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Cincinnati gets first-place vote in coaches' poll

Brian Bennett, Big East

...some point, and I can't wait to find out which coach voted the Bearcats No. 1. Brian Kelly does have a vote. Would he have voted for his own team? Other Big East coaches...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Pitt going to Meineke Car Care Bowl

Brian Bennett, Big East

In what would have been considered an upset early Saturday afternoon, Pitt is going to the Meineke Car Care Bowl after all, the Big East has confirmed...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Final Big East bowl projections

Brian Bennett, Big East

Some things we know, some things we don't about the Big East bowl situation. We'll have all the answers at 8 ET tonight. We know Cincinnati is almost...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Big East helmet stickers, Week 14

Brian Bennett, Big East

Mardy Gilyard, WR/KR, Cincinnati: Gilyard caught five balls for 118 yards and a touchdown and had 256 return yards -- including a 99-yard touchdown --...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Kick gives UConn win

Brian Bennett, Big East

UConn is now becoming an expert at winning close games. After losing five games by a total of 15 points, the Huskies have won their past two nailbite...

Blog | December 05, 2009

Texas win ends Cincinnati's BCS title hopes

Brian Bennett, Big East

...the Sugar Bowl and face Florida, which isn't too bad of a consolation prize. Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly said after his team's win against Pittsburgh that he didn't think the Bearcats deserved...

Blog | December 05, 2009

UConn leads after snowy first half

Brian Bennett, Big East

UConn is not doing what it does best. But it's good enough for a halftime lead over South Florida. Shockingly, the Huskies have only 27 rushing yards...

Blog | December 05, 2009

Pitt falls just short of its goals

Brian Bennett, Big East

PITTSBURGH -- The body language from Jabaal Sheard and Greg Romeus told the story. After Cincinnati scored with 33 seconds left to take a 45-44 lead,...

Blog | December 05, 2009