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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Cincinnati sells out Sugar Bowl allotment

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Cincinnati has sold out its entire allotment of 17,500 tickets to the Allstate Sugar Bowl and has requested more tickets. The school sold out in a li...

Blog | December 10, 2009

Strong breaks Big East barrier

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One of the best developments in college football right now is the increase in hiring of African-American head coaches. For far too long there's been a...

Blog | December 10, 2009

Big East lunchtime links

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Charlie Strong believes he can restore the greatness at Louisville, C.L. Brown writes in The Courier-Journal. Fans are cautiously optimistic, Grace Sc...

Blog | December 10, 2009

ESPN.com's All-Big East freshman team

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One of the more positive developments for the Big East was the emergence of so many talented young players who will be making their mark on the league...

Blog | December 10, 2009

Is today the day on Kelly decision?

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You say you want a resolution? Cincinnati fans would like to find out whether coach Brian Kelly is staying or going, and today seems like a logical day when we might get some...

Blog | December 10, 2009

Suh among projected award winners

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The 2009 regular season is over. The only thing left to do before bowl games are played is hand out the hardware to the nation's best players.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009

Video: Louisville's Beaumont on Strong

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Big East blogger Brian Bennett interviews Louisville receiver Doug Beaumont about the hiring of head coach Charlie Strong

Blog | December 09, 2009

Strong has major challenge at Louisville

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- At the end of his first press conference as head coach, Charlie Strong was asked how he liked the weather. He shot a look at one o...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Emotional Strong grateful for Louisville chance

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The moment that will be remembered from Charlie Strong's introductory news conference as the new Louisville head coach came when he...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Cincinnati Bearcats season recap

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...date against defending national champion Florida awaiting. What's all the more remarkable is how head coach Brian Kelly replaced 10 defensive starters, lost star quarterback Tony Pike to an injury halfway through the year...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Connecticut Huskies season recap

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Connecticut hopes it will never have to go through another season like 2009. And that has nothing to do with what happened on the field. Everything c...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Louisville Cardinals season recap

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Expectations for Louisville were low for 2009, and the Cardinals lived down to them. A 4-8 season included just one win over a Big East or BCS confer...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Big East announces postseason awards

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...honor. Cincinnati's Mardy Gilyard repeated as the league's special teams player of the year, while Brian Kelly made it a three-peat on coach of the year honors. Lewis, who rushed for nearly...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Pittsburgh Panthers season recap

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The view on Pittsburgh has changed drastically since Thanksgiving. On Turkey Day, the Panthers stood at 9-1, were ranked in the Top 10 and had a Big ...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Big East lunchtime links

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ron Cook has an excellent story on Andrew Janocko, the Pitt holder who botched the snap on the Panthers' missed extra po...

Blog | December 09, 2009