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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Kion Wilson's strength

Brian Bennett, Big East

This story didn't go in the blog because of length, but make sure to check it out. I wrote about South Florida linebacker Kion Wilson overcoming perso...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Pitt thinking 'Brawl' this week, not BCS

Brian Bennett, Big East

Pittsburgh has a mulligan left. The No. 9 Panthers don't need to win Friday night at West Virginia in order to bring home a Big East title or BCS bid...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Video: Key matchups for Week 13

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Big East blogger Brian Bennett breaks down the key Week 13 matchups

Blog | November 25, 2009

Big East lunchtime links

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...it's unlikely that Randy Edsall will leave for the Kansas job. It would be nice if Brian Kelly simply said "I'm staying," Paul Daugherty writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer. John Malecki was a...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Tragedy shapes Wilson's outlook

Brian Bennett, ESPN.com

After two of his brothers were murdered this spring, Kion Wilson could have thrown in the towel. Instead, he has used their deaths as inspiration.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Chat at 3 p.m. today

Brian Bennett, Big East

My weekly chat over at SportsNation has again been moved up to 3 p.m. today. Come on, you know you're not working on the afternoon before Thanksgiv...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Miami game another step for South Florida

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South Florida may not have officially knocked down the entry gate into the Big Three of Florida, but now it has a rivalry game befitting of that statu...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Big East stock report

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...with a lame-duck coach. "Then we'll have a good discussion," Gator Bowl selection committee chairman Brian Goin told the Florida Times-Union. Here's the discussion they should have: Notre Dame is a...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Kelly says job rumors not a distraction

Brian Bennett, Big East

Brian Kelly says he's interested in leaving Cincinnati to coach elsewhere -- as long as there's a...

Blog | November 24, 2009

What to watch in the Big East, Week 13

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...move ahead of TCU in the BCS standings. Could getting outside of a conference where teams know Brian Kelly's system well help that cause? It certainly seems like a coaching mismatch between Kelly and...

Blog | November 24, 2009

Big East picks, Week 13

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OK, I've officially learned my lesson about being cocky. Last week, I got chesty about my run of undefeated weeks and even talked trash to the othe...

Blog | November 24, 2009

Big East mailbag, Part II

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...in the Gator. What gives? Did you have a change of heart during the bye week? Brian Bennett: Josh, I was responding to several questions last week from people who wanted my early prediction...

Blog | November 24, 2009

Williams, McKenzie are academic All-Americans

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Two Big East players -- Syracuse's Jim McKenzie and West Virginia's Reed Williams -- have been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americ...

Blog | November 24, 2009

'Brawl' win could make West Virginia's season

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West Virginia has notched some of the biggest wins for the Big East ever since the league took its current shape in 2005. BCS bowl triumphs over Georg...

Blog | November 24, 2009

Big East lunchtime links

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The St. Petersburg Times' Gary Shelton goes behind the scenes with with Carol Canales -- wife of South Florida offensive coordinator Mike Canales -- w...

Blog | November 24, 2009