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Mail time! I asked for some of your bold predictions in the last mailbag. A few of you responded. Keep 'em coming! Jordan in Lakeland writes: I predict USF will avoid the midseason melt down. Haven't ruled out the early season meltdown yet. And...

Time to move on in our preseason countdown of the top 25 players in the Big East. If you need a quick refresher, I am projecting the best of the best in the league for this upcoming season, and I am including freshmen and transfers as well. No....

Welcome to your midweek mailblog! Andy in Cincinnati writes: Andrea - UC seems to always go into the season as a team with no shot at winning the Big East, yet has won at least a share in three of that last four seasons. This season seems to be no...

The chat returns tomorrow! Cincinnati coach Butch Jones likes the buzz around his team. Tough news for UConn: projecting starting defensive tackle Shamar Stephen has a sprained knee, though coach Paul Pasqualoni does not expect him out for a lo...

Former Auburn quarterback Zeke Pike has transferred to Louisville, where he will play tight end. Pike, a true freshman, was dismissed from Auburn last week. Coach Gene Chizik had suspended Pike indefinitely following an arrest in June on public in...

Time to move on in our preseason countdown of the top 25 players in the Big East. If you need a quick refresher, I am projecting the best of the best in the league for this upcoming season, and I am including freshmen and transfers as well. Also n...

As Big East teams begin practicing again, I will have a quick preview of each team to get you caught up on the basics. We continue with ... School: Louisville. Start date: Today. Predicted finish at media day: First. Biggest storyline: Is...

Ready for some football. Cincinnati coach Butch Jones reiterates that the starting quarterback job isn't Munchie Legaux's just yet. UConn opens camp today. Louisville comes in at No. 35 in the Pre-Snap Read countdown. Five questions for the C...

The preseason media poll is out, and Louisville was the overwhelming choice to win the Big East. Do you all agree? I put the question to you in a poll last week, and more than 3,800 of you responded. Louisville did finish first in the voting, rece...

We will have some poll news in a bit so stay tuned. Sporting News has Cincinnati No. 23 in its preseason top 25. The Bearcats are hungry for another title. Louisville is using Vance Bedford's "Get on the Train" soliloquy in its marketing campai...

Two Big East players were named Thursday to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the most versatile player in major college football. They are: Matt Brown, Temple Adrian Bushell, Louisville One player I will be wat...

Syracuse coach Doug Marrone has now joined the Twitter-verse. Facebook, too! The school announced Wednesday that the head coach has decided to join in on the social media fun with the creation of two new accounts. Marrone will provide fans exclusi...

Welcome to another midweek mailbag! Lots of questions about the Big East preseason media poll. For the record, here was my ballot. Same order as the official poll. 1. Louisville 2. USF 3. Rutgers 4. Cincinnati 5. Pitt 6. UConn 7. Syracuse 8...

Here are a few more Big East notes from media day, courtesy of associate commissioner Nick Carparelli. 1. I have gotten a lot of questions about how the Big East intends to distribute all the money that it will receive from outgoing programs West ...

Traded in rainy Newport for rainy Orlando. Cincinnati will benefit from money coming into the Big East from Pitt, Syracuse. The Big East is closing in on a commissioner. Who could it be? Desmond Conner of The Hartford Courant with good notes,...

NEWPORT, R.I. -- The preseason hype is growing some more for Louisville. The Cardinals are the overwhelming favorite to win the Big East in the preseason media poll, released Tuesday before the start of media day. Louisville received 24 of 28 firs...