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Much of the talk this week has centered on the ACC renewing its partnership with the Orange Bowl and what that means for the Big East. As it stands today, the Big East is the only one of the top tier conferences without a bowl tie-in moving forwar...

Spring meetings are wrapping up today, so the Big East chat has been moved to Thursday at 4 p.m. Hope to see you then! The demolition of Memorial Stadium at UConn has begun. Lindy's college football preview has Louisville in the Orange Bowl. ...

Down to the top 3 players in the Big East for 2011. The suspense is killing you! Up today: Tavon Austin, WR/KR, West Virginia Making the case: Austin's most impressive stat is this -- going into the Orange Bowl against Clemson, he had racked up...

You still have questions. I still have (some) answers. Let's open up the mailbag. Don Vest in Richmond, Ky., writes: Has the Big East commissioner made any comments on the Orange Bowl victory by WVU? Andrea Adelson: Glad you brought this up, Do...

Welcome to your midweek mailblog, where I attempt to answer your brilliant questions. Bryan in Cincy writes: I know the Orange Bowl is a big deal and it's obviously the biggest game the BE still has left but enough already about WV! You have two f...

There is a select group of people well-positioned to give their own unique take on the matchup between West Virginia and Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl. Referees. They are the men who see each team up close, who watch the demeanor of the h...

I know how much you guys love the "Did you know" installment we do every week during the season, so I am here to deliver a bowl edition. ESPN Stats & Information and the Big East office get the credit for the nuggets below. Belk Bowl: Louisvil...

With a little less than a week to go before the Big East kicks off bowl season, I figured I would give you some updated ticket sales numbers for each school. Cincinnati: The Bearcats have moved about 9,000 tickets for their game against Vanderbilt...

The fine folks at EA Sports have released the newest edition of "College Football 2012," which I know has been a hot topic of conversation over the past week. EA Sports already has simulated the entire season -- including bowl games. So how did thing...

Time to roll on with a look back on each team's preseason Best Case/Worst Case scenarios and how those stacked up with reality. Today: South Florida. Best Case in a nutshell: A 10-2 season, followed by an Orange Bowl win. Worst Case in a nutshe...

We continue to look back at our preseason best- and worst-case scenarios for each team and see where reality ended up. Let's review Connecticut: Best case in a nutshell: The Huskies go 11-1 and then win the Discover Orange Bowl. Worst case in a...

Rich Rodriguez led West Virginia to BCS games and left for mighty Michigan and the Big House. Bobby Petrino took Louisville to the Orange Bowl and bolted for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, where he thought he'd get to coach Michael Vick. Brian Kelly guid...

Louisville (6-6) returns to postseason play for the first time since the 2007 Orange Bowl on Tuesday night against former Conference USA rival Southern Miss (8-4). The teams nearly came to blows this week in what was supposed to be an innocuous dance...

Injured Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand has been named the winner of the 2010 Discover Orange Bowl-Football Writers Association of America Courage Award. The award will be presented Jan. 3 at the Discover Orange Bowl. LeGrand was paralyzed f...

The last time Syracuse came to Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati fans showered the field with oranges. No, not in honor of Otto the Orange, but in celebration of their impending trip to the Orange Bowl. Syracuse walked off the field for the last time under...

Doug Beaumont's college career hasn't gone the way he envisioned it. Beaumont was Kentucky's Mr. Football for the 2006 season, and when he signed with his hometown school of Louisville in 2007, the Cardinals were coming off a 12-win, Orange Bowl c...