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Welcome to your Friday mailblog. I wonder what people want to talk about. It has nothing to do with expansion, does it? Just joking. I will let Eric in Alexandria, Va., take it away for all those who asked about what the Texas A&M move means for ...

Big East commissioner John Marinatto was riding in a cab in New York City with Paul Tagliabue a couple of weeks ago when he mentioned the new offices the league had moved into in Providence, R.I. There was enough space in the new building, Marinat...

The Sporting News has released its top 100 in college football. Pitt leads the Big East at No. 19, followed by West Virginia at 24 and UConn at 28. Paul Tagliabue says the Big East is exploring its own TV network among its options. The NCAA had r...

The Big East recently hired Paul Tagliabue as a consultant. Maybe the former NFL commissioner can help the league with its image problem. The fact is, the conference plays some pretty good football. Did you know that, according to the Sagarin Rati...

Rutgers has no choice but to go to the Big Ten if that league comes calling, Steve Politi writes in The Star-Ledger. Greg Schiano was livid about comments that Paul Tagliabue made concerning Rutgers, Tara Sullivan reports for NorthJersey.com. Foo...

Big East commissioner John Marinatto is not standing still, Mitch Vingle writes in the Charleston Gazette. Paul Tagliabue could calm the Big East's fears, Desmond Conner writes in the Hartford Courant. There's no limit to what Noel Devine can d...

The hiring of former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue as a special adviser is the first step for the Big East to start thinking about new possibilities, league commissioner John Marinatto told Mark Blaudschun of The Boston Globe. Marinatto, speakin...

For those of you clamoring for the Big East to do something, anything instead of just sitting around and waiting for the Big Ten to pick off its teams, well, the league has done something. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been hired as a...

Faced with a possible upcoming raid by the Big Ten, the Big East has added former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue as a special adviser for strategic planning.