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Tino Sunseri passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns in his final home game as Pittsburgh overwhelmed Rutgers (No. 18 BCS, No. 21 AP) 27-6 on Saturday.

This is the last Big East season for six founding members in football. What will be left of the conference? And what will the Big East become?

Arizona quarterback Tom Savage has transferred to Pitt and he already is enrolled in school, his third college stop in four years.

There are no stars among this season's Big East quarterbacks, at least so far. And several teams still haven't settled on a starter.

There was no sorrow and certainly nothing sweet about West Virginia's divorce from the Big East, which was finalized Tuesday. The latest sorry episode in conference realignment should give BCS commissioners plenty to discuss when they meet Feb. 22.

How do the 35 bowl matchups stack up? On The Mark ranks the games.

West Virginia filed a civil lawsuit against the Big East on Monday in an attempt to exit the conference in 2012 to join the Big 12, squarely blaming commissioner John Marinatto for the instability of the conference.

Gary Nova threw two third-quarter touchdowns in his first start and Rutgers' ball-hawking defense intercepted four passes with Logan Ryan returning his second of the game 45 yards for a touchdown in a 34-10 victory over mistake-ridden Pittsburgh.

The presidents and chancellors of the 14 remaining Big East members and TCU have authorized Commissioner John Marinatto to "aggressively pursue discussions" with certain schools interested in joining the league.

College basketball is essentially slinking around to the side door these days as football programs from Texas to Notre Dame to Syracuse look around with their hands out to make the best deal.

An ACC official told USA Today that Rutgers and Connecticut would be candidates if the league decides to expand further to 16 teams.

There's cautious optimism for better things from the Big East this season. Clearing the bar set in 2010 won't be difficult.

Rutgers has hired Frank Cignetti to be its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

With 10 days between games, Rutgers will get some down time to deal with the devastating injury that left teammate Eric LeGrand paralyzed from the neck down and to gather themselves after a disappointing 41-21 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Jon Baldwin caught a 45-yard touchdown pass and set up two other scores with difficult catches, Tino Sunseri threw for three touchdowns and Pittsburgh overcome a series of first-half mistakes to beat Rutgers 41-21.

With a wealth of talent returning to Big East backfields, expect more handoffs this season.