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AA in the house with a fresh mailbag. Who has questions? Christopher Koch in Charlottesville, Va., writes: I liked your observations in the Best of the ACC blog. As a Hokie, I enjoyed the mention of Brandon Facyson in your early enrollee section. ...

Fifty-one players from ACC schools have signed free-agent contracts or received invitations to attend free agent camps from teams in the NFL, the league announced Thursday. Combined with the 31 ACC players drafted by the NFL, a total of 82 players...

Who's ready for the 2014 NFL draft? Boston College coach Steve Addazio is at ESPN HQ today. The LSU game helped put Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Malliciah Goodman on the NFL's radar. Top quarterback prospect Deshaun Watson says he's 100 perc...

The big winner from the Big East on draft day? Rutgers in a landslide. The Scarlet Knights had a school-record seven players selected over the three-day draft, breaking the previous high of five set in 2009. New England drafted three Rutgers pl...

The NFL combine is set to begin, so let's take a look at some of the more intriguing storylines involving Big East players who have gotten an invitation to Indianapolis. Scouts have raved about UConn linebacker Sio Moore, who played well in both ...

You heard about the four- and five-star players on signing day. But did you hear about the player whose brother served a tour in Iraq and cousin is a Hall of Fame bodybuilder? Probably not. That is where we come in. Heather and I went through e...

The Big East has a strong contingent at the Senior Bowl this week, one that got even stronger with the history-making inclusion of Syracuse offensive tackle Justin Pugh. He and Alabama lineman D.J. Fluker are the first non-seniors to compete in Se...

The Super Bowl storyline has been set: it's Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh -- the first time brothers have squared off against each other in the biggest game on the NFL calendar. You could practically see USF coach Willie Taggart bouncing off the walls Sun...

Two years in a row now, the Big East has produced an NFL head coach. No other conference can say that. First Greg Schiano left Rutgers for Tampa Bay in January 2012. Then Doug Marrone left Syracuse for Buffalo in January 2013. In fact, up...

I'm seeing a Niners-Patriots Super Bowl ... Cincinnati Enqurier columnist Paul Daugherty weighs in on the Tommy Tuberville recruiting saga. The Bearcats have interest in an Ohio prospect. About 9,000 fans turned out this past weekend to get aut...

The Big East will be well-represented in the Senior Bowl this month. Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib is the latest addition to the roster, giving the Big East seven players in the all-star game. Last year, the league had three representatives -- ...

Take that, SEC. Louisville's Sugar Bowl dominance is a sweet start to 2013. Make no mistake -- that was the biggest win in school history. Louisville won this game thanks to Charlie Strong. The Cardinals made Florida look like the Big East pats...

We here at the Big East blog try to stay away from doing a post on every single All-America team that comes out because there are many, many of them, and only a handful count toward getting a player to consensus status. But one came out today that...

If you had your choice, which Big East head-coaching job would you want? Despite the naysayers out there, the league has plenty of good options. As part of our coaching series this week, I have ranked the coaching jobs in the Big East from best to...

You saw him beat up on Big East quarterbacks the last two years, so you know what West Virginia defensive end Bruce Irvin can do when he is playing at his best. And yet, Irvin turned out to be the biggest draft-day surprise Thursday, when Seattle ...

Chandler Jones made the decision to leave Syracuse after the NFL draft advisory board told him he would be a third-round pick. Four months later, third round seems way too low. Jones has seen his stock rise perhaps more than any other prospect, wi...