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After big win, Cincinnati can taste Orange

Brian Bennett, Big East

...berth, the team still has one citrus challenge remaining. Cincinnati (9-2, 5-1) must beat the Syracuse Orange next week at home to clinch the conference crown, and that game no longer looks like...

Blog | November 23, 2008

Final: Cincinnati 28, Pitt 21

Brian Bennett, Big East

...away from winning their first Big East title and going to the Big East. They'll play Syracuse at home next week for that honor. They turned in a terrific overall performance tonight and held...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Syracuse stuns Notre Dame, 24-23

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Who's owns the Web domain for HireGregRobinson.com? Syracuse rallied around its fired coach and pulled off the stunning upset at South Bend moments ago. Cam...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Elsewhere in the Big East today

Brian Bennett, Big East

...we await the titanic tilt between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh this evening and still gape in awe at Syracuse's upset of Notre Dame, let's wrap up the other two afternoon Big East games: &bull...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Pitt-Cincinnati pregame ponderables

Brian Bennett, Big East

...of West Virginia's win earlier today at Louisville. But the Bearcats will only have to beat Syracuse to take the BCS bid if they win today. If Pitt wins, it will set up a...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Friday mini-mailbag

Brian Bennett, Big East

...we can believe in? Or can I just resign myself to another year of losses to UK, Syracuse, UConn, and WVU? Brian Bennett: It wouldn't shock me to see Kragthorpe leave on his own...

Blog | November 21, 2008

Big East lunchtime links

Brian Bennett, Big East

...records disappear, Bill Koch writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer. • Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese tells the Syracuse Post-Standard's Donnie Webb that the Orange's next hire is big for the school, not...

Blog | November 21, 2008

Safety suits Syracuse's Suter

Brian Bennett, Big East

...Bennett In Greg Robinson's postgame news conference after last week's loss to Connecticut, the embattled Syracuse coach tried to paint an optimistic picture of the future. One of the players he singled out...

Blog | November 21, 2008

What to watch in the Big East, Week 13

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett 1. LeSean McCoy vs. the Cincinnati defense: The Bearcats have been strong against the run of late, holding West Vi...

Blog | November 21, 2008

Strange bedfellows: WVU rooting for Pitt

Brian Bennett, Big East

...East, they need Cincinnati to lose. Since the Bearcats are unlikely to drop their home finale to Syracuse, West Virginia has to pull for its hated rival, Pittsburgh, to win this weekend in Nippert Stadium...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Big East lunchtime links

Brian Bennett, Big East

...ever-changing backfield, Keith Sargeant writes in Home News Tribune. East Carolina's Skip Holtz is on Syracuse's wish list for its next coach, Donnie Webb writes in the Syracuse Post-Standard.Cincinnati finally...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Big East Week 13 picks

Brian Bennett, Big East

...will be no match for Kenny Britt, Mike Teel and the punishing Rutgers defense. Notre Dame 27, Syracuse 14: Maybe the Orange rally around their fired coach and win one for the Greggers. More likely...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Re-ranking the Big East quarterbacks

Brian Bennett, Big East

...veteran presence. His running ability allows UConn to play its favored low-risk style. 8. Cam Dantley, Syracuse: Dantley was a nice story early in the year as a walk-on who worked his way...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Syracuse tries to stay focused on Notre Dame

Brian Bennett, Big East

...ESPN.com's Brian Bennett They're 2-8 and their head coach has been fired. But Syracuse's players say they're not ready to give up on the season yet. About 24 hours...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Lunchtime links: Leavitt a ramblin' man

Brian Bennett, Big East

...writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Now Pinkston will have to deal Cincinnati's athletic defensive line.Syracuse players vow to fight on in their final two games despite coach Greg Robinson's dismissal, Donnie...

Blog | November 19, 2008