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Duron Harmon scooped up a blocked field goal attempt and ran 75 yard for a tie-breaking touchdown early in the third quarter and No. 20 Rutgers rode its defense and special teams to a 23-15 victory over Syracuse 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?

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.

Anybody can write about the Allstate BCS National Championship Game. But here are 10 of the smaller bowl games that deserve some BMOC love.

The 2011 season ended in much the same way it began: with impressive performances from a litany of Heisman candidates, a few stunning upsets and a host of off-the-field issues. The BMOC wraps up the season that was.

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.

Eric LeGrand makes this face sometimes. He scrunches up his nose and mouth, wiggles them a bit, stretches them from side to side.

The craziness of the 2011 season can be summed up in four words: Ron Zook is 6-0. The Dash sprints through the second-half storylines to watch, including coaches seeking perfection, players making names for themselves and rivalries spinning out of control.

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.

San San Te kicked a 47-yard field goal in the second overtime and seconds later the Rutgers defense recovered a fumble by Syracuse's Antwon Bailey, giving the Scarlet Knights a 19-16 victory in the Big East opener for both teams.

Varsity Tailgate takes radical approach in reforming conference realignment.

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.

Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand tweeted that he is feeling twitches throughout his body.