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National signing day is next Wednesday. To get you ready for the big day, we checked in with a pair of ESPN.com recruiting experts for their take on how the Big Ten is faring. Senior national recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill and Midwest recruiting...

The folks at ESPN Recruiting have presented their final pre-signing day version of the ESPN 300, listing the nation's top prospects in the 2013 class. Let's see which Big Ten commits made the rundown (note: positions listed by ESPN Recruiting): ...

The Big East is losing two of its best players in Syracuse defensive end Chandler Jones and Rutgers receiver Mohamed Sanu. Their early departures to the NFL make sense. Not so sure yet on USF running back Darrell Scott, who had one decent year in his...

Twin brothers Vernard and Vance Roberts, along with running back Trey Johnson and defensive back Michael Dorsey, are no longer with the West Virginia football team, coach Dana Holgorsen said. Holgorsen told reporters in Miami on Thursday that the ...

Here are some injury updates from the Big East. Cincinnati: Tight end Travis Kelce is expected back against Tennessee after sitting out last week with a sprained ankle. Connecticut:Coach Paul Pasqualoni said he is optimistic D.J. Shoematewill b...

Noel Devine has left West Virginia, but the Mountaineers are arguably in a better place at running back headed into this season. True freshmen Andrew Buie, Dustin Garrison and Vernard Roberts have turned heads throughout fall training camp. They, ...

We are at the end of our practice reports for each Big East team. What lingering questions are left for West Virginia? 1. Running back rotation. There is so much talent at tailback and fullback, coach Dana Holgorsen says he plans to play seven pla...

Taking a look at practice around the league: Cincinnati: Several freshmen have already impressed their teammates. One tradition during fall camp is for the young players to lose the stripes on their helmets when their "big brother" on the team fee...

Here are practice updates from around the league. You can find Pitt and Cincinnati here. Connecticut: Coach Paul Pasqualoni said there was no decision yet on his quarterback competition, and was asked whether he'd like to see somebody step into...

Four Big East teams are set to open camp Friday. Here are a few burning questions for each. Connecticut 1. Quarterbacks. One of the biggest question perhaps in all of the Big East is how the defending Big East BCS representative is going to far...

We continue our team position rankings today with running back. The running back situation in the league is similar to the receiver situation. Only one team returns its leading rusher from a year ago (Rutgers leading rusher Jordan Thomas is now at co...

Reviewing West Virginia's Gold-Blue spring game from Friday night, won by the offense 83-17: Offensive MVP: Quarterback Geno Smith completed 26 of 37 passes for 388 yards and four touchdowns as Dana Holgorsen's offense was fully unleashed against ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- It's early, real early, this spring for West Virginia, which began practice later than any Big East team. But one thing seems pretty clear in the initial going: the Mountaineers have a wide-open competition at running back. Th...

Here's Part II of my conversation with West Virginia coach Bill Stewart. You can read Part I here. This is the first time in a few years you haven't known who your starting tailback will be. How do you see that position this spring? Bill Stew...

There's no more intriguing figure in the Big East for 2011 than Dana Holgorsen. The new West Virginia offensive coordinator/head-coach-in-waiting brings his high-powered offense to Morgantown, as everyone will be watching how the relationship between...

We tackled expansion issues in Thursday's special edition of the mailbag, so I'm going to try and keep this one to current football-related questions. But expansion questions are always welcome and I'll do my best to answer more of them next week. ...