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Friday Q&A: Rutgers running back Joe Martinek

Brian Bennett, Big East

...other scholarship offers did you have out of high school? JM: It was basically just Rutgers and Vanderbilt. Did that surprise you, given your unbelievable statistics? JM: A little bit. My dad and I, my...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Big East picks, Week 8

Brian Bennett, Big East

...only 16 points against Tulane and needed overtime to reach the same total in a win over Vanderbilt. So the Rutgers defense should be good enough to keep the points down. If Tom Savage and...

Blog | October 22, 2009

Week 7 review/Week 8 preview

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Feeling more somber than snarky this morning in the wake of the Jasper Howard news. So this will be a pretty str...

Blog | October 19, 2009

Weekend Big East recruiting nuggets

Brian Bennett, Big East

...One was Brandon Wilkinson, a defensive end from Venice, Fla., who was being recruited by Purdue, Rutgers, Vanderbilt and others. Wilkerson was listed at 6-foot-4 and a scant 192 pounds by Scouts Inc...

Blog | July 27, 2009

Friday mailbag

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Happy Friday, everybody. Let's get to some e-mails as I listen to Michael Jackson songs on Pandora. Manny f...

Blog | June 26, 2009

Martinek the man this spring at Rutgers

Brian Bennett, Big East

...yards and 80 touchdowns at Hopatcong High School. Yet he said his only major offers came from Vanderbilt and the Scarlet Knights, who wanted him as a defensive back. But Martinek played running back for...

Blog | April 21, 2009

Big East All-Nobodies Team, Offense

Brian Bennett, Big East

...NFL's Houston Texans. WR Tiquan Underwood, Rutgers: Underwood's other major offer came from Vanderbilt, and some of the other schools he was looking at included Western Michigan and Hofstra. He finished...

Blog | February 17, 2009

Brown, McCoy, Mickens up for major awards

Brian Bennett, Big East

...Trimane Goddard (North Carolina), Malcolm Jenkins (Ohio State), Trevard Lindley (Kentucky), Taylor Mays (USC), D.J. Moore (Vanderbilt), Williams Moore (Missouri), Alphonso Smith (Wake Forest), and Otis Wiley (Michigan State

Blog | November 05, 2008

Big East mailbag

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Questions, questions, questions. The Big East is full of them, and so is my mailbag. At least I can answer some to...

Blog | October 28, 2008

Auburn-West Virginia still important

Brian Bennett, Big East

...in at No. 82. The Tigers put up only three points at Mississippi State and 13 at Vanderbilt. The Mountaineers scored just three at East Carolina and 14 at Colorado. Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville reacted...

Blog | October 23, 2008

Butler a triple threat for UConn

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett     AP Photo/Bob Child   Darius Butler is contributing on offense, defense and special teams. Dar...

Blog | October 15, 2008

Improving Pitt looks to stay hungry

Brian Bennett, Big East

...during their careers. Sometimes, dealing with expectations can be harder than raising them. Ask East Carolina. Or Vanderbilt. But a couple of factors might prevent Pittsburgh from getting too full of itself. One is that...

Blog | October 13, 2008

UConn announces series with Tennessee

Brian Bennett, Big East

...has stepped up its nonconference scheduling in recent years. The Huskies have series scheduled with North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Iowa State, North Carolina State and Maryland, plus a five-game deal with Notre Dame to be...

Blog | September 04, 2008

Ranking the Big East quarterbacks

Brian Bennett, Big East

...expect Edsall to open up his passing game in 2008 -- top returning receiver Terence Jeffers transferred to Vanderbilt. 8. Dustin Grutza, Cincinnati: The Bearcats hoped to have Wake Forest transfer Ben Mauk for one more...

Blog | July 22, 2008

McDonnell motivates Cards to new level

Brian Bennett, ESPN.com

Those texts Louisville's baseball players keep getting aren't distracting messages from their friends. They're motivational notes from their coach -- just one of Dan McDonnell's tactics that have the Cardinals climbing higher on the NCAA ladder.

Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009