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Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Twenty-seven Big East products had their name called over the weekend in the NFL draft. Three league schools had their best drafts ever. Cincinnati had six players taken, the most of any Big East team and the ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett The grandson of former Syracuse coach Dick MacPherson will be playing for the Orange, Donnie Webb writes in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Richard "Macky" MacPherson, center and long-snapper in the class ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett What kind of odds could you have gotten last summer on the following statement: Connecticut will have more players taken on Day 1 of the 2009 NFL draft than any other Big East school. As it stands now, with guys...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Connecticut lost some significant stars in running back Donald Brown, left tackle Will Beatty, defensive end Cody Brown and cornerback Darius Butler, all of whom are expected to be first-day NFL draft picks in A...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Josh from Orlando writes: Brian, thanks for the blog. In your recent article you mentioned some candidates who had the potential to have a breakout year. Rutgers' Joe Lafeged doesn't make your list? He w...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett At this time last year, few people were talking about Donald Brown, Connor Barwin, Will Beatty or Tony Pike. Each emerged out of the shadows to become a star in the Big East. Who will be the next batch of player...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett The NFL combine is over for several position players. The NFL released its list of top performers in seven different workout categories from the weekend. Here are the top Big East workout warriors from the combi...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett The NFL combine officially begins Wednesday, as players check in for the event in Indianapolis. They'll do interviews and psychological testing through Friday before workouts start on Saturday. This is the m...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Colleague Chris Low came up with this idea for the SEC, and I loved it. Fans obsess over recruiting rankings and get excited when that four-star player commits to their campus. But the truth is, some of the best...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Want to know why Cincinnati won the Big East? Take a look at the NFL Combine invitation list. Six Bearcats have been invited to the prestigious pre-draft event, most of any league team. In all, 25 Big East playe...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett My Pac-10 counterpart Ted Miller did this earlier in the week, and I'm blatantly stealing the idea. Want to know how accurate recruiting rankings are? Let's take a look at this year's All-Big East te...

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett I'll conclude the year-end rankings for the offensive side of the ball today by looking at the best of the league's offensive lines. I'll take them as a group since I'm not smart enough to know the nuances of interi...

Illinois' offensive staff will have a fairly different look in 2013 after the unit finished 119th out of 120 FBS teams this past season. We already know Illinois didn't retain offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Chris Beatty and is expected t...

Illinois didn't take long to find its replacement for fired offensive coordinator Chris Beatty. The team will name former Western Michigan head coach Bill Cubit as its new offensive coordinator, a source tells ESPNChicago.com's Scott Powers. Cubit...

Illinois coach Tim Beckman announced Saturday that he will not retain co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Chris Beatty. Beatty shared offensive coordinator duties with Billy Gonzales, who also coached the wide receivers last season. No ann...

Illinois coach Tim Beckman announced Saturday co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Chris Beatty was not being retained on his coaching staff.