Big East News Articles

BIG EAST finishes 3-2 in postseason as Panthers finish season at 6-7.

Pittsburgh and SMU meet for the first time in 29 years in the fifth BBVA Compass Bowl.

The BIG EAST Conference has named Cincinnati wide receiver Anthony McClung, Pittsburgh linebacker Brandon Lindsey and West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin the winners of the final conference weekly football honors of the 2011 season.

The Panthers (6-6, 4-3 Big East) became bowl eligible for the fourth straight year with the victory.

The Pittsburgh-Syracuse rivalry dates to the 1916 season and the schools have met 66 times since then …

The Mountaineers can earn a share of the conference title next week at South Florida. West Virginia also hold slim hopes for earning the league's automatic BCS berth and would need some help in a tight league race.

The Backyard Brawl is the oldest and most-played active BIG EAST rivalry … Pittsburgh and West Virginia first met in 1895 and have played 103 times prior to Friday’s game

Tino Sunseri threw for one touchdown and ran for another to lead Pittsburgh to its first road win under new coach Todd Graham, 21-14, over Louisville on Saturday, ending the Cardinals' three-game winning streak.

Saturday’s game will be the 15th meeting between Pittsburgh and Louisville in a series that dates to 1976 … Pittsburgh won the first four meetings, Louisville took the next seven..

Zach Collaros threw for 214 yards and ran for two touchdowns as No. 23 Cincinnati took firm control of the Big East race with a 26-23 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have met 10 times prior to Saturday’s game and the Panthers hold an 8-2 series lead … Pittsburgh won the first seven meetings before Cincinnati won back-to-back match-ups in 2008 and 2009

Pittsburgh's Sunseri joins Louisville's Brown, Philpott as weekly winners

Tino Sunseri threw for a career-high 419 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as Pittsburgh rolled past Connecticut 35-20 on Wednesday night.

Wednesday’s game will be the eighth meeting between Connecticut and Pittsburgh in a series that dates to 2004

The Utes (3-3) snapped a two-game losing streak behind the legs of White and Petersen and an impressive defensive effort to improve to 9-0 all-time against current members of the Big East.

Saturday’s game will be the just the third meeting between Pittsburgh and Utah in a series that began in the 2004 season.

Freshman Gary Nova threw two third-quarter touchdowns in his first start and Rutgers' ball-hawking defense intercepted four passes with Logan Ryan returning his second of the game 45 yards for a touchdown in a 34-10 victory over mistake-ridden Pittsburgh on Saturday.