Big East News Articles

Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for 217 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties, and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a 38-14 victory over West Virginia in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday.

Cody Journell kicked a 22-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime to help Virginia Tech beat Rutgers 13-10 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Friday night.

Brendon Kay threw for 332 yards and a Belk Bowl-record four touchdowns, and Cincinnati capitalized on Duke's inept play in the closing minutes to beat the Blue Devils 48-34 on Thursday night.

Pittsburgh and Mississippi meet for the first time when the schools play in the BBVA Compass Bowl

Louisville and Florida will meet in the 79th edition of the Allstate Sugar Bowl

The New Era Pinstripe Bowl will be played for the third time in 2012

The Russell Athletic Bowl began in the 1990 season as the Blockbuster Bowl and is one of two bowl games presented by Florida Citrus Sports (along with the Capital One Bowl)

The Belk Bowl will be played for the 11th time when Cincinnati meets Duke Dec. 27 in Charlotte, N.C

Willie Taggart, Matt Rhule and Tommy Tuberville join the BIG EAST in 2013. Check out this social recap of their hiring.

Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the league opponents and game sites for the 2013 BIG EAST football season – the conference’s first in its new 12-team, two division format.

Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Rutgers linebacker Khaseem Greene – who led their respective teams to shares of the BIG EAST championship – have been named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, by the league’s eight head coaches.

The bowl preview show will air on local affiliates through December 15.

Louisville beat out Rutgers for a Sugar Bowl berth; Syracuse, Cincinnati, Rutgers and Louisville staked claim to share of BIG EAST Championship.

The BIG EAST Conference has named Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Cincinnati kicker Tony Miliano the winners of the conference's final weekly football honors of the 2012 season.

Louisville, which claimed the BIG EAST’s automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series, joins Rutgers, Cincinnati and Syracuse and Pittsburgh as the conference’s postseason representatives.

The BIG EAST won the SEC-BIG EAST Challenge for the second straight year, taking nine of the 12 games over three days.

Ray Graham rushed for a pair of touchdowns and went over 1,000 yards Saturday night to help Pittsburgh become bowl eligible with a 27-3 rout of struggling South Florida.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Brendon Kay threw two touchdown passes to Travis Kelce, and caught one from the big tight end on a trick play as Cincinnati beat Connecticut 34-17 on Saturday.