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Matt McGloin threw for a career-high 318 yards and ran for two short scores, and linebacker Michael Mauti led another strong defensive effort to lead Penn State to a 24-13 win Saturday over Temple
Tino Sunseri passed for 344 yards and three touchdowns to lead Pittsburgh past Gardner-Webb 55-10 on Saturday
News and notes from around the BIG EAST Conference
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between Rutgers and Arkansas.
Louisville meets Florida International for just the second time.
Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between Connecticut and Western Michigan and the first to be played in Kalamazoo.
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting on the gridiron between Pittsburgh and Gardner-Webb.
Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between USF and Ball State.
Saturday’s game will be the 42nd meeting between Temple and Penn State.
Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and Connecticut’s Yawin Smallwood have embodied a new wave of BIG EAST players who are making their names on a national level.
In just the third game of the season, Rutgers running back Jawan Jamison put an impressive claim to BIG EAST football “play of the year.”
Smallwood, who was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week Monday, was chosen as the Chuck Bednarik Player of the Week by the Maxwell Football Club and as the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week by the Football Writers Assocation of America
The BIG EAST goes 5-0 in non-conference games including 3-0 against the ACC; Rutgers goes to 1-0 in conference play.
The league's football coaches answered questions from the media on the weekly call.
The BIG EAST Conference has named Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri, Connecticut linebacker Yawin Smallwood and Connecticut wide receiver Nick Williams the winners of its weekly football honors for games through Sept. 15.
BIG EAST teams were a combined 5-0 in nonconference games in Week 3 of the 2012 season, while Rutgers scored a big road win in a league game to join Cincinnati atop the standings.
George Winn ran for a career-high 147 yards on Saturday night, helping Cincinnati overcome six turnovers -- four of them by Munchie Legaux -- for a 23-7 victory over Delaware State.
Ryan Nassib hit Jarrod West for the go-ahead touchdown, Ashton Broyld scored on a 22-yard run and Syracuse beat Stony Brook 28-17 Saturday to snap a seven-game losing streak.
Teddy Bridgewater threw three first-half touchdowns and No. 19 Louisville scored on its first six possessions, and then had to hold North Carolina with a late goal-line stand to come away with a 39-34 victory on Saturday.
Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham ran for 94 yards and two scores and added an 18-yard touchdown reception to lead the Panthers to a 35-17 upset of No. 13 Virginia Tech on Saturday.
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