Big East News Articles

Providence’s Will Arboleda named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while Connecticut’s Andrew Jean-Baptiste named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week. Seton Hall’s Anthony Reichwaldt tabbed BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week; Cole DeNorandie from Cincinnati earns BIG EAST Rookie of the Week.

St. John’s Connor Lade wins BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week and Jhojan Obando honored as BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week. Connecticut’s Mamadou Doudou Diouf named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while West Virginia’s Andy Bevin earns BIG EAST Rookie of the Week.

Connecticut beat Fordham 35-3 in a game that was postponed from Thursday.

Cincinnati has faced a Football Championship Subdivision opponent each year since 2005 and has gone 6-0 in those games

New coach Todd Graham inherits a Panther squad that returns 14 starters from last year’s team, which earned a share of the BIG EAST title

A quick look at today's Olympic sports calendar.

Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between USF and Notre Dame on the gridiron

Putting to rest an offseason that, quite frankly, had too many headlines, the 2011 college football season begins Thursday as three BIG EAST teams shift the attention back where it belongs. On the field.

Van Chew made a diving 4-yard touchdown catch in the left flat at the goal line on the first series of overtime, and Syracuse rallied past Wake Forest 36-29 on Thursday night in the season-opener for both teams

Will Stein threw two touchdowns and 226 yards as Louisville beat Murray State 21-9 in season opener for both teams on Thursday night

Sunday’s game will be the 11th meeting between West Virginia and Marshall in the Friends of Coal Bowl …

The Huskies' opener was rescheduled for Sunday at Noon on ESPN3

Highly touted freshman Savon Huggins ran for two touchdowns to lead Rutgers to a 48-0 victory over North Carolina Central on Thursday night

The BIG EAST will announce its full, 144-game composite conference schedule at 1 p.m. today, but we wanted to give fans of the league an early appetizer.

This is the last of the eight team previews leading up to the 2011 football season. The previews were to be released in reverse order of the preseason poll.

Ninety-one percent of league games include an NCAA tournament team

Thursday’s game will be the 18th meeting between Louisville and Murray State, which are separated by approximately 230 miles in Kentucky

Rutgers has won its last seven games against opponents from the Football Championship Subdivision, outscoring its opponents by a combined 311-20 margin.

St. John’s SAAC hosted a Student Development Orientation for all incoming freshmen

96 TV Appearances, including 12 games on ESPN/ESPN2 and 13 Conference Games on CBS Sports Network