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A social media look at the BIG EAST Bowl 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.

Saturday’s game will be the 18th meeting between Cincinnati and Rutgers in a series that dates to the 1980 season.

The league's football coaches answered questions from the media on the weekly call.

Check out this Storify recap of BIG EAST Football Summer Kickoff 2012

BIG EAST players appear on national preseason football award watch lists.

Bednarik Award (Top Defensive Player). Trevardo Williams, DE, Connecticut. Aaron Donald, DE, Pittsburgh. Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers. ...

Fans can begin watching live free online and via mobile at 8:55 a.m. ET July 31

Cincinnati has won five straight in its series with Rutgers, which dates to 1980 … The Bearcats hold an 8-7-1 series lead and have won the last two meetings in Piscataway

The complete 68-game BIG EAST schedule includes 28 conference games and a nonleague slate of 40 games. Sixteen of the nonleague games are against conferences or teams with automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.

BIG EAST teams were a combined 4-4 in the opening week of the 2010 season, with the four winners going largely unchallenged in outscoring their opponents by a combined 150-17 margin.

BIGEAST.org previewed all eight BIG EAST football teams heading in to the 2010 season. Check out each school's article with exclusive preview video, articles, quick links and media day content.

Miami and Pittsburgh will be the first BIG EAST ISP Radio national broadcast on September 23.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Fans and media can now access an archive of each weekly football coaches' media teleconference exclusively on the Web. ...

With the BIG EAST's 2010 football season just over a week away, BIGEAST.org has scoured the national news sources for what is being said ...

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Official 2010 BIG EAST Football Media Guide is available for purchase online now in the conference's online store. ...

 Three BIG EAST Conference players were chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft for the second consecutive year, with Rutgers offensive tackle Anthony Davis and USF defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul becoming the highest draft picks in their respective schools' histories.

 The BIG EAST Conference has completed its bowl lineup by renewing deals with the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., and the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla.