Conference Expansion Footnote
Big East football fans should keep this in mind as the conference expansion soap opera continues: A source with knowledge of the agreement that was entered into by the Big…
Conference Expansion Stampede May Have Begun
If there was ever any doubt that football reigns supreme in college sports, it should be crystal clear by now. Football is the only thing driving conference expansion decisions. Unless…
Notre Dame Football Needs A Conference
The latest Big Ten expansion rumor has the conference extending feelers to Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Missouri. If Notre Dame were to decline, Rutgers might receive an invitation. This conflicts,…
Miami Receiver Verbals To Charlie Strong
Home is where the heart is. Michaelee Harris, a talented Miami Northwestern High School wide receiver, once told a sportswriter that he had always been a University of Miami football…
Big East Split Inevitable Over Football
No surprise the Big East is again in the unenviable position of having members targeted by other conferences. The Big East leadership has done nothing to resolve the major issues…
Louisville Football Needs Bigger Big East
By Paul Sykes Watch your back. The Big Ten Conference is officially looking to expand again, with the aim of increasing its ranks to 12 schools. The reasons are obvious:…
Reasons To Get Out There
Ten reasons to attend the University of Louisville-Rutgers football game at 11 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving Day: Football weather, cold, damp, miserable. You already have tickets, or you can…
Rutgers Clicking
by Paul Sykes Louisville football fans thinking, that by some miracle, Steve Kragthorpe’s kids could become bowl eligible by sweeping their final three games are served notice that Rutgers is…
Just Say The Word, ESPN
As if University of Louisville football fans haven’t suffered enough indignity … ESPN2, the same cable network that helped propel U of L to prominence during the glory years, has…
Meanwhile, In Piscataway
This from the Rutgers University student newspaper following the team’s 24-7 loss to Pittsburgh in Piscataway, N.J.: “The official count of 50,296 tickets sold had to be inaccurate. The actual…
Big East Football: Week 6
By Paul Sykes Six of eight Big East football teams skirmished Saturday. Cincinnati and South Florida took the day off, preparing for an ESPN event Thursday in Tampa. Louisville snapped…
Big East Football: Week 5
By Paul Sykes Six Big East football teams snapped on the helmets this week, the conference going 2-0 in non-league play. There’s a three-way tie for first place in conference…
Big East Football: Week 2
By Paul Sykes Seven conference members took to the gridiron Saturday and the Big East went 5-2 in matchups. Louisville was the only idle team in week two. South Florida…
Cincinnati-Rutgers Will Open Big East Race
The dollar signs were apparently too much for the athletic departments of Cincinnati and Rutgers to resist. Their football teams will kick off the Big East Conference race against each…