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AAC Gets the Last Laugh

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) has been the butt of jokes since its formation, what followed the separation of the non-Catholic schools from the Big East Conference and the addition of several new schools from Conference USA.

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College Football: Charting the Changes

Tweet Fall practice for the 2013 college football season begins in a few days with the season getting started on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. Since the last games

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UConn: Huskies Will Stay Put

Tweet The Big East Conference is no more, at least the Big East Conference that once housed the likes of Miami, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Each of those

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Big East Conference Decay Continues

Tweet The Big East Conference will soon be a shell of its former self, despite its conference commissioner’s vows to move this beleaguered college sports league forward. Last week, the

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Will the Big East’s New Commish Make a Difference?

Tweet Television contract is Aresco’s first priority. The Big East Conference announced on Wednesday that CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco has been named as its new commissioner. Aresco comes

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Besieged Big East Conference Moves On

Tweet Conference rakes in $40 million from its settlements. Say what you will about the Big East Conference, but its death notice has been issued prematurely. Certainly, the conference has

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Notre Dame Makes a Play for the Orange Bowl

Tweet Fighting Irish are seeking a bit of bowl assurance. The University of Notre Dame is working to ensure that its football team has a place in the soon to

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College Sports, TV Deals and the Eventual Death of the Big East Conference

Tweet Money will move more schools around in coming years. Besides the constant shift of colleges to different sport conferences, the big news this year has been the money major

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College Football Teams Scramble to Fill Schedule Holes

Tweet WVU exit creates numerous scheduling headaches. University officials strongly felt that any delay in the schools exit to the Big 12 Conference would be more harmful than the $11

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West Virginia’s Big East Exit is a Winner for all Involved

Tweet College sports and the money trail. hich is exactly why West Virginia’s $20 million early exit fee from the Big East Conference will prove to be chump change in

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Why the Big East Will Eventually Implode

Tweet Big East’s survival is still in doubt. This time next year, the Big East Conference may have as many as 19 teams playing basketball. That’s up from the 16

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Play Ball! College Football Season Begins

Tweet Five consecutive days of football on tap this weekend. A dark cloud hangs over the start of college football this season and it isn’t the remnants of Hurricane Irene.