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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.