Big East Keeps it's BCS Status Sun Rises in the East

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 5/8/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]

Was it really only four years ago that the Big East was in danger of losing it's BCS status? Miami and Virginia Tech left in 2003 and Boston College in 2004. The conference sent Pitt, one of several 8-4 teams in the Big East to lose to Utah in the Fiesta Bowl. And there wasn't much reason to think the conference was going to get better any time soon. The conference was written off by the ... [link]

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