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SUPER_MAN_#65 · 07-20-2006, 08:21 PM

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez doesn't agree that his team's victory in the Sugar Bowl rescued the Big East from oblivion.

But he doesn't mind people saying it, anyway.

``I'm glad people are talking about that instead of saying, 'Oh, that loss really hurt,''' Rodriguez said Tuesday at Big East football media day. ``I like to think that the league was OK regardless, but it's a positive thing to have people talk about that win.''

West Virginia, which went 11-1 overall in 2005 (7-0 conference) and beat Georgia 38-35 in the Sugar Bowl, was picked to win the conference in a preseason poll of Big East media released Tuesday. The Mountaineers received 18 of the 24 first-place votes; Louisville was the second choice, receiving the other six first-place votes, followed by Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati and Syracuse.

http://ncaafootball.com/index.php?ur...ange_well_id=2

TexasFight · 07-23-2006, 06:28 PM

I think the race will come down to whos D preforms better, Louisville's or WV's. We know their O will be there, with both teams having great QB-RB tandems, with Louisville having Brian Brohm and Michael Bush and WV with Pat White and Steve Slaton (heisman in two years). But I think WV will win the Big East.

SUPER_MAN_#65 · 07-23-2006, 06:52 PM

Brian Brohm is one of my favorite Qbs. His family has a past of good NCAA Qbs. His grandpa made it to the NFL.

**gruntbygod** · 07-23-2006, 06:57 PM

It will be interesting to see if the Big East can rise from the defections to become a relevant conference in the future

TexasFight · 07-23-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gruntbygod

It will be interesting to see if the Big East can rise from the defections to become a relevant conference in the future

yeah, when VT, UM, and BC left, everyone threw the Big East to the wind, but with the resurgence of WV, and Louisville with A BIG MAYBE making a BCS bowl, the big East could get a little bit of its glory days back.

**UCFNoleFan** · 07-24-2006, 11:55 AM

The Big East is far from their glory days with three legitimate title contenders, they are like a mid major in basketball, not quite the ACC or SEC, but far better than the WAC or MAC.