Bleachers College Sports BCS Football Preview Volume III: Big East
| 02 September 2009
Non football-related thoughts:
When your unemployed and you look for work, sometimes potential employers tell you that you have too much experience and won't stay at their jobs for an extended period of time. Then, if you are like me you think about the bargain the potential employer is getting for hiring someone with experience. Most recently though, I've thought to myself that most of these businesses have bitched and moaned for free government money because they have squandered their operating income on stupid shit. That's when I realized why I don't get these jobs; these people are not business people and have no idea what they are doing anyway.
Welcome to the Big East, where football fans are aware that it's only like 70 days or so until basketball season!
Champion: Rutgers
Rutgers
Sure, they lost a quarterback and two wide receivers, but they play in the Big East, the entire Big East seems to have lost players and here are a few teams Rutgers will face this year: Howard, Florida International, Army, Texas Southern, Syracuse. This coupled with the fact that Greg Schiano should be stock piled with juniors and seniors means that Rutgers should win it all and be the weakest two loss team at the end of the season in the nation.
10-2
West Virginia
Sure, Pat White left after taking West Virginia to four bowl games and winning them all. But Jarrett Brown has been in this system for four seasons and finally gets to take over. He has to have some idea what he's doing, right? All you need to know is that Noel Devine and Jock Sanders also play on the West Virginia offense. They are all wildly talented. The problem with West Virginia is that they do play the toughest schedule in the Big East. I say that and one of their games is against Liberty. The Mountaineers should be in good shape, unless of course their skill position players end in getting arrested for shenanigans, like that would happen.
8-4
Pittsburgh
The Panthers have a great defense, but don't have much to offer on offense. Bill Stull can't seem to figure out how to utilize the offense and doesn't have LeSean Mcoy at his disposal anymore. All-American linebacker Scott McKillop is also gone, but I still think Pitt has one of the top 20 defenses in the country.
7-5
Cincinnati
Didn't the Bearcats play five quarterbacks last season and still won the Big East? Now that I have clarified that Cincinnati won the Big East last season, you will realize why this conference should no longer be an automatic qualifying conference. Quick, name the Bearcats starting quarterback. You can't can you?
7-5
It's Tony Pike by the way. Also look for Marshwan Gilyard to have a big season.
University of South Florida
The team lost four offensive lineman, two linebackers and two in the secondary. They still have George Selvie, who probably hurt his draft stock by not coming out after last season. And somehow they still have Matt Grothe at quarterback. Isn't he like 40? I like the running game, but not much else.
7-5
UConn
Since the entire Husky offense was based off of Donald Brown running the ball somewhere, I'd say that the offense will be sluggish to say the least. UConn also lost a tackle William Beaty to the NFL and quality corner Darius Butler. They also lost QB Tyler Lorenzen, who was really good at handing the ball to Donald Brown. Playing against North Carolina, @Baylor, @Notre Dame won't help.
5-7
Louisville
If Steve Kragthorpe survives this season then he and David Blaine should collaborate on a fucking magic show for television. Here's your Louisville preview via quotes from the Big East website:
"The 2009 season can't arrive fast enough for Louisville and head coach Steve Kragthorpe, who hope to rebound from a disappointing end to a 2008 campaign that began in promising fashion." That's a promising opening!
"As the 2009 season approaches, however, Louisville finds itself in the unfamiliar position of having to introduce a new signal-caller." Is it really that important to have a quarterback who knows what he is doing in a fast-paced offensive system?
"Louisville featured one of the nation's most exciting young players in the backfield last season in tailback Victor Anderson. Anderson was the BIG EAST's fifth-leading rusher last year." Oh my I didn't know Louisville has the Big East's 5th leading rusher last year. I've caught the excitement bug.
"The Cardinals are young and inexperienced on the defensive line, making that area one to watch during the preseason." What exactly am I supposed to watch? Also, who puts that line in a media guide? Translation- The UL defensive line is going to be fucking terrible.
"There will be people who doubt. There will be people who say that you can't do it. But our guys have a tremendous can-do attitude." -Steve Kragthrope Yes, they CAN lose games this year.
4-8
Syracuse
I feel like Doug Marrone is the Tom Cable of college sports. Put in a terrible situation, with a team that has gone down the tubes, whose glory is ancient, with little talent. The only good news to report is Marrone isn't hitting other coaches, yet. Is it bad that the best thing I could find in any preview about the team lets me know that a reserve point guard for Duke last season is the starting quarterback for the gender neutral "Orange?" Because if that's a bad sign, then I guess this team is fucked. Smart move scheduling Maine this year, it's almost an automatic win.
2-10
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