When you think of the Big East Conference in college sports, chances are the first thing that comes to your mind is how deadly it is -- in basketball.


What? Did you seriously think I was going to say football?


Syracuse, Connecticut, West Virginia, Louisville, and others tend to scare the pants off plenty of teams on the court, but on the football field, laughter is the first thing that comes to mind when the Big East is uttered out of someone's mouth.

In the beginning of this year the Georgia Bulldogs took on the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sugar Bowl.


Many experts predicted this game to be a big joke by thinking that Georgia was going to easily walk away with a victory.


The Mountaineers had other plans as they made these so-called experts look foolish as they won the Sugar Bowl.


We saw the coming out parties for running back Steve Slaton --- who is now a top five Heisman candidate, and quarterback Pat White had a solid game with a mix of passing and rushing to humiliate the overwhelming favorite Bulldogs.


With the win in a major bowl, the Big East would finally get the credibility that they needed to be a major threat for the national title, right?


There are three teams in that conference that are in the top-25 - two of which are still undefeated - the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Louisville Cardinals.


People like to joke around and call the Big East the Big Least because of their lack of power.


In case people haven't realized it, the Pac-10 and the Big 12 don't exactly have that much fire power in their arsenal either.

The Big 12 may have Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M, and the Pac-10 with USC, California, and Oregon, but put them in against any SEC or Big Ten teams and we'll see who really has the power.


Lately, I've been listening to ESPN Radio and I hear that when the Big Ten powerhouses -No.1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan - play each other, and the match comes out really close, then it's possible that the two may meet again for the National Championship regardless if Rutgers or Louisville go undefeated.


Should the Big East make a case for a title bid?


Absolutely.


We don't need another 2004 drama that the BCS gave us with Oklahoma, USC, Auburn, Utah, and Boise State whining over who should or shouldn't play for the title.


I believe if you go through the regular season without a blemish, you deserve at least a shot at the championship, and we can keep complaining about having a playoff system, but holding our breaths can result in a lot of deaths.


Whoever loses between Ohio State and Michigan, I feel that their title shot is done.


In case the BCS forgot, there are six "power" conferences - one of them being the Big East.


So if a Big East team goes undefeated, then that should give them credibility because they had a perfect season in that particular "power" conference.


I love how the BCS likes to compensate by saying, "But the Big East is not as strong as the other five conferences."

Then why put them in that spot if you feel they are worthless?


Tell me why Louisville and West Virginia started the season as two of the top ten teams in the country if the BCS has no confidence in them.


To see Louisville or Rutgers in the title game would be a huge treat, and it would be a bigger treat if they end up wining the entire thing.


I know the BCS has a huge problem with determining who goes to the title game, but let's be honest, they are known to be a bit unfair.


I never liked the idea of a using a computer to help in finding out who is the best team every year.


That's like depending on Ryan Leaf to carry you to the Super Bowl.


We may have gotten lucky last year with USC and Texas being the only two undefeated teams left, but I want to see the Cardinals or the Scarlet Knights in that title game if they are perfect.


I think it's time we start rooting for the Big East and not rebuke them.

Its interesting to see some members of the national media have trouble with the idea that our conference is pretty good and we may have a team play for the natinal title....As to why BE football is this image problem...I think its a combination of having a very small league in terms of # of schools that play the sport, having a league that does not include a traditional college football power (Penn St, Miami, Ohio St, USC etc) and for many sports fans in the northeast and around the country Big East =s basketball.

Decent article but I take issue with his complaint about the computers. This far into the season they are the only arguably objective indicators out there. The coaches poll is the one that is the joke of the system, it basically lets the inmates run the asylum.

That's like saying ND is irrelevant to College Football. If your conference has a BCS auto-bid and an unbeaten team(s), that means that you can get a say with the pantheon.

The Big East either is a BCS league or is not a BCS league. You can't have it both ways. They let us in so that means we need to be accorded the same rights and privileges as everyone else. No one had a problem with Miami going to the BCS every year. Well this year it is someone else's turn. That is how conferences work. You can't expect the same old boys to win all the time.

Krocker Krapp Wrote:The Big East either is a BCS league or is not a BCS league. You can't have it both ways. They let us in so that means we need to be accorded the same rights and privileges as everyone else. No one had a problem with Miami going to the BCS every year. Well this year it is someone else's turn. That is how conferences work. You can't expect the same old boys to win all the time.

Go Wake! LOL! lmfao

vinman3 Wrote:Go Wake! LOL! lmfao

Ain't life grand!!!

L-yes Wrote:Decent article but I take issue with his complaint about the computers. This far into the season they are the only arguably objective indicators out there. The coaches poll is the one that is the joke of the system, it basically lets the inmates run the asylum.

I agree. The computers have given us nothing but love...it's the good ol boys of college football that are having a stroke. But they should be elated. We have been the storyline of the year in college football. First our success out of conference vs the other leagues (and the media was eatting it up)...now we are the talk of the town as the media has done an about face (ha ha, they were on our bandwagon but the wagon went to unexpected territory) as they debate wether we are "worthy" or not. Sorry for crashing the party boys...but the new blood of college football is coming through. Move b**ch, get out the way. lol lol lol lol