A few more quick hitters from around the Big East:
– Cincinnati has already clinched a share of the Big East title heading into Saturday’s game with Pittsburgh. The winner gets the league’s automatic BCS berth.
So does the share the Bearcats have already earned mean anything?
“No,” coach Brian Kelly said Monday. “We’re not playing for co-championships.”
– So, if by chance the Bearcats don’t win this weekend, do they deserve an at-large BCS bid?
“I know we’ve answered the call when it comes to traveling and doing those things. I think our reputation is pretty good,” Kelly said. “But I haven’t spent a whole lot of time thinking about it.”
– Will Kelly campaign for a BCS title shot if his team wins?
“No. I think our record will speak for itself and the teams we’ve played,” Kelly said. “Obviously we’ll be pulling hard for Oregon State to be the Pac-10 champions.”
– Miami ran all over USF last weekend. Coach Jim Leavitt expects UConn to try and do the same this week.
“They’re going to try to run the ball right at us, I don’t think there’s any question about it,” Leavitt said. “I would.”
– For the third time this season the Huskies are facing a quarterback who doubles as a basketball player. UConn beat Syracuse and Greg Paulus, but lost to West Virginia and Jarrett Brown.
Now it’s USF and B.J. Daniels.
Edsall has never coached a player who played both basketball and football in college. He joked that he has a good idea of what he wants if the opportunity came along.
“Jerome Dyson, I’d like to coach him and let him be a defensive back for us,” Edsall said.
- Neill
