2010 Big East Conference football season

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2010 Big East Conference football season
Big East Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
DurationSeptember 2, 2010
through January 8, 2011
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) ESPN-Big East Network
Regular season
Champions Connecticut, West Virginia & Pitt
Football seasons
←  2009
2011  →
2010 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Connecticut $+  5 –2   8 –5  
West Virginia +  5 –2   9 –4  
Pittsburgh +  5 –2   8 –5  
Syracuse  4 –3   8 –5  
South Florida  3 –4   8 –5  
Louisville  3 –4   7 –6  
Cincinnati  2 –5   4 –8  
Rutgers  1 –6   4 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big East football season was the NCAA football season of the Big East Conference. Conference members began regular-season play on September 2, but did not begin conference play until October 8; the regular season continued through December 4. Following the regular season, six conference teams played in bowl games; although the bowl season concluded with the BCS National Championship Game on January 10, 2011, the last date on which a Big East team played was January 8, when Pittsburgh defeated Kentucky in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama.

Contents

The conference consists of 8 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia.

The Big East title race came down to the last minute of the final game of the season on December 4 between UConn and South Florida. West Virginia and Pitt had claimed shares of the conference title with wins earlier that day. A UConn win would leave the Huskies tied with WVU and Pitt for the title, but UConn would claim the automatic Big East BCS berth by virtue of victories over both schools. A field goal in the last minute gave the Huskies a 19–16 win and their first-ever trip to a BCS game.

Previous season

Cincinnati (12–1) was the Big East champions and received the conference's automatic bid into the BCS and went to the Sugar Bowl, losing to SEC runner-up Florida, 51–24.

Five other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2010, finishing bowl play with a record of 4–2 as a conference. Rutgers (9–4) beat Central Florida 45–24 in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Pittsburgh (10–3) defeated North Carolina 19–17 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. West Virginia (9–4) lost to Florida State 33–21 in the Konica-Minolta Gator Bowl. South Florida (8–5) beat Northern Illinois 27–3 in the International Bowl. And, Connecticut (8–5) beat South Carolina 20–7 in the Papajohns.com Bowl. The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Louisville (4–8) and Syracuse (4–8).

Preseason

Coaching changes

Three teams have new head coaches for the 2010 season. Charlie Strong replaces Steve Kragthorpe at Louisville, Butch Jones replaces Brian Kelly at Cincinnati, and Skip Holtz replaces Jim Leavitt at South Florida.

Preseason poll

The 2010 Big East preseason poll was announced at the Big East Media Day in Newport, RI on August 3. [1] Pittsburgh was chosen as the favorite to win the conference.

Big East media poll

  1. Pittsburgh – 190 (22)
  2. West Virginia – 142 (1)
  3. Cincinnati – 142
  4. Connecticut – 131 (1)
  5. Rutgers – 99
  6. South Florida – 79
  7. Syracuse – 41
  8. Louisville – 40

Award watch lists

The following Big East players listed below have been named to the preseason award watch lists.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big East member won
Big East member lost
Big East teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the AP poll for that week until week eight when the BCS rankings will be used.

Week One

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteBroadcastResultAttendance
September 27:30 pm Norfolk State Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ espn3.com W 31–046,311
September 27:30 pmNo. 15 Pittsburgh Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT Versus L 24–27OT45,730
September 43:30 pmConnecticut Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC L 10–30113,090
September 43:30 pm Kentucky Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ABCL 16–2355,327
September 43:30 pm Coastal Carolina No. 25 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV Big East Network W 31–057,867
September 46:00 pmSyracuse Akron InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH ESPN3 W 29–315,969
September 47:05 pm Stony Brook South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN3W 59–1440,201
September 410:00 pmCincinnati Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN2 L 14–2837,238

Players of the week: [15]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Ryan Nassib SyracuseMike HolmesSyracuseBrandon BingRutgers

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteBroadcastResultAttendance
September 107:00 pmNo. 23 West Virginia Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN2W 24–21OT41,382
September 1112:00 pmSouth FloridaNo. 8 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL Big East NetworkL 14–3890,612
September 1112:00 pm Indiana State Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH FSOHIO W 40–730,807
September 1112:00 pm Texas Southern Connecticut Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT Big East Network W 62–337,359
September 111:00 pm New Hampshire Pittsburgh Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA espn3.comW 38–1650,120
September 113:30 pm Eastern Kentucky Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY Big East Network W 23–1351,427
September 117:00 pmSyracuse Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN Northwest L 20–4162,418
September 118:00 pmRutgers Florida International FIU Stadium • Miami, FL Big East Network W 19–1419,872

Players of the week: [16]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Noel DevineWest VirginiaJoe LefegedRutgersJoe LefegedRutgers

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 167:30 pmCincinnati NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPNL 19–3055,934
September 1812:00 pm Maryland #21 West VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPNU W31–1760,122
September 1812:00 pmConnecticut Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA Big East NetworkL 16–3018,702
September 185:30 pmLouisvilleNo. 25 Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FSN NorthwestL 28–3545,379
September 187:15 pm Maine Syracuse Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY W 38–1437,758

Week off: Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week: [17]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Geno SmithWest VirginiaBruce IrvinWest VirginiaMike HolmesSyracuse

Week Four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 237:30 pmNo. 19 Miami PittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PAESPNL 3–3158,115
September 2512:00 pm Buffalo ConnecticutRentschler Field • East Hartford, CTBig East NetworkW 45–2136,738
September 253:30 pm Colgate SyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYEspn3.comW 42–738,068
September 253:30 pm North Carolina RutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJESPNUL 13–1752,038
September 256:00 pmNo. 8 Oklahoma Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati,ESPN 2L 29–3158,253
September 257:00 pm Western Kentucky South FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLBig East NetworkW 24–1240,206
September 259:00 pmNo. 22 West VirginiaNo. 15 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN 2L 14–2092,575

Week off: Louisville

Players of the week: [18]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Delone CarterSyracuseSio MooreConnecticutTerrence MitchellSouth Florida

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 212:00 pm Vanderbilt ConnecticutRentschler Field • East Hartford, CTBig East NetworkW 40–2140,000
October 22:00 pm Tulane RutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJEspn3.comL 14–1747,963
October 23:30 pm Florida International PittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PAEspn3.comW 44–1745,207
October 27:00 pmLouisville Arkansas State ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR Espn3.comW 34–2425,219
October 27:05 pm Florida Atlantic South FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLEspn3.comW 31–338,434

Week off: Cincinnati, Syracuse, West Virginia

Players of the week: [19]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Ray GrahamPittsburghBlidi Wreh-WilsonConnecticutDan HutchinsPittsburgh

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 87:30 pmConnecticutRutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJESPNRUT 27–2448,431
October 912:00 pmSyracuseSouth FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLBig East NetworkSYR 13–941,917
October 92:00 pm Memphis LouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KYESPN3.comW 56–048,427
October 93:30 pmPittsburgh Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC L 17–2380,795
October 93:30 pm UNLV West VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WVBig East NetworkW 49–1058,234
October 97:00 pm Miami (OH) CincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHESPN3.comW 45–333,909

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Chas Dodd RutgersMax SuterSyracuseSan San TeRutgers

Week Seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 147:30 pmSouth FloridaNo. 25 West VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WVESPNWV 20–654,955
October 158:00 pmCincinnatiLouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KYESPNCIN 35–2755,106
October 1612:00 pmPittsburghSyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYBig East NetworkPITT 45–1540,168
October 162:00 pmArmyRutgers New Meadowlands Stadium • East Rutherford, N.J. ESPN3.comRUT 23–20OT41,292

Week off: Connecticut

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Armon BinnsCincinnatiKeith TandyWest VirginiaDan HutchinsPittsburgh

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 227:30 pmSouth FloridaCincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHESPN2USF 38–3032,670
October 2312:00 pmRutgersPittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PABig East NetworkPITT 41–2150,425
October 2312:00 pmSyracuseNo. 20 West VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WVESPN2SYR 19–1458,122
October 233:30 pmConnecticutLouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KYESPNULOU 26–048,591

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
B.J. DanielsSouth FloridaDoug HogueSyracuseChris PhilpottLouisville

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 298:00 pmWest VirginiaConnecticutRentschler Field • East Hartford, CTESPN2CONN 16–13OT40,000
October 3012:00 pmSyracuseCincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHESPNUSYR 31–732,072
October 3012:00 pmLouisvillePittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PABig East NetworkPITT 20–348,562

Week off: Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Jordan TodmanConnecticutSio MooreConnecticutDave TeggartConnecticut

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 37:00 pmRutgersSouth FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLESPN2USF 28–2739,465
November 612:00 pmLouisvilleSyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYBig East NetworkLOU 28–2040,735

Week off: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, West Virginia

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Jeremy WrightLouisvilleJacquain WilliamsSouth Florida Maikon Bonani South Florida

Week Eleven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 117:30 pmPittsburghConnecticutRentschler Field • East Hartford, CTESPNCONN 30–2835,391
November 1312:00 pmCincinnatiWest VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WVBig East NetworkWVU 37–1056,593
November 1312:00 pmSouth FloridaLouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KYESPNUUSF 24–21OT43,887
November 133:30 pmSyracuseRutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJESPNUSYR 13–1049,911

Players of the week: [20]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Geno SmithWest VirginiaLawrence WilsonConnecticut Ross Krautman Syracuse

Week Twelve

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 2012:00 pmWest VirginiaLouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KYBig East NetworkWVU 17–1051,772
November 2012:00 pmPittsburghSouth FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLESPN2PITT 17–1043,844
November 207:00 pmConnecticutSyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYESPNUCONN 23–641,465
November 207:30 pmRutgersCincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHBig East NetworkCIN 69–3830,265

Players of the week: [21]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Isaiah PeadCincinnatiBrandon MillsCincinnatiGregg PugnettiWest Virginia

Week Thirteen

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 2611:00 amLouisvilleRutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJESPN2LOU 40–1337,422
November 2612:00 pmWest VirginiaPittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PAABCWVU 35–1060,562
November 2712:00 pmCincinnatiConnecticutRentschler Field • East Hartford, CTBig East NetworkCONN 38–1440,000
November 2712:00 pm Boston College SyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYESPN2L 7–1642,191
November 2712:00 pmSouth FloridaMiami (FL) Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPNUW 23–20OT41,148

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Jordan TodmanConnecticutBrandon HoganWest VirginiaJustin Brockhaus-KannSouth Florida

Week Fourteen

Last week's results set up a wild final week in the Big East, with three teams—UConn, WVU, and Pitt—still in contention for the league's BCS berth, and a possibility that as many as five teams (the three aforementioned teams plus South Florida and Syracuse) could claim a share of the conference title. The conference noted in a November 29 press release, "There could be an outright winner, three different two-way ties, a three-way tie, or even a five-way tie for the title." [22]

Under Big East rules, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. In a multi-team tie, the first tiebreaker is record in games between the teams involved in the tie.

Going into the final games, the scenarios were:

With Pitt and WVU both winning, they assured themselves a share of the Big East title. The BCS berth came down to the UConn-South Florida game, which itself went down to the final minute. Dave Teggart's 52-yard field goal, the longest of his career, with 17 seconds remaining gave the Huskies their first-ever BCS berth.

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 412:00 pmPittsburghCincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHPITT 28–10
December 48:00 pmConnecticutSouth FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLESPN2UCONN 19–16
December 412:00 pmRutgersNo. 24 West VirginiaMountaineer Field • Morgantown, WVABCWVU 35–14

Week off: Louisville, Syracuse

Players of the week: [23]

OffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Dion LewisPittsburghJ.T. ThomasWest VirginiaDavid TeggartConnecticut

Rankings

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Ranking Movement
 PreWk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Wk
15		Final
CincinnatiAPRVRV––––––––––––––
CRVRVRV–––––––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
ConnecticutAPRV–––––––––––––RV25
CRVRVRV––––––––––––RV
BCSNot released––––––––
LouisvilleAP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
PittsburghAP15RVRVRV––––––RVRV–––RV
C15RVRVRV–––––––RV–RV––
BCSNot released––––––––
RutgersAP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
South FloridaAP––––––––––––––––
CRVRV––––––––––––RV–
BCSNot released––––––––
SyracuseAP–––––––––RVRVRVRV–––
C–––––––––RVRV–RV–––
BCSNot released––––––––
West VirginiaAP25232122RV25202520RV–––RV2322
C24222121RV25192520RV–––RV2421
BCSNot released20–––––2422

Records against other conferences

ConferenceWinsLosses
ACC 24
Big 12 01
Big Ten 01
CUSA 31
Independents 11
MAC 31
Mountain West 11
Pac-10 02
SEC 13
Sun Belt 50
WAC 01
All FCS 90
Against BCS311
Against FBS1616
Overall2516

Bowl games

Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchups/ResultsAttendancePayout (US$)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl December 21, 2010 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL ESPN Louisville 31, Southern Miss 2820,017$1,000,000
Champs Sports Bowl December 28, 2010 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL ESPN NC State 23, West Virginia 748,962$2,125,000
Pinstripe Bowl December 30, 2010 Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY ESPN Syracuse 36, Kansas State 3438,274$2,000,000
Meineke Car Care Bowl December 31, 2010 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN South Florida 31, Clemson 2641,122$1,000,000
BBVA Compass Bowl January 8, 2011 Legion Field Birmingham, AL ESPN Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10$900,000
Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2011 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ ESPN Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 2067,232$17,000,000

Attendance

TeamStadium (Capacity)Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7TotalAverage% of Capacity
Cincinnati Nippert Stadium (35,098)30,80758,253§33,90932,67032,07230,26527,496245,47235,06788.9
Connecticut Rentschler Field (40,000)37,35936,73840,00040,00035,39140,000–229,48838,24895.6
Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (57,000)55,32751,42748,42755,10648,59143,88751,772354,53750,64888.9
Pittsburgh Heinz Field (65,050)50,12058,11545,20750,42548,56260,562–312,91152,16580.2
Rutgers Rutgers Stadium (52,454)46,31152,03847,96348,43141,292†49,91137,422323,36846,19588.1
South Florida Raymond James Stadium (65,857)40,20140,20638,43441,91739,46543,84441,809285,87640,83962.0
Syracuse Carrier Dome (49,250)37,75838,06840,16840,73541,46542,191–240,38540,06481.3
West Virginia Mountaineer Field (60,000)57,86760,12258,23454,95558,12256,59348,386394,27956,32693.9

§Played at Paul Brown Stadium
†Played at New Meadowlands Stadium

Awards and honors

Big East Conference Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big East Conference football coaches. [24]

2010 Big East Football Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Jordan Todman †, RB, CONNECTICUT
Defensive Player of the Year Jabaal Sheard , DE, PITTSBURGH
Special Teams Player of the Year Lindsey Lamar , KR, SOUTH FLORIDA
Rookie of the YearHakeem Smith, S, LOUISVILLE
Coach of the Year Randy Edsall , CONNECTICUT
Charlie Strong , LOUISVILLE
†- denotes unanimous selection

Todman, who became the second Connecticut running back to win the award in three years, was the unanimous choice for Offensive Player of the Year. He was the first unanimous winner of the award since Gino Torretta in 1992. [25] Sheard marked the third consecutive year, and fourth time in five years, that a Pittsburgh player has won the defensive player award.

2010 All-Big East Conference Football Teams [24]
First TeamSecond Team
OffenseDefenseOffenseDefense
QB – Zach Collaros †, JR, CINCINNATI
RB – Jordan Todman †, JR, CONNECTICUT
RB – Bilal Powell, SR, LOUISVILLE
WR – Armon Binns, SR, CINCINNATI
WR – Jon Baldwin, JR, PITTSBURGH
TE – Cameron Graham, JR, LOUISVILLE
OT – Mike Ryan, JR, CONNECTICUT
OT – Jason Pinkston, SR, PITTSBURGH
OG – Zach Hurd†, SR, CONNECTICUT
OG – Mark Wetterer†, SR, LOUISVILLE
C – Sampson Genus, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
K – Dave Teggart, JR, CONNECTICUT
RS – Lindsey Lamar, SO, SOUTH FLORIDA
DL – Kendall Reyes, JR, CONNECTICUT
DL – Jabaal Sheard †, SR, PITTSBURGH
DL – Terrell McClain, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
DL – Chris Neild, SR, WEST VIRGINIA
LB – Lawrence Wilson, SR, CONNECTICUT
LB – Doug Hogue, SR, SYRACUSE
LB – J. T. Thomas, SR, WEST VIRGINIA
CB – Johnny Patrick, SR, LOUISVILLE
CB – Keith Tandy, JR, WEST VIRGINIA
S – Dom DeCicco, SR, PITTSBURGH
S – Robert Sands, JR, WEST VIRGINIA
P – Dan Hutchins, SR, PITTSBURGH
QB – Geno Smith, SO, WEST VIRGINIA
RB – Isaiah Pead, JR, CINCINNATI
RB – Delone Carter, SR, SYRACUSE
WR – D. J. Woods, JR, CINCINNATI
WR – Dontavia Bogan, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
WR – Tavon Austin, SO, WEST VIRGINIA
WR – Jock Sanders, SR, WEST VIRGINIA
TE – Ben Guidugli, SR, CINCINNATI
OT – Justin Pugh, SO, SYRACUSE
OT – Don Barclay, JR, WEST VIRGINIA
OL – Jason Kelce, JR, CINCINNATI
OL – Byron Stingily, SR, LOUISVILLE
OL – Jacob Sims, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
C – Moe Petrus, JR, CONNECTICUT
K – Ross Krautman, FR, SYRACUSE
RS – Nick Williams, SO, CONNECTICUT
DL – Brandon Lindsey, JR, PITTSBURGH
DL – Chandler Jones, JR, SYRACUSE
DL – Scooter Berry, SR, WEST VIRGINIA
DL – Bruce Irvin, JR, WEST VIRGINIA
LB – JK Schafer, JR, CINCINNATI
LB – Jacquain Williams, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
LB – Derrell Smith, SR, SYRACUSE
CB – Mistral Raymond, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA
CB – Brandon Hogan, SR, WEST VIRGINIA
S – Hakeem Smith, FR, LOUISVILLE
S – Jared Holley, SO, PITTSBURGH
S – Joe Lefeged, SR, RUTGERS
P – Rob Long, SR, SYRACUSE
†- denotes unanimous selection

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The 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Connecticut Huskies (UConn) of the Big East Conference, on January 2, 2010, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game was the final contest of the 2009 NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision football season for both teams, and it ended in a 20–7 victory for Connecticut.

The 2010 West Virginia Mountaineer football team represented West Virginia University in the college football season of 2010. The Mountaineers were led by head coach Bill Stewart and played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Connecticut and Pittsburgh. They were invited to the Champ Sports Bowl where they were defeated by North Carolina State 7–23.

The 2010 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. The Huskies finished 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Due to victories over both schools, the Huskies earned the Big East's automatic bid to a BCS game, and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they were defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma 48–20. It was the first major-bowl appearance in the program's 115-year history.

The 2010 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were members of the Big East Conference. They were led by the sixth-year head coach Dave Wannstedt and played their home games at Heinz Field. 2010 marked the university's 121st season overall. They finished the season 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to be champions of the Big East with Connecticut and West Virginia. However, due to losses to both schools, Pitt did not earn the conference's bid to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game. They were invited to the BBVA Compass Bowl where they defeated Kentucky, 27–10. Wannstedt was forced to resign on December 7, 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010–11 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team</span> American college basketball season

The 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2010–2011 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were coached by Jim Calhoun and played their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies were a member of the Big East Conference.

The 2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big East Conference. The Mountaineers were led by Dana Holgorsen, who was in his first season as head coach. West Virginia played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 10–3, 5–2 in Big East play to earn a share of the Big East Conference championship with Cincinnati and Louisville. The Mountaineers, in their final season in the Big East before moving to the Big 12 the following season, earned the league's automatic berth in the BCS due to being the highest ranked of the Big East champions in the final BCS rankings. They were invited to the Orange Bowl for the first time ever where they defeated Clemson 70–33. This was the third victory for West Virginia in three BCS games played in the BCS era, while the 70 points in the Orange Bowl set a record for most points scored in a bowl game.

The 2012 Big East football season was the 22nd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the conference that was known as the Big East Conference from its formation in 1979 until July 2013, and ultimately proved to be the last for the conference under the "Big East" name, as well as the last with a full round-robin schedule for conference play. The conference consisted of eight football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse and Temple. In February 2012, the Big East settled a lawsuit with West Virginia University that allowed them to move to the Big 12 Conference effective July 1, 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 American Athletic Conference football season</span> Sports season

The 2013 American Athletic Conference football season was the 23rd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference. The season was the first after the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until July 2013. The charter of the former Big East was retained by The American, henceforth the legal status as the 23rd season overall.

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