2010 Big East Conference football season

2010 Big East Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	football
Duration	September 2, 2010 through January 8, 2011
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN-Big East Network
Regular season
Champions	Connecticut, West Virginia & Pitt
Football seasons
←  2009 2011  →

2010 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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.

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.

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award : [2] Zach Frazer, Connecticut

Lombardi Award : [3] Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh J.T. Thomas, West Virginia

Outland Trophy : [4] Zach Hurd, Connecticut Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh Art Forst, Rutgers

Rimington Trophy : [5] Moe Petrus, Connecticut Mario Benevides, Louisville Ryan Bartholomew, Syracuse

Bednarik Award : [6] Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh Derrell Smith, Syracuse Robert Sands, West Virginia

Maxwell Award : [6] Zach Collaros, Cincinnati Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati Jordan Todman, Connecticut Jon Baldwin, Pittsburgh Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh Tom Savage, Rutgers Noel Devine, West Virginia

Walter Camp Award : [7] Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh Noel Devine, West Virginia

Davey O'Brien Award : [8] Zach Collaros, Cincinnati Tom Savage, Rutgers

Biletnikoff Award : [9] Armon Binns, Cincinnati Jon Baldwin, Pittsburgh

Butkus Award : [10] Greg Lloyd, Connecticut Scott Lutrus, Connecticut Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut Doug Hogue, Syracuse Derrell Smith, Syracuse

Lou Groza Award : [11] Dan Hutchins, Pittsburgh Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia

John Mackey Award : [12] Ben Guidulgi, Cincinnati Ryan Griffin, Connecticut Cameron Graham, Louisville D.C. Jefferson, Rutgers

Doak Walker Award : [13] Jordan Todman, Connecticut Victor Anderson, Louisville Bilal Powell, Louisville Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh Noel Devine, West Virginia

Jim Thorpe Award : [14] Johnny Patrick, Louisville Dom DeCicco, Pittsburgh Brandon Hogan, West Virginia Robert Sands, West Virginia

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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 pm	Norfolk State	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	espn3.com	W 31–0	46,311
September 2	7:30 pm	No. 15 Pittsburgh	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	Versus	L 24–27OT	45,730
September 4	3:30 pm	Connecticut	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 10–30	113,090
September 4	3:30 pm	Kentucky	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ABC	L 16–23	55,327
September 4	3:30 pm	Coastal Carolina	No. 25 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	W 31–0	57,867
September 4	6:00 pm	Syracuse	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 29–3	15,969
September 4	7:05 pm	Stony Brook	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	W 59–14	40,201
September 4	10:00 pm	Cincinnati	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN2	L 14–28	37,238

Players of the week: ^[15]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Ryan Nassib	Syracuse	Mike Holmes	Syracuse	Brandon Bing	Rutgers

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00 pm	No. 23 West Virginia	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN2	W 24–21OT	41,382
September 11	12:00 pm	South Florida	No. 8 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	Big East Network	L 14–38	90,612
September 11	12:00 pm	Indiana State	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	FSOHIO	W 40–7	30,807
September 11	12:00 pm	Texas Southern	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 62–3	37,359
September 11	1:00 pm	New Hampshire	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	espn3.com	W 38–16	50,120
September 11	3:30 pm	Eastern Kentucky	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Big East Network	W 23–13	51,427
September 11	7:00 pm	Syracuse	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSN Northwest	L 20–41	62,418
September 11	8:00 pm	Rutgers	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	Big East Network	W 19–14	19,872

Players of the week: ^[16]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Noel Devine	West Virginia	Joe Lefeged	Rutgers	Joe Lefeged	Rutgers

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	7:30 pm	Cincinnati	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN	L 19–30	55,934
September 18	12:00 pm	Maryland	#21 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPNU	W31–17	60,122
September 18	12:00 pm	Connecticut	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	Big East Network	L 16–30	18,702
September 18	5:30 pm	Louisville	No. 25 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FSN Northwest	L 28–35	45,379
September 18	7:15 pm	Maine	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		W 38–14	37,758

Week off: Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week: ^[17]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Geno Smith	West Virginia	Bruce Irvin	West Virginia	Mike Holmes	Syracuse

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 23	7:30 pm	No. 19 Miami	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	L 3–31	58,115
September 25	12:00 pm	Buffalo	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 45–21	36,738
September 25	3:30 pm	Colgate	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Espn3.com	W 42–7	38,068
September 25	3:30 pm	North Carolina	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	L 13–17	52,038
September 25	6:00 pm	No. 8 Oklahoma	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati,	ESPN 2	L 29–31	58,253
September 25	7:00 pm	Western Kentucky	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Big East Network	W 24–12	40,206
September 25	9:00 pm	No. 22 West Virginia	No. 15 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN 2	L 14–20	92,575

Week off: Louisville

Players of the week: ^[18]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Delone Carter	Syracuse	Sio Moore	Connecticut	Terrence Mitchell	South Florida

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	12:00 pm	Vanderbilt	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 40–21	40,000
October 2	2:00 pm	Tulane	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	Espn3.com	L 14–17	47,963
October 2	3:30 pm	Florida International	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Espn3.com	W 44–17	45,207
October 2	7:00 pm	Louisville	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	Espn3.com	W 34–24	25,219
October 2	7:05 pm	Florida Atlantic	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Espn3.com	W 31–3	38,434

Week off: Cincinnati, Syracuse, West Virginia

Players of the week: ^[19]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Ray Graham	Pittsburgh	Blidi Wreh-Wilson	Connecticut	Dan Hutchins	Pittsburgh

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 8	7:30 pm	Connecticut	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	RUT 27–24	48,431
October 9	12:00 pm	Syracuse	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Big East Network	SYR 13–9	41,917
October 9	2:00 pm	Memphis	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN3.com	W 56–0	48,427
October 9	3:30 pm	Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 17–23	80,795
October 9	3:30 pm	UNLV	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	W 49–10	58,234
October 9	7:00 pm	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3.com	W 45–3	33,909

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Chas Dodd	Rutgers	Max Suter	Syracuse	San San Te	Rutgers

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 14	7:30 pm	South Florida	No. 25 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	WV 20–6	54,955
October 15	8:00 pm	Cincinnati	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	CIN 35–27	55,106
October 16	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	PITT 45–15	40,168
October 16	2:00 pm	Army	Rutgers	New Meadowlands Stadium • East Rutherford, N.J.	ESPN3.com	RUT 23–20OT	41,292

Week off: Connecticut

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Armon Binns	Cincinnati	Keith Tandy	West Virginia	Dan Hutchins	Pittsburgh

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 22	7:30 pm	South Florida	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	USF 38–30	32,670
October 23	12:00 pm	Rutgers	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Big East Network	PITT 41–21	50,425
October 23	12:00 pm	Syracuse	No. 20 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	SYR 19–14	58,122
October 23	3:30 pm	Connecticut	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	LOU 26–0	48,591

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
B.J. Daniels	South Florida	Doug Hogue	Syracuse	Chris Philpott	Louisville

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 29	8:00 pm	West Virginia	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	CONN 16–13OT	40,000
October 30	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	SYR 31–7	32,072
October 30	12:00 pm	Louisville	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Big East Network	PITT 20–3	48,562

Week off: Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Todman	Connecticut	Sio Moore	Connecticut	Dave Teggart	Connecticut

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 3	7:00 pm	Rutgers	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	USF 28–27	39,465
November 6	12:00 pm	Louisville	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	LOU 28–20	40,735

Week off: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, West Virginia

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jeremy Wright	Louisville	Jacquain Williams	South Florida	Maikon Bonani	South Florida

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 11	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN	CONN 30–28	35,391
November 13	12:00 pm	Cincinnati	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	WVU 37–10	56,593
November 13	12:00 pm	South Florida	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	USF 24–21OT	43,887
November 13	3:30 pm	Syracuse	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	SYR 13–10	49,911

Players of the week: ^[20]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Geno Smith	West Virginia	Lawrence Wilson	Connecticut	Ross Krautman	Syracuse

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 20	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Big East Network	WVU 17–10	51,772
November 20	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	PITT 17–10	43,844
November 20	7:00 pm	Connecticut	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	CONN 23–6	41,465
November 20	7:30 pm	Rutgers	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	Big East Network	CIN 69–38	30,265

Players of the week: ^[21]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Isaiah Pead	Cincinnati	Brandon Mills	Cincinnati	Gregg Pugnetti	West Virginia

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	11:00 am	Louisville	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	LOU 40–13	37,422
November 26	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	WVU 35–10	60,562
November 27	12:00 pm	Cincinnati	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	CONN 38–14	40,000
November 27	12:00 pm	Boston College	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 7–16	42,191
November 27	12:00 pm	South Florida	Miami (FL)	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 23–20OT	41,148

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jordan Todman	Connecticut	Brandon Hogan	West Virginia	Justin Brockhaus-Kann	South 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:

• If UConn defeated South Florida, it would claim the BCS berth regardless of any other results. The Huskies held the tiebreaker in any potential two-way or three-way tie with wins over both Pitt and WVU.
• If the Huskies lost, WVU would claim the BCS berth with a win over Rutgers, as the Mountaineers held the tiebreaker over Pitt due to their win last week.
• Pitt could only claim the BCS berth with a win over Cincinnati plus losses by UConn and WVU.
• If all three teams lost, it would have created a five-way tie for the conference crown between them, USF, and Syracuse. In that event, UConn would have claimed the BCS berth as the only team with a 3–1 record in games between the five teams.

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.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 4	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		PITT 28–10
December 4	8:00 pm	Connecticut	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	UCONN 19–16
December 4	12:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 24 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ABC	WVU 35–14

Week off: Louisville, Syracuse

Players of the week: ^[23]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Dion Lewis	Pittsburgh	J.T. Thomas	West Virginia	David Teggart	Connecticut

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Ranking Movement

		Pre	Wk 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
Cincinnati	AP	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connecticut	AP	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	25
	C	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Louisville	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pittsburgh	AP	15	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	–	–	–	RV
	C	15	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	–	RV	–	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rutgers	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
South Florida	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	–	RV	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released								–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
West Virginia	AP	25	23	21	22	RV	25	20	25	20	RV	–	–	–	RV	23	22
	C	24	22	21	21	RV	25	19	25	20	RV	–	–	–	RV	24	21
	BCS	Not released								20	–	–	–	–	–	24	22

Records against other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses
ACC	2	4
Big 12	0	1
Big Ten	0	1
CUSA	3	1
Independents	1	1
MAC	3	1
Mountain West	1	1
Pac-10	0	2
SEC	1	3
Sun Belt	5	0
WAC	0	1
All FCS	9	0
Against BCS	3	11
Against FBS	16	16
Overall	25	16

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	December 21, 2010	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, FL	ESPN	Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28	20,017	$1,000,000
Champs Sports Bowl	December 28, 2010	Florida Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	ESPN	NC State 23, West Virginia 7	48,962	$2,125,000
Pinstripe Bowl	December 30, 2010	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	ESPN	Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34	38,274	$2,000,000
Meineke Car Care Bowl	December 31, 2010	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	ESPN	South Florida 31, Clemson 26	41,122	$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 20	67,232	$17,000,000

Attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium (35,098)	30,807	58,253§	33,909	32,670	32,072	30,265	27,496	245,472	35,067	88.9
Connecticut	Rentschler Field (40,000)	37,359	36,738	40,000	40,000	35,391	40,000	–	229,488	38,248	95.6
Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (57,000)	55,327	51,427	48,427	55,106	48,591	43,887	51,772	354,537	50,648	88.9
Pittsburgh	Heinz Field (65,050)	50,120	58,115	45,207	50,425	48,562	60,562	–	312,911	52,165	80.2
Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium (52,454)	46,311	52,038	47,963	48,431	41,292†	49,911	37,422	323,368	46,195	88.1
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium (65,857)	40,201	40,206	38,434	41,917	39,465	43,844	41,809	285,876	40,839	62.0
Syracuse	Carrier Dome (49,250)	37,758	38,068	40,168	40,735	41,465	42,191	–	240,385	40,064	81.3
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field (60,000)	57,867	60,122	58,234	54,955	58,122	56,593	48,386	394,279	56,326	93.9

^§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
Award	Recipient(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 Year	Hakeem 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-team		Second-team
Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
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 – Benjamin 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 – J. K. Schaffer, JR, CINCINNATI LB – Jacquian 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

References

1. "Pittsburgh Chosen As 2010 BIG EAST Football Favorite". Big East Conference. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
2. "Watch List for the 2010 Golden Arm Award". Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
3. "2010 Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
4. "2010 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST ANNOUNCED". OutlandTrophy.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
5. "2010 Spring Watch List Released". Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
6. "Maxwell Football Club Announces Maxwell And Bednarik Watch Lists". MaxwellFootballClub.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
7. "2010 Player of the Year Watch List Announced". WalterCamp.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
8. "2010 Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award Watch List Announced". Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
9. "2010 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
10. "The Butkus Award 2010 Collegiate Finalist". Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
11. "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2010 Preseason Watch List". Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
12. "2010 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2010.
13. "2010 Doak Walker Award Candidates Announced" (PDF). SMU.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
14. "JIM THORPE AWARD NAMES 2010 PRE-SEASON "WATCH LIST"". Jim Thorpe Association. Archived from the original on August 9, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
15. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Sept. 6". The BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on September 9, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
16. "Devine, Lefeged Earn Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
17. "WVU's Smith, Irvin Join Syracuse's Holmes As Weekly Honorees". The BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
18. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Sept. 27". The BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
19. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Oct. 4". The BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
20. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Nov. 15". BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
21. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Nov. 22". The BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
22. "Week 13 Football Recap – Conference Title Race Comes Down to the Wire" (Press release). Big East Conference. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
23. "BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Dec. 6". BIG EAST Conference. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
24. "BIG EAST Announces 2010 Postseason Football Honors". BIG EAST Conference. December 8, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
25. "Todman Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year". UConnHuskies.com. December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2011.