Pitt may not have won the Big East championship, but it walked away with more than its share of the conference awards yesterday. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
teams player of the year and coach of the year, respectively. It was the third year in a row Kelly has been so honored. Full Article at The Connecticut Post
Rep. Joe Barton's bill calling for a college playoff may not pass into law, but the attention it gets may force the BCS to change. Texas Rep. Joe Barton's BCS-busting bill made its way out of subcommittee Wednesday. Full Article at Sports Illustrated
Seven players were named to the two all-Big East teams, while Jasper Howard was posthumously named the captain of the teams, the Big East announced on Wednesday. Full Article at UConn Huskies
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, which met in a head-to-head matchup for an automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series in the final week of the regular season, earned all four major individual awards from the BIG EAST Conference in the... Full Article at BIG EAST Conference Athletics
Pitt, which will play North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 26, swept both the Big East Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards today. The conference coaches voted freshman tailback Dion Lewis as the top offensive player. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
Dion Lewis is the Big East's offensive player of the year, while Pitt teammates Greg Romeus and Mick Williams shared the defensive player of the year award in voting by the league's head coaches. Full Article at ESPN
“It sucks to be at the end of the bench.” A player’s love-hate relationship with that bench. Full Article at SLAM Online
Should a Tony Hawk-endorsed skateboard park be a neighbor to South Los Angeles' cultural landmark, the Watts Towers? Full Article at Los Angeles Times
When the day began, I was counting on Notre Dame's Mike Brey. Full Article at Sporting News