The Big East has an overall OOC record of 12-5 (all Big East games against BC not included, all New Members games against CUSA teams not included). The league is 4-4 against BCS level conferences, and 8-1 against mid-majors (Thank you, Rutgers).

Wins
Dook (UConn), Murray State (UConn), Ohio (Pitt), Michigan State (Rutgers), Kent State (Rutgers), Buffalo (Syracuse), East Carolina (WVU), UCF (WVU), Maryland (WVU), Kentucky (Louisville), Miami Ohio (Cincinnati), and Tennessee Tech (South Florida).

Losses
Nebraska (Pitt), New Hampshire (Rutgers), Purdue (Syracuse), Ohio State (Cincinnati), South Carolina (USF).

The remaining OOC games are...
WVU/James Madison & Virginia Tech
Pitt/Furman & Notre Dame
Rutgers/Vandy & Navy
UConn/Army, Georgia Tech, & Buffalo
Syracuse/UVA & Florida State
Louisville/UNC & Miami

USF and Cincy finished up OOC play last Saturday.

The only disappointing loss is the Nebraska game (I refuse to believe that New Hampshire beat Rutgers). Any Pitt team from the past couple years would have easily beaten that Huskers team and they still almost won. I'll save judgement on the Purdue/Syracuse game until I see what the Boilermakers do the rest of the year, although the score was disheartening even if Purdue is top 5...

I think Syracuse was overwhelmed by Purdue because they had no direction offensively. Pasqualoni didn't have a clue whether the man at QB was Patterson or Fields. Coach P's indecisiveness is probably the big reason some of SU's fans are calling for his head.

Defensively, they did a poor job vs. the big play. That seems to have been corrected, though. UC came off an outburst vs. Miami, only to be shut down in the dome. UC did play like crap, but much had to do with SU's defense. They tackled much better in the open field than vs. the Boilers.

We'll see what they can do vs. an explosive UVa team.

BJUnklFkr Wrote:I think Syracuse was overwhelmed by Purdue because they had no direction offensively. Pasqualoni didn't have a clue whether the man at QB was Patterson or Fields. Coach P's indecisiveness is probably the big reason some of SU's fans are calling for his head.

Defensively, they did a poor job vs. the big play. That seems to have been corrected, though. UC came off an outburst vs. Miami, only to be shut down in the dome. UC did play like crap, but much had to do with SU's defense. They tackled much better in the open field than vs. the Boilers.

We'll see what they can do vs. an explosive UVa team.

BJunk is correct. Syracuse seems to be improving, which is good. It's been a rocky start but they're still 2-1. Also, interesting note, the "new" Big East would be the only BCS conference without a loss to a non-BCS conference. You can't count Rutgers loss to New Hampshire because they're not a "non-BCS" conference, but a Division I-AA, just like the Mississippi State's loss vs Maine doesn't count as a non-BCS loss, or vice versa if those schools had one those games.

"I think Syracuse was overwhelmed by Purdue because they had no direction offensively."[QUOTE]


-- One has to remember that SU was starting a true freshman QB....so of course they are going to struggle early....they are going to improve as the year goes on


--although they probably get beat by UVA this weekend.....I look for SU to make the game a bit more competive then the Purdue one



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