West Virginia - Pat White is an excellect QB in
the spread option and Tailback Noel Devine is a budding star for the
Mountaineers. West Virginia was 1 victory away over Pittsburgh last year and
they would have played for the national title. In 2008 they have a tough
schedule versus the likes of Colorado, Rutgers, Aurburn, Louisville
and a rematch with the Panthers might be too much for a title chance.
South Florida - USF returns 10 starters on
offense from a team that won it's 1st 6 games of the year last season but was
blown out in a bowl game by Oregon. Starting with QB Matt Grothe, who passed and
ran like crazy but got worn down towards the end of the season.
Pittsburgh - This is a prove it year for the
Panthers who returns 17 starters from a team that denied West Virginia the
national title game. LeSean McCoy ran for 1,328 yards and 14 TD's as a true
freshman. They are also deep at WR and get back 2006 star Derek Kinder from
injury.
Rutgers - Greg Schiano thinks this is his most
talented team in 8 years, but they play Fresno State and North Carolina in
September and then go against West Virginia and UCONN at home and vs Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati on the road all in October.
Connecticut - UCONN will be in every game they
play because of their defense but we predict a repeat of 9 wins will be
tough.
Louisville - Ther Cardinals will not be as good
as recent years but they do have 8 home games, 6 of their first 7 are in
Louisville.
Cincinnati - Last year was the Bearcats first 10
win season since 1951. The next step is winning the Big east Title, but without
Ben Mauck at QB they will have to rely on other talent to make it happen.
Syracuse - The best the Orange can hope for is a
4 win season with the lack of talent at key positions.
Weekly BIG EAST free picks: Kentucky vs Louisville - Cincinnati vs
Oklahoma - Kansas vs South Florida - Penn State vs Syracuse - West Virginia vs
Colorado - UCONN vs Louisville - Auburn vs West Virginia - Pittsburgh vs Notre
Dame - West Virginia vs Louisville - Syracuse vs Notre Dame - West Virginia vs
Pittsburgh.