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Uconn Accepts Invite to International Bowl, ey....

The struggling Huskies (7-5, 3-4) will square off against the MAC champion -- UB Bulls -- on January 3rd in Toronto. Edsall and the lads will try and put a little gleam on a season that has turned upsetting for many a whiny Husky fan. Five years of existence and three bowl appearances people, lets have some perspective...

Ontario may not be warm this time of year..but the bars are great and the Leafs and Raptors are in town. Sounds like a potentially good dudes weekend to me.

bowl information and ticket packages can be found at uconnbowl.com







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Big East Bowls
(three ACC v BE showdowns)...

• Cincinnati v Virginia Tech -- Orange (Miami)
  
• Pittsburgh v Oregon State -- Sun (El Paso)
• West Virginia v North Carolina -- Meineke (Charlotte)
  
• Rutgers v North Carolina State -- Papajohns.com (Birmingham)
• Connecticut v Buffalo -- International (Toronto)
  
• South Florida vs Memphis -- Magicjack (St Petersburg)

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Final BE Standings

Cincinnati #12	6-1	-	11-2
Pittsburgh #21	5-2	-	9-3
West Virginia	5-2	-	8-4
Rutgers	5-2	-	7-5
Connecticut	3-4	-	7-5
South Florida	2-5	-	7-5
Louisville	1-6	-	5-7
Syracuse	1-6	-	3-9

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Donald Brown Named BE Offensive POY

Connecticut junior running back Donald Brown was named the 2008 BIG EAST Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Wednesday. Brown, who led the country in rushing yards and was also a unanimous All Big East First Team, becomes the first Husky to win a major individual BIG EAST football award since the Huskies began league play 5 years ago.

NCAA Rushing Leaders

1.	Donald Brown, UConn	338	1822	5.4	63	17
2.	Shonn Greene, Iowa	278	1729	6.2	75	17
3.	MiQuale Lewis, Ball St	306	1701	5.6	64	22
4.	Javon Ringer, Mich St	370	1590	4.3	64	21
5.	Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma St	228	1518	6.7	68	14
6.	Vai Taua, Nevada	213	1420	6.7	79	14
7.	LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh	284	1403	4.9	58	21
8.	Jahvid Best, California	174	1394	8.0	86	13
9.	Tyrell Fenroy, La Lafayette	227	1376	6.1	89	19
10.	Julian Edelman, Kent St	215	1370	6.4	58	13

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Musing, ACC Title Game

and the hits just keep on coming for greedy pig (ACC commissioner) John Swofford. In his attempt to gut the Big East and leave it for dead he had grand dreams of Miami and Florida State playing in the Dr Pepper ACC Championship in front of full house in Florida...he thought he was building the next SEC or Big 12. new locale (Tampa instead of Jacksonville) same story...actually its getting much worse...

By JOEY JOHNSTON | The Tampa Tribune 12/9/08

TAMPA - Saturday's ACC Championship Game between Virginia Tech and Boston College drew an actual attendance of 27,360 to Raymond James Stadium, according to figures from the Tampa Sports Authority.
And thousands of those were not paying customers.