Big East Power Rankings

1. South Florida -- Nice story. 10 years ago the the coaches' offices were trailers. No joke. Now they got some money, fans and a couple quality wins. They have no history and borrow their football stadium. They'll probably suck again when their coach leaves. They have too much competition, in terms of recruiting, in Florida.

2. West Virginia -- semi fraud. No defense and no vertical passing game. They can be stopped if you have a fast front seven. Consistently over-ranked. Rowdy, loyal, drunken fans who travel. Still one of the funnest teams to watch on television because you know there will be points and a bunch crazy triple-option plays.

3. Rutgers -- Between 1996-2002, they won 14 games. total. So everybody loves the loser that suddenly gets a date with the hot chick. Rutgers makes me yawn. I hope UC kills them again. They should be good because they are the only team in New Jersey.

4. Cincinnati -- I don't think it was by design, but the UC coaching evolution has worked to perfection. Minter raised them from an embarrassment to semi-respectable. Dantonio brought discipline and built a solid fast defense. And now Kelly brings a modern, aggressive offense and more importantly, a personality to inspire recruits and fans. (he personally dropped off pizzas to students camping out for UL tix tonight) The Cats are in very good shape though they will always have to fight to get recruits. I still only know the names of like 4 players.

5. Louisville -- fraud. It's amazing how bad they became once Petrino left. Louisville can thank ESPN and Thursday night football for the resurgence of their program. We'll see if they can maintain now that they don't own a prime time slot anymore.

6. Connecticut -- basketball school. and I don't think there are any black guys in that state so good luck recruiting. They bore me.

7. Pittsburgh -- I thought they might return to power again under Walt Harris but that fizzled. Now they got Dave Wannstadt. Giggle. They suck and their city does not care about the team (kind of like Cincy 4 weeks ago).

8. Syracuse -- what an embarrassment. Jim Brown should go on a killing spree in rage. There is no excuse for the cuse (that rhymes) to stink when they are the only team in New York. Maybe nobody wants to live in upstate NY for 4 years. I don't blame them.