Big East Sports Blog

Week #5 in the Big East features six football games as the Big East takes on four non-conference opponents while two games feature Big East Conference matchups. The Big East games feature Connecticut @ Louisville and Pittsburgh @ Syracuse as Louisville looks to keep UConn from starting their seson 5-0 while Syracuse looks for their first win over a I-A/FCS opponent as they host Pitt. In the non-conference games, Big East teams face one I-AA/FBS opponent, and one from the MAC, Conference USA and the ACC. Rutgers looks for their first win of the season as they host Morgan State while #13 USF is @ NC State and Cincinnati travels inside the state of Ohio to face the Akron Zips. In the final Big East football game of the day we have the battle of West Virginia as WVU hosts Marshall.

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