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Article: BIG EAST FOOTBALL IS NOT SO BIG ANY MORE THE BIG EAST HAS DECLINED BECAUSE OF MIAMI'S DOWNFALL AND LOWLY TEMPLE, PITT AND RUTGERS.(SPORTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 24, 1997
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Byline: STEVE CARLSON, STAFF WRITER
The Big East Football Conference burst onto the scene in 1991 when Miami finished atop the final Associated Press poll and Syracuse ended up No. 11. A league team played for the national championship each of the next three bowl seasons.
But Big East football has slipped. No Big East team has figured in the national title picture the last two seasons, and Virginia Tech, at No. 13, was the highest-ranked at the end of last season. The dropoff has led to carping by some that the Big East does not belong among the power conferences that make up the Bowl Alliance.
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