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Article: Big East must focus on landing better bowl deals
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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WITH Big East football seeking to sort out who's where in a
second straight season of apparent balance, the conference is in
flux otherwise, too, with future bowl negotiations on the horizon.
The Big East is expected to name a successor to retiring
Commissioner Mike Tranghese before Christmas. The third boss in
league history (dating to 1979) will be a point man in trying to
land bigger and better bowl deals for the conference.
"We're always working on those relationships with the bowls,"
said Nick Carparelli, the big East associate commissioner for
football operations. "We see (bowl executives) all of the time and
talk with them.
"As far as serious conversations over any future ...