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Rating the Out of Conference Schedules: Big East

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EAST HARTFORD, CT - DECEMBER 06: Derek Kinder #81 of the Pittsburgh Panthers runs past Dahna Deleston #36 of the Connecticut Huskies and scores a touchdown on December 6, 2008 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. The Panthers defeated the Huskies 34-10. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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Continuing my survey of out of conference (OOC) schedules, I decided to take a look at the Big East, the weakest of the Automatic Qualifying (AQ) conferences.

The Big East is still trying to recover from the ACC's great raid. With only eight teams, the Big East plays more OOC games per team than any other conference. Every single squad plays at least one FCS school, demonstrating again why expanding the regular season to 12 games a few years ago really was a bad idea.

Very few games on this schedule will garnish the Big East any badly needed national recognition.

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