Big East Football: Most Parity Out of Any Conference

There is no conference top to bottom in America that has more parity than the Big East. 

That being said, there is one team that is clearly the bottom feeder of the league.  That team is the Syracuse Orange.

Syracuse was a horrible team last year (2-10) and lost their best player, wide receiver Mike Williams, for this season.  That will not help the cause.   Taj Smith was lost to the NFL and the offensive line was horrendous last year and will most likely continue that trend this year.  Syracuse is a lost cause.

Syracuse aside, a case can be made for any of the other teams in the Big East as legitimate contenders without people rolling their eyes.

The man under center for each squad is tested; there will not be any problems with the quarterback position in this conference this year. 

We can obviously start out with West Virginia: Pat White is a legitimate Heisman contender and has been wowing audiences ever since he stepped foot in Morgantown.

Maybe another Heisman finalist could come from South Florida in quarterback Mike Grothe.  Only two quarterbacks in the country threw for over 3,500 yards and ran for over 850 yards last season - one of them was Grothe.  The other one?  Heisman winner Tim Tebow.

Rutgers gun-slinger Mike Teel may not be a Heisman candidate, but with his 3,147 yard 20 TD season last year, he cannot be considered a liability in the Rutgers backfield.

Similar to Teel, UConn's Tyler Lorenzen might fly under the radar but he led the Huskies to a surprising 9-3 regular season last year and limited mistakes (only 6 INTs).

Cincinnati's Dustin Grutza started 2 years ago, and will build off his experience there.

Louisville's Hunter Cantwell played terrific in the second half of Louisville's season and their bowl game.  The Louisville faithful seem to be very happy with him and think he will do wonders for their program.

With some great quarterbacks coming back to play next season in the Big East, no team will be out of any games from the start.  Teams will piece together gameplans around their quarterbacks.  If they are outmatched, their strong quarterback can possess the football.  If they need to throw, their quarterback can throw.  If they need to control the clock, they have some of the best decision makers in the country.  There is no better asset in football that a prime and poised quarterback.

I do not believe there is any other conference in America where there is not a clear-cut favorite.  The final standings could be a slew of different possibilities. 

Similar to last year in the Backyard Brawl, when Pitt upset West Virginia, unexpected teams can come out of nowhere to take out top teams.  In that case, it cost the Big East a chance to have a team playing in the national championship.

Each week should be a roller-coaster ride because the conference records will mean nothing about how good a team actually is.  This will ultimately only allow one Big East team to play in a BCS bowl come season's end.