The Future of Rutgers and the Big East (NCAA 10)

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Week 2 - Regionally Televised Big East Games

USF Gets off to a 2-0 Start With A Blowout Win Over a Week Western Kentucky Team

South Florida is out to prove that they are an underrated team. While a 38-10 win certainly looks good, it's hard to tell how good this South Florida team really is until they start playing some tougher competition.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
USF (2-0)	7	14	10	7	38
Western Kentucky (0-2)	0	0	3	7	10

Connecticut Falls to 13th Ranked North Carolina

While noone expected Connecticut to come away with a victory over #13 UNC, it is a bit troublesome to Connecticut fans that the team has only managed a combined 6 points in its first two games.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
#13 North Carolina (2-0)	7	7	7	3	24
Connecticut (0-2)	0	3	3	0	6

Pittsburgh Wins Comfortably

Another team that many thought to be underrated coming into the season, Pittsburgh gets off to a 2-0 start with a win over Buffalo.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Pittsburgh (2-0)	8	7	10	7	32
Buffalo (1-1)	7	6	7	0	20

[phillyphan1990]

Week 2 - Nationally Televised Big East Game #1

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West Virginia, pride of the Big East this year, got off to a slow start against Conference USA opponent East Carolina, but managed to pull off the win in the end.

While failing to score in the first quarter, the Mountaineers allowed ECU to take a 6-0 lead on field goals of 47 and 39 yards. The Pirates extended their lead to 9-0 with another long field goal early in the second quarter.

After that, however, West Virginia began to battle back, scoring a touchdown with 2:36 left in the half, and then getting the ball back and managing to score again with 0:09 left, taking a 14-9 lead into halftime.

The Mountaineers really broke the game open in the third quarter, scoring twenty points in the period while holding ECU to a lone field goal. WVU cruised from there, eventually winning the contest 34-20.

The Mountaineers were lead by QB Jenkins, who was 15-30 for 177 yards, and also had 19 carries.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
ECU (1-1)	6	3	3	8	20
#21 West Virginia (2-0)	0	14	20	0	34

Scoring Summary
First Quarter
-- FG -- 13:21 -- R. Sharpe, 47 Yd -- 3-0 ECU
-- FG -- 06:38 -- R. Sharpe, 39 Yd -- 6-0 ECU
Second Quarter
-- FG -- 12:33 -- R. Sharpe, 49 Yd -- 9-0 ECU
-- TD -- 02:36 -- D. Bass, 7 Yd run (K. Hart kick) -- 9-7 ECU
-- TD -- 00:09 -- D. Bass, 1 Yd run (K. Hart kick) -- 14-9 WVU
Third Quarter
-- TD -- 11:31 -- B. Washington, 11 Yd pass from J. Jenkins (K. Hart kick) -- 21-9 WVU
-- TD -- 08:33 -- J. Jenkins, 1 Yd run (K. Hart kick) -- 28-9 WVU
-- FG -- 03:30 -- R. Sharpe, 41 Yd -- 28-12 WVU
-- TD -- 00:27 -- C. Peterson, returned interception 41 Yds -- 34-12 WVU
Fourth Quarter
-- TD -- 1:43 -- T. Sledge, 3 Yd run (2-Pt) -- 34-20 WVU

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs	21	15
3rd Down Efficiency	10-21	6-17
4th Down Efficiency	0-0	1-2
Total Yards	355	287
Passing	224	177
Comp-Att	21-42	15-30
Yards per pass	5.3	5.9
Rushing	131	110
Rushing attempts	41	40
Yards per rush	3.2	2.8
Penalties	7-49	8-72
Turnovers	3	0
Fumbles lost	1	0
Interceptions thrown	2	0
Possession	31:12	28:43