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2012 Big East Conference football season

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title2012 Big East Conference football season
color#2B366E
color text#FFFFFF
leagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
sportfootball
logoBig East Conference logo.svg
logo_size175px
durationSeptember 2012 – January 2013
no_of_teams8
TVESPN-Big East Network
draft2013 NFL Draft
draft_link2013 NFL Draft
top_pickJustin Pugh (Syracuse)
picked_byNew York Giants, 19th overall
seasonRegular season
season_champs[Cincinnati](2012-cincinnati-bearcats-football-team), [Louisville](2012-louisville-cardinals-football-team), [Rutgers](2012-rutgers-scarlet-knights-football-team) & [Syracuse](2012-syracuse-orange-football-team)
season_champ_nameChampions
seasonslistnamesFootball
prevseason_year[2011](2011-big-east-conference-football-season)
nextseason_year[2013 (American)](2013-american-athletic-conference-football-season)

| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = The 2012 Big East football season was the 22nd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the conference that was known as the Big East Conference from its formation in 1979 until July 2013, and ultimately proved to be the last for the conference under the "Big East" name, as well as the last with a full round-robin schedule for conference play. The conference consisted of eight football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse and Temple. In February 2012, the Big East settled a lawsuit with West Virginia University that allowed them to move to the Big 12 Conference effective July 1, 2012.

Conference members began regular-season play on August 30 when Temple hosted Villanova; conference play started September 6 when Cincinnati hosted Pittsburgh. The regular season concluded on December 1. Four teams—Louisville, Rutgers, Cincinnati, and Syracuse—claimed shares of the conference championship. Louisville claimed the league's automatic BCS bowl berth via tiebreakers.

On February 28, 2013, ESPN reported that the conference's seven schools that do not play FBS football, which had announced plans to leave the conference as a bloc no later than July 2015, had reached an agreement to leave in July 2013, and would keep the "Big East" name when they formed a new conference at that time. As a result, the schools that retained the original Big East charter would operate under a new name in the 2013 football season. On April 3, 2013, the remaining schools announced they would operate as the American Athletic Conference (The American).

Previous season

West Virginia, Cincinnati and Louisville were co-Big East Champions with a conference record of 5–2. West Virginia received the conference's automatic bid into the BCS bid by way of tie-breakers. The Mountaineers went to the Orange Bowl and defeated Clemson 70–33 in the game, West Virginia tied or broke eight separate team and individual bowl game records, while the combined 69 points West Virginia and Clemson scored in the first half set another new record.

Four other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2011, finishing bowl play with a record of 3–2 as a conference. Louisville (7–6) lost to NC State in the Belk Bowl. Rutgers (9–4) beat Iowa State 27–17 in New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Cincinnati (10–3) defeated Vanderbilt in the Autozone Liberty Bowl, and Pittsburgh lost to SMU 28–6 in the BBVA Compass Bowl. The three teams not to go to a bowl game were Connecticut (5–7), South Florida (5–7), and Syracuse (5–7).

Preseason

Coaching changes

Two teams have new head coaches for the 2012 season. Paul Chryst replaces Todd Graham at Pittsburgh, Kyle Flood replaces Greg Schiano at Rutgers.

Preseason Poll

The 2012 Big East Preseason Poll was announced at the Big East Media Day in Newport, RI on July 31, 2012

  1. Louisville – 219 (24 first place votes)
  2. South Florida – 176 (4)
  3. Rutgers – 155
  4. Cincinnati – 139
  5. Pittsburgh – 131
  6. Connecticut – 77
  7. Syracuse – 70
  8. Temple – 41

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Big East member won
Big East member lost
Big East teams in **bold**

Week 1

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Week off: Cincinnati

Week 2

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Week 3

| w/l = | w/l = w | w/l = w | w/l = w | w/l = w | w/l = w

Week off: Temple

Week 4

| w/l = w | w/l = l | w/l = l | w/l = w | w/l = l | w/l = w | w/l = l

Week off: Cincinnati

Week 5

| w/l = l | w/l = w | w/l = l | w/l = w

Week off: Pittsburgh, Temple, Rutgers, Syracuse

Week 6

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Week off: Louisville

Week 7

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Week off: South Florida

Week 8

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Week 9

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Week off: Connecticut

Week 10

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Week off: Rutgers

Week 11

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Week off: South Florida

Week 12

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| w/l = l | w/l = w

Week off: Louisville, Pittsburgh

Week 13

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Week 14

Going into the final week of the season, Rutgers had clinched at least a share of the Big East title, but it was possible that the season could end with a three-way or a four-way tie for the conference championship. The scenarios were:

  • Rutgers would win the title and the Big East BCS berth outright with a win over Louisville on November 29.
  • If Louisville won, it would create a three-way tie between the two schools and Syracuse. Cincinnati could then join the logjam atop the conference with a win over UConn on December 1.

The conference's BCS berth would then be decided by tiebreakers. Under Big East rules, the first tiebreaker among three or more teams is head-to-head record among the tied teams, followed by the BCS standings.

A three-way tie would go to the BCS standings, since Louisville, Rutgers, and Syracuse finished 1–1 against one another. In a four-way tie, Cincinnati and Syracuse would be eliminated with 1–2 records against the other three teams, with the BCS berth then going to the higher-ranked team between Louisville and Rutgers. The conference said that Louisville would most likely receive the BCS berth if it defeated Rutgers, and that proved to be the case, with the Cardinals claiming the league's BCS berth.

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Week off: Temple, Syracuse

Records against other conferences

Big East vs. BCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeWinning teamOpponent
Conference
September 1Northwestern**Syracuse**NorthwesternBig Ten
September 2Kentucky#25 **Louisville****Louisville**SEC
September 8Maryland**Temple**MarylandACC
September 8NC State**Connecticut**NC StateACC
September 8USC**Syracuse**USCPac-12
September 15Virginia Tech**Pittsburgh****Pittsburgh**ACC
September 15**Connecticut**Maryland**Connecticut**ACC
September 15North Carolina**Louisville****Louisville**ACC
September 22**Rutgers**Arkansas**Rutgers**SEC
September 22**Temple**Penn StatePenn StateBig Ten
September 22**Syracuse**MinnesotaMinnesotaBig Ten
September 29Virginia Tech**Cincinnati****Cincinnati**ACC
September 29Florida State**South Florida****Florida State**ACC
November 3**Pittsburgh**Notre Dame**Notre Dame**Independent
November 17**Syracuse**Missouri**Syracuse**SEC

Bowl Games

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Players of the week

Following each week of games, Big East conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teamsPlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeam
9/3/12Ryan NassibQBSyracuseYawin SmallwoodLBConnecticutBrandon McManusK/PTemple
9/10/12Andre DavisWRSouth FloridaWalter StewartDECincinnatiBrandon JonesCBRutgers
9/17/12Tino SunseriQBPittsburghYawin SmallwoodLBConnecticutNick WilliamsWRConnecticut
9/24/12Gary NovaQBRutgersAdrian BushellCBLouisvilleBrandon McManusK/PTemple
10/1/12Munchie LegauxQBCincinnatiMaalik BomarLBCincinnatiPat O'DonnellPCincinnati
10/8/12Montel HarrisRBTempleBrandon SharpeDESyracuseTony MilianoKCincinnati
10/15/12Senorise PerryRBLouisvilleKhaseem GreeneLBRutgersBrandon McManusK/PTemple
10/22/12Gary NovaQBRutgersLorenzo MauldinDELouisvilleRoss KrautmanKSyracuse
10/29/12Teddy BridgewaterQBLouisvillePreston BrownLBLouisvilleMaikon BonaniKSouth Florida
11/5/12George WinnRBCincinnatiKeith BrownLBLouisvilleMatt BrownRBTemple
11/11/12Alec LemonWRSyracuseKhaseem GreeneLBRutgersNick WilliamsRBConnecticut

Rankings

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Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

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Home attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7TotalAverage% of CapacityCincinnatiConnecticutLouisvillePittsburghRutgersSouth FloridaSyracuseTemple
Nippert Stadium35,09733,56227,11235,09726,31726,18034,52621,171203,96529,13883%
Rentschler Field40,00035,27034,20234,66637,27933,50333,112208,03234,67287%
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium55,00055,38647,55353,33450,16753,27144,60945,618349,93849,99191%
Heinz Field65,05040,83748,03236,45242,43242,24538,786248,96441,49464%
High Point Solutions Stadium52,45450,85550,87048,01149,34543,25052,798295,12949,18894%
Raymond James Stadium65,89741,28544,21969,38338,56236,19035,141264,78044,13067%
Carrier Dome49,26237,83034,51240,39436,71540,312189,76337,95377%
Lincoln Financial Field68,53232,70923,32225,79635,14520,19222,317159,48126,58039%

Neutral Site Games

TeamStadiumCapacityGameAverage% of CapacityCincinnatiSyracuse
FedExField vs Virginia Tech91,70446,02646,02650%
MetLife Stadium vs USC82,56639,50739,50747%

Big East Conference Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big East Conference football coaches.

AwardRecipient(s)
**Offensive Player of the Year****Teddy Bridgewater**, QB, Louisville
**Defensive Player of the Year****Khaseem Greene**, LB, Rutgers
**Special Teams Player of the Year****Matt Brown**, RB/KR, Temple
**Rookie of the Year****Tyler Matakevich**, LB, Temple
**Coach of the Year****Kyle Flood**, Rutgers
**Charlie Strong**, LOUISVILLE
OffenseDefenseOffenseDefense
† - denotes unanimous selection Additional players added to the All-Big East teams due to ties in the voting

References

References

  1. "BIG EAST Member Schools". bigeast.org.
  2. Adelson, Andrea. "WVU settles suit, to join Big 12 in July". [[ESPN]].
  3. (February 28, 2013). "Sources: Xavier, Butler also joining". ESPN.com.
  4. (April 3, 2013). "New Name in College Sports – Current BIG EAST Enters New Era as 'American Athletic Conference'". Big East Conference.
  5. (January 4, 2012). "West Virginia routs Clemson in record-setting Orange Bowl". [[ESPN.com]].
  6. "Louisville Chosen as BIG EAST Football Favorite". XOS Interactive.
  7. (November 25, 2012). "Sunday Football Roundup – Plenty At Stake Heading Into Final Week of Regular Season". Big East Conference.
  8. "Nassib, Smallwood and McManus Take Weekly Football Awards". Big East Conference.
  9. "USF's Davis, Cincinnati's Stewart, Rutgers' Jones Earn Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  10. "Sunseri, Smallwood, Williams Earn Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  11. "Nova, Bushell, McManus Take Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  12. "Cincinnati Trio Earns BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  13. "Harris, Sharpe, Miliano Take Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  14. "Perry, Greene, McManus Earn Weekly Football Accolades". Big East Conference.
  15. "Lemon, Greene, Williams Earn Weekly Football Honors". Big East Conference.
  16. "NCAA FBS Accumulated Attendance Report". NCAA.
  17. (December 6, 2012). "Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater named Big East Offensive Player of the Year". nj.com.
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