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Power flows horizontally in Big East

By Brian Bennett
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

When John Marinatto presided over his first media day as Big East commissioner this summer, he recalled the words of his predecessor, Mike Tranghese, at the same event in 2005. "I remember Mike saying that, unlike other conferences, virtually any team could win our league title and get to a BCS bowl," Marinatto said. "And in some respects, that's more true now than it was then." Welcome to the 2009 Big East, a strange jumble of questions and equality, where five of the eight teams have bee ...

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