Game week’s finally here. And the Big East Sports Blog will be too.  We may not be quite as in game-shape as the teams are, but we’ll get there. Enjoy the morning reading… 

Cincinnati has 10 new starters on defense and a new QB. And Brian Kelly thinks his defending Big East champs will be even tougher than they were a year ago. (Cincinnati Enquirer)

UConn has better facilities than Ohio. UConn also has a two-deep. Desmond Conner likes its speed. (Hartford Courant)

Two freshmen DEs could be game-changers for UConn. (Connecticut Post)

“What pressure?” Louisville’s Steve Kragthorpe asks.  That’s the attitude that has the 11-13 coach’s players talking bowls. (Louisville Courier-Journal)

The hype’s long gone; Dorin Dickerson is ready to finally justify it. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Pitt QB Bill Stull is facing the same school he took his first-ever snaps against, his hometown Youngstown State. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Starting fifth-year Dom Natale might be smarter. Then again, maybe starting true freshman Tom Savage is. A breakdown of Rutgers’ QB choices. (Star-Ledger)

Audio of an interview with the Big East’s head of officials, Terry McAulay. (The Home News)

Thank goodness Rutgers has at least Shamar Graves at TE. (Trentonian)

Jim Leavitt’s chomping at the bit to get going. Matt Grothe might have to rein that going in. (Tampa Tribune)

Someone in Syracuse thinks Arthur Jones has a better smile than Julia Roberts. (Syracuse Post-Standard)

Three guys on ESPN’s College Gameday picked Rutgers to win the league. This guy thinks people are way under-estimating West Virginia. (Times West-Virginian)