In response to a question about overall strength of Big East this season, Stewart Mandel's response in this week CFB mailbag includes the following...
Man, that hurts.
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The Big East will always have an inherent "image" problem due to its size. The Big 12 can afford to carry four deadweight teams (Iowa State, Kansas State, Colorado and Texas A&M) without the league's overall standing suffering.
Man, that hurts.