2010 Big East Conference football season explained

2010 Big East Conference football season
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League:	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport:	football
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Duration:	September 2, 2010 through January 8, 2011
No Of Teams:	8
Tv:	ESPN-Big East Network
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Connecticut, West Virginia & Pitt
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2009
Nextseason Year:	2011

The 2010 Big East football season was the NCAA football season of the Big East Conference. Conference members began regular-season play on September 2, but did not begin conference play until October 8; the regular season continued through December 4. Following the regular season, six conference teams played in bowl games; although the bowl season concluded with the BCS National Championship Game on January 10, 2011, the last date on which a Big East team played was January 8, when Pittsburgh defeated Kentucky in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama.

The conference consists of 8 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia.

The Big East title race came down to the last minute of the final game of the season on December 4 between UConn and South Florida. West Virginia and Pitt had claimed shares of the conference title with wins earlier that day. A UConn win would leave the Huskies tied with WVU and Pitt for the title, but UConn would claim the automatic Big East BCS berth by virtue of victories over both schools. A field goal in the last minute gave the Huskies a 19–16 win and their first-ever trip to a BCS game.

Previous season

Cincinnati (12–1) was the Big East champions and received the conference's automatic bid into the BCS and went to the Sugar Bowl, losing to SEC runner-up Florida, 51–24. Five other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2010, finishing bowl play with a record of 4–2 as a conference. Rutgers (9–4) beat Central Florida 45–24 in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Pittsburgh (10–3) defeated North Carolina 19–17 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. West Virginia (9–4) lost to Florida State 33–21 in the Konica-Minolta Gator Bowl. South Florida (8–5) beat Northern Illinois 27–3 in the International Bowl. And, Connecticut (8–5) beat South Carolina 20–7 in the Papajohns.com Bowl. The only two teams not to go to a bowl game were Louisville (4–8) and Syracuse (4–8).

Preseason

Coaching changes

Three teams have new head coaches for the 2010 season. Charlie Strong replaces Steve Kragthorpe at Louisville, Butch Jones replaces Brian Kelly at Cincinnati, and Skip Holtz replaces Jim Leavitt at South Florida.

Preseason poll

The 2010 Big East preseason poll was announced at the Big East Media Day in Newport, RI on August 3.^[1] Pittsburgh was chosen as the favorite to win the conference.

Big East media poll

Pittsburgh – 190 (22)
West Virginia – 142 (1)
Cincinnati – 142
Connecticut – 131 (1)
Rutgers – 99
South Florida – 79
Syracuse – 41
Louisville – 40

Award watch lists

The following Big East players listed below have been named to the preseason award watch lists.Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

^[2]

Zach Frazer, Connecticut

Lombardi Award

^[3]

Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh
Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh
J.T. Thomas, West Virginia

Outland Trophy

^[4]

Zach Hurd, Connecticut
Jason Pinkston, Pittsburgh
Art Forst, Rutgers

Rimington Trophy

^[5]

Moe Petrus, Connecticut
Mario Benevides, Louisville
Ryan Bartholomew, Syracuse

Bednarik Award

^[6]

Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh
Derrell Smith, Syracuse
Robert Sands, West Virginia

Maxwell Award

Zach Collaros, Cincinnati
Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati
Jordan Todman, Connecticut
Jon Baldwin, Pittsburgh
Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh
Tom Savage, Rutgers
Noel Devine, West Virginia

Walter Camp Award

^[7]

Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh
Noel Devine, West Virginia

Davey O'Brien Award

^[8]

Zach Collaros, Cincinnati
Tom Savage, Rutgers

Biletnikoff Award

^[9]

Armon Binns, Cincinnati
Jon Baldwin, Pittsburgh

Butkus Award

^[10]

Greg Lloyd, Connecticut
Scott Lutrus, Connecticut
Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
Doug Hogue, Syracuse
Derrell Smith, Syracuse

Lou Groza Award

^[11]

Dan Hutchins, Pittsburgh
Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia

John Mackey Award

^[12]

Ben Guidulgi, Cincinnati
Ryan Griffin, Connecticut
Cameron Graham, Louisville
D.C. Jefferson, Rutgers

Doak Walker Award

^[13]

Jordan Todman, Connecticut
Victor Anderson, Louisville
Bilal Powell, Louisville
Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh
Noel Devine, West Virginia

Jim Thorpe Award

^[14]

Johnny Patrick, Louisville
Dom DeCicco, Pittsburgh
Brandon Hogan, West Virginia
Robert Sands, West Virginia

Regular season

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

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the AP poll for that week until week eight when the BCS rankings will be used.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Broadcast	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 pm		Rutgers		W 31–0	46,311
September 2	7:30 pm	No. 15 Pittsburgh			L 24–27^OT	45,730
September 4	3:30 pm	Connecticut			L 10–30	113,090
September 4	3:30 pm		Louisville	ABC	L 16–23	55,327
September 4	3:30 pm		No. 25 West Virginia		W 31–0	57,867
September 4	6:00 pm	Syracuse			W 29–3	15,969
September 4	7:05 pm		South Florida	ESPN3	W 59–14	40,201
September 4	10:00 pm	Cincinnati			L 14–28	37,238

Players of the week:^[15]

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Broadcast	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00 pm	No. 23 West Virginia		ESPN2	W 24–21^OT	41,382
September 11	12:00 pm	South Florida		Big East Network	L 14–38	90,612
September 11	12:00 pm		Cincinnati		W 40–7	30,807
September 11	12:00 pm		Connecticut		W 62–3	37,359
September 11	1:00 pm		Pittsburgh	espn3.com	W 38–16	50,120
September 11	3:30 pm		Louisville		W 23–13	51,427
September 11	7:00 pm	Syracuse			L 20–41	62,418
September 11	8:00 pm	Rutgers			W 19–14	19,872

Players of the week:^[16]

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	7:30 pm	Cincinnati			ESPN	L 19–30	55,934
September 18	12:00 pm		21 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W31–17	60,122
September 18	12:00 pm	Connecticut			Big East Network	L 16–30	18,702
September 18	5:30 pm	Louisville			FSN Northwest	L 28–35	45,379
September 18	7:15 pm		Syracuse			W 38–14	37,758

Week off: Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week:^[17]

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 23	7:30 pm		Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	L 3–31	58,115
September 25	12:00 pm		Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 45–21	36,738
September 25	3:30 pm		Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Espn3.com	W 42–7	38,068
September 25	3:30 pm		Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	L 13–17	52,038
September 25	6:00 pm		Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati,	ESPN 2	L 29–31	58,253
September 25	7:00 pm		South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Big East Network	W 24–12	40,206
September 25	9:00 pm	No. 22 West Virginia			ESPN 2	L 14–20	92,575

Week off: Louisville

Players of the week:^[18]

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	12:00 pm		Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	W 40–21	40,000
October 2	2:00 pm		Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	Espn3.com	L 14–17	47,963
October 2	3:30 pm		Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Espn3.com	W 44–17	45,207
October 2	7:00 pm	Louisville			Espn3.com	W 34–24	25,219
October 2	7:05 pm		South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Espn3.com	W 31–3	38,434

Week off: Cincinnati, Syracuse, West Virginia

Players of the week:^[19]

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 8	7:30 pm	Connecticut	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	RUT 27–24	48,431
October 9	12:00 pm	Syracuse	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	Big East Network	SYR 13–9	41,917
October 9	2:00 pm		Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN3.com	W 56–0	48,427
October 9	3:30 pm	Pittsburgh				L 17–23	80,795
October 9	3:30 pm		West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	W 49–10	58,234
October 9	7:00 pm		Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3.com	W 45–3	33,909

Players of the week:

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 14	7:30 pm	South Florida	No. 25 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	WV 20–6	54,955
October 15	8:00 pm	Cincinnati	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	CIN 35–27	55,106
October 16	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	PITT 45–15	40,168
October 16	2:00 pm	Army	Rutgers		ESPN3.com	RUT 23–20^OT	41,292

Week off: Connecticut

Players of the week:

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 22	7:30 pm	South Florida	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	USF 38–30	32,670
October 23	12:00 pm	Rutgers	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Big East Network	PITT 41–21	50,425
October 23	12:00 pm	Syracuse	No. 20 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	SYR 19–14	58,122
October 23	3:30 pm	Connecticut	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	LOU 26–0	48,591

Players of the week:

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 29	8:00 pm	West Virginia	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	CONN 16–13^OT	40,000
October 30	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	SYR 31–7	32,072
October 30	12:00 pm	Louisville	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	Big East Network	PITT 20–3	48,562

Week off: Rutgers, South Florida

Players of the week:

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 3	7:00 pm	Rutgers	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	USF 28–27	39,465
November 6	12:00 pm	Louisville	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	Big East Network	LOU 28–20	40,735

Week off: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, West Virginia

Players of the week:

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 11	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN	CONN 30–28	35,391
November 13	12:00 pm	Cincinnati	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	WVU 37–10	56,593
November 13	12:00 pm	South Florida	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	USF 24–21^OT	43,887
November 13	3:30 pm	Syracuse	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	SYR 13–10	49,911

Players of the week:^[20]

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 20	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Big East Network	WVU 17–10	51,772
November 20	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	PITT 17–10	43,844
November 20	7:00 pm	Connecticut	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	CONN 23–6	41,465
November 20	7:30 pm	Rutgers	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	Big East Network	CIN 69–38	30,265

Players of the week:^[21]

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	11:00 am	Louisville	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	LOU 40–13	37,422
November 26	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	WVU 35–10	60,562
November 27	12:00 pm	Cincinnati	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	CONN 38–14	40,000
November 27	12:00 pm		Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 7–16	42,191
November 27	12:00 pm	South Florida	Miami (FL)		ESPNU	W 23–20^OT	41,148

Players of the week:

Week Fourteen

Last week's results set up a wild final week in the Big East, with three teams—UConn, WVU, and Pitt—still in contention for the league's BCS berth, and a possibility that as many as five teams (the three aforementioned teams plus South Florida and Syracuse) could claim a share of the conference title. The conference noted in a November 29 press release, "There could be an outright winner, three different two-way ties, a three-way tie, or even a five-way tie for the title."^[22]

Under Big East rules, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. In a multi-team tie, the first tiebreaker is record in games between the teams involved in the tie.

Going into the final games, the scenarios were:

If UConn defeated South Florida, it would claim the BCS berth regardless of any other results. The Huskies held the tiebreaker in any potential two-way or three-way tie with wins over both Pitt and WVU.
If the Huskies lost, WVU would claim the BCS berth with a win over Rutgers, as the Mountaineers held the tiebreaker over Pitt due to their win last week.
Pitt could only claim the BCS berth with a win over Cincinnati plus losses by UConn and WVU.
If all three teams lost, it would have created a five-way tie for the conference crown between them, USF, and Syracuse. In that event, UConn would have claimed the BCS berth as the only team with a 3–1 record in games between the five teams.

With Pitt and WVU both winning, they assured themselves a share of the Big East title. The BCS berth came down to the UConn-South Florida game, which itself went down to the final minute. Dave Teggart's 52-yard field goal, the longest of his career, with 17 seconds remaining gave the Huskies their first-ever BCS berth.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
December 4	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		PITT 28–10
December 4	8:00 pm	Connecticut	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	UCONN 19–16
December 4	12:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 24 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ABC	WVU 35–14

Week off: Louisville, Syracuse

Players of the week:^[23]

Rankings

**Legend**
	Improvement in ranking
	Drop in ranking
	Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"	RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т	Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

**Ranking Movement**
	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Cincinnati	AP	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connecticut	AP	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	25
	C	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Louisville	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pittsburgh	AP	15	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	–	–	–	RV
	C	15	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	–	RV	–	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rutgers	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
South Florida	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syracuse	AP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	–	RV	–	–	–
	BCS	Not released	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
West Virginia	AP	25	23	21	22	RV	25	20	25	20	RV	–	–	–	RV	23	22
	C	24	22	21	21	RV	25	19	25	20	RV	–	–	–	RV	24	21
	BCS	Not released	20	–	–	–	–	–	24	22

Records against other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses
ACC	2	4
Big 12	0	1
Big Ten	0	1
CUSA	3	1
Independents	1	1
MAC	3	1
Mountain West	1	1
Pac-10	0	2
SEC	1	3
Sun Belt	5	0
WAC	0	1
All FCS	9	0
Against BCS	3	11
Against FBS	16	16
Overall	25	16

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	December 21, 2010	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, FL	ESPN	Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28	20,017	$1,000,000
Champs Sports Bowl	December 28, 2010	Florida Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	ESPN	NC State 23, West Virginia 7	48,962	$2,125,000
Pinstripe Bowl	December 30, 2010	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	ESPN	Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34	38,274	$2,000,000
Meineke Car Care Bowl	December 31, 2010	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	ESPN	South Florida 31, Clemson 26	41,122	$1,000,000
BBVA Compass Bowl	January 8, 2011	Legion Field	Birmingham, AL	ESPN	Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10		$900,000
Fiesta Bowl	January 1, 2011	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, AZ	ESPN	Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20	67,232	$17,000,000

Attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium (35,098)	30,807	58,253^§	33,909	32,670	32,072	30,265	27,496	245,472	35,067	88.9
Connecticut	Rentschler Field (40,000)	37,359	36,738	40,000	40,000	35,391	40,000	–	229,488	38,248	95.6
Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (57,000)	55,327	51,427	48,427	55,106	48,591	43,887	51,772	354,537	50,648	88.9
Pittsburgh	Heinz Field (65,050)	50,120	58,115	45,207	50,425	48,562	60,562	–	312,911	52,165	80.2
Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium (52,454)	46,311	52,038	47,963	48,431	41,292^†	49,911	37,422	323,368	46,195	88.1
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium (65,857)	40,201	40,206	38,434	41,917	39,465	43,844	41,809	285,876	40,839	62.0
Syracuse	Carrier Dome (49,250)	37,758	38,068	40,168	40,735	41,465	42,191	–	240,385	40,064	81.3
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field (60,000)	57,867	60,122	58,234	54,955	58,122	56,593	48,386	394,279	56,326	93.9

^§Played at Paul Brown Stadium
^†Played at New Meadowlands Stadium

Awards and honors

Big East Conference Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big East Conference football coaches.^[24]

Award	Recipient(s)
2010 Big East Football Individual Awards
Offensive Player of the Year	Jordan Todman^†, RB, CONNECTICUT
Defensive Player of the Year	Jabaal Sheard, DE, PITTSBURGH
Special Teams Player of the Year	Lindsey Lamar, KR, SOUTH FLORIDA
Rookie of the Year	Hakeem Smith, S, LOUISVILLE
Coach of the Year	Randy Edsall, CONNECTICUT Charlie Strong, LOUISVILLE
^† - denotes unanimous selection

Todman, who became the second Connecticut running back to win the award in three years, was the unanimous choice for Offensive Player of the Year. He was the first unanimous winner of the award since Gino Torretta in 1992.^[25] Sheard marked the third consecutive year, and fourth time in five years, that a Pittsburgh player has won the defensive player award.

Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
2010 All-Big East Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
QB – Zach Collaros^†, JR, CINCINNATI RB – Jordan Todman^†, JR, CONNECTICUT RB – Bilal Powell, SR, LOUISVILLE WR – Armon Binns, SR, CINCINNATI WR – Jon Baldwin, JR, PITTSBURGH TE – Cameron Graham, JR, LOUISVILLE OT – Mike Ryan, JR, CONNECTICUT OT – Jason Pinkston, SR, PITTSBURGH OG – Zach Hurd^†, SR, CONNECTICUT OG – Mark Wetterer^†, SR, LOUISVILLE C – Sampson Genus, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA K – Dave Teggart, JR, CONNECTICUT RS – Lindsey Lamar, SO, SOUTH FLORIDA	DL – Kendall Reyes, JR, CONNECTICUT DL – Jabaal Sheard^†, SR, PITTSBURGH DL – Terrell McClain, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA DL – Chris Neild, SR, WEST VIRGINIA LB – Lawrence Wilson, SR, CONNECTICUT LB – Doug Hogue, SR, SYRACUSE LB – J. T. Thomas, SR, WEST VIRGINIA CB – Johnny Patrick, SR, LOUISVILLE CB – Keith Tandy, JR, WEST VIRGINIA S – Dom DeCicco, SR, PITTSBURGH S – Robert Sands, JR, WEST VIRGINIA P – Dan Hutchins, SR, PITTSBURGH	QB – Geno Smith, SO, WEST VIRGINIA RB – Isaiah Pead, JR, CINCINNATI RB – Delone Carter, SR, SYRACUSE WR – D. J. Woods, JR, CINCINNATI WR – Dontavia Bogan, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA WR – Tavon Austin, SO, WEST VIRGINIA WR – Jock Sanders, SR, WEST VIRGINIA TE – Ben Guidugli, SR, CINCINNATI OT – Justin Pugh, SO, SYRACUSE OT – Don Barclay, JR, WEST VIRGINIA OL – Jason Kelce, JR, CINCINNATI OL – Byron Stingily, SR, LOUISVILLE OL – Jacob Sims, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA C – Moe Petrus, JR, CONNECTICUT K – Ross Krautman, FR, SYRACUSE RS – Nick Williams, SO, CONNECTICUT	DL – Brandon Lindsey, JR, PITTSBURGH DL – Chandler Jones, JR, SYRACUSE DL – Scooter Berry, SR, WEST VIRGINIA DL – Bruce Irvin, JR, WEST VIRGINIA LB – JK Schafer, JR, CINCINNATI LB – Jacquain Williams, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA LB – Derrell Smith, SR, SYRACUSE CB – Mistral Raymond, SR, SOUTH FLORIDA CB – Brandon Hogan, SR, WEST VIRGINIA S – Hakeem Smith, FR, LOUISVILLE S – Jared Holley, SO, PITTSBURGH S – Joe Lefeged, SR, RUTGERS P – Rob Long, SR, SYRACUSE
^† - denotes unanimous selection

Notes and References

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Web site: Watch List for the 2010 Golden Arm Award . 9 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100728142415/http://www.goldenarmfoundation.com/ . July 28, 2010 . live . mdy .
Web site: 2010 Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List. May 25, 2010. https://www.webcitation.org/5ynN5SLdW?url=http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/pdf/2010watchlistpressrelease.pdf. May 19, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2010 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST ANNOUNCED. OutlandTrophy.com. August 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804115538/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2010/outland100621.html. August 4, 2010 . live.
Web site: 2010 Spring Watch List Released. May 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100525031135/http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/news/?id=9301. May 25, 2010 . live.
Web site: Maxwell Football Club Announces Maxwell And Bednarik Watch Lists . MaxwellFootballClub.com . August 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100814162810/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/maxwell-football-club-announces-maxwell-and-bednarik-watch-lists . August 14, 2010 . dead . mdy .
Web site: 2010 Player of the Year Watch List Announced. WalterCamp.org. August 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100904070721/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/news/2010_player_of_the_year_watch_list_announced/. September 4, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2010 Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award Watch List Announced. August 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100718074321/http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2010/07/14/2010-davey-o%E2%80%99brien-quarterback-award%C2%AE-watch-list-announced/. July 18, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2010 Biletnikoff Award Watch List. August 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907103049/http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/candidates.htm. September 7, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: The Butkus Award 2010 Collegiate Finalist . August 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820080704/http://www.thebutkusaward.com/watchlist/view.aspx?t=c. August 20, 2010 . live.
Web site: Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2010 Preseason Watch List. August 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090817150753/http://www.lougrozaaward.com/Current_Watch_List.html. August 17, 2009. dead.
Web site: 2010 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released. August 22, 2010.
Web site: 2010 Doak Walker Award Candidates Announced. SMU.edu. August 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101117052140/http://smu.edu/athleticforum/news/2010DWACandidates.pdf. November 17, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: JIM THORPE AWARD NAMES 2010 PRE-SEASON "WATCH LIST". Jim Thorpe Association. August 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100809160305/http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/News/Jim%20Thorpe%20Award%20Watch%20List%20Pre-season%202010.html. August 9, 2010. dead.
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Sept. 6. The BIG EAST Conference. September 7, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100909223402/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/134360/BIG-EAST-Weekly-Football-Honors---Sept.-6.aspx. September 9, 2010. dead.
Web site: Devine, Lefeged Earn Weekly Football Honors. Big East Conference. September 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318152616/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/134485/Devine,-Lefeged-Earn-Weekly-Football-Honors.aspx. March 18, 2012. dead.
Web site: WVU's Smith, Irvin Join Syracuse's Holmes As Weekly Honorees. https://archive.today/20120720035208/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/134650/WVU's-Smith,-Irvin-Join-Syracuse's-Holmes-As-Weekly-Honorees.aspx. dead. 20 July 2012. The BIG EAST Conference. 20 September 2010 .
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Sept. 27. The BIG EAST Conference. September 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318152627/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/193578/big-east-weekly-football-honors-sept-27.aspx. March 18, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Oct. 4. The BIG EAST Conference. October 4, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101102083622/http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/193708/BIG-EAST-Weekly-Football-Honors---Oct.-4.aspx. November 2, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Nov. 15. BIG EAST Conference. November 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101120162050/http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/215928/BIG-EAST-Weekly-Football-Honors---Nov.-15.aspx. November 20, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Nov. 22. The BIG EAST Conference. November 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318152846/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/216415/big-east-weekly-football-honors-nov-22.aspx. March 18, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Week 13 Football Recap – Conference Title Race Comes Down to the Wire . Big East Conference . November 29, 2010 . December 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725074815/http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/216800/Week-13-Football-Recap---Conference-Title-Race-Comes-Down-to-the-Wire.aspx . July 25, 2011 . dead .
Web site: BIG EAST Weekly Football Honors – Dec. 6. BIG EAST Conference. December 11, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101211114922/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/217318/BIG-EAST-Weekly-Football-Honors---Dec.-6.aspx. December 11, 2010. dead.
Web site: BIG EAST Announces 2010 Postseason Football Honors. BIG EAST Conference. December 8, 2010. January 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121125152/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/217502/BIG-EAST-Announces-2010-Postseason-Football-Honors.aspx. January 21, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Todman Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year . UConnHuskies.com. December 8, 2010. January 9, 2011.