Each Friday, we'll drop some interesting tidbits and nuggets about the weekend's games that you might not have known.
So did you know ...
So did you know ...
- Cincinnati has won 18 straight regular-season games and is looking for the first Big East three-peat since Miami won four straight from 2000-2003?
- The Big East was a combined 158-61 in nonleague games for its first five seasons, for a winning percentage of .722? That was the best five-year record in league history.
- The Big East ranks second among FBS conferences in nonleague winning percentage since 2005, behind only the SEC?
- Noel Devine enters the season ranked second among active FBS players for career rushing yards with 3,381, behind only BYU's Harvey Unga (3,455)?
- Rutgers is one of only four teams to have won at least four straight bowl games? The others are Utah, Georgia and USC.
- Cincinnati's Zach Collaros was 25-of-29 with three touchdowns and no interceptions when the Bearcats lined up with an empty backfield last season?
- Randy Edsall is 66-65 as UConn's coach? Greg Schiano entered Thursday's game at 55-55.
- West Virginia is one of only seven schools to post at least nine wins for five straight seasons?
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Andrea Adelson
Adelson joined ESPN.com in 2010 after spending time as a college football columnist at The Orlando Sentinel. She has covered college football since her days as a University of Florida student, and lives in Orlando, Fla.
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