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May, 6, 2009

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By Brian Bennett

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett

If you haven't yet, check out Amy K. Nelson's piece about teams examining the safety of their practice bubbles after the Dallas Cowboys tragedy. In the Big East, Rutgers practices in a bubble facility, and Cincinnati is in the early stages of constructing one.

• Joe Paterno's Big Ten expansion talk won't be the last time incoming Big East commissioner John Marinatto will hear about possible raids of his league, Mitch Vingle says in the Charleston Gazette.

• West Virginia fans might not like the cost of season tickets in these economic times, but the Mountaineers have had the same prices for three straight years, Mike Casazza writes in the Charleston Daily Mail.

• South Florida coach Jim Leavitt and several of his assistants are the latest to join the Twitter craze, Greg Auman says in the St. Petersburg Times. Check out Leavitt's tweets here.

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Uncategorized, South Florida Bulls, John Marinatto, Jim Leavitt, West Virginia Mountaineers, Cincinnati Bearcats

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