A conference known far more for its hoops more than its halfbacks, the Big East has struggled to keep pace with the "big boy" conferences of college football. Other than West Virginia, the league has presented no real national contenders this decade.

And now the little guys want a piece of them, too.

Much of the college football offseason was spent by non-BCS programs, namely those in the Mountain West Conference, arguing that they Bleacher Report - College Football
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