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-- He's talking about three basketball teams that went a combined 6-48 in Big East play last season, but I think this still qualifies as bulletin-board material: Providence coach Keno Davis, discussing his team in a long Q&A with ScoutFriars.com, gave a little bit of motivation to the Bulls for next season.

"If you take a game off vs. Rutgers, or vs. South Florida or vs. DePaul, those are the losses that are unacceptable," he said. "If you play really hard, and you happen to drop one at Seton Hall, you can live with it. If you play hard and you just get beat you can live with it."

-- Is it Rivals or Yahoo, or both? Matt Hinton addresses the gridlock atop the Big East this fall.

-- Bad news for B.J. Daniels and Evan Landi, among others: Tomahawknation.com says USF has promised its 2010 starting quarterback job to Jeffrey Godfrey, a rising senior at Miami Central High. I think whatever promise was supposedly extended to him, it's probably gone to a couple of others.