Beating the Cardinals was a huge blow to the Big East

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The bad: Louisville, which had risen to No. 9 in the BCS rankings and was carrying the banner for the conference, laid a gigantic egg in Syracuse, getting blown out 45-26. Lots of credit to the Orange, but make no mistake, this was a huge blow for the conference, which was already getting disrespected by computers and pollsters who had two two-loss teams ahead of the unbeaten Cardinals.

Big East weekend rewind: Week 11