For all intents and purposes, the highly controversial seven year football series between UConn and Notre Dame is dead. The deal, which did not provide any home games for the Huskies, has been rendered irrelevant with the signing of home and home deals with Michigan and Tenessee. The Big East's resurgence in recent years has been bolstered by the fact that the tradtional "Blue Blood Programs" are now willing to play in Big East stadiums. In addition to the UConn series' listed above, Rutgers has also inked deals with UCLA, Miami and Penn State. Sorry Charlie. Your program has lost its clout. The Scarlet Knights turned down a similar deal with the Irish in the Spring of 2008.

According to Brendan Prunty and Tom Lucci of the Star Ledger, former PSU recruit Darrell Givens (CB) of Indian Head, MD has not yet been cleared to enroll at Rutgers as previously reported on espn.com. While it is not entirely clear why Givens, a four star recruit according to scout.com, was denied admissions to PSU, it appears that he has selected Rutgers over his two other primary suitors, South Carolina and UNC.

As expected, Penn State recruit Kevin Haplea (TE) of Hunterdon North HS in Annadale, NJ committed to the Nittany Lions on Monday according to reports by ESPN. Haplea is the 14th PSU pledge of the 2010 class which is ranked 6th in the nation according to Rivals.com. Also, during Big Ten Media Day on Monday, Joe Paterno reported that the playing status of potential defensive starters Abe Koroma (CB) and A.J. Wallace (DL) as questionable for the upcoming season. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Paterno said that both had cleared out their lockers and are unlikely to return to the team this year due to off the field personnel issues. This latest news comes on the heals of the dismissal of back-up wide receiver James McDonald last week due to drunken driven charges.