Although there are still three bowl games to be played —including Ohio State’s appearance in tonight’s Fiesta Bowl and Thursday night’s National Championship game — the six Big East teams who qualified for the postseason have concluded play. The much-maligned conference came away with a respectable 4-2 record, although league champion Cincinnati laid an egg against Atlantic Coast Conference kingpin Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Still, the Big East came out 2-1 against the ACC, thanks to West Virginia beating North Carolina and Rutgers beating North Carolina State. Other Big East wins saw Connecticut handle Buffalo and South Florida downing Memphis. The four teams that lost bowls to the Big East don’t exactly represent a who’s who of college football. The league’s other loss was Pitt’s 3-0 setback to Oregon State, a team that established its reputation by beating Southern California.