This may not be the first time around the block for our universe!
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang (http://www.chronon.org/reviews/Endless_Universe.html)
Cosmic rebirth: Circular patterns in the universe's pervasive background radiation suggest the Big Bang was only the latest of many (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/66525/title/Cosmic_rebirth)
The Cyclic Theory of the Universe (http://www.physics.princeton.edu/~steinh/vaasrev.pdf)