I have some thoughts on the Big East staying in the BCS and a 5th bowl to be added, but I won’t get to them until after the Providence game, or more likely the season finale with Villanova.

Just wanted to pass along the other news that Pitt hired a receivers coach, Pete Carmichael.

Carmichael joins the Panthers after serving as an offensive assistant with the Chicago Bears from 2001-03. Prior to Chicago, he was the Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator (2000) and the Jacksonville Jaguars’ receivers coach (1994-99).
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Before his NFL tenure, Carmichael spent 13 seasons at Boston College (1981-93), including the last three as receivers coach under Tom Coughlin. The Eagles earned New Year’s Day bowl berths in 1992 and 1993 as All-Big East quarterback Glenn Foley led a potent passing attack. From 1981-90, Carmichael tutored the defensive backs at Boston College.

Carmichael began his coaching career in 1963 at Watchung Hills (N.J.) High School and coached at Clark (N.J.) High in 1964. In 1965, he spent a year at Virginia Military Institute and then went to Madisonboro (N.J.) High. That was followed by stints at New Hampshire (1967), Columbia (1974-77) and an initial tour at Boston College (1968-72). He was head coach at Trenton State College in 1973. After three years as an assistant at Columbia, he earned his second head coaching assignment from 1977-80 at the Merchant Marine Academy.

He is apparently in his early 60s. I have no information as to whether this was a good hire. The only thing to say is that his last two jobs would have been thankless tasks for anybody — so he is used to seeing things go wrong on offense.