Yes, I know the Hurricane is spelled differently, but it was still the first thing that came to my pop culture-addled head.

Well, Hurricane Frances may force the postponement of the season opener down in Tampa. The big problem would be scheduling a make-up date. Pitt and USF have an open date on October 30, but USF has a game on Wednesday, November 3. That might be a little too close in the schedule. Otherwise, the game will have to be made-up on Saturday, December 4. If the game still takes place on Monday, it is expected to be a messy field. So, Pitt started practicing “wet ball” drills.

Player puff piece focus on Fullback/Tailback Tim Murphy. Nice story.

Joe Starkey does a column to remind everyone that Coach Harris, despite his many faults as a head coach, is still as good as everyone said and still says he is with regards to developing quarterbacks. To which, I can only ask, “So what’s your point?”

No one I know really disputes that issue. As the article points out, he got Pete Gonzalez and Matt Lytle onto NFL rosters. I’m not sure, but I think this could be considered a groundwork column. As in laying the groundwork for future Starkey columns to explain why Walt may have to leave. It’s this second to last sentence.

In the end, Harris might be best-suited to be an NFL coordinator or quarterbacks coach.

He just lets it hang out there, without comment. He sets out Harris’ strength, but lets it float to allow the reader to start considering the weaknesses of Harris the head coach. Or maybe that’s just my reading of it.

The knives seem to be getting sharper for Harris each day.