A couple places that had to mention Pitt. Well, Tyler Palko, anyways. Stewart Mandel’s SI.com column gives him “honorable mention.” The best though came from FoxSports/Sporting News/CollegeFootballNews.com:
Oh who cares about an F-word fired out on NBC; we’ve all heard it before and we’ve all probably said it 15 times in the last hour. Tyler Palko on the field has been unbelievable over the last three games completing 64% of his throws for 991 yards and 11 touchdowns with only one interception. The bizarre part about this run? He completed 27 of 43 against Rutgers, 28 of 42 against Syracuse and 27 of 43 against Notre Dame.
The lack of bowl eligible teams, that I mentioned previously. Apparently Dennis Dodd at Sportsline was already talking about it. The column came before this past weekend’s games, but apparently there will be a lot of vacancies at this rate.
I’m expecting more bitching about how bad the Big East is and undeserving of an auto bid to the BCS — Matt Hayes did just a snippet complaint. Of course, Hayes previously was telling all members in the Big East to relax and be happy about Miami and VT leaving, because all would be better. Now he wants to rip the auto bid away. How would that be better? Maybe that was why we weren’t happy. Still, if there is something that would help, just on rep alone and unite the Big East in hating one coach, this weird rumor from Peter King’s Monday Morning QB column could be it:
I think, as strange as it sounds, there are some Florida scribes who believe Steve Spurrier could become a candidate for the South Florida job if it comes open after this year. Four reasons:
1.) Spurrier’s son, a high school receiver in Virginia, is being recruited by the Bulls, and evidently it’s down to South Florida or Marshall for the young Spurrier. Imagine Dad coaching son.
2.) South Florida enters the Big East next year, so there’s a chance it will become a big player in college football.
3.) There are many golf courses in the Tampa area.
4.) Did I mention the golf courses already?
Just add it to the rumor mill.
