I’m starting to wonder if that is Bo Pelini’s problem. He can recruit. He has the backing of Bob Stoops. It seems he has the backing of another big college coach.

The rumor mill worked overtime around USC’s hotel Wednesday. The subject: that offensive coordinator Norm Chow would become Syracuse’s next head coach. But a far more likely choice is Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Bo Pelini, according to sources.

Pelini is a close friend and protege of USC coach Pete Carroll, who in the past year has pushed Pelini for several jobs, including Nebraska and Pittsburgh. Carroll also has recommended Pelini for the Syracuse job, sources said.

Everyone thinks he will make a great head coach. Yet, he apparently tanked his Pitt interview so that he wasn’t a finalist even though the AD had him tabbed early in the season. Maybe a similar thing at Nebraska last year.

Won’t that be something if he gets the Syracuse job?