Nothing in the Pittsburgh papers concerning the actual game on Saturday. That kind of makes me nervous.

Mainly stories about Harris winning coach of the year honors in the BE; and the players named to the All-Big East Team. A topic discussed yesterday. Of course the articles have some nice quotes and comments from Harris and some of the players.

Rasheed Marshall of WVU was named the First Team QB. Again, I would have picked Walter Washington of Temple, who is also on the Second Team with Palko. The First Team WRs are Chris Henry of WVU and Tres Moses of Rutgers. I disagree with the Moses pick. He has, far and away, the most receptions of anyone in the BE, but Lee has a higher yards/reception average more TD catches, and after the USF game will have more total yards. Moses was in a pass happy system.

Gene Collier gives much love to the play of TE Eric Gill.

Tony Dorsett, who back in October ripped the state of the Panthers, has changed his tune.

“Pitt is it,” he said, laughing. “It’s good to see them winning games that they should be winning. I’m really happy for Walt Harris and his staff. I’m happy for the players. At this point, it looks like they have it together.”

Pitt has all but clinched a spot in a BCS bowl by winning five of its past six games. Should Harris, who has two years left on his contract, be rewarded with a contract extension?

“Personally, from this vantage point, it looks like Walt should be there,” Dorsett said. “I’m not there day to day. I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but, from my vantage point, it looks like they’re back on track.”
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“It’s always good to see them whip the Irish, let me tell you, whether it’s one point or 25,” said Dorsett, who retired from the NFL in 1988. “It’s even better when you do it in their backyard.”

Dorsett, speaking by phone from Dallas, said this Pitt team is making its fans proud.

“I always said the only way to get out of it is to rally around each other,” he said. “Take a look in the mirror, look at what needs to be done. Obviously, it seems like that’s what they’re doing.”

Winning makes everyone feel better.

Of course, winning also makes your coach a hotter commodity. Especially this year, where the number of vacancies is already rising quickly. The Stanford job appears to already have a short list:

The short list includes USC offensive coordinator Norm Chow, Pittsburgh head coach Walt Harris, former New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel and Boise State head coach Dan Hawkins.

Hawkins should be a guy in demand this year. I had him on my list of potentials for when we all believed Harris was going to be fired.