BYU is out… San Diego State is in?

San Diego State had a pretty good running back in the 90's.

The Aztecs are the newest rumored target of Big East commissioner John Marinatto. San Diego is a big city, which would probably bring a good TV market, to say nothing of a nice road trip for Big East members.

If USF gets another win (they still host Louisville and West Virginia), then it may face Skip Holtz’s former team, East Carolina, in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl. Then again, a lot of things may happen.

Still, no one knows whether it will be B.J. Daniels or Bobby Eveld, this week or for the rest of the season. It sounds to me like Daniels’ season may be done.

Though they’re downplaying it, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen and Pitt head coach Todd Graham have a history and they plain don’t like each other.

“Any time you have two people who are competitive, you are going to have that kind of stuff,” Graham says.

“That kind of stuff” refers to a verbal skirmish between the two following the 2009 Houston-Tulsa game, won by the Cougars, 46–45. Holgorsen, then the offensive coordinator for UH, accused Graham’s Golden Hurricane players of faking injuries to slow down the fast-paced Cougar attack.

The year before, Houston had routed Graham’s squad, 70–30, so it only made sense the Hurricane would try to keep Case Keenum and his people from rolling it up again. Though some defensive coaches will tell you they absolutely instruct their charges to feign cramps and other minor maladies to derail rival no-huddle attacks’ momentum, Graham copped to no such behavior. That didn’t make Holgorsen happy. While on KGOW-AM in Houston, Holgorsen gave his opinion on the matter.

“Yeah, they were cheating,” he said. “We’ve got some inside information on how they did it.

“They’ve got a signal for it. We know they’ve got a signal for it. We see it on film that they’re actually doing the signal, and then all of a sudden, one of their guys just comes down with a bunch of cramps. He falls down and then the other 10 players kind of jog over to the sideline, and they use it as a timeout.”

Hard to believe, but this guy has the Big East record for passing touchdowns. After this year, Geno Smith will have just about every other Big East passing record.

I will say this. Faking injuries is garbage. In our sports, these days, there are far too many breaks in the action to add in 10 more for players diving on the ground and holding their leg. Easy fix: Do it, and you’re out for the rest of the series.

Pittblather discusses the future of the Backyard Brawl. With Pitt going to the ACC and West Virginia to the Big 12, the rivalry is in jeopardy. I will say this. If the Backyard Brawl ends, then all involved are fucking retarded. It’s retarded that West Virginia and Virginia Tech no longer play and it would be even more retarded if Pitt and West Virginia no longer play.

Cardiac Hill hates West Virginia because he wore a Pitt shirt to Morgantown and people thought he was an ass hole. Only in the “north”east, where college football is somewhat queer, would a person be surprised by this.