A couple rumors and things seem to be swirling over who will replace Walt Harris at Pitt (it seems like fait accompli at this point that he is gone). From SI last week (Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma on the cover) in the “Inside the NFL” section there was this little snippet from Peter King.

I’ll bet you a conch fritter that a year from now the Dolphins’ Dave Wannstedt will be the coach at his alma mater, Pitt.

Apparently this is the strongest rumor out there. But take this rumor from the Cleveland Plain Dealer for what it’s worth.

While the early money is on current Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt replacing Walt Harris as the University of Pittsburgh’s boss next season, the smart money is on someone else: Youngstown native (and former Ohio State standout) Bo Pelini, now Oklahoma’s co-defensive coordinator. Oklahoma’s defense has been suffocating this season – much like Pelini’s former defenses at Nebraska, where he was a defensive coordinator and interim head coach.

When I was drawing up my list of potential replacements, I considered Pelini. I decided against including him, because he was interim at Nebraska last season for a game or two and I’m not sure how willing Pitt will be to hire anyone with any ties to Nebraska for a while.