Let the hate mail to Stewart Mandel at SI.com commence. His Big East preview is now out. He has Pitt tied with Syracuse at 5-6 (3-3 in Big East) at #5 in the conference. UConn and Rutgers at 3 and 4 Not a lot of details on the why and how he thinks this way. Here is one of his 3 burning questions.

Is Walt Harris’ job in jeopardy?
Despite taking the Panthers to four straight bowl games — they were 11-34 the four years prior to his arrival — the ninth-year head coach took some serious heat last season when a team with preseason BCS aspirations finished 8-5. Things won’t get any easier this fall having to replace 13 starters.

I would say Paul Pasqualoni at Syracuse is on a hotter seat. I think, even if Harris finishes 5-6 he gets one more year (especially if recruiting improves over this past year) . Side notes that may only interest me: they still used the Carrier Dome logo for Syracuse, rather than the interlocking SU. Pitt’s logo is just a blue-gold blob.