TILTING TOWARDS ‘WHACKED’

Now, The Sporting News’ Tom Dienhart is saying that Dan McCarney is indeed out, fired, resigned, whatever, as Iowa State’s head coach. Dienhart includes the usual pipe dream replacement candidates: Chizik, Pelini, Mike Price, Jim Harbaugh (who is crushing in I-AA ball).

However, it’s still “a source” reporting this stuff. There’s nothing official, and the Iowa media haven’t reported anything new all afternoon. But there’s too much smoke now for me to say there’s no fire.