By every indication, Dave Wannstedt is out at Pitt. Locally, this (in no way) means Bill Stewart, as WVU’s full-time football coach, has coached 13 games against — and beaten — seven coaches who have since been fired.

Stewart, who owns 27 wins with the Mountaineers, is 10-3 against Mark Snyder (2-0 at Marshall), Steve Kragthorpe (2-0 at Louisville), Tommy Tuberville (1-0 at Auburn), Greg Robinson (1-0 at Syracuse), Jim Leavitt (1-1 at USF), Dan Hawkins (1-1 at Colorado) and Wannstedt (2-1 at Pitt).

And I don’t want to suggest this is the job opening that ultimately ends the suspense, but I have to think every time a head coach is fired Stewart shifts in his seat a little bit because he knows Jeff Casteel is available.