Q: Do you feel playing Bostick against Grambling was a good decision? I felt that every snap that Smith could take would have been helpful, and Bostick could have maintained his redshirt, at least for another week. Now you have 3 potential QBs, so is there a chance Bostick will waste a year on the bench when Stull returns?

Todd Cavity, Scranton

ZEISE: My feelings about the silliness of getting the back-up quarterback work just to get him some work has been well-documented in these chats and Q&As, so my first inclination is to say it was a bad decision. However, given that Kevan Smith is not a proven commodity and that there may come a time in the next few weeks where he is struggling and coaches want to make a change so they wanted to get Bostick into the flow of the game a little bit, just to give him a taste of what game speed is. That being said I think we saw he is not close to being ready yet so I 'd be shocked if he gets much more playing time barring an injury to Smith. And it is not a wasted redshirt because there is no reason he couldn't redshirt next year and then come back in 2009 with three years of eligibility remaining.

Q: Would all of Pitt's problems -- inexperienced quarterbacks, thin linebacking corps, inability to focus for four quarters, poor kick coverage -- go away or at least be reduced in significance if we could just block someone?

Jeff Cumpson, Hershey

ZEISE: Not all of them, but that would sure help. I think that's the most interesting aspect of this week's game -- watching to see how this offensive and defensive line stack up against big, physical lines with speed. Pitt has to be able to block someone this week or it is going to be a long, long game.

Q: With McCoy seeing more P/T in the back field, why not find a way to get Stephens-Howling into the game at the same time? Perhaps they can run Howling out of the slot, where he would get passes, laterals and reverses in the open field, where he becomes a very dangerous player. Then with McCoy doing the conventional running, Pitt would have a one-two punch, giving opposing defenses some real coverage problems.

Robert Weising, Pittsburgh

ZEISE: Well, the first thing is trying to get Larod Stephens-Howling into the game, which at this point is a very big question. Stephens-Howling has missed practice all week with bruised ribs, so he might not even be ready by Saturday. If he is, then I'd expect to see the two in the same backfield, or perhaps Stephens-Howling split wide in some situations, because coaches would love to get them out there on the field together in certain situations.

Q: Although I don't get to many Pitt games, the student body attendance at the Grambling State game seemed anemic. What do you think the chances are that a new AD would consider building a new Pitt stadium in Oakland?

Darryl Borelli, Philadelphia

ZEISE: What does the location of the stadium have to do with supporting your team? That's a lame excuse and it always will be. Either you are a fan or you are not and if driving or (gasp!) riding a shuttle a couple of miles is going to prevent you from going to a game, then you aren't a real fan anyway. Fans want to go to games and cheer their team on and will do so regardless of where the venue is. And there is zero chance of an on-campus football stadium even being talked about seriously in the next few years.