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Q: How diligently do you expect Wannstedt to stick to his depth chart? In his defense, he has left himself a degree of flexibility, but do you feel like any of those aforementioned guys will get legitimate playing time (Sunseri, Jacobsen, Mason or Fields)?

Jim Raible, Irwin

ZEISE: What have we seen from Dave Wannstedt in four years? A lot of guys are "going to get into the game" and yet never seem to because the "flow of the game didn't allow us a chance to get him in." So while I can appreciate his desire to keep everyone happy and give everyone hope, I am not going to buy the "our depth chart is 55 players deep and everybody plays!!!!" approach he took yesterday at the news conference. Perhaps this week everyone will get into the game but that's only because I expect Pitt to smash Youngstown State and thus in the second half it will be "empty the bench" time. I do believe that Elijah Fields will split time with Andrew Taglianetti. But when it comes to Sunseri, Jacobson and Mason, well, let's just say we will have to see it to believe it.

Q: How do you see the season going? What will our win/loss record be and will we make it to a bowl?

Greg Geick, Brimfield, Ill.

ZEISE: If I knew that, I'd be living in a penthouse in Vegas. But I can take a guess, anyway. I'd say this -- I can't see any scenario where Pitt won't make it to a bowl game. I just can't see how this team, with that defense (and that schedule), won't be able to win at least seven games regardless of how bad the quarterback play is. So I'll say a minimum of 7-5. That being said, I don't know that this offense is going to be good enough to really have the kind of season some people are predicting. It is just too hard to win week in and week out with defense and special teams in modern day college football. I just have to be convinced that the offense is better than I think it is, I guess, so I'm saying that I think 8-4 is realisitc and likely about as good as one should expect.

Q: What do the special teams look like so far? Any hope of a dominant return game?

Jim G., Scott Twp.

ZEISE: The kicking game should be good. Dan Hutchins doesn't have the punting leg of last year's punter Dave Brytus, but from what I've seen he is more accurate, he is better at placing it and he is better at giving his team a chance to down it. So while he might not have the distance of Brytus, I don't think he'll be that big of a step back from Brytus, who was an excellent punter. Hutchins hasn't yet kicked field goals in a game but he has been very accurate during camp. I will be interested to see, however, how he responds to the pressure the first time he lines up, say next week up at Buffalo in a hostile environment. But he should be fine, he's a veteran. He isn't going to be kicking 55-yarders because he doesn't have a huge leg but he should be very good from say 45-yards and in. As for the returners, Cameron Saddler and Antwuan Reed both have that breakaway ability and make people miss and Aaron Smith has been surehanded catching punts and has ability to return them as well. But again, doing it at practice and in a game are two different things, so we'll just have to wait and see. I have a hunch the special teams will be good again.