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Q: I can't believe Dave Wannstedt doesn't over ride some calls. I mean, give the ball to Dion Lewis when its third-and-2. Do you agree?

Paul Lochrane, Tarentum

ZEISE: Dave Wannstedt has the headset on and will from time to time make "suggestions" as to what he wants -- sort of like, from time to time my boss or your boss will make "suggestions" as to what he or she wants and well it is always in your best interest in terms of job security to listen to said suggestions. So to answer the question -- yes he will occassionally override a call but he has a lot of faith in his coaching staff to make the right decisison. But I guarantee you in that game, at that point (I assume you mean the late third down they threw it incomplete and had to punt), whatever call was made had his stamp of approval on it. And while I would have probably ran it, I didn't hate the call -- there were two receivers were open, Bill Stull just missed the one he tried to throw it to.

Q: During camp, you (and others) were very vocal about the performances of the QB's and in particular, how Bill Stull was being outplayed and implied that he should not be the starter. I have yet to hear any admission that perhaps you (and others) were wrong and that the coaches are coaches for a reason and they know what they are doing. Beat writers should report the facts and leave opinion out during camp where fans can't see it with their own eyes. This reporting helped fuel a fire that ultimately had no reason to keep burning.

Nick Elliott, Churchill

ZEISE: That's because I -- and anyone else -- wasn't wrong -- Bill Stull was not good by any measure during training camp. But let me help you out as to what it is we do here -- we report what we see. Nothing more, nothing less. And during training camp, I assure you Bill Stull did not play well at all and I assure you that coaches were extremely nervous about it even a couple of weeks into the season. And this was written about by every person who attendend camp as a reporter for various outlets and this was also talked about by a lot of people who did have the privledge of coming in and watching a scrimmage. If Tino Sunseri had played better when they gave him an opportunity late in camp, once it was clear they were getting uneasy about Stull -- he would have been the starter. The stories we wrote early during camp were that Tino was the best quarterback at camp. And he was early on, he threw the best ball, completed the most passes and played the position better than the other two. And coaches knew he was so about halfway through camp they started splitting reps between Stull and Sunseri because they were going to get Sunseri ready to play. That's why they put him in some early games. The problem Sunseri had was this -- once it became time to actually compete and win the job, he failed to step up and grab it so Stull remained the starter because he had more experience. Dave Wannstedt at the end of camp was quoted numerous times as saying "Bill did not make the progress we expected him to make" which was a kind way of saying -- "he has not played well in camp but he's the most veteran guy we got so we're going to with him." Stull obviously has improved each week and has far exceeded anyone's expectations based on the way he performed at camp. And guess what -- now that he is playing well, we've reported about that as well.

Q: I was privileged to be a student at Pitt during the Antonio Bryant and Larry (Legend) Fitzgerald heydays. Jonathan Baldwin's effort and performance Saturday night was simply outstanding and was Fitzgerald-esk in my mind (a la diving TD grab). If the ball was anywhere around him he was coming up with it. Do you think a Biletnikoff Award is in his future or will his numbers stay somewhat grounded due to the abundant offensive tools around him (Lewis, Graham, Turner, Dickerson, etc)?

Andrew Vaha, Churchill

ZEISE: Yes, but not likely this year as I am a voter and he wasn't one of the eight (or ten I forget) semifinalists so I had to write his name in. Next year, however, he'll have a great chance and that game the other night against Notre Dame on national television is kind of the start of his campaign. He is on the map now.

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