Treading very lightly, now. No one seems to be sure of anything regarding Pat Bostick.
“He’s a talented guy and very smart, so he must be going through something very serious,” [LeSean] McCoy said. “I’m here to support him, just like his other teammates, (in) whatever he’s going through. … I don’t know what it is. Whatever it is, I just support him.”
There’s no timeframe for his return. Some reports are that he might be returning next week (unfortunately nothing on the WGAL website at this time). Paul Zeise in his Q&A today suggests darkly that it might be quite a while.
A big news day, but probably not a good news day, for Pitt as Pat Bostick, the heralded quarterback recruit from Manheim Township, has left camp for personal reasons and is not likely to return in the near future.
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I can’t tell you whether he’ll be back or not — though I think it was made pretty clear to me that coaches aren’t anticipating him getting back any time soon — but to me that is not relevant right now. Regardless of what happens, I just hope he is OK and I’d say that’s what everyone should want for him as well.
Coach Wannstedt really didn’t have anything to add to in his remarks this afternoon (no surprise), except that the team still supports Bostick. Speculation will, unfortunately, continue.
Honestly, i just can’t figure out what the hell could have possible happened on MEDIA DAY. They hadn’t even hit a field yet FCS! What comes loose on media day, when you’re not even talking to the media because your a freshman and you haven’t had a first real practice yet! This is totally confusing.
If it is panic attacks, I really don’t care as long as they never effect his performance in a game.
He is still young, he’s only 17/18, and i can remember how traumatic it was going to college for the first time, being away from everything i’ve known. And 1000s of people weren’t watching over my every move either.
You hear? This is our fault because we ran Joe Flacco out of town.
I just want to know how the fuck we’re supposed to keep all the Flaccos and Getsys of the world happy. Are we supposed to run a 2 or 3 qb system so that no one leaves? Come to Pitt, we run this shit like a little league game – everyone plays! What a joke.
Then again, it worked for Florida, so maybe we are the dumb ones here…. ACTUALLY, maybe we should put 2 QB’s on the field at the same time! They can both start! Trick plays on every down!
The Bostick situation is indeed disturbing. No doubt. He’s an enormous recruit for us. I think the Pryor ships has sailed, which is too bad. Because if Bostick is out of the picture, Pryor could come in here with all the weapons he could ever want, some stud young linemen, and do some serious damage.
In between all the fluff articles about Paterno wanting bye-weeks “for the kids.”
Everything I’ve heard seems to suggest that Pryor wants out of Pittsburgh. I know it doesn’t really explain the fact that he’s still got WVU on his list, although perhaps in that case he feels he could make an exception because of the offense they run. WVU’s offense is probably more suited for his game than Pitt’s. I’m not holding my breath on Pryor at all.
