Both papers are reporting that Pat Bostick has left Pitt for a while to return home for undisclosed personal reasons.
“With our full support and understanding, Pat Bostick left campus last night and returned home to Lancaster to deal with a personal issue,” Wannstedt said in a statement. “Everyone connected with our program has the highest regard for Pat, not only as a talented football player but also as a fine young man. No timetable has been set for his return. we are leaving that judgment to Pat and intend to do everything we can to be supportive of him and his family.”
While there’s the cynical and selfish part that quietly notes that this will put him further behind Bill Stull and Kevan Smith in the QB battle, the real hope is that whatever it is that got him back on the PA Turnpike to Exit 266 is nothing too serious.
UPDATE: I’m hoping it is nothing too serious, but I’m really afraid that this might have something to do with it.
A 77-year-old motorist died Monday morning when his pickup truck collided with an oncoming vehicle and struck a utility pole in Clay Township, investigators said.
The Lititz man, whose name wasn’t released, was driving a Ford Ranger in the 2000 block of Route 322 about 9:50 a.m. when it collided with an Oldsmobile driven by 56-year-old Margaret Eckles, police said.
The impact forced the Ranger off the roadway and into a utility pole, according to investigators.
The man was extricated from his vehicle and flown to Reading Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Clay Township police said they didn’t released the victim’s name Monday because his family hadn’t been notified.
I’m really hoping to be wrong.
ADDENDUM: An apology and explanation about this post.
This seems like it is a serious family issue, like the one in the Lancaster Online story. I hope everything works out for his family. But this sounds like there is a family emergency of some sort.
Real professional to post that….
Good bye to this blog, if other readers have a spine, they won’t let you continue with reckless comments and posts about some unnamed person, who happened to die this morning in an entire county consisting of thousands….
You are truly an idiot.. I am done reading your blog…who is with me?
DW’s comments scare me. By commenting on Bostick as a person, it seems like he knows something. Hopefully we are all just being nervous and he will return in the next few days to win the QB job.
Chas, keep your head up. Everybody makes mistakes. You have done a great job to this point and I think you and Dennis will continue to have great success.
Good bye to this blog, if other readers have a spine, they won’t let you continue with reckless comments and posts about some unnamed person, who happened to die this morning in an entire county consisting of thousands….
You are truly an idiot.. I am done reading your blog…who is with me?”
I’m not done reading it. He said he hopes this has nothing to do with it. He never said it did. Today is also Tuesday and the accident happened on Monday. Who’s the idiot for the lack of reading comprehension.
With so many Pitt fans calling Pat all kinds of names (and many others hoping the best for him), I think this article (true or not) has at least caused some people to step back and think before they spout off about why he has left. Let’s wait for the details.
Get off of your moral high horse. We live in an age where the internet makes way too much personal information available. How many people had the same first thought that a family emergency could have been an auto accident?
All that it would take is a quick look in a local paper where we have all read stories during Pat’s recruitment to see if there was anything relevent to this. Chas spefically noted this was pure speculation.
If posting the coincidence of an accident in the vicinity of Pat’s hometown is so morally wrong, how can you justify these several recruiting sites invading the privacy of these kids making their choice where to go college?
Get a grip. Keep up the good work Chas.
Second, if you want to get on a high horse and “threaten” to go read another blog, GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. GO READ A FUCKING PENN STATE BLOG – NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.
“who’s with you?” Are you that fucking stupid you can’t do shit on your own? Make up your own mind to do something, don’t see if everyone else is following you off the bridge.
Now, someone needs to go down to campus, find some players, and ask what happened. Do they all still live in Sutherland (at least the ones on campus)? What time is evening practice over? Anyone?
And if you have a problem with this, fuck you too.
I think “Steve” & “John Smith” is one person, trying to get attention. Either way a couple of stupid posts…
At this point we can only speculate. I am not gonna worry until I have a reason to. Im guessing this is a non-football issue and he’ll be back reguardless… But I wish him and his family the best.
I have to say the entry about speculating on Bosticks family emergency is simply voyeurism at its worst.
Digging up a random news story about a man killed in a car wreck, to try and tie it to Bostick? It’s just wrong guys.
It’s insulting to Bostick, and it’s even more insulting to the real family of the man killed in the accident.
This gaff reminds me of the “11 miners found alive!” debacle from 2 years ago in the news. It shows that rampant speculation, especially when dealing with recently deceased people, is not a good idea.
I’ll continue to read the blog, because it’s the best site for Pitt related info. The apology from Chas was good enough for me.
the car wreck post…ah, a little irresponsible, but it was prefaced with ‘i hope this isnt why’. this is my favorite place for pitt info and ill keep coming back to read.
Don’t give in to these conservative pussies who find offense in anything or everything you say or write.
Go Pitt!
In any event, hope Pat is ok.
As for Pat, let’s not be selfish fans here and think of how this will impact the season. He is a young kid that seems to be dealing with a tough situation. As fans, we should be thinking about what is best for this young man first.
