Good thing Pitt doesn't have QB issues

Ok, we all loved Tyler Palko's enthusiasm and sometimes his play bailed Pitt out of big jams. But he just didn't progress enough from his sophomore year when I was saying that he was a sure fire first round NFL pick. And now that he's gone, the Stull/Smith/Bostick era has gotten off to a rousing start.

But going back to 2005-2006: There was something else going on: nobody wanted to stick it out and be Tyler's backup.

First it was Luke Getsy who transferred from Pitt to Akron after losing the competition and proceeded to put up numbers that outdid Palko's.

Now, out the the Blue (Hens) comes the name of Joe Flacco, who just may be a first round pick in next year's NFL draft after putting some spectacular numbers at Delaware. He has has thrown for 3,040 yards, 16 touchdowns and only four interceptions this season to go with a 70.3 completion percentage.

I mean Joe Flacco? If Getsy and Flacco could do these things, why couldn't Palko, who beat out these two, do the same with a supposedly better team around him? Or was going with Palko really the right choice? Walt Harris and Davey Wannstedt will have to answer to that.

Palko was a Pittsburgh high school star and maybe love of our own was the clincher. But Getsy is also a Burgher and he bolted town as soon as he didn't win the job. Whatever the reason, it would have been nice to have Getsy and/or Flacco available over the last couple of years.