Hello, all. A great victory for Pitt over West Virginia. You can read my weekly wrap-up of the game known as "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" at our college sports blog, "The Redshirt Diaries."

As for the daily Q&A, let's get started ...

Q: Now that we are down to the final week of games for the college football regular season, is the Pitt bowl picture any clearer? Also, what teams would Pitt likely match up against in the various bowls that it may be invited to? For example, I think the Sun Bowl invites the second team from the Pac-10 and given last night's victory over Oregon State it looks like Oregon will go to El Paso.

Tim Miller, Pittsburgh

ZEISE: No, the picture is not really clearer despite what happened this weekend. The one thing that did become clear is that Notre Dame is 6-6 and thus they can't take a Big East spot in the Sun Bowl if Rutgers wins Thursday and gets to seven wins. I think the only things that are certain (or at least as certain as they can be) are Cincinnati in the BCS, Connecticut in the International Bowl and South Florida in the St. Petersburg Bowl. That leaves the Sun, Meineke Car Care and PapaJohns.com bowls for Pitt, West Virginia and Rutgers. Of course, that is provided Rutgers beats Louisville Thursday. So until that game is played, not much will be known. I'd say this -- if Rutgers loses -- the bowl lineup (of the three in question) will be Sun (Notre Dame), Meineke (West Virginia) and Papajohns.Com (Pitt) (with Rutgers possibly headed to some other spot that isn't filled). If Rutgers wins then a Pitt win and a WVU loss would send Pitt to the Sun, West Virginia to Meineke and Rutgers to PapaJohns.Com. I think a WVU win, regardless of what Pitt does, might be enough to put the Mountaineers in the Sun and Rutgers would be at the Meineke and Pitt would fall to the PapaJohns.Com. As for who are the opponents, so many conferences will have empty spots so it is hard to figure out -- the Sun Bowl will likely be California or Oregon State, the Meineke Bowl will be one of about four ACC teams and the PapaJohns.Com bowl is one of those bowls that won't be filled by its conference (it is supposed to be an SEC bowl but the SEC won't have enough bowl eligible teams to fill it). Who in the world knows who will end up in that thing -- I've seen names like Arkansas State, Troy, Fresno State, Louisiana-Lafayette, so stay tuned.

Q: Almost everything I'm reading and hearing says that if Pitt wins at Connecticut they should be going to the Sun Bowl. But unless I'm wrong, wouldn't a Rutgers win also make them 5-2 and ahead of Pitt via the tiebreaker? So it seems even a win next weekend would likely put us in the Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, No?

Matt D., Pittsburgh

ZEISE: No, I'd say based on everything I've read, the people I've talked to at both Pitt and the Big East and talking to reporters who cover other teams. Charlotte does not seem to be available to Pitt. It seems like it is going to be either Rutgers or West Virginia in that game from the Big East and mostly because of ticket sales. As for the second place, third place, fourth place tiebreaker stuff -- I'll repeat this -- what bowl you go to has nothing to do with what place you finish in after the conference champ is determined (and sent to the BCS). The only rule that exists in the Big East is a two-win rule -- which I confirmed still exists with a Big East official and every bowl other than the Sun Bowl in the lineup has said they will honor it. The two-win rule is irrelevant this year, however, because all of the teams eligible (assuming Rutgers gets to seven wins) are going to be within two wins of each other. The choice, however, is with the bowls. Gator/Sun Bowl has Big East Number two -- that does not mean the Big East's second place team, it means the Gator/Sun Bowl has the second pick, behind the BCS, among the Big East's bowl-eligible teams. The Meineke has Big East No. 3 -- which means the Meineke has the third pick of Big East teams behind the BCS and the Gator/Sun, etc., etc. It seems like the tide is moving this way -- Pitt is either headed to El Paso or Birmingham, West Virginia is headed to either El Paso or Charlotte and Rutgers is headed to either Charlotte or Birmingham (assuming Rutgers beats Louisville). Again, that's what the general sentiments are from the people in the know. But the best part of bowl stuff is even the people in the know, don't really know for sure because there are too many variables.

Q: If Pitt beats Connecticut on Saturday, and finishes 9-3, does that mean they finish second in the conference, even if West Virginia and Rutgers both win?

Tommy Moser, Reading

ZEISE: Yes, they will be in second place, tied with West Virginia and Rutgers. I'm not sure if they'd break the tie for purposes of how much of a share of the bowl money each team would get and if they would, I suppose that would be the only reason it would be relevant considering a three-team tie for second place would mean half the conference finished either first or second???..

Q: Heard you on the radio making fun of "Take Me Home, Country Roads". I have two words for you--"Sweet Caroline". How does that song have anything to do with Pitt? Or football? And it's not original--way to rip off the Red Sox Nation, Pitt. At least "Country Roads" has the words "West Virginia" in it. Since I had to deal with another WVU loss this year and can't gloat about the game, I had to get my digs in otherwise.

Jill Karwoski, Beaver

ZEISE: I think trying to compare the two is rather silly -- one is the anthem of an entire state and university, the other is a stadium sing-a-long song and one that is used by marketing geniuses throughout the country in several different sports. "Sweet Caroline" is meant to get the fans participating and having some fun -- I'm not saying I think it is a good or bad thing, I'm just saying it is no different than playing, oh I don't know, "YMCA" or "Cotton Eyed Joe" at basketball games, football games, baseball games, etc. Now, the John Denver song has been adopted as the anthem for an entire state, which is fine, except for the fact that none of the places in the song are actually in West Virginia (a more accurate first few lines would be "Almost Heaven, Western Virginia). More importantly, the song was inspired by a country road that was in the state of Maryland that John Denver was driving on???.. It would be like the state of New Jersey adopting Billy Joel's "Allentown" as its state theme song, even though Allentown is actually in Eastern Pennsylvania. I'm not hating on the song, I'm just wondering if anyone is studying geography down there???.. (Relax, just having some fun on a dreary Monday morning???..)