PSU announced today that McGloin will be the starter, Jones the #2, and Bolden slides to #3. Let the QB carousel roll at PSU.
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McGloin starter at PSU
June 1st, 2012 at 2:24 PM
#1
McGloin starter at PSU
June 1st, 2012 at 2:26 PM
#2
I would laugh,
But then recall him SHREDDING our D 20 months ago....oh hell, I am laughing again
June 1st, 2012 at 2:33 PM
#3
Laughing at McGloin or a
Laughing at McGloin or a defense coached by Gerg?
June 1st, 2012 at 2:51 PM
#4
1000 years from now
it will still be too soon to laugh at that game, except in a last-string-of-sanity-has-been-snapped sort of way. I might have laughed that way during the game at a certain point.
It was, in the words of Graham Greene, "a night impossible to deepen." At least until Wisconsin deepened it by successfully running the ball on 72 straight plays.
June 1st, 2012 at 5:37 PM
#5
Each of those three
seasons had a straw that broke the camel's back. The first Toledo, the second Illinois, the third Penn State. I think the Penn State straw was the final straw for Rich.
So, depending on how you look at it, that game was the beginning of a resurrection.
June 1st, 2012 at 8:36 PM
#6
Had RR beaten Penn State that
Had RR beaten Penn State that night, he might still be here. Losing to Penn State and making McGloin look like Montanna was the end for RR.
June 2nd, 2012 at 11:37 AM
#7
Agree
At that point I went from still seeing 2010 as a promising season to thinking, "WTF is going on?" It was one thing to get shredded by Cousins and Stanzi, but facing a walk-on making his first start, I really thought we'd start to see the D turn the corner. Wow was I off on that one.
June 1st, 2012 at 7:08 PM
#8
i will never be able to laugh
i will never be able to laugh at that game either. it caused irreparable liver damage.
June 1st, 2012 at 8:12 PM
#9
Wisconsin was at least good at what they did
Penn State and McGloin were just inept the rest of the year.
June 1st, 2012 at 3:26 PM
#10
I don't know that it is
I don't know that it is accurate to refer to what he did as "shredding" our defense. I mean, our defense just kind of opened up the flood gates and let everyone and everything through at their leisure. So basically there was nothing to shred.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:27 PM
#11
Why?
Why would they announce this on June 1st?
June 1st, 2012 at 2:29 PM
#12
Isn't it obvious?
So we can all play Rob Bolden transfer Bingo during the summer.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:45 PM
#13
So that the whole team and
So that the whole team and fanbase know who is number one. There has been lots of debate/drama surrounding the PSU QB's the last couple of years. It might be nice to have a solid number one and move on to other issues.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:31 PM
#14
Bill O'brien:
"The sun is hot."
Did anyone expect anything else?
June 1st, 2012 at 2:31 PM
#15
Alas...
I was hoping that McGimli would have gotten a shot here.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:38 PM
#16
Thank you
In my book, you just won the Internet today. Well played, Moe!
June 1st, 2012 at 2:43 PM
#17
Getting this joke
is basically a litmus test for underlying nerdiness. I passed. Or failed, depending on how you look at it. +1.
June 1st, 2012 at 3:29 PM
#18
I wish I got this, it seems
I wish I got this, it seems hilarious.
June 1st, 2012 at 6:10 PM
#19
McDwalin, perhaps? Ring any
McDwalin, perhaps? Ring any bells?
June 1st, 2012 at 2:31 PM
#20
drat and here i was hoping
drat and here i was hoping for Paul Jones to start because the two we have seen are so bad that it's time to give the third guy a try.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:41 PM
#21
Not Enough QBs
Penn State will need either Venuto or McGregor in the mix to round out their starting rotation, and if you ask me, they should have put at least one leftie in there to mix it up a little bit.
This doesn't totally surprise me - their QB situation is bad, but at least last year, McGloin was the most productive statistically. Having a freshman as the #2 over Bolden might be a telling indictment on how well Bolden fits into the new regime, I am willing to bet.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:47 PM
#22
Freshman?
Jones is a third year player (although has never seen the field).
June 1st, 2012 at 3:01 PM
#23
Checked ESPN...
http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/503333/paul-jones - it does list him as a freshman, but of course, the linked article says he was academically ineligible for the first two years of his college career. I liked what it said in the article at least, that Jones had "an air of mystery" about him....
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/61820/mcgloin-the-sensible-choice
June 1st, 2012 at 2:42 PM
#24
It sucks that we won't get an
It sucks that we won't get an opportunity to exact revenge on him. Our loss to them in '10 really left a bad taste in my mouth.
June 1st, 2012 at 4:16 PM
#25
Obligatory:
Obligatory:
June 1st, 2012 at 2:47 PM
#28
McGloin will hand the ball to
McGloin will hand the ball to Silas Redd 28 times per game anyways so, not the biggest surprise in seeing that the guy with the most starting exp is named number one.
June 1st, 2012 at 2:48 PM
#29
This is like...
This is pretty much like being announced as the starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs on opening day...
June 1st, 2012 at 3:27 PM
#30
Do we ever play Penn State
Do we ever play Penn State again? I forgot they were in the Big Ten for a minute.
June 1st, 2012 at 3:46 PM
#31
2013 And 2014
As I recall, we play them in 2013 and 2014, and then after that, who knows?
Hopefully, we at least have permanent settlements on the Moon by then. Actually, if superconferences pan out, the Moon might be in the Big Ten...
June 1st, 2012 at 4:05 PM
#32
Based on location, I'd say
Based on location, I'd say the Big East.
June 1st, 2012 at 4:28 PM
#33
The moon will agree the join
The Moon will agree to join the Big East, but it will renege a year later when it gets an invitation from the Big XII. The Big East will then attempt to invite Cygnus OB2-12, only to discover that it died 3000 years ago.
June 1st, 2012 at 5:19 PM
#34
I remember laughing my ass
I remember laughing my ass off at the ms paint of the "Three headed penn state quarterback monster" when we played them in 2010 right before halloween. Then they put 41 on us and I stopped laughing.
June 1st, 2012 at 6:09 PM
#35
I think Penn State fans are
I think Penn State fans are already lookiing forward to Christian Hackenberg.
June 1st, 2012 at 8:02 PM
#36
I'm shocked
That Bolden didn't transfer. He's #3 now, and when he did play he looked utterly inept to being playing QB at the BCS level. He couldn't even move the ball on Houstons defense. I think he would be better suited at an FCS school. As for McGloin he has progressed as a QB, but I feel like Penn St. will have trouble moving the ball against good defenses. Their QB situation has to be one of the worst in the Big 10.
June 2nd, 2012 at 11:51 AM
#37
Didn't PSU refuse to grant
Didn't PSU refuse to grant his release?
June 1st, 2012 at 9:31 PM
#38
how bad are Jones and Bolden?
Seriously McGloin couldn't hit the wide side of a barn last yr.....heck alabama quit playing pass defense by the end of the 1st half..........Watching that game they had a defender just let a wr go and come up, sure enough mcgloin throws the short pass and so far off the wr got decked and the te was down field by himself...............
I'll be shocked if they can complete passes beyond 20yds of the qb, forget los!
June 1st, 2012 at 9:57 PM
#39
I have a confession to make.
The last loss to PSU was all my fault.
I spent the entire first half of the CIL live blog submitting "McGroin!" before EVERY PSU snap.
:-/
June 1st, 2012 at 10:30 PM
#40
that's the most painful M game
I have seen. If they send me to hell I would rather watch us lose to Appy State there than to McGloin and PSU.
June 2nd, 2012 at 4:59 AM
#41
It's a bad night when you
It's a bad night when you watch your teams defense makes a subpar walk on qb look like a heisman contender.
June 2nd, 2012 at 7:42 AM
#42
And the fact that it was a
And the fact that it was a night game on national television made it all the more painful.
June 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 AM
#43
And the pièce de résistance
And the pièce de résistance was the fake field goal that we surrendered to ice the game. Fourth and short, and they send out their inaccurate kicker to attempt a long field goal. Hey GERG, think it might be a fake?
June 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
#44
Until Christian Hackenberg
Until Christian Hackenberg arrives on campus, being the starting QB at Penn State is like being the smartest kid with down syndrome.
June 2nd, 2012 at 1:14 PM
#45
Downs jokes. Real high brow
Downs jokes. Real high brow stuff 'round here these days.
June 2nd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
#46
Question...
How do you announce a starting QB in the middle of the summer?
You're not supposed to have contact, what could you've seen this week that you didn't see/know the week after spring practice?
June 3rd, 2012 at 2:14 AM
#47
And how do the coaches tell
And how do the coaches tell him that he'll start? Does he just find out from the media like everyone else?
June 3rd, 2012 at 2:14 AM
#48
DP
DP
