PSU's Scout site: McGloin to start

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I think the title pretty much says it all, but Matt McGloin has received most of the first-team reps this week for Penn State and will start Saturday, according to "a source."

Also, Kevin Newsome apparently is dinged up -- some sort of lingering knee injury. Hadn't heard about that before. If McGloin struggles or goes down, Penn State could be in real trouble.

Here's a link to the story:

http://pennstate.scout.com/2/1016339.html

EDIT: Someone else posted the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story just as I was hitting "save." Feel free to lock this one or add it to the other one or vice versa.

Also, may Matt McGloin suffer the same fate as the similarly named Mike McQueary in 1997:

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mejunglechop

October 28th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^

I actually think the opposite. This guy is overconfident in his abilities, give him enough rope and he'll hang himself. We don't need a high variance strategy to win for once.*

*KNOCK ON WOOD

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Captain Obvious

October 28th, 2010 at 4:07 PM ^

had the flu last Saturday.  Hard to believe those problems persist a week later to the extent where he couldn't play if necessary.  Of course its possible he got some other injury during the week that has gone undisclosed...I guess.

Why do I feel like PSU is sandbagging in some way?  Are they going to trot out Clark or something?

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Hannibal.

October 28th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^

Who's doing the announcing for this game?  I'm expecting Bob Davie + Mark Jones, but I'm kind of holding out hope that we can get Franklin+Cunningham or at least Mcdonough+Millen.

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Blue_Sox

October 28th, 2010 at 4:23 PM ^

So do I. Probably my favorite pairing. You would never know Blackledge is a former PSU QB because he's not obnoxious about talking about his alma mater like most guys from a big program like that. Franklin is good on the play-by-play, too bad he's pretty much always doing SEC games.

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switch26

October 28th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^

If we can't find someway to win this game now, then wow.. it is not gonna be looking good for the rest of the year..  Game has the same feel as the ILL game last year.

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jabberwock

October 28th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^

The defensive gurus around here will correct me if I'm wrong; but is there really THAT much of a difference between Bolden and McGloin (at least style-wise)?  Or ability at this point (I know Bolden has tons more upside).

Certainly with our inexperienced, patchwork defense the schemes will remain simple.
Are there really any specialized plays or schemes we would attempt to pull off at this point?

Shouldn't "fundamental execution" be our goal regardless of QB?

EDIT: upon reflection, this post is serious, and therefore out of character for me.  To remedy that, I will only refer to McGloin as McGroin from now on.

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Carcajous

October 28th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^

Against Minny:

Bolden was 11/13 for 130 yards (10.0 YPC)

McGloin was 6/13 for 76 yards (5.8 YPC)

 

Also, Bolden beat out McGloin to be the starter.  It is always a good thing if your opponent is using a back-up (unless you are a UM opponent and we are using Demens, of course).

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Hannibal.

October 28th, 2010 at 4:30 PM ^

Scheme-wise, you're right.

Ability-wise -- here's what you need to know. 

Against Minnesoota, Bolden was 11 of 13 for 130 yards.  McGloin was 6 of 13 for 76 yards, with 42 of those yards coming on one play. 

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