Read a rumor on the boards that Matt McGloin will be named the starter later this week :fp:
I'll be honest, I'm not a fan.
Thoughts?
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Read a rumor on the boards that Matt McGloin will be named the starter later this week :fp:
I'll be honest, I'm not a fan.
Thoughts?
I just don't like what McGloin offers compared to Bolden. The problem with McGloin is he is just to cocky to know better. Watching the end of the O$U game and the Bowl game was just painful and hard to watch. If McGloin does get the nod, he better produce this year!
As an little note, my contact says BS on rumor and stated he still felt that Bolden would be named the starter. This doesn't however mean they both won't see action early.
We just need a QB to not lose the game for us, someone to take care of the ball and be smart.
I agree that PSU needs someone to take care of the ball. The ground game and defense should be better this year, but if they get lots of turnovers from the passing game it won't make any difference.
well, if NCAA 12 is any indication, Penn State should be better this year..considering last year, they were a B team and this year rated an A team ..theyve never really gotten a stand out QB..Blackledge was the best they ever got
Um, Kerry Collins was pretty damn good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
true..I was just going as far back as I could to find one..but they need that kind of QB when the whole team is good or its just top 25 and nothing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
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Originally Posted by ram29jackson
This team isn't anything more then a Top 25 team to be honest. I don't see them competeting for a Top 10 this year, but anything less then 9-3 I'm going to be upset. 8-4 is probably where most feel this team falls but I'm a little bit more optomistic and think 9-3, with a HUGE outside chance of 10-2 but that is more of a pipe dream then anything else.
Hey also don't forget about Matt Senecca :nod: :fp: :sick:
I rooted for the Giants in that SB too, damnitQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
I'm less optimistic than you, snoop.
8-4 with Bolden, 7-5 with McGloinQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Upside with Bolden if he learned anything 10-2, to 9-3 possibly. Bolden worst case is 8-4 imo.
McGloin can only get to 8-4 at most and 6-6 at worst.
youre saying you think McGloin would do a worse job ? he will either be the full starter or they will do it by committee and put Bolden in for speed and options. theres no way bolden is starting..unless his learning curve got real big the last 6 months..but he wanted to go bye bye and transfer didnt he ? I have a tad more faith..until the first qtr of the first game.. in McGloin at this point..he can make reads and stay calm
Thw whole divisions in the BIG 10 changes everything now. Once you introduce divisions and a championship game, everything is thrown out the window. I think OSU and MSU will be the most interesting stories to watch this year.
There is no way you can say McGloin can make better reads then Bolden. The only thing McGloin reads better is when to throw to the opposing team.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
Bolden dis say he didn't like how he wasn't given a shot once McGloin threw so many picks and felt slighted which was understandable. I'd be pissed too.
I do think Bolden will be named later this but we shall see soon enough.
Put in Senneca! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by psusnoop
Whenever our QB in the last several years (whoever it has been) makes a mistake, that is my automatically-yelled command. ;)
To the point, McGloin was a good (sort of) stop-gap while Bolden matured. Should McGloin have started last year? Maybe, maybe not (I wouldn't have started him). He did get us some victories, but they were against teams with absolutely ATROCIOUS defenses. It was very clear, even against those teams with bad defenses, that McGloin was a very limited QB. His greatest strength is probably his confidence. His greatest weakness is probably his confidence. He felt he could do no wrong, it seemed. And that *almost* got him into trouble against really, really bad defenses like Michigan's defense and Northwestern's defense. But against good defenses, he was shown to be really bad.
Hopefully McGloin has improved on his own, because maybe Bolden still isn't ready. I doubt Jay Paterno has been able to improve either QB via coaching (lol... Jay coaching...).
I am a Bolden guy. I say give him the reins and let him learn under fire. His best game of last year was the one in which he got injured. I can only hope that when he is clearly healthy that he really is as good as he seemed in the first half of that Minny game.
in the name of God, please find a kicker
Yea, let's hope Fera's suspension isn't long and he can come in and make an impact.
A matchup against #2 Bama at 3:30pm is going to be fun.
psuexv and I drank way to much Indiana State :nod:
It was inspiring to see that Bama QB's combined to throw 4 picks. With the experienced secondary PSU has this could be an area of strength for the Lions.
well, its obvious that was a year ago and you expect them to grow, especially the 3rd and fourth year guys. They were too conservative in this game and should have aired it out more to give QBs confidence...but it looks like platooning the QBs could be what they will do....at least thats the impression I gotQuote:
Originally Posted by psusnoop
LOL, Penn State has a defense...but every other game of other teams I watch QBs look, make progressions and reads find a guy and fire it in there...Penn State's got 2 guys who look like they are throwing a cantaloupe in the general direction of something that looks blue to them LOL and thats only when Penn State decides to finally throw because they run too often LOL
It hurts it really hurts
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Originally Posted by psusnoop
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we shall see. At least they arent Notre dame LOL
HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaQuote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a
what a joke....on a 3rd down, you dont leave the fullback in and pass to him...let alone all the other bad execution by 2 QBs ....how are they rated an A in NCAA 12 this year ? LOL
this is disgusting
some boys from south Philly almost had a dream come true on Saturday..
Did Temple blowing the fuck out of Maryland change your mind about how bad PSU is, ram?
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sure, it made Penn State look a little better ...but so what? The Big 10 is still a stronger conference with better players by and large. As good as Temple did, its still Temple and/but they exposed that Penn St has QBs that dont know how to lead...and..granted, the way Penn State chooses to coach during games may be hurting them...the Defense does their job but the offense has no clue and guys who came in as wide receivers wonder if they made a huge mistake. Penn State has shown no true fire power against weaker teams and dont have the power an Alabama has to just run a ground attack offense...this could very well be a .500 seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Well if they would have caught the ball the 1st 3 games the offense would have been quite a bit more successful. I've seen numerous drops this year on easy open catches. So many people complain that our QBs aren't up to snuff or the coaches call bad plays, but when a WR is open and the QB puts it on him that is neither QB play or coaching. The other thing that drops do is take the life completely out of an offense. Say what you want about other negative plays but drops IMO completely deflate an offense.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
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Originally Posted by psuexv
LOL the whole offense sucks - period
but LIke I said a couple weeks ago..every other team I watch the QBs are making good throws no matter what level of team or baller they are and when I watch a Penn St QB , I see a weak armed guy trying to fling a ball sort of some where LOL , quite frankly, the QBs play scared on pass plays and are more to blame than the WRs...they all need to step up, but can they at all?
hey, at least they won this weekend, they are still in the positive !
Honestly, if you told me before the season that McGloin would be splitting time and, through 5 games, he'd have 0 INTs - I'd say, "bullshit". I fear the day when that comes crashing down.
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Honestly it's not because McGloin isn't trying to throw INT's. He has been oh so close to atleast 6 or 7 so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Really though, this freaking offense HAS to get better. It has to stop being so predictable. We have two QB's and neither one can complete a screen pass. If I'm remembering it correctly through these last three games PSU is 1-8 on screen passes. The one completion was for negative yards. We pass first down, run Iso on second and then our WR's run a 4yd pattern on a 3rd and 6 :fp:
I know that if they start catching the ball things would be better, but so would using some common sense. How about instead of throwing a slant pattern to Devon Smith at 5'6" 160lbs who will never be able to shed defenders away from the ball with that size, we throw to one of our bigger WR's. I can think of Brown, Kersey, Moye for those kind of routes.
Then on a freaking 3rd down (passing down forget the distance) PSU brings out Day at RB. This is our 5th string HB heading into preseason ball and still 4th string after the Green suspension. I'm sure he'll do a great job pass protecting :fp: why isn't if Redd is winded and if Dukes is winded, let Shuey or Zordich in there to protect or run the flare routes. Those are PROVEN to be better choices then a 4th string HB that has a total of about 5 carries ever for PSU.
For me it is the simplest of things that are really bothering the piss out of me. Just like our Coach saying we don't need a special teams coach. Well dammit then whoever the fuck is taking that responsibility needs their head examined. We constantly year in and year out suck in return yards. We always have atleast 1 if not multiple blocked kicks against us. I mean just how freaking bad does it have to get before someone changes their thought process.
Rant over, carry on. Eric I know your going to snap when you read this but I'm tired of this shit period.
Yeah the Patriots never throw slant patterns to Wes Welker successfully so it must be a bad idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by psusnoop
Wes has proven he can make the tough catches time and time again. Haven't quite seen Devon make a catch in traffic that would lead me to believe he can do it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
Trust me, I love his speed and I really like him on crossing patterns but slants I just don't see him coming away with the ball.
at least they beat Iowa in a Mexican stand off til the end LOL
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...rjury-sex-case
The shit has hit the fan.
I cannot make this up....but Sandusky wrote a book a few years back :fp: :D
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu...bx7lo1_400.png
Yea I'm pretty disgusted right now.
If anyone wants to read the 23 page Grand Jury report here is the link.
http://media.scout.com/media/doc/99/997328.pdf
Read that yesterday, snoop. Pretty fucked up stuff. However, I'm slow to pass judgement (joking is one thing, passing judgement is another).
A lot has to be brought out into the light before I decide what to think about this, outside of Sandusky.
Obviously, assuming Sandusky is guilty, there is no defense for him and he deserves much worse than whatever he gets.
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Yeah, remember the Duke lacrosse team....Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan