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In the win at Minnesota, true freshman quarterback Rob Bolden completed his first nine passes and led Penn State on two scoring drives before being forced from the game in the second quarter with an injury. He finished the day completing 11-of-13 passes for 130 yards with one touchdown, a 21-yard strike to Brett Brackett, and no interceptions.
Bolden, McGloin and sophomore Kevin Newsome have all practiced this week. On Thursday's "Penn State Football Show," Joe Paterno told the radio audience that McGloin was the leading candidate to get the start against Michigan. Should McGloin start, he would become the 16th Nittany Lion to earn his first career start this season.
On Penn State's first play after cornerback D'Anton Lynn returned an end zone interception 58 yards, redshirt sophomore quarterback Matt McGloin tossed his first career completion, hitting Derek Moye on a 42-yard scoring connection and a 21-7 lead. McGloin also threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Moye in an effective outing in the most significant playing time of his career. MCGLOIN IS ALSO THE QB WHO THREW THE INT TO LYNN.....and he is definitely not a threat to run.
I expect that the running of Michigan's QB Denard Robinson, and any passing they can muster will be enough to keep PSU's defense off balance. It doesn't help that the Lions two starting defensive ends are both questionable and the defense ranks 8th vs. the run. Michigan is 2nd in the Big Ten in scoring and PSU is 10th. Michigan is also 5th in pass efficiency and the Lions are very susceptible over the middle.
Don't see PSU being its normal self in the running game this year....they have been anything but and are next to last in the Big Ten in rushing:
RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Michigan............ 7 304 1971 6.5 23 281.6
2. Wisconsin........... 8 340 1771 5.2 27 221.4
3. Ohio State.......... 8 335 1643 4.9 19 205.4
4. Illinois............ 7 297 1368 4.6 8 195.4
5. Michigan State...... 8 291 1548 5.3 18 193.5
6. Purdue.............. 7 271 1244 4.6 10 177.7
7. Iowa................ 7 261 1114 4.3 12 159.1
8. Northwestern........ 7 320 1030 3.2 13 147.1
9. Minnesota........... 8 303 1125 3.7 7 140.6
10.Penn State.......... 7 225 901 4.0 6 128.7
11.Indiana............. 7 218 718 3.3 9 102.6
This is the weakest PSU team I've seen in years. Evan Royster has been running in a phone booth for the most part. Check out where he ranks in the Big Ten rushing stats:
RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Long
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1. Robinson, D.... MICH SO 7 137 1096 8.0 9 156.6 87
2. Clay, John..... WIS JR 8 160 887 5.5 13 110.9 40
3. Leshoure, Mikel ILL JR 7 143 757 5.3 4 108.1 42
4. Robinson, Adam. IOWA SO 7 152 737 4.8 9 105.3 75
5. Baker, Edwin... MSU SO 8 115 779 6.8 7 97.4 80
6. Bell, Le'Veon.. MSU FR 8 89 574 6.4 8 71.8 75
7. White, James... WIS FR 8 86 570 6.6 9 71.2 66
8. Herron, Dan.... OSU SR 8 112 520 4.6 11 65.0 39
9. Royster, Evan.. PSU SR 7 88 450 5.1 2 64.3 50
10.Dierking, Dan.. PUR SR 6 57 353 6.2 3 58.8 42
In the win at Minnesota, true freshman quarterback Rob Bolden completed his first nine passes and led Penn State on two scoring drives before being forced from the game in the second quarter with an injury. He finished the day completing 11-of-13 passes for 130 yards with one touchdown, a 21-yard strike to Brett Brackett, and no interceptions.
Bolden, McGloin and sophomore Kevin Newsome have all practiced this week. On Thursday's "Penn State Football Show," Joe Paterno told the radio audience that McGloin was the leading candidate to get the start against Michigan. Should McGloin start, he would become the 16th Nittany Lion to earn his first career start this season.
On Penn State's first play after cornerback D'Anton Lynn returned an end zone interception 58 yards, redshirt sophomore quarterback Matt McGloin tossed his first career completion, hitting Derek Moye on a 42-yard scoring connection and a 21-7 lead. McGloin also threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Moye in an effective outing in the most significant playing time of his career. MCGLOIN IS ALSO THE QB WHO THREW THE INT TO LYNN.....and he is definitely not a threat to run.
I expect that the running of Michigan's QB Denard Robinson, and any passing they can muster will be enough to keep PSU's defense off balance. It doesn't help that the Lions two starting defensive ends are both questionable and the defense ranks 8th vs. the run. Michigan is 2nd in the Big Ten in scoring and PSU is 10th. Michigan is also 5th in pass efficiency and the Lions are very susceptible over the middle.
Don't see PSU being its normal self in the running game this year....they have been anything but and are next to last in the Big Ten in rushing:
RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Michigan............ 7 304 1971 6.5 23 281.6
2. Wisconsin........... 8 340 1771 5.2 27 221.4
3. Ohio State.......... 8 335 1643 4.9 19 205.4
4. Illinois............ 7 297 1368 4.6 8 195.4
5. Michigan State...... 8 291 1548 5.3 18 193.5
6. Purdue.............. 7 271 1244 4.6 10 177.7
7. Iowa................ 7 261 1114 4.3 12 159.1
8. Northwestern........ 7 320 1030 3.2 13 147.1
9. Minnesota........... 8 303 1125 3.7 7 140.6
10.Penn State.......... 7 225 901 4.0 6 128.7
11.Indiana............. 7 218 718 3.3 9 102.6
This is the weakest PSU team I've seen in years. Evan Royster has been running in a phone booth for the most part. Check out where he ranks in the Big Ten rushing stats:
RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Long
-----------------------------------------------------------
1. Robinson, D.... MICH SO 7 137 1096 8.0 9 156.6 87
2. Clay, John..... WIS JR 8 160 887 5.5 13 110.9 40
3. Leshoure, Mikel ILL JR 7 143 757 5.3 4 108.1 42
4. Robinson, Adam. IOWA SO 7 152 737 4.8 9 105.3 75
5. Baker, Edwin... MSU SO 8 115 779 6.8 7 97.4 80
6. Bell, Le'Veon.. MSU FR 8 89 574 6.4 8 71.8 75
7. White, James... WIS FR 8 86 570 6.6 9 71.2 66
8. Herron, Dan.... OSU SR 8 112 520 4.6 11 65.0 39
9. Royster, Evan.. PSU SR 7 88 450 5.1 2 64.3 50
10.Dierking, Dan.. PUR SR 6 57 353 6.2 3 58.8 42
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