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Thoughts About Friday’s Open Practice

On Friday afternoon, and for the third time this spring, Bill O’Brien opened part of a Penn State football practice to the media and other guests, mostly high school coaches. So I joined about 50…Read More

Penn State’s Quarterback Preview (Part II): Matt McGloin

This is part II of the VBR Penn State Quarterback Preview.   This post analyzes Matt McGloin’s skill set and his chances at landing the starting spot in O’Brien’s new offense.   In…Read More

2012 Penn State Depth Chart: QB

Over the next few days, we are going to take a look at the Penn State football depth chart and how it stands with the 2012 recruits now infused into it. We’ll start with the quarterback, where the…Read More

Moye injury, Szczerba struggles and other press conference notes

Joe Paterno held his weekly press conference on Tuesday in order to tie up some loose ends from the Purdue game and get reporters ready for Northwestern this week. We’ll do our best to fill you in…Read More

Food, glorious food: Penn State defeats Iowa 13-3

As usual, it wasn’t pretty, but on Saturday afternoon, Penn State pounded their way to their second win of the Big Ten season with a 13-3 victory over Iowa. After being stunned by the Hawkeyes in…Read More

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Paterno’s presser does nothing to advance quarterback issue

Penn State head coach Joe Paterno held his weekly press conference on Tuesday afternoon, so like a moron…Read More

About that Indiana game

On Saturday, the Penn State football team played another one of those games. In other words, they played…Read More

The Rise of McGloin

I know that a lot of fans think that the Penn State starting quarterback position is still up for grabs.…Read More

Quarterback debates and wide receiver depth

Hey guys. It’s me, Aaron. Yesterday I got back from Philadelphia, where I had the pleasure of eating…Read More

Read and React: vs. Alabama

In this experiment, I’m going to link to a few game recaps from around the blog world and present…Read More

Penn State loves the screen pass and other tales from week one

Hey guys. I just got back from State College last night. The good news is that it didn’t start raining until Sunday night and I actually ate at The Deli for the first time which turned out to be…Read More

Optimism time for Penn State fans

Gooooood morning everybody! We’re only two days away now from Penn State football. Although uncertainty on the offensive line and at quarterback has seemingly raised a dark storm cloud over Penn…Read More

Paterno confirms two quarterbacks will play on Saturday

Yesterday afternoon, Joe Paterno was featured in a press conference to get all the little loose ends tied up before Saturday’s season opening game versus Indiana State. Among the topics covered were…Read More

Penn State releases first official 2011 depth chart

Yesterday afternoon and just under a week before the first game of the season, Penn State went ahead and finally unveiled an official depth chart for armchair analysts to speculate on. First things first,…Read More

2011 Penn State Position Previews: Quarterback

In college football the quarterback is more than just the most important position on the field. Under center stands the face of the program, the big man on campus, the scapegoat for all failures and the…Read More

Big Ten Media Day 2 Roundup

Compared to Thursday’s activity, there wasn’t a ton of stuff going on in Chicago yesterday for Big Ten Media Day #2, but Joe Paterno did get to talk to reporters during lunch. There’s…Read More

Quick Hit: Rob Bolden Returns

Over the past few days there have been several reports that Sophomore quarterback Rob Bolden has returned to campus for summer workouts and is taking classes the second summer session in Happy Valley. …Read More

Curtis Drake is looking forward to making an impact

Losing Curtis Drake to a broken leg last August was a big disappointment, so it’s good to hear that he’s 100% ready to go for spring practice after a medical redshirt in 2010. On Friday, the…Read More

Getting ready for spring football

Guess what? Basketball season for the Nittany Lions has come to an unfortuante conclusion (although it was one heck of a ride), which means it’s time to start thinking about that other revenue sport.…Read More

Joe Paterno Told You So

If anything the Rob Bolden saga has been a display of  the unpredictability in sports. One week Bolden is the first true freshman quarterback to start under Joe Paterno, a few weeks later he is sitting…Read More

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