The Lions' Pride

What do you mean "if" McGloin lays an egg? What else does he do against good defenses?

I know we all love to hate on Mcgloin (i'm as guilty as anyone)...but he has shown improvement this year IMO. The past two games he's had 400+ yards passing, 4 Td's and 0 INT's. That blows Bolden's stats out of the water...and Bolden has seen the field more that MM.

Yes, he has shown a tendency to fold against really good teams....but Bolden is atrocious against the lowest level of competition. It's plain to see that MM has a much better feel for the position and (as much as i hate to say it) he should be the starter.

They are both God Awful!! It's a competition between two massively under coached kids. I thought it was hilarious how the commentators said that Joe really had a lot more to do with the QB's this week in practice, and then said he must be happy with what he's seeing?!?!?

At least I'm watching real football tonight, and I know one thing; we will not score against either Wisc or Neb with our offense!!

Bolden is the worst QB at PSU since............................................................ wow, I don't even know. He makes Morelli look like a stud. He stinks and is incredibly frustrating to watch. There is no reason why MM should run a better QB draw from out of the shotgun than Bolden.... but he does. Why? Because he is a gamer, and Bolden just tries to execute the play without any variation. I'm just tired of seeing this tease.

The difference between the two QB's is this: For the past couple of games, people have had to make excuses for Bolden.

Matt McGloin doesn't need people to make excuses for him. He's looked better for the majority of this season and moved the offense better. I'd much rather see him given the reigns for an entire game than Bolden.

Listen, I would love for Bolden to be Darryl Clark or Russel Wilson. He is not, at least for this year. Matt McGloin may not be a physical specimen, but he can move the offense and put points on the board better than Bolden at this point in their careers.

The one thing Bolden has done well is make third down throws. He has not shown the ability to make basic passes (outs and screens, etc.) and has little to no pocket presence.

At this point I dont care who the starter is,but one has to be named the starter NOW. I do agree with earlier comments that MM is more of a gamer and RB never deviates from the play,and why does RB only throw 2 yard passes on every third down? The team needs a full time QB or its gonna get worse.

This is what's its come down to, picking the lesser of two evils to be under center for PSU? This reminds me of the last Presidential election - Bush v. Obama.

Fact is neither is playing like a Division I QB right now. Fact is neither has shown the proper leadership to take matters in his hands. Fact is neither can make the easy throws. Fact is they are being taught by a horrid QB coach.

In the end, it really doesn't matter who is under center this year at PSU. You have one hopeful for sure win coming against Purdue; three definite loses coming in my mind to Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Illinois. Then you have three swing games - one coming against Iowa, a team that isn't good this year, but OWNS PSU. It's Kirk's easiest game of the year to prepare for (20 minutes of tape and then golf the rest of the week). The three swing games are going to be put on the defense to win, not the offense to do anything. So, really, does it matter who you play regardless of it being Bolden or McGloin, or McGregor for that matter?

You have other issues to worry about as well. The OL has regressed. Redd can't get yards against two horrid defenses in EMU and IU. He was struggling yesterday. The ONLY reason he broke 100 yards was the IU defense was gassed because of that ridiculous IU offense. If Wilson slowed it down, IU's defense is fresher, thus wouldn't have given up the long run IMO.

As someone who was in Bloomington, snd actually still in Indiana...thiw needs to happen NOW. Bolden is plsin horrible on the field, and even worse on the sidelines. This is McGloin's team. when he's on the sideline, he remains an active participant on the team. He's talking to other players, he's encouraging the defense, he's encouragin the offense, he's discussing things with the other QBs...exact opposite for Bolden. he just stands there with his head set, doesn't talk to ANYONE. Oh the field, Bolden is innaccurate to the point of absurdity, and is now a worse QB than he was last year. He also gets the same play calls that McGloin. He doesnot use any kind of progression. He needs a RS year in the worst kind of way. And if he wants to trasnfer, I'd be fine with that.

Goingback to Mac, he was poor in the 1st couple of series, but ok to good after that. That deep ball to moye was a thing of BEAUTY. But in general he was making pretty good decisions.

Will also say that that playcalling was pretty good throuhout the game, and when things went bad it was the QBs or another player who would let us down. The running game started out slow, but got better as the game went along. Btw, this is another reason Matt should start. Defensed have zero respect for Bolden's passing, we're a better running team when McGloin is in because defenses actually have to defend the entire field woth him in.

Name McGloin he starter, and end this. There's no reason we should lose a single game between now and Wisconsin.

You need to rewatch the game. He made several good plays after the first few series (where his issue was that he was throwing innaccurately), the beautiful Shawney Kersey pass comes to mind, and rarely made a bad play.

Quit making ezcuses for Bolden by devalueing the other guy. If you were in that stadium, and watching the crowd, watching Bolden, you wouldnt have a single doubt about who should be the starter.

I'm certainly not making excuses for Bolden. He sucked yesterday. He has significantly regressed. Kersey made the play on McGloins throw. It wasn't a perfect throw (the one he DROVE to catch).

To make positive observations regarding McGloin's play absent one pass to Moye is absurd. He missed many of the same passes Rob missed yesterday -EASY passes. He was 10 of 22 for 204 yards against an AWFUL defense. He has the knack of ripping this type of defense apart, but failed miserably yesterday. He didn't have any drops either. Take away one play, he passes for a pedestrian 132 yards. YAWN.

I don't want to rewatch that abortion of a game. A 16-10 win over a pitiful Indiana team is something 99% of PSU fans would never consider doing because it was a pathetic effort by a team coached by an 84-year old who has lost all sense of reality and the game itself. It was a bad football game. Did you rewatch the 6-4 loss to Iowa a few years back? To me, that would be similar.

I think he meant he made a bet with his wife. At least I hope so.

I lay much of this game on the kids, actually. The crap theyre failing at, they should've in 8th grade football. I know it's fun to pile on old Joe and his hated staff, but they didn't throw the ball "to" Sczerba, they didn't fumble inside the 2 and they didn't call plays asking the QBs to miss WRs by 4 yards.
I realize in the end, everything comes down to the coaches, but yesterday I blame the kids.

I have to agree with this.

As a Bolden fan, i'm losing confidence in the kid.

He cannot read a defense to save his life. And did anyone see the flair pass to Redd? He dropped back and looked at him the entire time. That's pretty hard to do, considering he flaired to the left. So he had to look over his shoulder. It was god awful. He has no concept of "touch".

I'm to the point where they need to pick one, and honestly right now i would pick MM. He may not win the big games, but can Bolden win a big game either?