The Lions' Pride

Joe and Jay will not be happy until they ruin the season with this BS. It is not fair for the players, other coaches, and everyone else associated with the program. Bolden has been horrid all year and McGloin and the team is coming off of a strong offensive performance but Bolden is gonna get the next start. Unreal!

Yeah. They're trying to keep him 1 inch above the line where he's fed up enough to transfer. Rob's gotta suck it up, keep his mouth shut and get better. Not going to be a ton of suitors lining up with the way he's played so far this year.

I'm not quite sure how a 7-1 record, with the only loss to the best team in the country, is unfair to the team.

Personally, at this point I'd be happy with McGloin as the starter until he throws 2-3 picks.

Funny how things go around and around. A few years back, numerous "knowledgeable posters" on another PSU message board were screaming that PSU staff were a bunch of morons for not getting the 2nd team QB (Morelli, Clark, Devlin--take your pick) more snaps before garbage time.

That's been my line of thinking for a few weeks now.

Really? I mean, maybe he could undergo a transformation at another school. But what has given you any impression that he is capable of a defensive reading, fast paced, spread offensive attack? He's show he can't see a blatantly obvious OLB blitz either before the play or as it happens. Put him in 7v7 drills, sure he looks great. There's a reason why defenses early in the season were just all out blitzing Bolden. He doesn't appear to be able to read or anticipate any blitz.

If anything, McGloin looks like he could handle it a lot better than Bolden. I don't see a D1 school calling Bolden if he transfers, let alone the Big 12/Pac 12.

There were several games where this team was lucky to win, it is hard to argue that. A come from behind, last minute win at Temple should just never happen. Sorry, if you do not agree but the way this qb situation has been handled is a joke.

He has no touch on his passes. None. He can only throw a ball on a line. His short passes are horrific. Besides that, so far, the guy has shown no feel for the game. It's been said before, but he looks a lot like Morelli. Not even as good as Morelli right now.

I think that's a major part of it....as well as him never feeling like he could make mistakes, so he presses. Which goes back to the lack of trust. Even though he stuck it out this year, you know he always has in the back of his mind what happened last year and how little he trusted Joe/Jay regarding how they handle that spot. So even though they may have promised him something, I doubt he ever felt free from those previous thoughts.

I mean he looked so much better his 1st game of his career than some games this year with the rotation.

They should have just given both guys one full game to not look over their shoulder. Bama, sure..split reps. But the other 2 early/easy game, let them each have one. Dumb,.

I'm disgusted... McGloin (who I did not think would prove to be the more competent until the last few games) finally seemed to take the reigns and provide some stability to the offense and this somehow remains in limbo?...

If I did my job this poorly, I wouldn't just be fired from my job, I'd be in prison.

You don't hold a University hostage or have a statue outside of your office.

Some people are above the rules

The coaching staff and their poor job performance has us at 7-1 and alone at the top of our division...

The whole offseason and stubbornly through the first half of the season fans have defended and held out hope that Bolden could win this job. To most it has become apparent that he obviously has not only failed to distance himself from McGloin, but that McGloin has actually distanced himself from Bolden.

But when one looks at the team dynamic we have won with both at the helm. McGloin may have contributed significantly more to this 7-1 start than Bolden, but Bolden has still been apart of this 7-1 record.

This is a strange year, that right now may or may not be teetering on the edge of a very nice year... This team has found ways to win despite the odd QB set-up and may very well continue to. But I find it to be extremely short-sighted of some fans to whine about the continued uncertainty at QB, when for years we have whined about not getting the younger, more talented prospect more reps. There are many fans that would agree that Bolden has better physical talent and upside than McGloin, yet lacks some of the intangibles that experience and reps may deliver. At this point with the team already surprising quite a few in the media and fans, It might be time to let the staff do their thing.

I have been a proponent of McGloin being the starter since very early in the season, but I no longer care at this point how much either plays as long as the wins keep coming. McGloin looks to give us the best chance, but the more Bolden plays the better chance that he realizes his potential down the road.

Just win.

That's the same situation he got himself into last year after Rob's injury - failing to get Rob in and have some PT which led to his near transfer. Joe had the same remarks after the season regarding the QB situation when Rob was looking at transferring. We're headed down the same path we went down last year, IMO.