Robert Bolden Is Penn State's Starting Quarterback
by BSD on Sep 1, 2010 6:49 PM EDT
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Wow. I'm on information overload tonight. As if the Big Ten divisions weren't big enough, now this. The Harrisburg Patriot is reporting that Robert Bolden will be the starting quarterback for Penn State against Youngstown State this weekend.
Two sources close to the Penn State program told The Patriot-News that true freshman Robert Bolden has been named the starting quarterback for the Nittany Lions' season opener with Youngstown State Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
One source said all three quarterbacks were informed of the decision prior to today but were told to keep quiet.
This is history, folks. In 45 years of coaching, Joe Paterno has never started a true freshman at quarterback on day one. I can't wait to see what this kid can do.
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Excuse me
I had a Boldengasm a about 10mins ago, now I need to clean off the walls in time to cover the Big Ten Divisions.
Penn State isn't just football, it's life.
@Ben_Jones88
this kid is either bad ass,
Or we’re in a lot of trouble.
Somewhere there is a cedar chest full of Penguin sweater vests.
Beat Youngstown State.
by jesse. on Sep 1, 2010 6:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
As long as he won it outright, I'm pro this decision.
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 1, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed but did fugi have to turn mcgloin into a sad panda. I think newsome should be the sad panda.
It was his too loose and he blew it.
"It was fun. It really was, ... People say to me, 'Why don't you give it up?' I don't want to miss out on this stuff, because I'm having a good team. I've never had a bad season when I didn't have a good time." JVP
by psu in the w-b on Sep 1, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL sorry mike for calling you fugi.
"It was fun. It really was, ... People say to me, 'Why don't you give it up?' I don't want to miss out on this stuff, because I'm having a good team. I've never had a bad season when I didn't have a good time." JVP
by psu in the w-b on Sep 1, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
No problem
I didn’t have a picture of Bolden in stock. And the pic above is Shane McGregor.
by BSD on Sep 1, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Now that i look at it the kid is clean cut not like scrappy mcgloin
"It was fun. It really was, ... People say to me, 'Why don't you give it up?' I don't want to miss out on this stuff, because I'm having a good team. I've never had a bad season when I didn't have a good time." JVP
by psu in the w-b on Sep 1, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 1, 2010 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Or the coaches just plan on keeping the offense very vanilla,
but think they can execute it.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
THIS!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 1, 2010 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no reason to doubt Flounders but
I will not believe it until he takes the snap.
"Wherever you go, Penn State will go with you. You are now a part of her. Her image will be cast in your image. Your reputation will become her reputation."
Now Ive gotta edit my NCAA11 Roster...
"I have my Joe Paterno autograph already, but I don’t know that I’d begrudge anybody else from getting theirs no matter their age. That’s kind of like meeting Winston Churchill." jesse. @ BSD
Ummmm
I’ll wait for confirmation before getting too excited by the concept of Bolden starting. Anonymous internet rumors are often just that.
My feelings too
But I can’t help but feel kind of giddy about this…
Wow
Starting a true freshman is always interesting. Best of luck for him this year.
It never gets to be easy
That said
I am pumped if this turns out to be true!
Interesting
Any possibility this is a little gamesmanship leading up to the Bama game, maximizing how much screwing with Saban’s head we can do?
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Nah
Youngstown State’s a good football team, we don’t want to get licked.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy balls.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I...don't know what to make of this.
Half of me wants to be excited, while the other half wants to attack the bottle of tequila as if it kicked my mother in the face.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
That's well put my friend.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
PSU-Nebraska
playing nebraska every year from now on!!
Keepin it cool
I actually saw him today and he didnt look all full of himself or anything. If i was the first true frosh starter for Joe i would be screaming from the rooftops.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
by Roland86 on Sep 1, 2010 7:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Brutal November 2011 schedule..
Nebraska
@Ohio State
@Wisconsin
3 weeks in a row plus Alabama=MNC..
Where is everyone?
c’mon people, this is the real news.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
I'm disappointed in all of you.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Time for me to eat some crow
I said Joe would never do this, it would never happen. Oh well , get me a plate it’s nom nom nom time.
I wonder if this means Joe is relinquishing even more power than ever before?
*HEAD EXPLODES*
Holy crap. The past ~24 hours have officially blown my mind. Information overload indeed. But so far, it’s been all good news (well, mostly—I obviously don’t have the best feelings about the Ingram thing).
Congrats to Bolden. He must really be a special talent to win the job after only a couple months with the team. I can’t wait to see what he’s capable of.
by newenglandnittanylion on Sep 1, 2010 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
It's confirmed
on gopsf.com as well.
by newenglandnittanylion on Sep 1, 2010 7:58 PM EDT reply actions
Photoshop contest
The theme: RoBo-Cop
Winner gets a prize!
by newenglandnittanylion on Sep 1, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
This is fantastic news.
I am really excited to see how much this kid grows over the next 4 years.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
3 years
He’ll be in the NFL after winning 2 national titles
From your lips to God's ears.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
HE gave me the lotto numbers too
But you made fun of me so I’m not sharing.
I’m off to the 7/11 to get some powerball tickets. I’ll be posting from my boat in georgetown with a ton of hot chicks in the near future
He's the next Ron Powlus?
Somewhere there is a cedar chest full of Penguin sweater vests.
Beat Youngstown State.
No!
Powlus and Curry were nothing but clowns.
Curry was a no talent joker that recruited highschool kids, paid off parents and provided said parents with jobs at the power plant.
Powlus and Curry clowns?
Curry’s only the winningest High School Footbal Coach in PA history. 6 State Championships 2 MNC’s… Far form a clown, guy… If he did recruit players, there are only 2 in question and niether of their parents worked at the powerplant.
Powlus made a poor decision going to ND. That system did not fit him and he still set all there passing records…
You must be from Berwick
Because only a berwick homer would think that Curry didn’t cheat. It’s well documented…hell he had a 23 year old left tackle on that one team.
Just saying Curry is not a clown
and 23 year old tackle is quite an exaggeration.
Curry and Berwick did not win because of two kids that moved to the school district to play football…
Berwick must have beaten you regularly for you not hate them like you obviously do… Where you from, Valley West?
I saw Powlus..
play when I was in elementary school. He was really, really good. He was pretty good at ND, but he was hyped up way too much.
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy. . .
by Esteban d' Amur on Sep 2, 2010 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Awesome news!
I feel a little bad for Newsome, but I’m stoked to have a 4 year QB (maybe 3 if he’s that great).
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"
I guess I know whose picture I'm posting on Friday at 11!
I would have been happy with any of the QBs (believing the coaches know better than I do), but I believe the fact that Bolden has been made the starter is a sign that he’s incredible, not that he’s less mediocre. Everything that I’ve read about him since the spring has impressed me greatly. Go State, beat the Penguins!!!
For the glory
Collegian has a statement from Paterno:
Penn State coach Joe Paterno issued this statement on Bolden:
“Based on what we have seen to this point, Bolden has a slight edge right now, but we are confident all three quarterbacks are ready to go and hope to give them an opportunity to play until we settle on the one that gives us the best chance to win.”
Let the controversy commence.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
So basically
We’re not showing our hand to Alabama until the last possible minute.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Maybe it's all a ruse?
“Yeah, That freshman kid is totally going to be our quarterback! Yup. It’ll definitely be him. There are literally no other options. We have no other quarterbacks on campus. Those other kids were all myths. Haha, funny how that worked out, huh? What? Oh, my eyes aren’t shifting, I’m just a bit, um, cross-eyed…”
I can't believe
that the conference thread has more comments than this one. I understand that’s the larger issue, but still.
by InScoresOfOtherGames on Sep 1, 2010 10:03 PM EDT reply actions
Well
Considering this topic is spread across a post on the main page, a Fanshot, AND a Fanpost, not to mention sprinkled about the two open threads on the organization of the conference, I’m not surprised in the number of posts here.
Give it a day and people will shift their focus back to the team and this wildly gonzo announcement.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Notice how there's no "Germans bomb Pearl Harbor!!"
Comments in either the fanposts or fanshots?? There’s just so much information coming out right now, it’s hard to keep up.
For the glory
I'm with you.
The Alabama game is in 10 days.
"Until somebody knocks you on your rear end, and pardon me ladies, but unless somebody knocks you on your rear end, you're never going to learn." - Joe Paterno
by Illegal Formation on Sep 1, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't remind me.
I think I’m going to have to lock myself in my dorm and install some sort of soundproofing, lest I terrify some of the poor unfortunate souls who live in this hall.
Eh
I think everyone knows we’ll see all three guys on Saturday no matter who starts. And in a few weeks this will sort itself out.
The conference divisions will affect schedules and history for the next 25 years or more.
Because Michigan and Ohio State are evil and Jim Delany can suck it.
"Trouble is; I want that fourth carrier!"
by ReadingRambler on Sep 2, 2010 7:44 AM EDT up reply actions
When I saw this, I thought
“He could be the next Daryll Clark.”
You know what, I want him to be BETTER than Darryl Clark. Go 4-0 against Ohio State. Win a National Title (one Nebraska won’t screw up). Just play with the heart of Marcus Robinson and the downfield vision of John Stocco. Just be the best QB that Penn State’s ever had.
Good luck.
The various schools of the Big Ten should let Ohio State and Michigan know in no uncertain terms that dissent will NOT be tolerated.
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
I give the new Big Ten divisions a 0 and a huge EPIC FAIL sticker.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 1, 2010 11:35 PM EDT reply actions
Yes.
But Marcus Robinson was one heck of a WR in college (or so I heard)
My hatred of Michigan knows no bounds. Even more so after this travesty.
September 1st, 2010. A day that shall live in infamy.
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 2, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm a little disappointing there isn't a Drudge-like SIREN...
…to introduce the post. Otherwise, Wow!
If anything
this has made me very excited to watch the Youngstown State game, and I didnt know that was possible.
i shouldnt have said very excited
i guess i should have said Id be paying attention more to the game then i would otherwise. Im just interested to see Bolden in action. I know Youngstown isnt a great Litmus test, but it’ll be nice to see what weve been hearing so much about
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