Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson
Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 as a Penn State quarterback. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2011 as a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks.
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1983
CityRichmond, VA
anywhere coached football hope people player
I just hope I showed people that I'm a football player and when coached I can go out there and you can put me anywhere and I can succeed.
joe
It's Joe Paterno. What more can I say. Who wouldn't want to play for Joe Paterno?
fool loves
Don't let him fool you. He loves the attention.
fall safety
And when we fall back into our safety zone, we become complacent.
calm calms coaches early joke trouble
Especially early in the game, you feel that you can't get out of the trouble and you get impatient. The coaches would just tell me to calm down, they'd tell me a joke that's not that funny, and it calms me down.
bit oh respect
Oh my God. I have a lot of respect for him. Even a little bit more than I already had.
forgot joe oh
Oh man, don't say that. I forgot I had it in. It's one of those things where we're not around Joe right now.
bowl rose
No, it's not. But it's our Rose Bowl (this) week.
smile smiles
I try to have a smile on my face. But when I fumbled, I was out of it a little bit.
game quarter second ten
It's the Big Ten and anything can happen, ... But I never thought I'd be out of the game before the second quarter was over.
believe coach definitely finished gone means people
It means a lot. Coach Paterno has gone through a lot of criticism. ... I can't believe people wanted him to leave. We definitely finished it like we wanted to finish it.
caught everybody knew
It was emotional. It was really emotional, ... I never really knew it was going to be like this, but what a way to go out. Everybody got caught up in this game.
game great kept playing quit team
It was emotional, but what a great way to go out, playing a great team like Wisconsin. It was hard-fought and they never quit. There were a lot of times in that game where they could have quit but they kept pushing.
home last
It was emotional, being our last home game. But what a way to go out.