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
believe couple definitely last ourselves rightfully underdogs
Yeah, most definitely we still think of ourselves as underdogs and rightfully so because we haven't done so well the last couple years. The more I don't read about us, the more I still believe that we're still not getting respect.
beat couple dropped expect felt game great missed scheme
We never expect to lose. But that game we really didn't expect to lose. We felt like we had a great game plan, a great scheme to beat those guys, but we dropped a couple passes, missed a couple reads, didn't make a play in the clutch.
changed coach couple difference last players record results totally
It's not that much of a difference from the last couple years. We were just a couple players away from our record being totally different. Coach really hasn't changed much. It's just that the results have changed.
ask couple demeanor losing
You could see it in his demeanor that he wasn't used to this, ... He wasn't the same coach. A couple of times I had to ask him if he was having fun. He said, 'Mike, losing is never fun.'
class coach deserved knew minds respect senior team
This senior class made up our minds in the off-season that coach Paterno was not getting the respect he deserved. His team was not getting the respect it deserved and we always knew we were about a play or two away.
either practice
When you go on the practice field, two things are going to happen. You're either going to get better, or you're going to get worse.
craig giving loved whenever
Whenever I thought about giving up, whenever I thought about giving in, I thought about Craig. Craig would have loved to have been in my situation.
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call great loss people quits
To think that people actually wanted him to give up the game, to call it quits -- I'm at a loss for words. He's a great coach.
bit focused seems stay team
This team seems a bit different. Something about this team is different. I don?t know what it is. We always seem to stay focused when we have to.
blocking great overall
Blocking downfield overall was great from the receivers.
company easy miss sign
A sign company told us that it is actually pretty easy to miss a sign when you are going that fast.
god grass greener handle side situation
The grass is always going to look greener on the other side of the fence. I just think God put me in this situation for a reason. If I can handle this, I can handle pretty much anything.
calm coach excited few joe last
We wanted to come back from last week, ... We were really excited going into this game. Joe (coach Joe Paterno) had to tell us to calm down a few times.