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
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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.
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I wouldn't say we work on ball control, ... It comes down to the game situation -- if we have a lead, what we want to do in a particular drive. Sometimes Coach Paterno will come over to me and say, 'If you get a chance to throw it deep, see if we can hit it.'
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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.
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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.
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We're not done. We've got ourselves a tough Michigan game coming up next weekend.
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We pray before every game as a team. You don't have to go back there and pray. But everybody does. That says a lot about the character of the team. It says a lot about how much they value their God and whatever they believe in.
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This game is what our senior class has been through, we've been up, we've been down, but we finished it right.
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Coach Paterno is a great individual. I love that man. He's done so much for this university, so much for the game of football. I'm glad he went out there and proved everybody wrong.
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Coach Hall does a great job of adjusting on game day. He's one of the best I've ever seen. He will come in at halftime and say, 'Look, here are five running plays and six passing plays and we'll do it and win the game.' He sees things very well.
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After every game they've lost, the next game they've come out and blown teams out.
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He's gotten a little bit more acquainted with his players. He does a great job of adjusting on game day. He can just look at things and see what we need to do. He does a tremendous job of coaching on game day.
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Our coaches have done a great job using what we have, and we have some speed on the outside, ... Coach Paterno said we were going to put the best players on the field. I've become a lot more comfortable under center, and the more games we play, the more comfortable I feel.
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If teams come up and press us, we have to stretch the field a little bit. The versatility of this offense is that we're able to adjust on game day and take what the defense gives us.
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He's had another year of becoming more familiar with the personnel, more familiar with what he has on the offensive side of the ball, but I think Galen is one of the best coaches in the country as far as coaching on game day. He does a great job making adjustments on the fly, and that's a hard skill to do.