A former teammate of #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has declared victory in a Pennsylvania election that was held on November 7.
Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt McGloin was declared a winner in the election for county commissioner in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Democrats Bill Gaughan and Matt McGloin, as well as Republican Chris Chermak, declare victory in Lackawanna County commissioner race. https://t.co/J23hmLXZYu
A native of Scranton — home of the beloved television sitcom “The Office” and President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — McGloin began pursuing politics after his NFL career, which ended in 2020.
Though he was with Kansas City for only a matter of months, McGloin’s place in Chiefs history is an interesting one. Initially signed in late March 2018, McGloin was a teammate of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and stayed with the team through training camp before being cut on Sept. 2.
He found limited success in the NFL as a member of the Oakland Raiders from 2013 until 2016, posting a record of 1-6.
Check out some classic photos from past Penn State-Northwestern games, including Joe Paterno’s 400th career win.
Penn State heads to Evanston, Illinois in Week 5 to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The Nittany Lions will do so as a heavy favorite on the road in Big Ten play as they look to remain undefeated. Northwestern will be looking for a massive upset nobody sees coming after coming from behind to top Minnesota in overtime a week ago.
Penn State and Northwestern isn’t exactly a classic Big Ten matchup, but the two schools have played some close games over the years. And the game tend to be defensive battles with scrappy play from start to finish. Northwestern will look to keep that mentality going as it looks to keep things at least respectable against Penn State.
Here is a look back at some of the best photos available from previous meetings in this series, including a historic milestone victory for former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno.
A photographic look back at the 2012 meeting between Penn State and Ohio, Bill O’Brien’s head coaching debut
Penn State will host Ohio in Beaver Stadium for a Week 2 contest. The game will be the first played between the two programs since the 2012 season opener, which was an emotional one for the Penn State community and a tough start to the brief [autotag]Bill O’Brien[/autotag] era of Penn State football.
Penn State led the defending MAC East Division champions 14-3 at halftime but squandered the lead in the second half. Ohio quarterback Tyler Tettleton led the Bobcats to a 21-0 second half to leave Penn State feeling numb on the first day of the season. It was a tough way for the season to start in Happy Valley after everything that went down from the end of the 2011 season and over the summer with the NCAA hammering the program with unprecedented sanctions.
Other than that, it was a great day for football! Here’s a look back at the last meeting between these two programs.
A look at Penn State’s all-time 2,000-yard single-season passers and how the game is changing.
Penn State has a storied history when it comes to running the football, but the newer generation of football and the way the game is played is seeing the quarterbacks begin to have a larger impact on the field. And the stats certainly back that up.
Penn State doesn’t have a long list of passers who have eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark through the air the way some other schools have, but it is more and more expected that a Penn State quarterback will not only pass for 2,000 yards in a season, but go for over 3,000 yards in a single year.
Three quarterbacks in Penn State have history have multiple 2,000-yard seasons but [autotag]Trace McSorley[/autotag] is the only player in school history with multiple 3,000-yard seasons.
Sean Clifford is looking to catch and pass Trace McSorley for Penn State’s all-time touchdown passing record in 2022.
Penn State quarterback [autotag]Sean Clifford[/autotag] is approaching several records as he enters his final year of eligibility with the program. That includes the school’s all-time passing touchdown record currently held by Clifford’s predecessor [autotag]Trace McSorley[/autotag].
This year is a big year for Penn State football as a whole. James Franklin has a new contract and Sean Clifford is looking to leave a lasting impression. With a successful year under center, the team should be following along with him. The question is where would this leave his legacy?
Historically speaking, Penn State has never been a program that drives its offense through the air, but in recent years the program has been trending in the passing game. Here is an updated look at Penn State’s all-time passing touchdown leaderboard entering the 2022 season with Clifford 15 touchdown passes away from tying McSorley for the school’s career record.
Will Sean Clifford become Penn State’s all-time leading passer in 2022?
While Penn State has never been known for it’s quarterback play, the team’s history books appear like they are about to change.
Presently, [autotag]Trace McSorley[/autotag] is the all-time leading passer in program history. Hot on his heels though is present starter Sean Clifford. Clifford is returning for his fourth season as Penn State’s starting quarterback while some fans are eager to see what comes next at the position with Drew Alar on deck. But before that page if slipped, Clifford has a great chance to rewrite some Penn State passing reocrds.
If he can stay healthy, then the all-time passing record should be Clifford’s. Notably, though, there are some surprising names in the team’s all-time passing ranks. Names like Clifford and McSorley are obviously in there but also players like [autotag]Darryl Clark[/autotag], [autotag]Christian Hackenberg[/autotag], and program favorite [autotag]Matt McGloin[/autotag] also make appearances.
While none of them outside of Clifford are still competing, their careers never stray away from Penn State fans. Look now at the team’s top-10 all-time passing rankings entering 2022.
What is the one thing LaVar Arrington wants to see one thing from Penn State in 2022? Beat the Buckeyes.
Penn State’s Blue-White Game saw a number of notable guests patrolling the sideline, including one of the program’s best players to ever suit up at the linebacker position. [autotag]LaVar Arrington[/autotag] was enjoying his return to the Blue-White Game and took some time to speak to former quarterback [autotag]Matt McGloin[/autotag] during the second half of the spring game.
Arrington was having a great time soaking in the atmosphere of the Blue-White Game.
Arrington admitted to McGloin, who was providing sideline commentary and interviews for Big Ten Network, that he has not yet studied the current roster of Nittany Lions, and thus was not ready to make any predictions about what to expect this fall from his alma mater. But Arrington did have one thing he was hoping to see from Penn State in 2022.
“I’m just hoping we have a year, honestly, where we beat Ohio State,” Arrington said in his sideline interview on Big Ten Network. “I just want to beat Ohio State.”
Ohio State has perennially been the team to beat in the Big Ten. Although Michigan did just that en route to a Big Ten championship and spot in the College Football Playoff last season, the Buckeyes are still the program most figure is the favorite to win the Big Ten in 2022, and Arrington already has his eyes locked on Penn State’s biggest obstacle in the Big Ten East.
Penn State hosts Ohio State on Saturday, Oct. 29. Penn State has lost five consecutive meetings with the Buckeyes, and Ohio State has taken nine of the last 10 games in the series.
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Penn State bowl history: Joe Paterno’s final bowl, Urban Meyer’s final game at Florida in the 2011 Outback Bowl
By the time the 2010 season came around, Penn State had developed quite a pleasant history against SEC teams in the Outback Bowl. In three previous appearances, Penn State destroyed Auburn in 1996, spoiled the college finale of Tim Couch in a win over Kentucky in 1999, and pulled away with a big scoop-n-score for a win against Tennessee in 2007. But the 2011 Outback Bowl saw a different result against one of the teams Penn State has never recorded a win against, the Florida Gators.
The 2011 Outback Bowl was hyped for a coaching showdown between Joe Paterno, the all-time wins leader and all-time bowl wins leader with a pair of national championships to his name, and Urban Meyer, also owner of a pair of national championship rings during his time with the Florida Gators. Meyer had announced his retirement from being the head coach of the Gators at the conclusion of the 2010 regular season, setting up his final game with Florida to come against Paterno’s Nittany Lions in the Outback Bowl.
Penn State hoped to send Meyer into his brief retirement with a loss, but the Gators took control of the game in the fourth quarter when it mattered the most and Florida turned a 24-20 deficit at the start of the fourth quarter into a 37-24 victory. Penn State was in a position to potentially take the Outback Bowl, but Ahmad Black returned a Matt McGloin interception 80 yards for a touchdown in the final minute of the game.
It was a long afternoon for McGloin as the Florida defense intercepted Penn State’s starting quarterback five times. Yet, in spite of the plethora of interceptions, Penn State had opportunities to keep things close and get away with a win against the Gators.
Penn State held a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter thanks to a McGloin touchdown pass to Derek Moye from five yards out midway through the first quarter. But miscues helped Florida take the lead in the second quarter. A 16-yard touchdown run by Omarius Hines came just two plays after McGloin was intercepted on a drive that had Penn State pinned by their own goal. Florida took over at the 15-yard line. After the teams exchanged punts on the next two possessions, Florida’s special teams blocked a punt by Penn State and returned for a touchdown to give Florida a 14-7 advantage.
But Penn State did respond to that rough sequence. Penn State went 72 yards on five plays, highlighted by a McGloin 44-yard pass to Derek Moye, and Michael Zordich capped the drive with a game-tying touchdown with 4:09 remaining to play in the second quarter. The Penn State defense forced a quick three-and-out on Florida’s ensuing possession, and Gators punter Chas Henry shanked the punt for just 14 yards to the Florida 37-yard line. That gave Penn State a chance to take a 17-14 lead into halftime with a Collin Wagner field goal from 20 yards out after Penn State was stopped inside the 10-yard line after a big 30-yard gain by Evan Royster on the first play of the series.
Quarterback Matt McGloin of the Penn State Nittany Lions runs for a touchdown against the Florida Gators on January 1, 2011, in the 25th Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
McGloin gave Penn State a 24-17 lead late in the third quarter with a two-yard run after the defense had forced a turnover on downs at the Florida 36-yard line. But it was all downhill for McGloin and the Penn State offense from there. Florida took the lead for good on a Mike Gillislee run on the goal line after a costly pass interference penalty was called on Penn State’s Malcolm Willis on a 3rd and 11 play from the 15-yard line.
As history would eventually show, this was Meyer’s final game at Florida but not his coaching career. Meyer would spend the 2011 season in the broadcast booth for ABC and ESPN before he would return to the sidelines as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he would capture another national championship in the inaugural College Football Playoff.
Little did we know at the time, but this was also the final bowl game coached by Paterno. Paterno was back on the sidelines for the 2011 season, where he would eventually climb to the Division 1 record for most all-time victories. Of course, Paterno’s career came to a shocking end amid controversy stemming from the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
The legacies of Paterno and Meyer have taken their bruises in more recent years, but it made for one terrific coaching storyline in the 2011 Outback Bowl. Unfortunately for Penn State, the Nittany Lions were on the losing end for the first time in the Outback Bowl.
What quarterbacks at Penn State have thrown the most TD passes as Nittany Lions?
Penn State isn’t famous for throwing the football all over the field. The Nittany Lions have had their share of strong quarterbacks, just not ones that you think of when it comes to filling up the stat line game after game. However, there have been plenty who have found receivers in the end zone for six points on a number of occasions. Here’s a look at how the Penn State record book shapes up when it comes to quarterbacks throwing for six points.
Will you be checking out Matt McGloin’s new Penn State football podcast?
Have you ever wanted to know what former Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin has to say about the Nittany Lions. Well, wonder no more. McGloin is set to be a part of a new podcast focusing on Penn Stater football beginning next week.
McGloin will be a part of the new “The PayDirt Podcast,” which is scheduled to share its first episode on Monday. It will dig into the Nittany Lions and other Big Ten topics, according to a press release.
