Before each game, it is customary for head coaches to
meet the opposing coach for a brief chat, talk to
players and oversee the team before the battle. This
image captures coach Paterno looking over the troops
approximately 20 minutes before kickoff. (Click on image to see expanded version).
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Matt McGloin, the walk-on from Scranton, PA who was not
courted by any Division I colleges always wanted to play
for Penn State. He was given an opportunity to come as
an ‘invited” walk-on. A walk-on used to be the type of
player who just showed up at the university and walked
onto the team. When I was here in 1961-1964, that is
basically what you did. Currently, those who want to
play football and are not recruited players who
“try-out” with approximately 100 other hopefuls and the
team keeps a few because they show some promise. A
recruited walk-on is a player who is marginally
recruited, but not really expected to make an impact. He
pays his own tuition and practices with the foreign team
(the team that imitates the upcoming opponent). It is
not glamorous and really not much fun. This is the
fellow who entered the game for the LIONS and when it
was over he had engineered five unanswered touchdowns
and led the Nittany Lions to an improbable come from
behind victory and handed Coach Paterno his 400th career
win. (Click on image to see expanded version).
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