2007 QB Discussion

[osugrad21]

Lima

Boeckman begins spring as No. 1 QB for Buckeyes
Jim Naveau - 03.28.2007
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State?s stunning 41-14 loss to Florida in the national championship game might have caused the Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to change a few things.
If he did, don?t expect him to share them. But one thing that won?t change is already apparent. That is the way Tressel will talk during spring practice about who might be his starting quarterback.
OSU begins spring drills on Thursday and will continue workouts over the next three weeks until the annual spring game April 21.
St. Henry?s Todd Boeckman, the No. 3 quarterback behind Troy Smith and Justin Zwick the last two seasons, leads three candidates to take over for Heisman Trophy winner Smith.
Boeckman is a junior in eligibility but has been in the Buckeyes program four years, including a redshirt year and a grayshirt year, where he paid his own way. Sophomore Rob Schoenhoft and redshirt freshman Antonio Henton are his competitors for the starting job.

 

[osugrad21]

ABJ

Who will be the next QB at OSU?

Junior Todd Boeckman gets first shot, Tressel says

By Marla Ridenour

Beacon Journal sportswriter

COLUMBUS - Todd Boeckman will get the first chance to replace Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith as Ohio State University's starting quarterback, coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday.
Tressel doubts that 15 spring practices, which begin Thursday and run through the April 21 spring game, will be enough time, though, for the 6-foot-5 junior from St. Henry to earn the job.

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[Zurp]

ABJ

Who will be the next QB at OSU?

Junior Todd Boeckman gets first shot, Tressel says

By Marla Ridenour

Beacon Journal sportswriter

Only Boeckman, who has 10 pass attempts and four rushes in the past two seasons, has taken a snap.

I thought Schoenhoft got some playing time last year? A couple of plays early in the season?

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I thought Schoenhoft got some playing time last year? A couple of plays early in the season?

He definitely had a couple snaps. Yahoo! shows him as 1-1 for 5 yards last season with a rush for -19 (a play where he fumbled and we recover well behind the line.) He also had several plays where he just handed off to the back.

 

[NightmaresDad]

Boeckman begins spring as No. 1 QB for Buckeyes
Jim Naveau - 03.28.2007
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State?s stunning 41-14 loss to Florida in the national championship game might have caused the Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to change a few things.

Are sports writers really this clueless nowadays?
Hey, Jim Naveau, I know what he's going to change. He's not going to have 50 days in between games this year! I'm willing to bet our schedule has them spaced about, oh, say a week apart.

 

[Steve19]

I'm willing to bet our schedule has them spaced about, oh, say a week apart.

OK, but you obviously are an insider with inside information. I mean, how can a sports journalist try to write for a Pulitzer Prize and keep up when someone like you already knows that the games are gonna be a week apart?

I mean, really, its an unfair advantage

 

[BB73]

scout

Quarterback Battle Heats Up

By Adam Jardy
Special to Scout.com
Posted Apr 15, 2007

The battle to be the main man under center will likely continue until well into fall camp, and parts of the 2007 season, but Saturday marked the first unofficial unveiling of the Ohio State quarterback candidates.

Boeckman began the scrimmage as the starting quarterback. It was a rather inauspicious start, then, that the first three series in the spring?s second jersey scrimmage all resulted in interceptions thrown by the two quarterbacks with game experience in the Scarlet and Gray.


The overall performance of the quarterbacks, who finished with a combined four interceptions, seemed to give head coach Jim Tressel a bit of concern in the immediate aftermath of the scrimmage.
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[kinch]

My mood is very serene regarding the quarterback battle, something unusual for me and especially in relation to question marks at quarterback.

Boeckman seems to have a hold on the lead, and I am happy with that. I remember two years ago when many said that he made the best reads of any quarterback in practice, went through his progressions well, and delivered accurate passes. That sounds like a perfect quarterback for a young offense next year with a hopefully workhorse quality back. Long live Krenzel.

Henton may take over the spot. I am very happy with that too. Maybe he's Troy Smith 2.0, younger but faster, and maybe he will add a dimension to the offense. If he beats out Boeckman, who I have immense faith in the capability of, then I can only be extremely excited to see him play. My only worry would be starting him before he is ready, but that is not something I see Tressel doing, and especially ahead of a quality qb like Boeckman. If Henton plays, I will be excited for the reasons that get him there.

In short, for once in this type of situation, I have total faith and am happy with any result to begin the season. I am sure that after one or two games I will become opinionated, but for now, it's all roses. . .

 

[Best Buckeye]

My mood is very serene regarding the quarterback battle, something unusual for me and especially in relation to question marks at quarterback.

I am sure that after one or two games I will become opinionated, but for now, it's all roses. . .

This pretty much sums it up except that you left out the part about where Robby who ,I hear, has the cannon for an arm. His interceptions happened because the recievers didn't catch the rockets? .
But overall your synopsis fits. I expect that as the season approaches we all will be on pins and needles in expectation of who will satisfy JT's needs.
Right now I vote for Boeckman because he has been there the longest and I like to see steps in improvement.

 

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Heat is on quarterbacks
Tressel has defenders blitz, apply pressure during scrimmage
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:42 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel turned up the heat on his quarterbacks yesterday. When the Buckeyes' banged-up offensive line melted, the quarterbacks got burned. Quarterbacks Todd Boeckman, Rob Schoenhoft and Antonio Henton wore scarlet jerseys in a two-hour scrimmage in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. In some past scrimmages, quarterbacks wore black jerseys, signifying no contact.
Tressel then directed his defense to blitz more frequently than they had so far in camp.

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[Zurp]

Henton may take over the spot. I am very happy with that too. Maybe he's Troy Smith 2.0, younger but faster, and maybe he will add a dimension to the offense. If he beats out Boeckman, who I have immense faith in the capability of, then I can only be extremely excited to see him play. My only worry would be starting him before he is ready, but that is not something I see Tressel doing, and especially ahead of a quality qb like Boeckman. If Henton plays, I will be excited for the reasons that get him there.

I don't see Tressel starting a freshman (red-shirt or not) over someone with game experience. Perhaps Boeckman will start, but Tressel will get fed up with him (poor play, maybe) and put Henton in there. But I think that Schoenhoft will get on the field before Henton, in that case. Anyway, if Henton gets on the field and shows that he really is Troy Smith reincarnate, I can see Tressel moving him up on the depth chart - possibly to #1. But I don't see that happening before the first game. (Unless there's some sort of disciplinary issues with the two other quarterbacks.)

In short, for once in this type of situation, I have total faith and am happy with any result to begin the season. I am sure that after one or two games I will become opinionated, but for now, it's all roses. . .

I agree. If Schoenhoft passes Boeckman, I think it will be because he's shown that he's the best quarterback on the team - not because Boeckman isn't what he's been cracked-up to be. Same thing with Henton - if Tressel starts him, I wouldn't see it as a negative to Boeckman or to Schoenhoft, but as a positive for Henton.

And, after one or two games, if we see Henton lighting up defenses in the fourth quarters, while Boeckman throws four interceptions in the first half, and Tressel still starts Boeckman, I'm confident that I'll be one of the last people off Boeckman's bandwagon. I have faith in what Tressel does.

 

[Jeffcat]

i think they are all ready to play and i am comfortable with whoever starts to season but i think it is pretty safe to say that boeckman will start the season. the first game vs YSU and akron are games that should be handily won so maybe we will see rob and henton get in. rob has kinda been a downer for me in the short couple plays i have seen him in but im still optimistic that he is a great player and he has the potential there. henton looks very promising and if somethin would go bad with boeckman i see henton coming in....my only hope is it doesn't happen in zwick/smith type of debacle but i think the coaches themselves learned from that experience.

 

[BB73]

This pretty much sums it up except that you left out the part about where Robby who ,I hear, has the cannon for an arm. His interceptions happened because the recievers didn't catch the rockets? .

Solely based on yesterday's jersey scrimmage, I've seen quotes that said that 2 of the 4 interceptions were balls that shouldn't have thrown, and that 2 bounced off hands of receivers. Since Boeckman's pick deflected off of Ray Small's hands, it seems that only 1 of Robby's 3 picks went off the hands of an offensive player.

 

[osugrad21]

Lima

OSU coaches still sizing up quarterbacks

Jim Naveau | [email protected] - 04.18.2007

[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]COLUMBUS ? When Bob Hoying was Ohio State?s starting quarterback from 1993-95, he used to say on the days he wanted to avoid the constant recognition which that position brings on campus, he?d pull a baseball cap low across his eyes as he walked to class.
Todd Boeckman hasn?t reached that level of recognition yet. He hasn?t been sized for the baseball cap. But with a solid performance in OSU?s spring football game on Saturday he could take another step toward joining his fellow St. Henry High School graduate as a starting quarterback for the Buckeyes.
Boeckman, who will be a junior in the fall, is the heir apparent to Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith in most observers? eyes.

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[osugrad21]

CPD

Spring auditions continue for leading role in the fall



Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- While the Ohio State coaching staff doesn't expect to name a starting quarterback for another four months, quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels said Tuesday that through 12 spring practices, the pecking order hasn't changed. That means Todd Boeckman is No. 1, followed by Rob Schoenhoft and Antonio Henton, though they have evenly divided practice time with the first offense.
It appears the last three weeks have confirmed some of the suppositions from the start of spring, the conventional wisdom succinctly spelled out by Schoenhoft.
"Antonio is fast, Todd is old and smart," said Schoenhoft, who refused to agree that he's the one with the strongest arm, saying only, "You'll have to see that on Saturday," in reference to the spring game.

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