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2010 tOSU Quarterback Discussion

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nwbuckeye;1644488; said:
While the starter at quarterback is a no brainer, the backup situation really has me scratching my head. Look at the running backs thread and I see everybody commenting on the luxury of having 6-7 potentially really good rb's in the fold and how lucky we are. Contrast that with the quarterback situation and IMO it is a travesty that THE Ohio State University has one awesome starter and 2 very unproven backups who if God forbid anything happened to TP, do any of you think could step in and be anything but adequate.

Absolutely no offense at all to either of these young men but when I see programs like Cincinnati be able to have their starter in Pike go down with an injury and have somebody like Collaros step in and the offense hardly misses a beat, it makes me wonder why we do not have maybe one less 4 star rb and perhaps one more quarterback of the future in the fold. Does anybody not think that Pryor going down would turn the 2010 team from a possible 12-0 national contender to an immediate 8-4 non BCS bowl team in a heartbeat. tOSU has never exactly been a quarterback factory, but it seems we have absolutely no backup plan if we lose our starter and our lack of quarterbacks on hand and in the pipeline really concerns me. Not too many teams can have their star qb go down and not take a huge hit in talent, but our step down seems almost nonexistant.

Anyways, what I do hope to see is our offense clicking like crazy in 2010 and that our backup qb's DO get plently of playing time because of big first half leads. Hopefully they will prove my assessment of our lack of depth at qb is way off base via the garbage time route and not the other way that I dare not mention again.
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The RB's are the backup plan. I don't think for a second that if Pryor went down they'd lose four games. Not with the RB's tOSU has.

Cincinnati may have two decent QB's against shit teams in the Big East, but they traded a defense to get them.
 
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BUCKYLE;1644510; said:
The RB's are the backup plan. I don't think for a second that if Pryor went down they'd lose four games. Not with the RB's tOSU has.

Cincinnati may have two decent QB's against shit teams in the Big East, but they traded a defense to get them.
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I don't know about 4 but of the big 3 games next year we'd have our hands pretty damn full vs Miami, at Wisky and at Iowa if each team knew going into it that they could just stack 8-9 guys in the box and not really worry about us passing.

That said, our backup QB's are big time D1 scholarship athletes, they could very well deliver a serviceable, or better, performance if called upon. Its not like we'd have to choose between a true freshman or a walk on type of thing if Pryor did get hurt.

Scholarship limits mean there is always going to be some concerning lack of depth or experience somewhere on a team. Right now that's backup QB for OSU. If Pryor gets hurt its a BFD but all is not lost.
 
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MUBuck;1644526; said:
Do I detect a hint of optimism?
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Nah, just being realistic. Krenzel did just fine in his second emergency fill in for Bellasari but not so much in his first. I think if something like that happened again you could expect the same type of result. We'd probably lose to at least one of the three toughest games on the schedule but not all of them.

Tressel has the other pieces in place to play his game the right way (read an advantage over most opponents on both sides of the LOS) for the first time since 2003. It wouldn't be pretty and it would most likely cost us an undefeated season if Pryor went down but I'd say we'd still only lose 2-3 games max.
 
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Wanna see an improved, healthy Joe B. and Guiton start to show his stuff. :biggrin: Backup QB won't look as scary as last year. (when Joe had a very sore shoulder and Guiton was just a wide-eyed freshman.)
 
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Jaxbuck;1644529; said:
Nah, just being realistic. Krenzel did just fine in his second emergency fill in for Bellasari but not so much in his first. I think if something like that happened again you could expect the same type of result. We'd probably lose to at least one of the three toughest games on the schedule but not all of them.

Tressel has the other pieces in place to play his game the right way (read an advantage over most opponents on both sides of the LOS) for the first time since 2003. It wouldn't be pretty and it would most likely cost us an undefeated season if Pryor went down but I'd say we'd still only lose 2-3 games max.
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If we lose Pryor for the year, I think we lose at least 2 out of the 3 tough games and another one to someone we shouldn't. I'm not sure Bauserman got any experience last year that makes him better prepared, and I doubt Guiton will see any time this coming year provided Pryor and Bauserman stay healthy. So, in essence, I agree, but I'm not sure we're in a better spot with backups than we were last year.

Taosman;1644531; said:
Wanna see an improved, healthy Joe B. and Guiton start to show his stuff. :biggrin: Backup QB won't look as scary as last year. (when Joe had a very sore shoulder and Guiton was just a wide-eyed freshman.)
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Again, unless our QB's make huge strides in the spring, I don't think you can assume that our backup situation is better.
 
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The Buckeyes are going to win some of the early games by a large enough margin to get a decent number of snaps for Bauserman, or whoever the #2 ends up being. The Back-up QB Situation today is not the same back-up qb situation they'll face in October.
 
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2010 QB surprise!

The rumor has it that BJ Mullins is quiting basketball to come back to OSU and try out for the QB position. He stated that he can run like Terelle and throws like Marino. Bauserman...forget about it!

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Backup QBs try to stay sharp
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Maybe everyone loves the backup quarterback, but every backup quarterback isn't necessarily enthralled with his lot in life.

Ohio State junior Joe Bauserman and redshirt freshman Kenny Guiton, for instance, know that, barring calamity to junior about-to-be three-year starter junior Terrelle Pryor, the ultimate rung on their ladder for the 2010 season is one down from the top.

So what's the motivation?

"You just come out here and try to get better, try to get everybody else better, get the timing with your receivers," Bauserman said. "You just never know when anything can happen. You've got to be ready at all times."

At least he and Guiton know that one of them likely is going to start Saturday for either the Scarlet or the Gray team in the annual spring game in Ohio Stadium. The teams will be determined today in a draft run by senior players. Coach Jim Tressel said he was not certain how much he would play Pryor, or whether Guiton and Bauserman would share duties on the same team or go head to head.
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Backup QBs try to stay sharp | The Columbus Dispatch
 
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Spring reports and last year don't fill me with optimism about our back ups at qb. However, the offensive line should be a good one and the defense looks awesome right now. But, it does look like a tough Big Ten this year with Wiscy(away) and Iowa(away) loaded.
 
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Taosman;1693770; said:
Spring reports and last year don't fill me with optimism about our back ups at qb. However, the offensive line should be a good one and the defense looks awesome right now. But, it does look like a tough Big Ten this year with Wiscy(away) and Iowa(away) loaded.
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I'll be a little more confident in our backups if Guiton can show his athleticism out there and at least be a poor man's TP. Which is pretty much like being Antonio Henton to Troy Smith. And hopefully Verlon Reed can be that guy also. It'd be nice to have several athletic QBs on our roster. Bauserman wasn't impressive at all in the few times he got in last year, let's hope he's put in work and will look more confident.
 
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