I was disappointed in the crowd. They sat on their hands as if they needed to be won over by the Buckeyes. What a joke. If anything, this team especially needs that support so they can build some confidence after the loss and complete their other goals. You can't call yourself the "best fans in the land" if you can't show up for that.
There's also no good reason to boo Todd Boeckman. I agree that the change needed to be made, and starting Pryor is the right move. The only thing Todd Boeckman owes us fans is to try hard and represent himself and the university with class. He has done those things - it just turns out he hasn't delivered the results on the field that we would have liked.
A lot of people know that he was a grayshirt, but I don't think many people realize that that opportunity has been offered to numerous other young men who have turned away from it to take an immediate scholarship at another school. Boeckman wanted to be a Buckeye, and made the sacrifice to do it. That does not deserve to be booed.
Even though it wasn't his best game, Todd Boeckman quarterbacked at team that beat M*ch*g*n in the Big House. Thankfully, that is something that gets taken for granted these days, but I remember a time we would have killed to have a QB under center who could have a lackluster statistical performance and still manage the game well enough to pull off one of those wins. That does not deserve to be booed.
Finally, Todd Boeckman has handled this situation about as well as any of us could expect. He is being a man about it, and seems to be doing what he can to help Pryor and the team instead of being a distraction. That does not deserve to be booed.
