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Game Thread Ohio State 3, Southern Cal 35 (Sept. 13)

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ESPN: The debate over Pryor's playing time


The debate over Pryor's playing time

September 10, 2008 5:46 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

I'm back home after my second trip to Columbus in a five-day span. All you Buckeyes out there will be glad to know I can drive I-670 in my sleep and finally learned the correct pronunciation for Olentangy (OH lehn TANGE ee).

One topic surfaced often among the reporters covering Ohio State, and no, it wasn't whether Pete Carroll owns a sweater vest.

Buckeyes freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor remains somewhat of a mystery man entering Saturday's matchup at top-ranked USC (ABC, 8 p.m. ET). I've gone back and forth on how much Pryor will play, and maybe that's coach Jim Tressel's intent with all of this.

After the Ohio game, I was fairly convinced that Pryor wouldn't play as big a role as many envisioned against USC. He only took eight snaps in the game. Tressel and offensive coordinator Jim Bollman had a fairly revealing exchange during the Ohio game, where, according to Tressel, Bollman expressed reservations about putting Pryor in a pressure situation.
My thought was, if he isn't ready for the heat against Ohio U. in The Shoe, how could he possibly stand it against USC at the L.A. Coliseum? There's no doubt Pryor would take the field against the Trojans, but the fact he barely played against Ohio suggested that in crunch time, he would be holding a clipboard.

But two factors now lead me to believe Pryor could play a slightly more significant role Saturday night.

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Slimmer Maualuga looks forward to facing Buckeyes

By JOHN NADEL ? 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Rey Maualuga was all over the Rose Bowl field on New Year's Day, sacking quarterback Juice Williams three times, making an interception and forcing a fumble to win the outstanding defensive player award in USC's resounding 49-17 victory over Illinois.
He did all that carrying 273 pounds on his 6-foot-2 frame.
And he's a linebacker.
"We must have fed him too much during bowl preparation," Southern California coach Pete Carroll said with a smile this week after admitting he had didn't realize the senior from Eureka weighed that much. "We keep telling him it's not an eating circus around here."
Maualuga no longer needs to be told. After reporting to training camp last month weighing 264 pounds, Maualuga proudly revealed the other day that he's down to 247.

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Kurt Sexington;1255478; said:
Hey, knock that off! No one wants to see Beanie on a stretcher!:mad2:
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Seeing as they are now virtually identical in size, I would doubt Beanie would be leaving the field if they both hit head-on. Beanie has trucked 230+ pound LBs before...
 
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jimotis4heisman said:
might be, we got them early in the year. wazzu ended up in the top 5 in the country, pretty impressive...
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Impressive? But I thought only winning the NC was impressive. God knows if you just come up short, you're a pathetic excuse for a football team and your whole conference should be trashed for the next 15 years.
 
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osugrad21;1255482; said:
Kurt, I hope you choose to stick around after the game...you are one of the better visiting fans we've had here.
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Thanks! Not to turn this into a slurp fest but Buckeyeplanet is hands down the best opponents board I've been on, period. Best posters and best information by far.

As to the comment about Wells and Mauluga, didn't you guys read about how fat Rey was at the Rose Bowl? There's no way Beanie could take out a 270 pound LB--he'd just run right in there and get caught in his blubber.
 
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