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QB Antonio Henton (transfer to Ga. Southern and FT. Valley St.)

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Henton adds to the things Defenses will have to worry about next year IMO. The way I look at it, Brandon Saine will be taking the Reggie bush(saints, not usc) role, moving in and out of the backfield and slot WR. Chris Wells bulldozing people up the gut. We have Very quick WR this year. If you add Hentons Scrambling abilities, we would be a nightmare to prepare for. Im hopeing Henton gets the job As soon as possible.
We need to use the explosivness and talents of Wells,Saine, and Henton, while there all here together. The more experience together the better.
 
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#10Troy Smith Fan;718164; said:
Im hopeing Henton gets the job As soon as possible.
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Your basing this hope off of what exactly? He may prove to be a clone of Troy Smith in time, but lets not forget that this kid is green......and he's still filling out his body. I'm wagering that Tressel will start the guy who he trusts, not the guy who has the most potential........at least initially.
 
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It really is quite amusing to see how quickly we forget. Henton has the potential to be a great QB but has yet to even see the field. Perhaps we should not always look at the newest "toys" in the toybox and remember that other have been in the system a long time. Lets just see how things play out but to say we cannot wait for the freshman to come in and take over shows me a very closed mind. I think Todd has put in plenty of time and could nicely bridge the gap between Troy and whoever the "future" QB will be. Remember in college that every position will be up for grabs every 4 years at a minimum.

Every year we sign great high school players and before the ink is even dry we are forgetting about most of them for the next kid that is not even signed yet. I know that is the nature of the beast but that does not mean we should not at least take the time to remember so of those kids.
 
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CONGERSBUCKEYE;718145; said:
I personally think Boeckman will run the show and then borrow one from Urban, doing a Teabow with Henton.
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I was really impressed with Boeckman in his limited time playing. I saw some smart decisions, an accurate arm, a guy that stood tall in the pocket, and someone that could run on called QB draws (though he hurt himself on one of them in a game). I was disappointed with Schoenhoft, whom I had been expecting to someday be the starter ever since he verballed to tOSU. Maybe he was nervous/excited to be in or was just inexperienced, but he didn't perform all that well. However, Schoenhoft showed an ability to run, showed his arm strength (VERY comparable to, if not stronger than, Troy's arm), and has great measurables (6'6", 240+ ...yeah! 240lbs QB that can run).

I feel there are some misconceptions among the Buckeye faithful when it comes to Henton. Henton isn't Tebow. He's not Troy either, but he has a few characteristics that make him comparable. Like leadership. His sr year, his team went 0-3 to start the season with Henton injured and on the bench. After he came back from injury, the team finished the season 14-0 with a state championship. Not bad. He's also a throw first, run second type of QB, much like 2006 Troy.

There are also many differences between Henton and Troy. Henton has a pretty strong arm, but no where as strong as Troy, who has an underrated rocket launcher of an arm when needed ('twas VERY apparent early on, but learned touch as an upperclassman). Troy's also the better runner and is better at making the other guy miss. I'm not sure how he is in terms of progression, but Troy was argruably the best in the nation last year as far as progression went. I'm also not sure about how good Henton is at making "smart decisions" with the ball, but Troy set the bar up pretty high. It must be said too that the coaches feel that Henton is farther along than Troy was when they were both at the same age eligibility wise. That is VERY good news. I see a VERY interesting battle between Henton and Pryor here in a couple of years.
 
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Actually Schoenhoft seemed much slower to me than Boeckman in limited reps this season. I will be surprised if anyone but Boeckman starts at the beginning of next season. He has the most experience and seems to have a good mix of arm and legs. Depending how good Henton is he might see some Tebow time although I would think he is more make people miss than Tebow's run everyone over style. If Henton starts it will be because one or both of the other 2 fell flat on their face.
One the bright side the team in general is much better than when Zwick took over in 04. If Zwick had taken over this team back then we may have never seen what Troy could do.
 
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R0CK3TM4NN;718370; said:
Yeah, I hope we as fans learned from the Smith/Zwick insanity and just let the guys play.
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I think you are not promoting a two QB system so i can say that I think it would remind me of Jackson/Germaine which was not a good idea.
Let whoever wins it on the field play
 
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exhawg;718330; said:
Actually Schoenhoft seemed much slower to me than Boeckman in limited reps this season.
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Robby went to my HS (year ahead of me) so I got to watch him play a bunch. I really don't know what people are saying about Robby being quick. I never remembered him being a quick QB in HS. He had a great arm, but didn't always make great decisions (still a pretty raw talent at St. X. He played TE his junior year). Hopefully the OSU coaching staff has been able to mold him into a great QB in the past couple years. I'm really looking forward to seeing Robby getting more playing time in the next few years.
 
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i personally think henton will be the starter by the end of the year next year however i fear it will take a debacle in order for it to happen since i believe boeckman will be the starter at the beginning of the season. hopefully it doesnt turn into a zwick/smith showdown but from what ive seen of henton in scout tapes and his state championship game i was very impressed with his performance. i saw boeckman in person many times in high school and he was impressive as well but at the same time playing far weaker opponents. either way this is college now and they both have some time in the program under them and it will be interesting how it all plays out. all part of the sport of college football
 
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i hope this will be a good and positive confidence, rather than a cockyness that wears thin and gets on peoples nerves. But from everything i've seen, he looks like a good player and has not given me any reason to not like him, so, Lets Go Antonio!
 
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