Wishbone? I wonder about some of you people. What's next? Advocating that Tressel dust off the Veer or a Single Wing? Thankfully, the only place we'll see that is on your Playstations.
Here's a hint -- you beat Michigan by throwing the ball at those weak DBs, which opens up quarterback draws because you've forced them to take a LB off of the field and replace him with a DB who isn't good enough to crack their "amazing" top 4.
I think that Henton is "getting it" and developing quickly. The problem is that he's in potential depth chart sandwich. Will he catch up and pass Boeckman this season and lock down the job before Pryor shows up, presuming that happens? If not, can he stay ahead of Pryor and earn the starting job when Boeckman is done?
Generally, I am not at all sold on a Freshman or even a redshirt Freshman being a successful starter at a top BCS team. Note that by "successful", I mean "be in the running for a conference championship/BCS game". Pryor may be all-world, but his being ready to start next year seems highly unlikely. Look at Jake Locker, who is very impressive, and quite a coup for Washington to have landed. At USC, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio State, or LSU in any given year, he probably sits until his second or third year of eligibility. Even at UW, he redshirted his true Freshman year.
Still, Pryor looks exceptional and should be in the running to start by his second year, when the job would be wide open, presuming that Boeckman holds on to it for the duration of his time. That's the real battle, I think -- Pryor versus Henton for starter in 2009.
Here's how I think this all shakes out. Reading the tea leaves, if Henton isn't past Schoenhoft right now, then he's in the process of passing him. Call them 2 and 2a, in whatever order you like. Boeckman is entrenched enough that we no longer have planned series for the backups while the game is still in doubt, though the definition of "garbage time" appears to be fairly loose. Considering that the UW game was on the road and not really all that locked up, I was surprised at how early RS and AH got into the game. If I had the ability to read JT's mind, I'd go to Vegas and win millions, and I'd also bet that he's settled on Boeckman, but that his mind is still open to the possibility that one of his backups can emerge to take the spot.
So, while I don't have the Mili's certainty that Henton will be seeing time by the Michigan game, I do think that the quarterback spot isn't settled. I also think that AH sees that his time is now, and that if he doesn't make a strong move that he could wind up being the odd man out once Pryor gets into the groove (again, presuming that Pryor comes to OSU).
idk, do you (and grad too) really think the gap is that narrow? maybe bowl game if we have half a year off again? I don't see JT doing it, but hey henton or robby are one snap away.
