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QB Joe Bauserman (official thread)

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One thing about Terrelle Pryor that I like to this day is that he took losses personally. He was unhappy.

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Bill Lucas;1994898; said:
One thing about Terrelle Pryor that I like to this day is that he took losses personally. He was unhappy.

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The press conference with him after the game was just as sad. I was as angry as anyone after he lost that fumble but the look of devastation on his face during the conference was kind of heartbreaking to be honest.
 
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buxfan4life;1994565; said:
Not going back to see, but I believe I said that Joe is the better option (or maybe I was just thinking it while reading posts). I am now firmly in the camp that he is NOT the better option. I was at the game, and haven't watched it on my DVR yet, but from where I sat it appeared Joe missed wide open receivers on the plays he threw it away. One play that really stood out was in the second half, when he rolled right he had Fields for about 13 yds wide open and right in front of him, and there was nobody between Fields and the end-zone, yet he throws it into the stands. That one play told me that Joe just doesn't have what it takes to be a starting QB in Div I football. He got scared and took the "safe" way out.

Love to see that he stuck it out for a few years, but I think his big chance has come and gone, and, unfortunately, he did not make the most of it.
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Unfortunately, the very first pass of the game, when he missed a wide open Fields out in the flat, who would have easily got a first down, was a precurser of what was yet to come....

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I noticed on all of his long throws he is not stepping into it. His mechanics are good on short sideline throws....and he zips the ball in there. But over the middle and deep he stutter steps before he throws.


BuckeyeGuy513;1994644; said:
Would have to disagree look at his throws more than 20 yards the ball is shaking and the reason he is over throwing people is he doesn't have the torque to squeeze it in.
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MaxBuck;1994899; said:
One thing you can't deny about Pryor: he's a hell of a competitor.
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You know what else we can't deny about Pryor? He was really freaking good. I mean, there may have only been a couple games in his career where it wasn't apparent that he was the best player on the field. He may be the first player mentioned when people talk about what is wrong with college football, but man, he was special.
 
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Smooth Olaf;1994905; said:
You know what else we can't deny about Pryor? He was really freaking good. I mean, there may have only been a couple games in his career where it wasn't apparent that he was the best player on the field. He may be the first player mentioned when people talk about what is wrong with college football, but man, he was special.
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You know what else we can't deny about Pryor? If it wasn't for him and some others we wouldn't be in this fix right now
Now let's get back on thread.
 
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msj2487;1994889; said:
The laughing was extremely inexcusable. That pissed me off more than anything else in the game. I'll keep my comments regarding Joe to myself so as not to bash the kid, but I have almost no respect for him anymore after seeing that. He showed no heart and absolutely no desire to win last night. /rant over.
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He either just turned 26 or will do so very soon...no where near being a "kid".
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1994908; said:
He either just turned 26 or will do so very soon...no where near being a "kid".
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His birthday is October 4, 1985. Yeah, at that age, after 3 years of professional baseball, and 4 plus years of less than a stellar college football career; he sees the writing on the wall.......i.e. he doesn't have a professional football career to look forward to either. Understandably he just may not be as serious about football as some of the other players are. My guess is that he is anxious to graduate and "just get on with his life".

Interesting bio information in this article: http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/09/a_long_wait_on_the_sidelines_i.html

1. Bauserman must be so excited he's ready to go out and maybe ... mow his grass. "Mowing, it's not as fun as it seems," Bauserman said Tuesday. "I have to do it, I guess." The top half of Ohio State's quarterback rotation is the picture of suburban bliss, the proud owner of a Columbus-area home he bought with the money he earned from his professional baseball signing bonus.

2. He might be more mature than his teammates in some ways, though Bauserman doesn't think that has particularly helped him in his OSU career. His original contract with the Pirates included a promise by the club, as if often the case, to eventually pay his way through college. On scholarship now, Bauserman instead worked a deal to have that money waiting for him when his football career is over. He's already got some investments working.

3. Bauserman's ideal celebration might include throwing on some camo and going hunting. Or building a fence.
 
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In the face of all the commentary about Joe's "laughing" on the sideline - we need to be aware that drawing too broad a conclusion from a photo or a short video clip can be very inaccurate. We have no idea what someone may have said to Joe just before the photo (or video) that could have caused him to chuckle - maybe just stress relief. Or perhaps he was laughing in disbelief at his ineptitude throughout the game; laughing off a horrific performance is often the best thing we can do if we want to not repeat the experience.

At the end of it all, I don't so much care how a QB reacts when he wins or loses; just that he never loses (or as close to never as possible). So my problem isn't the laughing, it's the absolutely abysmal performance that preceded it.
 
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MaxBuck;1994941; said:
... laughing off a horrific performance is often the best thing we can do if we want to not repeat the experience.
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Some things you can laugh off, while other things you can't. Also, you can laugh things off that affect only you, but when it affects a lot other people then laughing it off is flat out unacceptable. You especially don't laugh shit off an national television...
 
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