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QB Todd Boeckman (official thread)

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[FONT=arial,helvetica] Todd Boeckman #17 of the Ohio State Buckeyes throws the ball against the Purdue Boilermakers during the game on October 6, 2007 at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)[/FONT]
 
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It would appear that the game plan for beating us is well established.
"sell out to stop the run and make our young QB beat them with the pass"
All it would take is Boeckman getting hurt(God forbid), or some bad weather to make that a reality.
Will it happen? Thar's the nature of the game played in the weather in Oct-Nov. Cross your fingers for good weather and a healthy TB! :tongue2:
 
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Quotes from yesterday's media session.

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Todd Boeckman, junior quarterback

On being the top-ranked team

"It is an honor to be at the top, but it is only halfway through the season and anything can happen. It's not how we start but how we finish the season and we need to continue to get better and play well. We now have a target on our back and it makes us raise our game and want to show everyone that we are a good team."

On his passing game

"I keep gaining experience and that helps me continue to improve. The more time I get, the more comfortable I am with my game. As the season progresses, the coaches and the team are gaining more confidence in me and that helps me and my confidence in passing game."

On Michigan State's struggles against the pass

"I've been watching the tape but haven't seen too much of that. They are a good team. Both the coaches and the team know us well. Their secondary is fast and the frontline is strong so it will definitely be a challenge."

On what needs to be improved for the remaining games

"One thing that stood out for us against Kent State is our rushing game. We need to be even more aggressive. We need to also read the defense better and take advantage of what they are more focused on. If it is the pass, we need to run more and if it is the rush, we need to throw more."
 
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MJ

QB Boeckman's just fine throwing under the radar
JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer
10/18/2007




COLUMBUS -- In its effort to promote Ohio State as the new No. 1 team in the country, USA Today put a picture of the Buckeyes' quarterback on the front page of the paper Monday.


Only it was Rob Schoenhoft, not Todd Boeckman.

That seems to illustrate how this season is going for the starting quarterback on the new No. 1 team in the nation.

Boeckman is on pace for 30 touchdown passes, the exact same number Troy Smith threw for the No. 1 ranked team in the country last year.

Smith won the Heisman Trophy. Boeckman gets bumped off the front page of a national newspaper by his backup.

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ABJ

Boeckman grows in starting role Leadership qualities emerge as quarterback finds his comfort zone
By George M. Thomas Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Friday, Oct 19, 2007
COLUMBUS: Ohio State quarterback Todd Boeckman has gone from low-key starter to vocal leader on the field for the Buckeyes.
Boeckman beat out Rob Shoenhoft to win the job as field general for the Buckeyes during training camp. At the beginning of the season, however, players such as fifth-year senior offensive lineman and captain Kirk Barton said they knew Boeckman had it in him to lead the team, but getting him to do so was another matter.
You could point to a number of reasons.



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Canton

Buckeye QB downplays following in Smith's footsteps
Friday, October 19, 2007
By Mike Popovich
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS Todd Boeckman came into the season having to follow in the footsteps of a Heisman Trophy winner.

The Ohio State quarterback actually may approach or surpass Troy Smith's 2006 passing totals before he ends it.

Boeckman has thrown 16 touchdown passes in seven games, one less than Smith at this point last season. Smith had 1,495 passing yards through seven games. Boeckman is at 1,353 yards.

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Todd tied a team record with 12 consecutive completions; the last two in the Kent State game and the first 10 against the Spartans.

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The junior from St. Henry, Ohio, tied an Ohio State record with 12 consecutive pass completions against Kent State (2) and Michigan State (10); the mark was originally established by Bill Mrukowski (1961), Mike Tomczak (1983), Jim Karsatos (1985) and Craig Krenzel (2002).
 
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Oneshot;970527; said:
I love that Todd goes for the bomb so often.

Maybe I'm just noticing it more, but he's throwing way more bombs than TS did, right?

I think he goes for more deep bombs but less short passes. Troy didn't need to go for as many long passes because he was spied so much, it left a short pass over the middle the ability to turn into a 20 yard gain.

I also don't think it's a fair comparison, unfortunately there's no way to change that. They are a completely different style QB.
 
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First-year starter Boeckman keeps Ohio State steady
By Andy Gardiner, USA TODAY

Todd Boeckman will step inside the maelstrom of Penn State's Beaver Stadium for the second time Saturday night, but on this occasion the Ohio State quarterback will have a much different vantage point.

Two years ago Boeckman did little more than hold a clipboard on the sideline as future Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith led the Buckeyes in what turned out to be a 17-10 loss. Now Boeckman will be the man behind center, looking to keep Ohio State's 8-0 season rolling while surrounded by 107,000 passionate Nittany Lions fans.

"That is probably one of the loudest places I've ever been. Their fans get really jacked up," Boeckman says. "It's definitely going to be a hostile environment, but it's kind of nice going into a place where everyone is against you."

Boeckman, a redshirt junior, says this with a measured reflection that hints at his demeanor on the field. In less than a year he has gone from an unproven candidate to replace a Heisman Trophy winner to the offensive general of the No. 1 team in the country.

For two years Boeckman stood and watched as Smith and Justin Zwick took almost every snap for Buckeyes teams that were a combined 22-3 and played for the national championship last season. Coming into this year he had 10 career pass attempts, completing seven for 86 yards and a touchdown.

"Todd did a great job of paying attention the years he was a backup," OSU coach Jim Tressel says. "Two other guys got as many reps as he did during the spring. It wasn't until this preseason that Todd distanced himself and began getting the reps."

Boeckman is a Ohio native, the son of a high school football coach at powerful St. Henry, a program that sent quarterback Bobby Hoying to Columbus.

"My family, my town are huge Ohio State fans," Boeckman says. "I always dreamed of playing quarterback there."

Watching from the sideline ate at Boeckman, who had been a starter and major contributor all his life.

"Anytime you sit that long and don't have an opportunity to play, it's tough," he says. "But Ohio State had success, and that made it easier. I knew my opportunity would come, and then I had to be ready for it."

Going with an unproven quarterback was the biggest question mark hanging over the Buckeyes, who were ranked 10th in the coaches' preseason poll. Week by week Boeckman has produced.

Boeckman's statistics are modest: 73rd in Division I-A in completions a game (14.9), 65th in yards a game (193.2) and 55th in passing yards (1,539).

But he is seventh in passing efficiency and leads the Big Ten, completing 65.6% of his passes for 18 touchdowns.

"Todd is a guy who's been around the game and yearned to be in it. Then when his chance came, he responded," Tressel says. "He's managed the games well; he's got us in the right play and made good decisions. I think he's been a steady leader and that will continue to grow."

First-year starter Boeckman keeps Ohio State steady - USATODAY.com
 
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Boeckman steps up for Buckeyes
BY DAVE SEAMON
STAFF WRITER

10/26/2007





When Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith exhausted his eligibility at Ohio State last January, Buckeyes? fans were understandably antsy.



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Even those most loyal to the Buckeyes wondered who would replace the multi-talented quarterback who led Ohio State to a perfect regular season, a No. 1 ranking and a berth in the BCS title game in 2006.

Enter Todd Boeckman.

Through eight games this season, the junior from the St. Henry?s, which is the same Ohio high school power that produced Penn State all-American Jeff Hartings, has completed 120 of 183 passes for 1,546 yards, 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

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