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QB Troy Smith (2006 Heisman Trophy Winner)

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Troy Smith for Big-10 player of the year! It's between him and Michael Robinson and even though Smith is the better quarterback Robinson will most likely win the award. Troy Smith had 14 TD passes, 11 TD runs and ran for 545 yards. He threw for nearly 2,000 yards and only had 4 interceptions. He also completed more than 60% of his passes and led a come from behind win at Michigan. Not a bad season. Give him some buckeyes. :oh: :io:
 
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I cant wait to see how much he progresses in the off-season while taking snaps with the 1st team all by himself for the first year. He was probably the best QB in the Big-10 this year, thanks to his efficiency and mobility. While our defense might take some games to jell next year, our offense will actually be very dangerous.
 
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Here is a side-by-side comparison of Michael Robinson and Troy Smith.
 
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11/21/05

Troy Smith Named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week


Ohio State junior quarterback Troy Smith earned Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the Buckeyes to 25-21 comeback victory over Michigan to garner a share of the school's 30th conference championship.


Smith directed the Buckeyes' offense on a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives to rally Ohio State to victory. The Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville H.S.), product connected on 73 percent of his passes on the day, completing 27-of-37 throws for a career-best 300 yards and a touchdown while adding 48 yards on 11 carries and another score.
After the Wolverines took a 21-12 lead with less than eight minutes remaining in the game, Smith drove the Buckeyes 67 yards on five plays in just over a minute, connecting on a 26-yard scoring strike to Santonio Holmes with 6:40 on the clock to cut the lead to 21-19. The OSU defense then forced a Michigan punt to give the ball back to the Buckeyes' offense at the 12-yard line with just over four minutes left. Smith led the visitors on a 12-play, 88-yard scoring drive, completing seven-of-eight passes for 77 of those yards before Antonio Pittman scored on a three-yard run to give Ohio State the lead with only 24 seconds remaining. It is the first Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week laurel for Smith.
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BuckeyeKid789 said:
Who was the other player?
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Iowa's Ed Hinkel shared offensive honors with Smith. Hinkel equaled a school record with four touchdown catches while also setting career highs with seven receptions for 151 yards against Minnesota.

Penn State's Alan Zemaitis and Purdue's Rob Ninkovich shared defensive player of the week honors while Penn State's Donnie Johnson was the special teams honoree.
 
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Congrats Troy! This will be a great starting position for the '06 TS Heisman campaign :biggrin:

He shares it with 5 other juniors. Can anyone fill in the blanks here?

Vince Young - Indicated that he will be back next year. Probably 90% to return.

Troy Smith - I haven't heard any talk of TS leaving early. The senior year will be the money year for him. Probably 95% to return.

Brady Quinn - ?

Reggie Bush - ?

Maurice Drew - ?
 
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timBUCK2 said:
Congrats Troy! This will be a great starting position for the '06 TS Heisman campaign :biggrin:

He shares it with 5 other juniors. Can anyone fill in the blanks here?

Vince Young - Indicated that he will be back next year. Probably 90% to return.

Troy Smith - I haven't heard any talk of TS leaving early. The senior year will be the money year for him. Probably 95% to return.

Brady Quinn - ?

Reggie Bush - ?

Maurice Drew - ?
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You can put Troy Smith at 99.999999999999999% chance of staying. There's absolutely no way he'll enter the draft unless he smokes some serious crack. I kind of hope Vince Young returns so when we beat them at Austin it will feel so much sweeter. No one could say "Well, you couldn't beat us with Vince Young". I doubt Reggie will return and I think Maurice will return to gain some more exposure and improve his draft stock. I have no idea what Brady Quinn will do though.
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
Jesus man, slow down for a minute.

Dont get me wrong, Smith is playing amazing. But dont get any Heisman talk going, how many of us after last year thought that Ginn would be in the Heisman race? And what happened there?
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I agree it's too early to call Troy Smith a Heisman candidate. I think the reason Ginn fell off the radar had to do with the entire offense including play calling and execution as much as it did with him.
 
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