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QB Troy Smith (2006 Heisman Trophy Winner)

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greyscarlet said:
I was listening to 1460 and with Herbie and Holie (sp?). Someone came up with a slogan for Smiths Heisman campaign:

"Troy Smith the magician. Now you see me, now you don't. Maybe I'll run it, maybe I won't."

Thought it was amusing.
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Well, it was used similiar last year by Mussberger I believe. He called him the "Wizard" at the Michigan game. When they showed him bouncing out of the pocket away from a sack to hit Gonzo, he said something along the lines of, "The Wizard!...Watch Houdini, watch Houdini." Man, it sent chills up my spine even when they talked about it during the Fiesta Bowl after hitting Gonzo again on 3rd down late in the game to keep the drive alive.

Troy Smith is a baaad boy! By the end of the season I think EVERYONE was agreeing with Demetrius Stanley when he said in the Texas Pre-game "Troy Smith needs to start and finish this game."

"In our QB we trust"...
 
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From page 144 of today's ESPN the Magazine:

TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE
HOW FOCUSED IS TROY SMITH? HE'LL ROUST YOU FROM A SICKBED TO COACH HIM

BY JOHN MONAGAN

AS JIM BOLLMAN, Ohio State's offensive coordinator, recovered from bypass surgery in early June, he received an unexpected visitor. At his door was QB Troy Smith, game tapes in hand. Yes, Smith was there to wish his coach well, but he also had an ulterior motive: There was work to do. "He's always been enthusiastic," Bollman says. "But this year, he's more focused than ever."

Smith's freakish talents aren't in question. He's a smaller Vince Young: At 6'1", 215 pounds, with 4.64 speed, he's a dual-threat nightmare for opposing defenses. The senior has thrown 24 TDs and rushed for 13 more, and he's 13-2 as a starter.

Like Young, Smith has had some rough patches early in his career, as he struggled to stay within the confines of a conservative offense. Young, you may recall, didn't explode until Mack Brown gave him the freedom to freelance. Smith has taken the opposite route: He's completely submerged himself in the intricacies of the Buckeye schemes. And that will only bring pain to defensive coordinators. "You can't stop Troy Smith," says Penn State's Tom Bradley. "With more experience, he's going to be even more dangerous."

The new Smith was unveiled this spring in the Scarlet and Gray game. Initially scheduled to play the entire first quarter, Smith marched the team 80 yards on the opening series. That earned him a spot on the sideline for the duration. Instead of putting his feet up, though, he traded helmet for headset and helped call plays the rest of the day.

Smith has set up film study with head coach Jim Tressel, QB coach Joe Daniels and Bollman-and he isn't about to let any of them off easy. Bollman had been convalescing for only a week when Smith rang his doorbell, and after Daniels spent a week in the hospital with chest pains a few days later, Smith made house calls to him, too. By fall, Smith should know every nook of the OSU offense. "He wants to be able to do anything from any position on the field," Bollman says.

Nothing could make his coaches feel better quicker.
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At some point before fall practice opens, I wanted to make a post about how impressed I have been with Troy Smith's development, both on and off the field. Now is as good a time as any.

First, my confession. I was one of the many who hoped Justin Zwick would eventually become the leader of this team. It did not happen (and I'll have a parallel post on how impressed I've been with Justin, and how he's handled it). This is Troy's team, no question about it.

Off the field, Troy is one who could have easily gone off the track. There was the skirmish outside the dorm, and we all remember the suspension for taking $500 from a booster. But he's paid it all back and he really seems to have bought in to Tressel's admonition that "Nothing good happens after 10pm."

Still off the field, he graduated in four years, and is looking to take something more than ballroom dancing for his eligibility coursework.

Still off the field, but getting closer to the field, I've been impressed by his eagerness to learn: a) film study--again, he has bought in. He rousts Jim Bollman from his hospital bed, "Hey coach, glad you're feeling better, wanna break down some tape?" and b) he wants to learn every position on the field--he's learning offensive line play and the center's line calls.

On the field, I have never doubted his arm or his legs, but I used to worry about his propensity to tuck and run too soon, or that he would put the ball on the ground or throw into coverage at the inopportune time. (Well, I guess I'll always worry about that.) But, coming into this season, I have more confidence in Troy Smith's decision-making than anyone I can recall (including Rex Kern or that molecular biologist Craig Krenzel).

In sum, this could be a very special year for all of us. But, for Troy Smith, he could become the greatest Buckeye QB ever.
:osu:

ps, I would also like to thank and congratulate Coach Tressel on Troy Smith's development as a person and as a quarterback.
 
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I'll augment on HineyBuck's comment, "Troy is one who could have easily gone off the track." Dead on. He could've taken the easy way out--pouting, blaming others, and feeling sorry for himself--but, he didn't. Instead, he listened to what others told him after making those mistakes and he accepted, rather than rejecting, their guidance. He learned that recognizing your own shortcomings, accepting responsibility for your actions, and allowing others to help you fix them is not a weakness, but rather a strength.

And now that he sees each day that the harder you work and the more honest you are with yourself and others the better you become as a person, that will only fuel him to continue on. As the risk as using a well-worn cliché', the sky's the limit for Troy.
 
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I'm very proud of Troy as well. I'll admit that I was in the crowd that didn't really believe in Smith untill his first win against tsun. I was convinced we would never win any big games with Smith and that we may as well put in Boeckman. Troy, I am glad to say, proved me 100% wrong and now I'm 100% opposite... I wouldn't want any other QB in the country leading our offense next year. He has went down the lest traveled path and overcame his adversity to become one of the best OSU QB's ever and has a chance to further solidify that statement next season. His progression as a person was very interesting because as soon as he began to get his life and school on track, his playing and decision making ability came along as well. I'm always a believer that there is a direct correlation of your gameplay and what your doing off the field. With that said, his progression at OSU has been nothing short of greatness.
 
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