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QB Troy Smith (2006 Heisman Trophy Winner)

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Seeing as Troy has a sensational TD/INT ratio of 21/2, I started to wonder who had the best ratio for an entire season and who had the fewest INTs for a season. Google wasn't much help, so what I did was look through the NCAA stat site (which only goes back through the 2000 season) and manually looked through. This is what I found:

Fewest INTs in a season (min 9 games): Rudy Carpenter (ASU) 2 INTs (2005)
Best TD/INT ration: Omar Jacobs (BGSU) 41/4 = 10.25/1 (2004)

Granted, Troy has four more games, but right now he has the best TD/INT since at least 2000 (10.5/1) and the fewest INTs (2). Keep in mind that both of Troy's INTs came in the PSU game in bad conditions, and one was on a tipped ball.
 
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For the sake of argument (and to further underscore how special this year is in Troy's capable hands).

Consider these numbers
2000 Weinke 33/11
2001 Crouch 25/10
2002 Palmer 33/10
2003 White 40/10
2004 Leinart 36/6
They are the TD/INT stats for the respective Heisman winning QBs since 2000.
 
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Make no mistake: Smith makes few mistakes
By ED PUSKAS Tribune Chronicle Sports Editor


Troy Smith is the best player on the best college football team in the country.

Barring an Adrian Peterson-esque injury or a complete reversal of fortunes the likes of which we?ve never seen before, Ohio State?s quarterback is going to win the Heisman Trophy.

Smith has been the best player in the Big Ten Conference since the middle of last season, and through eight games in 2006, he is easily the best player in the nation.

It?s in the numbers.

Smith has completed 68 percent of his passes (131-of-193) for 1,715 yards.

He has thrown 21 touchdown passes and just two interceptions.

Smith?s efficiency rating is off the charts at 176.35. It would difficult to hit that number in a video game.

Anyone can look at the statistics and see Smith is having a season for the ages. But the Glenville High School product is even more impressive when you watch him make the plays that lead to the big numbers.

There was the big run to set up a touchdown against Bowling Green. On third-and-long, Smith escaped pressure, rolled right, then left and then right again into the open field.

There was the great escape against Penn State. Smith rolled right, eluded a defender, reversed his field and then delivered a perfect strike to Brian Robiskie for a touchdown.

There was the scramble against Michigan State, and then a bullet pass over the outstretched arm of linebacker David Herron Jr. to wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez. Smith threw the ball where only Gonzalez could catch it.

Smith delivered a strike to wideout Brian Robiskie for a touchdown in the same game. The pass came under pressure, with several Spartans close enough that Smith likely felt their breath.

Degree of difficulty doesn?t show up in the postgame stats package, but anyone who watches Smith play every week can vouch for him as the best Ohio State quarterback in a generation or more.

The Buckeyes produce running backs and linebackers. Their quarterbacks have always been asked just to not screw up too much. Has there been a player as talented as Smith running Ohio State?s offense since Art Schlichter?

I couldn?t come up with one, either.

It?s hard to believe there was ever a question of who should be the Buckeyes? quarterback. And yet, there was. And it wasn?t all that long ago.

Troy Smith or Justin Zwick?

Justin Zwick or Troy Smith?

This isn?t the first time a Jim Tressel-coached team has had a single player emerge as a leader from what had been a muddled situation at quarterback. A player named Zwick was involved then, too.

In 1997, Demond Tidwell and Jared Zwick ? Justin?s brother ? split time at quarterback for Youngstown State.

But midway through the season, something clicked for Tidwell. The senior took over the offense literally and figuratively. Tidwell began to make all the right decisions, and as a result, he and the Penguins began making critical plays.

Tidwell took YSU all the way to the Division I-AA national championship in Chattanooga, Tenn. He wasn?t as flashy as Smith, but the two of them seem to share one trait. Like Smith, Tidwell didn?t make mistakes.

Tidwell didn?t have a single turnover from the middle of the season or during the playoffs. His touchdown pass to Renauld Ray was the difference in a 10-9 victory over McNeese State in the title game.

Smith has far more weapons around him than Tidwell did. He has more weapons around him than any quarterback Tressel has ever coached.

But that wouldn?t mean a thing if Smith played fast and loose and didn?t take care of the ball as well as he does.

In his last 15 games, Smith has 34 touchdown passes and just four interceptions.

It?s no wonder Ohio State has won every one of those games.
 
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Smith throwin? in wind
OSU quarterback is undeterred by blustery conditions

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Troy Smith passed for 183 yards and a TD, and he rushed for 43 yards and another score.


On a day when the Wright brothers would have stayed in the hangar, Troy Smith was "go" for launch.
Maybe it wasn?t the transcontinental flight that Ohio State fans have become accustomed to on most Saturdays this fall. But in the swirling gusts that descended on Ohio Stadium yesterday, the senior quarterback still launched effectively enough to lead the Buckeyes to a 44-0 coming win over Minnesota. Smith was 14 of 21 for 183 yards and one touchdown, and he didn?t come close to throwing an interception.
"The wind didn?t affect me," Smith said.
Receiver Brian Robiskie caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Smith, who extended his streak with a TD pass to 11 games.
"Being the leader he is, he lets you know something like the weather, the wind, is not going to really affect you, that we?re going to go and execute," Robiskie said.
It?s one of the reasons why, nine games into the season, Smith is the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. He did have one boo-boo yesterday, a lost fumble in the second quarter. But otherwise, he threw when he wanted to and added 43 yards rushing. That included a 21-yard scramble for a thirdquarter TD that featured a Barry Sanders-like juke past Minnesota linebacker Deon Hightower. It was Smith?s first rushing TD of the season.
In many ways, it was one of Smith?s finer days. For example, there was his 32-yard dart up the middle to Brian Hartline on a third-and-14 from the Minnesota 45 that set up the Buckeyes? fourth touchdown.
"It?s kind of funny, because if you look at it from a TV point of view, you don?t think about weather, you don?t think about the wind, you don?t think about bumps and bruises," Hartline said. "It?s kind of like how Troy plays. He doesn?t care about the conditions. It?s a football game, period.
"Score and win. That?s what it comes down to. So he makes the plays."
On the toss to Robiskie, Smith saw the cornerback jump Robiskie, who was supposed to run a hitch. But Robiskie turned it upfield on a fade to the corner, then looked back. Smith launched a strike into the swirling wind.
"It was a perfect throw," Robiskie said. "He laid it in there between the safety and the corner. It was a great play."
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Troy by Down

Troy has been quoted as saying that the wind didn't affect him. I'll accept that the wind didn't affect him most of the time.

But the wind sure as hell affected the play-calling. We threw ONE long pass against a defense that has given up long passes more than Paris Hilton has given up... ok I won't finish that... you get the idea.

The point is that this was a team that gave up at least 4 passes of 22 yards or more to every team with a pulse, and at least 1 pass of 40 or more yards to all but the three weakest teams on their schedule.

Troy had only 2 passes over 20 yards (30 and 32), and none over 40. The one long pass Troy threw was carried half way to Indiana by the wind. If this game had been played in calm conditions, Troy would have seldom run the ball and would have had a QB rating over 300. As it was, with steady winds exceeding 25 mph and gusts over 50, Troy had an overall rating of 154.78 on the day. IMHO, that's an NFL arm.
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Through the Minnesota game, the following is Troy's passing by down for the season:

Down....Comp....Att.....Yds....TD....int....RATING
1st......54.....80......798.....6.....1.....173.54
2nd......53.....75......640.....7.....1.....170.48
3rd......37.....58......447.....9.....0.....179.74
4th.......1......1.......11.....0.....0.....192.40
overall.145....214.....1896....22.....2.....174.24

  • Troy had his first 4th down attempt this week
    • Of course he completed it for a first down
    • As a result, 3rd down is no longer his highest efficiency down
When I saw that Huge Flag in the north end of the 'Shoe standing straight out at the beginning of the telecast, I knew that Troy's numbers would drop a little bit. But they didn't drop nearly as much as I expected. He's amazing.


Whatever happens during the rest of the regular season, there is one important fact to keep in mind:
The game in Glendale will be played indoors.​
 
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Troy's Heisman Worthy Stats

I'm putting together a "Troy Smith for Heisman" video, and I could use a little help from you stat gurus. Basically, I want to show 10-15 statistics that best demonstrate why TS should win the Heisman.

Here's the format that I'll use in the video:

Number
2-4 words explaining the stat



For example:

22/2
TDs to Ints

23
Passing/Rushing TDs

67.8
Completion %

#1
All-time B10
Career Efficiency

#1
Ranked Team

Thanks for your help!!!
 
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Good god we're spoiled! Watching him make plays Sat and it was almost expected that every third down be converted and that there was a score on every drive. He is going to be missed next year, we better be living it up and paying attention while he is still here.
 
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Am I retarded or blind...???

I by no means am an NFL scount. However, everything I've heard about Troy and the NFL is less than stellar. One reporter doesnt even have Troy going in Day 1.

I honostly believe that Troy is a first rounder and would put Troy as the number 1 QB to enter the 2007 draft which should put him easily in the top 10 picks.

Maybe my Buckeye blinders are on too high, but I think the only knock on Troy Smith is his hight being only 6'.
 
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6'0" - Brees, Rattay, Vick
6'1" - Brunell, Jeff Garcia, Gradkowski, Grossman
6'2" - McNabb, Losman, Delhomme, Garrard, Plummer, Warner


I don't understand why height is being considered an issue here with the analysts and aeverybody else who is talk about Troy's draft status. All these guys are around Troy's height, and I do not think a inch really matters that much. Is Brees really a better QB than Troy? He went #1 in the 2nd round. Troy may not have the running ability of a Michael Vick, but he has moves and I liken his play to McNair or McNabb now that he has become more of a pocket passer, but can use his wheels when the pocket collapses or he sees a whole.
 
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