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Forde's compassionate rendering of Troy Smith is an award winner. I was born and raised in Cleveland, a long, long time ago. What heartfelt involvement by the Smiths and Ginns and other selfless persons. It also shows what a special person Troy is, to respond to special people in his special way.
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Congrats on winning the Walter Camp award Troy!!!
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Troy Smith wins Walter Camp Award
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith won the Walter Camp player of the year award Thursday, two days before he's expected to win the Heisman Trophy.
Smith is the third Ohio State player to win the Walter Camp award. Running backs Archie Griffin (1974, 1975) and Eddie George (1995) were the others.
Smith is fourth in the nation in passer rating (167.9) with 2,507 yards, 30 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He will lead No. 1 Ohio State against No. 2 Florida for the national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.
The Walter Camp winner is voted on by the nations 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors. Other finalists this season were quarterbacks Brady Quinn of Notre Dame and Colt Brennan of Hawaii and running backs Steve Slaton of West Virginia and Darren McFadden of Arkansas.
Southern California tailback Reggie Bush won the Walter Camp award last year.
Smith and the members of the 2006 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the foundation's national awards banquet on Jan. 13.
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Troy Smith wins Walter Camp Award
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith won the Walter Camp player of the year award Thursday, two days before he's expected to win the Heisman Trophy.
Smith is the third Ohio State player to win the Walter Camp award. Running backs Archie Griffin (1974, 1975) and Eddie George (1995) were the others.
Smith is fourth in the nation in passer rating (167.9) with 2,507 yards, 30 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He will lead No. 1 Ohio State against No. 2 Florida for the national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.
The Walter Camp winner is voted on by the nations 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors. Other finalists this season were quarterbacks Brady Quinn of Notre Dame and Colt Brennan of Hawaii and running backs Steve Slaton of West Virginia and Darren McFadden of Arkansas.
Southern California tailback Reggie Bush won the Walter Camp award last year.
Smith and the members of the 2006 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the foundation's national awards banquet on Jan. 13.
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For Smith, cheers for a lifetime
OSU's legends are stepping aside to welcome a new QB to their club
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- It's one thing to join a group that includes Gino Toretta and Ty Detmer. When Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, he'll also enter the company of Buckeye legends.
The seventh Heisman in Ohio State history will signify Smith's standing as the best player in college football this season. But is he more? If Ohio State beats Florida on Jan. 8, Smith will become the first Buckeye to win the Heisman and a national title in the same season. Hop Cassady won both, the national championship in 1954 and the Heisman in 1955. But even Archie Griffin, after winning his second Heisman in 1975, couldn't pull off the double when the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes lost the Rose Bowl to UCLA.
Is Smith in the discussion as the greatest player in Ohio State history? Is he the best OSU player to hail from Cleveland? At least the best Buckeye quarterback? He's a star waiting for the passage of time to confer legendary status upon him -- the club is open.
Best QB in OSU history
When he can't make it to Columbus, the former greatest quarterback in Ohio State history watches the Buckeyes alone on television in his California home, unable to handle the distraction of company during something so important. He reads defenses, calls the next play to himself -- always a Buckeye, always a quarterback.
Rex Kern saw Ted Ginn Jr. in single coverage at the end of the first half against Texas. He threw there in his mind. Troy Smith threw there on his screen. If that gives the edge to Smith as the Buckeyes' greatest player to step behind center, so be it.
"I don't look at it as a competition," Kern said. "I look at it as a tremendous honor and privilege to be mentioned in the same breath as Troy Smith."
There's no Heisman among Kern's Buckeye mementos, but there's everything else. After leading Ohio State to a national title as a sophomore in 1968, he finished third in the Heisman balloting in 1969 and fifth in 1970 after Woody Hayes pulled the reins back on the offense following the '69 upset at Michigan.
You can tell Kern still wonders what he could have done as a senior with a little freedom. Smith has embraced that opportunity, to merge what he learned with the skills that were always there.
"I think we were both pretty good scramblers, and we threw the ball well," Kern, 57, said during a phone interview. "And you just see that magnetism. On television you might miss it, but the games I've gone to, especially from an old quarterback, I can clearly pick that up."
Kern hasn't yet met Smith, but he can sense it because he had it. It's followed him around the world. Fans have stopped him on the street from Italy to Switzerland. They ask if he's Rex Kern. He makes sure they're not from Michigan.
"You carry that mantle with you the rest of your life," Kern said. "Troy will have that till the day he dies. As part of his eulogy they'll say he beat that school up north three times. You have no idea how big an influence you have and will continue to have."
The best from Cleveland
Les Horvath grew up in Cleveland and attended Rhodes High before winning the first Heisman in Ohio State history in 1944. He'll always be first.
But since Horvath's death in 1995, when you talk about Cleveland and the Buckeyes, you go to John Hicks. The offensive tackle won the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in 1973 and was in a New York cab on his way to dinner with Penn State running back John Cappelletti. The cab driver, not knowing who they were, announced John Cappelletti had just been named the Heisman winner. Told he had the winner in his back seat, the driver offered a handshake.
"Then we asked who finished second," Hicks said. "And he said, Some guy named Hicks from Ohio State.' And then we went to dinner."
Hicks, who played at John Hay High School, has talked with Smith several times, the past and present drawn together by their Cleveland roots.
"He comes from the neighborhood, and it was pretty cool watching him grow. Nobody knew he'd do this, but I knew the kids respected him even before he was starting and the kids know who can play," said Hicks, who lives in the Columbus suburb of Dublin and owns a real estate investment company. "We have a good time when we see each other, and I tell him all the time I'm very proud of him."
Hicks will be presenting the Walter Camp Player of the Year award at the at the College Football Awards on Thursday night, and hopes he's handing the hardware to a fellow Buckeye. It's all part of the process.
"He's going to be part of that tradition," Hicks, 55, said. "They're going to retire his number, and he's going to have an opportunity, hopefully, to be part of two national championship teams and he beat Michigan three times. He just cemented himself in Ohio State folklore forever.
"I told him, when you play at Ohio State, you make a lot of people happy on Saturday. You change a lot of kids' lives. I was on an airplane and these kids saw my Hall of Fame ring and said, You went to Ohio State? That's my favorite team.' That's because of Ted Ginn and Troy Smith and those guys."
The best in OSU history
It might be blasphemy. But . . .
"I think he should be in that conversation," said Griffin, the running back who won the Heisman in 1974 and 1975 and who, along with 1950 Heisman winner Vic Janowicz, is generally considered to top the list of greatest Buckeyes. "I think he's certainly the best quarterback I've seen at Ohio State. And when you think about how he plays in big games, I think that is very viable."
Griffin saw everything he needed to see from Smith on the field before the Michigan games at Ohio Stadium in 2004 and this season, when Griffin made sure to look into Smith's eyes.
"It was his eyes and the smile that he had, a confident smile on his face," Griffin said. "I would go up to my seat feeling really good because of the confidence I knew Troy had."
While Smith has talked with both Griffin and 1995 Heisman winner Eddie George, he said the conversation has never turned toward the little man giving a stiff arm.
"It's been basically keep up the good work," Griffin said. "Continue with the things that are important. I love the way he's handled the whole thing."
Griffin remains the player maybe most associated with the Heisman, and each year he spends the week in New York taking part of several events that surround Saturday's ceremony and the dinner that follows on Monday. He's eager to welcome another Buckeye for the second time since his wins.
"I get fired up when there's a Heisman candidate from Ohio State," Griffin said. "[Before the season] when they talked about other people at the top of the list, in my mind I was trying to figure out how that could not be Troy Smith. Because at the end of the last season, I thought he was as good as any quarterback in the country."
As the president of Ohio State's alumni association, Griffin's life continues to be tied up in scarlet and gray. He's reminded about the Heisman every single day. Like few others, Griffin knows what Smith is in for.
"It's going to change his life. No longer will he be Troy Smith," Griffin said. "He'll be Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith."
For Smith, cheers for a lifetime
OSU's legends are stepping aside to welcome a new QB to their club
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- It's one thing to join a group that includes Gino Toretta and Ty Detmer. When Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, he'll also enter the company of Buckeye legends.
The seventh Heisman in Ohio State history will signify Smith's standing as the best player in college football this season. But is he more? If Ohio State beats Florida on Jan. 8, Smith will become the first Buckeye to win the Heisman and a national title in the same season. Hop Cassady won both, the national championship in 1954 and the Heisman in 1955. But even Archie Griffin, after winning his second Heisman in 1975, couldn't pull off the double when the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes lost the Rose Bowl to UCLA.
Is Smith in the discussion as the greatest player in Ohio State history? Is he the best OSU player to hail from Cleveland? At least the best Buckeye quarterback? He's a star waiting for the passage of time to confer legendary status upon him -- the club is open.
Best QB in OSU history
When he can't make it to Columbus, the former greatest quarterback in Ohio State history watches the Buckeyes alone on television in his California home, unable to handle the distraction of company during something so important. He reads defenses, calls the next play to himself -- always a Buckeye, always a quarterback.
Rex Kern saw Ted Ginn Jr. in single coverage at the end of the first half against Texas. He threw there in his mind. Troy Smith threw there on his screen. If that gives the edge to Smith as the Buckeyes' greatest player to step behind center, so be it.
"I don't look at it as a competition," Kern said. "I look at it as a tremendous honor and privilege to be mentioned in the same breath as Troy Smith."
There's no Heisman among Kern's Buckeye mementos, but there's everything else. After leading Ohio State to a national title as a sophomore in 1968, he finished third in the Heisman balloting in 1969 and fifth in 1970 after Woody Hayes pulled the reins back on the offense following the '69 upset at Michigan.
You can tell Kern still wonders what he could have done as a senior with a little freedom. Smith has embraced that opportunity, to merge what he learned with the skills that were always there.
"I think we were both pretty good scramblers, and we threw the ball well," Kern, 57, said during a phone interview. "And you just see that magnetism. On television you might miss it, but the games I've gone to, especially from an old quarterback, I can clearly pick that up."
Kern hasn't yet met Smith, but he can sense it because he had it. It's followed him around the world. Fans have stopped him on the street from Italy to Switzerland. They ask if he's Rex Kern. He makes sure they're not from Michigan.
"You carry that mantle with you the rest of your life," Kern said. "Troy will have that till the day he dies. As part of his eulogy they'll say he beat that school up north three times. You have no idea how big an influence you have and will continue to have."
The best from Cleveland
Les Horvath grew up in Cleveland and attended Rhodes High before winning the first Heisman in Ohio State history in 1944. He'll always be first.
But since Horvath's death in 1995, when you talk about Cleveland and the Buckeyes, you go to John Hicks. The offensive tackle won the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in 1973 and was in a New York cab on his way to dinner with Penn State running back John Cappelletti. The cab driver, not knowing who they were, announced John Cappelletti had just been named the Heisman winner. Told he had the winner in his back seat, the driver offered a handshake.
"Then we asked who finished second," Hicks said. "And he said, Some guy named Hicks from Ohio State.' And then we went to dinner."
Hicks, who played at John Hay High School, has talked with Smith several times, the past and present drawn together by their Cleveland roots.
"He comes from the neighborhood, and it was pretty cool watching him grow. Nobody knew he'd do this, but I knew the kids respected him even before he was starting and the kids know who can play," said Hicks, who lives in the Columbus suburb of Dublin and owns a real estate investment company. "We have a good time when we see each other, and I tell him all the time I'm very proud of him."
Hicks will be presenting the Walter Camp Player of the Year award at the at the College Football Awards on Thursday night, and hopes he's handing the hardware to a fellow Buckeye. It's all part of the process.
"He's going to be part of that tradition," Hicks, 55, said. "They're going to retire his number, and he's going to have an opportunity, hopefully, to be part of two national championship teams and he beat Michigan three times. He just cemented himself in Ohio State folklore forever.
"I told him, when you play at Ohio State, you make a lot of people happy on Saturday. You change a lot of kids' lives. I was on an airplane and these kids saw my Hall of Fame ring and said, You went to Ohio State? That's my favorite team.' That's because of Ted Ginn and Troy Smith and those guys."
The best in OSU history
It might be blasphemy. But . . .
"I think he should be in that conversation," said Griffin, the running back who won the Heisman in 1974 and 1975 and who, along with 1950 Heisman winner Vic Janowicz, is generally considered to top the list of greatest Buckeyes. "I think he's certainly the best quarterback I've seen at Ohio State. And when you think about how he plays in big games, I think that is very viable."
Griffin saw everything he needed to see from Smith on the field before the Michigan games at Ohio Stadium in 2004 and this season, when Griffin made sure to look into Smith's eyes.
"It was his eyes and the smile that he had, a confident smile on his face," Griffin said. "I would go up to my seat feeling really good because of the confidence I knew Troy had."
While Smith has talked with both Griffin and 1995 Heisman winner Eddie George, he said the conversation has never turned toward the little man giving a stiff arm.
"It's been basically keep up the good work," Griffin said. "Continue with the things that are important. I love the way he's handled the whole thing."
Griffin remains the player maybe most associated with the Heisman, and each year he spends the week in New York taking part of several events that surround Saturday's ceremony and the dinner that follows on Monday. He's eager to welcome another Buckeye for the second time since his wins.
"I get fired up when there's a Heisman candidate from Ohio State," Griffin said. "[Before the season] when they talked about other people at the top of the list, in my mind I was trying to figure out how that could not be Troy Smith. Because at the end of the last season, I thought he was as good as any quarterback in the country."
As the president of Ohio State's alumni association, Griffin's life continues to be tied up in scarlet and gray. He's reminded about the Heisman every single day. Like few others, Griffin knows what Smith is in for.
"It's going to change his life. No longer will he be Troy Smith," Griffin said. "He'll be Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith."
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Prelude to the Heisman
Buckeyes' Smith wins Walter Camp Player of the Year
Posted: Thursday December 7, 2006 6:44PM; Updated: Thursday December 7, 2006 7:01PM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year on Thursday.
Smith is the 40th recipient of the award and the third Buckeye to capture the honor. Running backs Archie Griffin (1974, 1975) and Eddie George (1995) were the others.
Smith is fourth in the nation in passer rating (167.9) with 2,507 yards, 30 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He will lead No. 1 Ohio State against No. 2 Florida for the national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. Smith is also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, which will be presented Saturday.
"It's been a fairy tale season and we just have to end it on the right note," Smith said Thursday.
The Walter Camp winner is voted on by the nations 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors.
Other finalists included quarterbacks Brady Quinn (Notre Dame) and Colt Brennan (Hawaii) and running backs Steve Slaton (West Virginia) and Darren McFadden (Arkansas).
"We are extremely pleased with the selection of Troy Smith as our Player of the Year," Foundation President Allen Jackson said. "His all-around performance and leadership for the top-ranked Buckeyes has been most impressive and extremely worthy of this prestigious honor."
Smith and the members of the 2006 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the foundation's national awards banquet on Jan. 13.
Prelude to the Heisman
Buckeyes' Smith wins Walter Camp Player of the Year
Posted: Thursday December 7, 2006 6:44PM; Updated: Thursday December 7, 2006 7:01PM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year on Thursday.
Smith is the 40th recipient of the award and the third Buckeye to capture the honor. Running backs Archie Griffin (1974, 1975) and Eddie George (1995) were the others.
Smith is fourth in the nation in passer rating (167.9) with 2,507 yards, 30 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He will lead No. 1 Ohio State against No. 2 Florida for the national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. Smith is also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, which will be presented Saturday.
"It's been a fairy tale season and we just have to end it on the right note," Smith said Thursday.
The Walter Camp winner is voted on by the nations 119 Division I-A coaches and sports information directors.
Other finalists included quarterbacks Brady Quinn (Notre Dame) and Colt Brennan (Hawaii) and running backs Steve Slaton (West Virginia) and Darren McFadden (Arkansas).
"We are extremely pleased with the selection of Troy Smith as our Player of the Year," Foundation President Allen Jackson said. "His all-around performance and leadership for the top-ranked Buckeyes has been most impressive and extremely worthy of this prestigious honor."
Smith and the members of the 2006 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the foundation's national awards banquet on Jan. 13.
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Did you see JT as Smith was speaking after being awarded as the nations top QB? That was the look of a very proud father.
Did you see JT as Smith was speaking after being awarded as the nations top QB? That was the look of a very proud father.
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Wow. That one sentence encapsulates a lot of what OSU football means to people.
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Awesome! Awards well deserved Troy. You've come a long way. In a boy, out a man. Buckeye nation is proud of you.
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