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QB Troy Smith (2006 Heisman Trophy Winner)

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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Smith honored at Glenville
7:04 p.m.

For 90 minutes on Wednesday afternoon in a packed Glenville High School gymnasium, Troy Smith?s on-the-field and off-the-field accomplishments were magnified in what was dubbed ?Celebrating Troy Smith.?

The former Tarblooder, now the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who will try to lead Ohio State to the national championship next month, had praise and gifts heaped upon him by officials from the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Municipal School District.

Basheer Jones recited a poem, which he wrote in his friend?s honor. Glenville football coach and Smith?s father figure, Ted Ginn Sr., presented his former standout with his No. 7 game jersey, framed and encased in glass.

Mayor Frank Jackson gave Smith the key to the city and a proclamation declaring Dec. 13, 2006 as ?Troy Smith Day.?

For the final 15 minutes of the celebration, the 1,000-plus crowd was absorbed by Smith, who displays poise and composure when throwing or running the football, and used those same traits while expressing words of compassion.

?I love the game of football, but I love my surroundings even more,? said Smith. ?I love everything about this community and Cleveland.?

Smith promised when his playing days are over, he?s coming back to give back and hopes the same people who said they came to Glenville to honor him, stay true to their words.

?When I call, you better pick the phone up,? said Smith.

? Bob Fortuna, [email protected]

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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Heisman winner honored at Glenville
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4 p.m.

More than 1,000 people gathered in the Glenville High School gymnasium this afternoon for Celebrating Troy Smith, a program honoring this year's Heisman Trophy winning quarterback from Ohio State.

Smith joined Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders and Smith's high school coach Glenville, Ted Ginn Sr.

Jackson declared today "Troy Smith Day" and gave him a key to the city.

Sanders told the audience that it's a proud day for the Cleveland municipal school district, pointing out that not only is Smith a Glenville graduate, but an Ohio State graduate as well. Smith earned a bachelor's degree in communications in four years at Ohio State.

"He is an example of how serious we are about academic accomplishments," Sanders said.[/FONT]
 
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Readers proud of Troy Smith

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Last week as Troy Smith was on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy by a runaway margin, we asked cleveland.com users to send their wishes and messages of congratulations for the Ohio State star and Glenville grad. Here's a sampling of those messages:
From: Randy Dean
City: Parma, OH
Message: Congratulations on winning the Heisman Award. The attitude you have shown is to be commended and true leadership is leading by example and pivital in sports as it is in life. You have not only motivated your team to victory but passionatly you have inspired them to great things for 2006. My heart filled thanks for making Cleveland proud of one it's own sons. Thanks for the Saturday memories this year!!

From: L.E. Smith
City: East Cleveland, OH
Message: Troy, Congratulations for winning the Heisman Trophy on December 9, 2006. You made not only yourself, your family and friends, and coaches, teammates, and mentors at Ohio State and Glenville High School proud, but all of Greater Cleveland as well. Best wishes in the National title game with Florida. Go Bucks!!

From: Robert Schooley
City: Lorain, OH
Message: Troy, congratulations on winning the Heisman, class act. Would like to see you with the Browns next year, good luck.

From: Marlana Pugh Hamer
City: Cleveland, OH
Message: Congratulations, member of Cleveland Municipal School District's Class of 2002, and now OSU's Class of 2006! Your successes give us renewed hope for today's youth everywhere.
- Mrs. Hamer, a veteran CMSD English teacher

From: Joyce
City: Cleveland, OH
Message: It has been a pleasure to see you mature into an exemplary man and athlete. The Heisman is only one of your many accomplishments that await you in the future. Thanks for the great Glenville and OSU memories! Best of luck in your future career!
From: Jeffrey Bridge
City: Boston, MA
Message: Troy, thanks for everything you do for the great state of Ohio. You are an inspiration for all Buckeyes. Now, go win us another National Championship. Beat Michigan.

From: Barbara Williamson
City: University Heights, OH
Message: Dear Troy, I am so proud of you and wish you the best when you play the championship game in a few weeks. I am a retired teacher who loves sports and especially football. My life has been filled with fathers and brothers who were all involved with sports. You made my day when OSU defeated Michigan. Your acceptance speech was awesome and so spiritual.God bless you and the team. Barbara Williamson

From: John Maillis
City: Las Vegas, NV
Message: Congrats, I would like to thank you for the great year and the way you handled yourself with class. good luck in Arizona and God bless. Go Bucks, beat Florida.

From: Chris Davis
City: Erie, PA
Message:Troy Smith has deserved this award since his victory over arch-rival Michigan. He has truly been the Most Valuable Player on the best team in college football. I thank him for representing what it means to be a Buckeye. Best of luck to Smith and the rest of the Buckeyes on January 8th against Flordia. Go BUCKS.

From: Amir Bell
City: Chicago, IL
Message: I just want to say congrats Troy and it's great to see somebody from the inner city of Cleveland be successful and remain focus. I am a Bobcat from OHIO U., but best believe i am pulling for the Buckeyes. Good luck in the national championship game and may your endeavors continue to the NFL.
- Displaced Clevelander in Chicago

From: Kevin & Brenda Stang
City: Fremont, OH
Message: Congrats! You deserve this award! You have made OSU proud and also the state of O-H-I-O. Good luck in the BCS championship game. GO BUCKS!

From: Norm Evans
City: Lebanon, OH
Message: A truly successful person is not measured by what he has attained but rather how far that person has had to come to get where they are. Now comes the difficult part of passing on that path to success to others behind you. Congratulations.

From: Rob Wittmer
City: Batesville, IN
Message: Congratulations! You're just amazing! You can bet my entire family will be watching January 8th! Good luck in the future!

From: ronald skelton
City: Louisville, KY
Message: Troy Smith - OSU graduate, leader, play-maker, and Michigan's worst nightmare! Thanks Troy!!

From: Ken Sherwin
City: Fort Worth, TX
Message: TARBLOOD WHACK THUD !!!!! We're proud of you Troy...

From: Jeffrey Bridge
City: Boston, MA
Message: Troy, thanks for everything you do for the great state of Ohio. You are an inspiration for all Buckeyes. Now, go win us another National Championship. Beat Michigan.
From: Kris Knight
City: Huron, OH
Message: Congrats Troy! You've made ohio proud. Thanks for stepping up and being a leader.
 
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Smith receives hero?s welcome
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Tom Withers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith was honored at Cleveland Glenville, his high-school alma mater.
CLEVELAND ? Troy Smith had spent days keeping it all together.
Through the whirlwind trip to New York, the nerve-racking Heisman Trophy ceremony, the endless photo sessions and interviews, Ohio State?s quarterback had remained poised and polished, as unflappable off the field as on it.
But standing yesterday in front of the people who helped raise him, who love him and know him best, Smith could no longer hold back his tears.
Presented with the No. 7 jersey he wore as a senior at Glenville High School, Smith broke down and wept.
And a proud community cried along with him.
Smith came home to a hero?s welcome as the city celebrated one of its sons winning the Heisman with an emotional celebration at Glenville, the school Smith has credited with saving his life.
More than 1,000 people packed into the gymnasium for a nearly two-hour ceremony. After taking his seat on a stage adorned with scarlet and gray balloons and photos of him leading the top-ranked Buckeyes, Smith listened intently as school administrators, politicians and students praised him.
"You have to stayed focused in the classroom, the football field and in life," said Dr. Eugene Sanders, CEO of Cleveland schools. "Out of Cleveland, Ohio, came greatness. Out of Cleveland, Ohio, came excellence."
Smith was given several proclamations by area politicians and he was handed a key to Cleveland by Mayor Frank Jackson, who declared Dec. 13, 2006, "Troy Smith Day."
Later, Ted Ginn Sr., Glenville?s coach and a father figure to Smith, began his remarks by introducing the current Tarblooders team as well as youth teams from the area who came to pay tribute to Smith.
"This is the present, and that?s the future," Ginn said, pointing to the Glenville Titans, a team Smith played for as a kid.
Then Ginn unveiled Smith?s black-and-red Glenville jersey. As the crowd gasped and rose to its feet, the All-American quarterback whose steady hand has kept Ohio State on top all season, broke down.
Ginn, too, was overcome with emotion and had to pause several times as he gave his speech.
"It wasn?t always easy," Ginn said, recalling the tough love he gave to Smith. "But Troy?s accomplishment is no surprise to me."
Basheer Jones, a longtime friend of Smith?s, recalled a conversation the two had in the summer after their seventhgrade year. Sitting in the basement at Smith?s house, they cried together because they wanted better lives for their families.
That day, they vowed to make a difference.
"He told me, ?I?m going to win the Heisman and play in the NFL,? " Jones said. "I believed him."
Jones then read, "A Rose that Grows in the Concrete," a poem he wrote that was partly inspired by Smith.
"It has no idea why it grows, but it does," said Jones, who then pointed to Smith. "This is the example, from the concrete grows a rose."
After the ceremony, Smith was asked how the day?s events stacked up against the many memorable ones he has had of late.
"This definitely ranks at the top," he said. "I?m a Tarblooder through and through. That?s me."
 
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I was thinking on this today as I saw some Bears stuff on NFL Live. I think if the Bears are going to make a move for a QB, I'd expect it to be via FA, not the draft. This is a team built to win today. With the right QB, they could be a SB favorite going into the season. I doubt they want to sit and wait for any drafted QB who could potentially take 2 full seasons to mature.

I think Matt Schaub is a FA and would make a nice fit should Atl choose to keep Vick.

This said, it would hurt Troy's chances. There likely won't be more than 2-4 teams drafting a QB in the first. If Braum or Russel test out higher, it could push him into the second.
 
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As much as I would absolutely love to see Troy in a #10 Browns jersey, I know that it's not the best for him, or the franchise. The problem is, especially dealing with the Browns, is can they deal with him going to Baltimore (which definitely is a good fit for Troy)?

The fan backlash alone that would result from Troy going to the Ravens would be huge, especially if the Browns turn in another 6-win or less season next year. While I do think that Frye is a decent QB, the fact that there is a current QB controversy in Cleveland between him and Derek Anderson is fairly telling about the direction of the team.

If the Browns are fighting about the current QB situation between two big, tall QBs that unfortunately might not cut the mustard, then what precludes them from taking Troy?

It would personally kill me to see Troy playing for the Ravens... steal our team, take our Heisman winner, win the Super Bowl... and it would kill a lot of other Browns fans as well. I'm not saying that the Browns have to take Troy, but they certainly have to prevent him going to Baltimore.

Since Houston's getting reamed for not taking VY this year and letting him go to a division rival, the Browns would certainly get the same treatment. Especially since, unlike Houston, where David Carr is a #1 franchise QB pick, the Browns have a third-rounder and a sixth-rounder currently starting.

All I have to say is that the Browns will most likely pass on Troy, and he will kill Cleveland in every way possible whenever they meet. When Troy comes to Cleveland Browns Stadium, fans will root for him, and he'll show the Browns up. It's going to happen... I'm certain of it.
 
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Joe Schad Blog

I think we all know what kind of person Troy Smith is. Simply amazing if you ask me. Schad has a overwindy blog on ESPN but at the end there is this:
Asked about being one of a handful of black quarterbacks to have won the Heisman Trophy and considering that he is playing in a national championship game featuring two black quarterbacks (which is rarer than you may think), Smith replied:
"People like to bring up color and I don't see that. I'm just another guy who won the Heisman. I don't see color."
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Troy Smith is a person that I want to meet not because he's a football player but because of the awesome person he is.
 
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Joe Schad Blog

I think we all know what kind of person Troy Smith is. Simply amazing if you ask me. Schad has a overwindy blog on ESPN but at the end there is this:
Quote:
Asked about being one of a handful of black quarterbacks to have won the Heisman Trophy and considering that he is playing in a national championship game featuring two black quarterbacks (which is rarer than you may think), Smith replied:
"People like to bring up color and I don't see that. I'm just another guy who won the Heisman. I don't see color."
Troy Smith is a person that I want to meet not because he's a football player but because of the awesome person he is.
 
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Bears are still on notice

Okinawa's#1Buck;687933; said:
I was thinking on this today as I saw some Bears stuff on NFL Live. I think if the Bears are going to make a move for a QB, I'd expect it to be via FA, not the draft. This is a team built to win today. With the right QB, they could be a SB favorite going into the season. I doubt they want to sit and wait for any drafted QB who could potentially take 2 full seasons to mature.

I think Matt Schaub is a FA and would make a nice fit should Atl choose to keep Vick.

This said, it would hurt Troy's chances. There likely won't be more than 2-4 teams drafting a QB in the first. If Braum or Russel test out higher, it could push him into the second.
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Finally someone else who realizes the Bears will not draft Troy. Rex Grossman is obviously loved by someone in the organization, or he wouldn't have been given such lead way with his awful play. Not to mention the fact that I don't see the Bears using another first round draft pick on a quarterback that is seen as too small to play in the NFL. Rex Grossman is only 6'1" and his height has been mentioned as a reason for his sucky play (of course the real reason is that he continually decides who he will throw to before the ball is ever snapped, and his best play is to throw it up deep and hope for a pass interferences call). Plus Troy can't play for a team named after Bears! I simply will not stand for it.
 
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