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QB/WR Terrelle Pryor ('10 Rose, '11 Sugar MVP)

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Tresselbeliever;1257755; said:
With Beanie out, Pryor is just too much size and speed to leave on the bench. We know he can throw it but can he catch too?
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This is what I have been thinking a little about...Line him up at receiver some, give him a short screen, or put him the backfield in a single back and give him a pitch or something, the safeties would have to stay back looking for a HB toss pass, and he could maybe bust one on the run...

I do believe that we will see some of this tomorrow...I don't like the idea of just giving him the reigns at QB...Todd has too much experience and TP not enough to do something like that...Maybe a play or two here and there, but not whole series...Unless he shows that he should be in there for whole series...Don't force the issues, I think todd can have a solid game...
 
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I wouldnt be so sure, as the argument goes, if Ohio was too much pressure for him...cant imagine tressel putting him under USC's pressure.

I think Pryor should be given a series to run the offense. Let him loose and see how much pressure he really can take, instead of assuming. (EDIT: which if i recall, seems to be what tressel did. didnt pryor get a series and go 3-and-out against Ohio?)
 
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crazybuckfan40;1257764; said:
This is what I have been thinking a little about...Line him up at receiver some, give him a short screen, or put him the backfield in a single back and give him a pitch or something, the safeties would have to stay back looking for a HB toss pass, and he could maybe bust one on the run...

I do believe that we will see some of this tomorrow...I don't like the idea of just giving him the reigns at QB...Todd has too much experience and TP not enough to do something like that...Maybe a play or two here and there, but not whole series...Unless he shows that he should be in there for whole series...Don't force the issues, I think todd can have a solid game...
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Yeah, that's exactly what I have in mind. I also think we can line him up next to Todd but then split him out wide and create some mismatches against LBers. He is 6-6 after all.
 
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Going to have to disagree with him playing an entire series. Putting him in for single plays would be more effective and keep USC off-balance IMO. And it wouldn't be a ridiculous amount of pressure (unless the one play was at the goal line with seconds left when we needed a TD to win, obviously). Giving him a whole series is setting him up to fail, and that could hurt his confidence. Don't need to be doing any of that. But I don't know the kid. I guess I'll just trust the coaches. :tongue2:

We could line him up at a few spots (QB, HB, WR, TE) and not even give him the ball, but he'd still have an impact.
 
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osugrad21;1257203; said:
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I hope so. Under the circumstances, this isn't a game where we can babysit a talent like TP and expect to win. We have to take some chances. On defense, that means going after Sanchez. On offense, that means getting the ball in the hands of your playmakers. TP is a playmaker.

No disrespect intended to Todd but if we line up in the I-formation with Mo Wells and Boeckman we're going to have a long night. We have to take some risks with the freshman, open up the field, and try to put some pressure on the SC defense.
 
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3074326;1257777; said:
Going to have to disagree with him playing an entire series. Putting him in for single plays would be more effective and keep USC off-balance IMO. And it wouldn't be a ridiculous amount of pressure (unless the one play was at the goal line with seconds left when we needed a TD to win, obviously). Giving him a whole series is setting him up to fail, and that could hurt his confidence. Don't need to be doing any of that. But I don't know the kid. I guess I'll just trust the coaches. :tongue2:

We could line him up at a few spots (QB, HB, WR, TE) and not even give him the ball, but he'd still have an impact.
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So you are agreeing with me and not disagreeing with me...:tongue2:
 
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Agreeing, for sure. :biggrin: I'll lay out what I think could be an effective gameplan on offense so I'm more clear.

Todd is the QB. He has the ability to get some good gains running, but he should be the main passer, obviously. Bring in Pryor for some QB draws, and short passes if he's ready for it. Bring back Todd and have him run a draw a couple times. Mixing passing and running with both TP and TB would keep USC way off balance. Imagine if we lined TP up at WR, TE, RB as well. They'd be completely thrown off, even if he didn't get the ball.

Basically, I just want to see us do as much as we can to confuse USC. Remember those odd formations that LSU used against us? I'd love to see some craziness. Some may say that if we need gimmicky plays to win, than we don't deserve to win. Last I checked, the team that scores the most wins. And we should try to score as much as possible. :tongue2:

Probably more of a reply than you expected. :biggrin:

EDIT: Also, this is one of the few times that I could see a two-QB system actually being more effective than a one-QB system. And by this I don't mean an even split of snaps.. TB should and will get more snaps. TP should be used as a weapon.

Haha, I have this feeling that the coaches will have a solid gameplan and they don't need my advice.
 
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crazybuckfan40;1257800; said:
So you are agreeing with me and not disagreeing with me...:tongue2:
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Its sort of the Michael Vick factor when he was with the Falcons. I remember watching some games of theirs and they would line Vick up at receiver, or running back and get the defenses attention, more often than not, that player doesn't get the ball, so a smart coordinator will treat the situation like its just another player. The key is to catch the defense off-balance and make them pay.
 
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Hypothetically speaking here, what if Pryor has a breakout game and plays unbelievably. Now I know that Boeckman is our QB and I think he should be, but what type of roll would he play the rest of the season? Especially when Beanie comes back 100%?
 
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If JT has been planning to exploit Pryor's unique gifts in this game all along, to exploit them using plays we have not yet seen on the field - by all means go for it. But if the suggestion is somehow that we do so as a desperation move in response to Beanie's injury I find that both preposterous and insulting to the rest of the team.

Beanie can be a difference maker. But without him we are not suddenly Northwestern. We have an excellent D, some decent receivers and a couple of other RBs who might stumble forward on one or two plays if we give them the chance.

We are NOT the team that struggled to beat OU. Unless, of course, the tone of desperation I am reading from some permeates the entire team. This suggestion that rather than rely on 21 seniors and 39 upper classmen we turn to an unproven true Freshman. If that is the case we lose by 30 regardless of how we use Pryor.

We were the underdog going in. We are a bigger underdog without Beanie. But we are fortunate enough to be taking on the #1 team in the country on a national stage with a TEAM that is capable of pulling it off. Let's get behind that.
 
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