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

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Bob Hunter commentary: Pryor's biggest challenge may be in handling his success

Monday, October 6, 2008 3:04 AM
By Bob Hunter

After Ohio State's 20-17 win over Wisconsin, there was all kinds of talk about how Terrelle Pryor is growing up. It's funny, but I don't see it. Since the day the Jeannette, Pa., phenom arrived on the Ohio State campus, he seemed like a 30-year-old NFL veteran in a kid's body, or at least the body of a kid who has one-in-a-billion talent. The day he met the media hordes in Ohio Stadium on photo day, Pryor handled it like a guy who was preparing for his third Super Bowl. There was nothing in his demeanor, nothing in his words or facial expressions, nothing in his steely eyes, to indicate that he was anxious or wary in his new surroundings. Yes, he was a 19-year-old freshman sitting on the floor of a cavernous, 105,000-seat stadium that is one of the iconic symbols of college football, but he knew he belonged.
If you think about where this already has taken him in the short time since then, it's a pretty amazing story. A few weeks ago, he was playing a few series against Youngstown State and Ohio. He progressed to sharing time with sixth-year senior Todd Boeckman against then-No. 1 Southern California in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on national television, then threw four touchdown passes in his first start against Troy. And Saturday, he led a winning touchdown drive in the closing moments of a road game against Wisconsin in a house of doom where the Buckeyes always have had trouble winning.
The spotlight obviously doesn't faze him and history apparently doesn't either. There's growth, yes, but it's not the kind you usually see from a young player, the growth in confidence as he gradually finds his comfort level. Somehow, Pryor already had it.
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Don't know if grad21 posted it or not but Gregg Doyel of CBS was on Pryor's nuts! Doyel of all people! Matt Zemek of CFN, who has always been a great writer, wrote a great piece too. I'll link when I get a chance (posting from my phone...).
 
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Scout.com: Instant Analysis: Ohio State-Wisconsin

Instant Analysis: Ohio State-Wisconsin

By Matt Zemek
Staff Columnist
Posted Oct 5, 2008

The long and storied history of Ohio State football has witnessed a parade of icons and images too numerous to count. Saturday night in Madison, Wis., a young man named Terrelle Pryor took one very big step toward earning himself a prized place in a proud program?s pigskin pantheon.

Any longtime observer of college football cannot deny the impression made by Mr. Pryor in his team?s heartstopping 20-17 triumph over a brokenhearted bunch of Badgers in Camp Randall Stadium. The greatest athletes of any age or era possess a magical ability to conquer the most daunting of circumstances, even when the odds seem stacked against them. In one drive that might soon acquire legendary, even mythical, status in the state of Ohio, the teenager wearing jersey No. 2 became a distinct No. 1 in the hearts of Buckeyes from Lisbon to Lima and Dayton to Defiance.

Football might be a 60-minute game, but everything you need to know about this ballyhooed Big Ten backyard brawl occurred in one segment of five minutes and twenty-three seconds, for it was in that length of time that Terrelle Pryor?with his Bucks trailing 17-13 and facing the prospect of a ruined season?staged a rally-round-the-flag fightback for the ages, squarely in the midst of enemy territory.

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osugrad21;1282896; said:
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Handling success...


Each week is obviously a new challenge for the team, but especially so for a young QB. He passed the test of playing in one of the Big 10's toughest environments and having to handle late game pressure. Now comes an expected win against Purdue. Can Pryor stay confident w/o getting too comfortable...that's what I thought shortly after the game. At this point, not much surprises me about this kid...he's got a world of talent and also seems to be fearless. If I was 19, this would definitely go to my head. How will Pryor handle it...should be fun to watch!
 
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jmorbitz;1282728; said:
The deep ball to Saine was thrown a little short,
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a little short yes. but realistically it wouldn't have mattered. the cb jumped it and ran the route at which point saine became the cb. can't remember the kids name but he was very literally running the route before saine was 5 yrds from him. great job of film study there, good int. pryor should have either tried to get saine to break off the route and come short or check down. typically freshman mistake. it wasn't there and he tried to force it.

then later in the game they go back to the deep ball to Robo, and the DB was lucky enough to keep Robo's right hand down without being called for inference, but TP's throw was much improved from the first deep ball. The touch was there, Robo was in stride, and the pass came in right over his shoulder, which, I feel if Robo had control of his other hand that is a catch. But it didn't happen, so we should concetrate on the throw.
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yep, that throw was perfect. would have hit him perfectly in stride. cb took the only option to prevent the completion he had. grabbed an arm and prayed the ref wasn't watching :p. id like to see robo get a little more physical in that situation but im thinking the shoulder is still bothering him.

And the last drive, it was great because he recovered mentally after some of the sacks and dropped passes from earlier. It was just TPoise.
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thats what i have been most impressed with. he hasn't let the rush get to him. even after running 15 some odd times for 20 yrds his biggest mistake is "holding the ball too long". while he does stick to receivers a little to long, he definitely goes through his progressions and doesn't run when #1 isn't there. the hostile environment didn't even seem to affect him in a dramatic way. hard to not be impressed at this point.

Taosman;1282738; said:
The WRers didn't have a great game last night and provide help. Robo was all but invisible. That shoulder must be a mess. Hartline dropped several passes. And Small screwed up a sure TD catch by first running out of bounds and then flat dropping a well thrown ball. Posey and Sanz were factors. Maybe Small and Robo need to share more time with Posey and Sanz? :shake:
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i agree on the shoulder issue for robo. he really hasn't looked the same since he went down on it hard on the td early in the year. but its typical for starting wr's to have difficulty with a new qb. i remember ginn, holmes, gonzo and the rest struggling during the transition from zwick to smith both in 04 then again in 05 coming off the suspension. its a big adjustment to make. but given another couple of games i think those drops will start to disappear.
 
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It was good to see Terrelle play a full game. While he had a few mistakes, it's obvious that he has an incredibly bright future ahead of him.

I hope the coaching staff make the best use of his talents during his tenure at Ohio State. Being conservative when you're up on points has to go...
 
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I watched The Drive for the first time since Saturday night.....


i was amazed how much composure TP showed after the fumble, a couple sacks, another fumble. I was a nervous wreck during that final drive and after watching it a second time i walk away about 1,000 times more impressed.

Hopefully he can keep that level of focus for an entire 60 minutes. the QB who fit that ball into Ray Small through traffic is not the same QB that missed a wide open Posey. As Beanie, said......are you going to be a boy or man?

I think TP answered that question
 
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Tlangs;1284129; said:
I watched The Drive for the first time since Saturday night.....


i was amazed how much composure TP showed after the fumble, a couple sacks, another fumble. I was a nervous wreck during that final drive and after watching it a second time i walk away about 1,000 times more impressed.

Hopefully he can keep that level of focus for an entire 60 minutes. the QB who fit that ball into Ray Small through traffic is not the same QB that missed a wide open Posey. As Beanie, said......are you going to be a boy or man?

I think TP answered that question
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You know I thought about that same thing. During the majority of the game, he was pretty hesitant. But during that last drive, he took some chances (like that pass to Ray). He probably realized at that point, no guts no glory.

I hope that gives him even more confidence moving forward.
 
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