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

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Taosman;1633779; said:
and from Bill Plashke of the LA Times

Did you see that runaway Rose Parade float?

Veered off Colorado early Friday afternoon, rolled right down through the Arroyo Seco, huge thing covered in bits of mud and grass and drama.

For three breathless hours through nearly 100,000 bystanders it chugged, up and down, side to side, some folks fleeing, others screaming, everyone staring.

Did you see it? The University of Oregon football team saw it, and has the tire marks on its back to show for it.

Did you hear it? The college football world heard it, and the buzz will soon be deafening.

It was last seen rolling off into Heisman dreams and Ducks nightmares and bouquets of buckeyes.

And this year's Grand Marshal's Award goes to . . . Terrelle Pryor.

"You know what?" said DeVier Posey. "Wow."

Posey is an Ohio State receiver. Pryor is his quarterback.
Wow is a fact.
Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor hogs the Rose Bowl stage completely - latimes.com
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Oregon Ducks' offense a different kind of animal - latimes.com

Now read the previous story that gushed with platitudes and had the Buckeyes shivering at the thought of the mighty Ducks. Apologies? No. Crow eating session? Most assuredly.

Duck. Duck. Whoosh.

Those bright flashes dancing through Arroyo Seco this afternoon will not be the traditional winter sun, but Oregon kids on the run.

That chill whipping through the Pasadena trees will not be the familiar winter breeze, but Ohio kids on their knees.

Cover up, bundle up, heads up, the Rose Bowl is about to become Ohhhs Bowl, thousands of mouths open in wonder, shaped like the letter that symbolizes the team about to capture breaths and steal hearts and make the battered Pacific 10 Conference whole again.

Every Duck has his day, and this one will belong to Oregon, which should run past Ohio State this afternoon in a game that will hark back to the Rose Bowls of the early 1900s.

Chariot races everywhere.
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I haven't had a chance to post on here since the Rose Bowl, but I had to stop and give TP some massive props. It's pretty well documented how much scrutiny he has taken over the season. Some on this board called for him to be benched. I expect all of those guys to man up and admit that they were wrong. We all have waited for that bright light to click on (and stay on) for TP. I think it finally clicked on for good on Friday in Pasadena. He deserves all of the good press (for a change) that he earned with his performance in the Rose Bowl. I am really proud of his effort, as all Buckeye fans should be.

I get amped up thinking about what his encore could be next season. Let's sit back and enjoy our ride back to the top........with TP at the wheel. :)
 
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daddyphatsacs;1634024; said:
I haven't had a chance to post on here since the Rose Bowl, but I had to stop and give TP some massive props. It's pretty well documented how much scrutiny he has taken over the season. Some on this board called for him to be benched. I expect all of those guys to man up and admit that they were wrong. We all have waited for that bright light to click on (and stay on) for TP. I think it finally clicked on for good on Friday in Pasadena. He deserves all of the good press (for a change) that he earned with his performance in the Rose Bowl. I am really proud of his effort, as all Buckeye fans should be.

I get amped up thinking about what his encore could be next season. Let's sit back and enjoy our ride back to the top........with TP at the wheel. :)
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Nicely said. I thought he had a breakthrough game, I'm excited to see what's coming next year for TP. Hoping he works hard this offseason to improve more and help the team move towards a national championship.

Well done TP.

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A post by Dryden in the Tressel official thread led to a post on UWeekly by one VR Bryant. In it there was a reference to another posting by the same author about TP - here is that article. One Small Step.

It's a delicate thing, analyzing a player's career so closely from start to finish, but that's exactly what we have done with OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor. The level of scrutiny he has undergone to this point may well be unprecedented for an Ohio State player - he plays the highest-profile position on the field and he's playing it in an era of inexhaustible media coverage and commentary.
So it's with this caveat that I will continue on in my own humble perception of Pryor's play: like anything else, we won't really know how to properly evaluate this situation until we're no longer in the middle of it. That is, only through retrospect will I ever feel truly comfortable levying judgment.

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It's a tired comparison, but I think there's still some validity to it - Vince Young, in his first full year behind center, completed 59.2 percent of his passes for 1,849 yards, 12 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Pryor in his: 56.6 percent, 2094 yards, 18 TDs, 11 interceptions. The next year, Young jumped to 65.2 percent passing, threw for more than 3,000 yards and 26 scores with only 10 picks in 75 more attempts.
Was the Rose Bowl a precursor to that kind of progression? Possibly. But please, let's not take it as a given.
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SI article about the bowl season, featuring Terrelle. While top coaches made strange exits, Terrelle Pryor - 01.11.10 - SI Vault

I quoted just the tOSU part, click the link for the whole article.

Austin Murphy; said:
It started with the Hamlet-like deliberations of a burned-out Urban Meyer, who resigned, then unresigned to go on "indefinite leave" at Florida. Next came the tempest at Texas Tech, resulting in sworn affidavits, a threatened lawsuit and an unemployed Mike Leach. Between those soap operas and the poignant leave-taking of Bobby Bowden at Florida State, this was already the most emotionally charged bowl season in memory, and that was before Dan (Boom) Herron set out to find a hat.

While his teammates hugged and cheerleaders shed happy tears and the band played Hang On Sloopy in the aftermath of Ohio State's redemptive 26--17 win over Oregon in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, Herron, the Buckeyes' sophomore tailback, roamed the confetti-strewn field like Richard III in search of his mount.

"Who's got the hats?" boomed Boom. "I just want a hat!" Herron had just chipped in 104 all-purpose yards in Ohio State's first bowl victory in four years, and damned if he wasn't going to reap the spoils. His kingdom for a 2010 rose bowl champions ball cap.

In becoming the first Big Ten team to win in Pasadena since 2000, Ohio State did its part to restore some luster to a conference whose programs have won three of six bowl games this season (Iowa faced Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl on Tuesday) after losing six of seven a year ago. However, this time around the annual exercise of rating conferences based on their bowl performances was overshadowed by the high drama off the field.

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Aware that freakish athletic ability alone would only get him so far, Pryor chose Ohio State, in large part because he wanted to play in a pro-style offense to bolster his NFL prospects. As he looked back on it, two days before the Rose Bowl, his desire to be that classic drop-back passer turned into one of his biggest problems this season. In order to disprove the doubters, he was determined to stand fast in the pocket, "to try and make the tough throws."

The unhappy result: For the first half of this season he forced passes into coverage, all the while making himself much easier to defend, by not running. Pryor threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles in a stunning 26--18 loss at Purdue on Oct. 17. Seven games into the season he had already thrown eight picks and been sacked a dozen times. He appeared to be regressing. Had coach Jim Tressel put the matter to a vote of Buckeyes fans, Pryor would have been moved to wide receiver.

Far be it from the staid and deliberate Senator Tressel, as he has been nicknamed, to make such a rash move. In a meeting with Pryor the coach urged his pupil to stop worrying about getting to his fourth read and to start using his feet more.

Did the criticism sting? "Besides my coaches, I don't listen to anybody," Pryor says. "I know what I can do. No one has seen what I can do yet."
With its quarterback's confidence in question, Ohio State relied more on its ground game in the second half of the season. The Buckeyes rushed for nearly 1,300 yards over the final five games. Oregon noticed.

"They're a traditional, downhill running team," declared Ducks defensive tackle Brandon Bair two days before the game. "Obviously, that's what they're going to want to do?establish the run. With Pryor they haven't really gone to the air to win games."

Having connected on five of 13 passes in last year's bowl loss, Pryor completed five passes on Ohio State's opening drive against the Ducks, the last a 13-yard-touchdown toss to tailback Brandon Saine. The drive took 10 plays; the Buckeyes dialed up passes on eight of them. Just when you think you have Tressel pegged as this predictable, conservative fuddy-duddy, he pulls alongside you at the intersection on a Harley. So to speak.

"After that drive," said left tackle Jim Cordle, "we knew our offense was better than their defense."

Even on third down. Reminded earlier in the week of Ducks defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti's observation that pressure "seems like it rattles him a little," Pryor agreed. "That's what we work on a lot," he said, "third-down pressure. That's one of my weak points, and I'm sure Oregon will go after that."

Yet there was the sophomore completing seven of 10 passes during a 19-play, 67-yard second-quarter drive that ended with a field goal and chewed 8:03 off the clock. Against the Ducks, Pryor & Co. converted 11 of 21 third downs, or 52.4%?almost 12 percentage points better than their season average. One conversion stood above the rest: Staring down a third-and-13 at his 45 and the Buckeyes nursing a 19--17 lead, Pryor called Right 64 Cam?one of the many pass plays in which Ballard is a safety valve, an afterthought

"I was supposed to be floating in the
flat," he recounted. "Then Terrelle started scrambling, so I started heading upfield."

Sprinting to his right, Pryor lofted a 24-yard floater that hung in the air for the length of a TV timeout, or so it seemed. Ballard launched his 256-pound frame roughly three feet off the ground and made the catch.

Working the other side of the field five snaps later, Pryor perfectly placed a 17-yard pass on the outside shoulder of wideout DeVier Posey, whose twisting TD catch gave the Buckeyes a nine-point lead with 7:02 left.

"I got that off of Peyton Manning, just watching him a lot," Pryor said. "That play's almost unstoppable." His confidence had been found. Against Oregon he rushed 20 times for 72 yards, while completing 23 of 37 passes for 266 yards, with two touchdowns, one interception and one MVP trophy.

In the postgame chaos, Herron finally found a hat. Pryor boarded a golf cart with senior safety Kurt Coleman, who draped an arm around his shoulders and told him, "Great game."

He was right. Pryor has never been better. And we still haven't seen what he can do.​
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"And we still haven't seen what he can do."

I love this last sentence in the article.

Check this out: TP gained 127 more yds this year, than Troy Smith did the year he won the Heisman Trophy!!

As a true Sophmore!!

Still haven't seen what he can do, indeed!!

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scarletngray;1637565; said:
"And we still haven't seen what he can do."

I love this last sentence in the article.

Check this out: TP gained 127 more yds this year, than Troy Smith did the year he won the Heisman Trophy!!

As a true Sophmore!!

Still haven't seen what he can do, indeed!!

:osu:
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Fair to point out Troy had 1 less game to gain his yards :/ (his last game that season didn't do much for his cause though)

Point taken though, the sky is the limit with Pryor
 
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