WR Brian Robiskie (Official Thread)

[crazybuckfan40]

Hmm... guess you're right. Thought for sure he was a RS. Thanks for the correction.

Nope Tress gave him or Hartline the oppurtunity to Redshirt last year and Hartline broke his arm so Robo got the nod not to redshirt.

As for Robo becoming a star I agree. He has all the nuances of being a WR. He can get seperation and knows how to get in position to hold off the DB's. We havent seen him go over the top and have a shot at a jump ball which is where he will really excell.

 

[jwinslow]

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Game sealing TD catch...

 

[OhioState49]

Those are good. Did you take em or find em? what site if you did?

 

[ntd]

That was a hell of a play...I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion in this thread about it.

Robiskie did a great job improvising, Troy certainly did an amazing job as well, but Brian knew he could get open and did so, in the endzone, and that Troy could get him the ball...great confidence shown by Troy and Brian in each other, these young recievers are going to be good ones

 

[Best Buckeye]

This kid has all the makings . He did what he was trained to do on a broken play, come back or go long. Im glad he chose long lol. He has everything he needs to be a great player. :osu:

 

[scarletngray]

Robo has made some key catches this year. His size, separation and route running are going to meake him a great one in years to come.

 

[osugrad21]

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Robiskie catches on with Buckeyes

By Marla Ridenour
Akron Beacon Journal
(MCT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Troy Smith's touchdown pass measured 37 yards, but in total distance it was "57 yards on a rope." And as Ohio State coach Jim Tressel also observed, if Brian Robiskie didn't catch it, "They would have had to surgically remove it."
That's not how it felt to Robiskie.
"Everybody's been saying it was a strike, but to me it kinda seemed like it went up to the sky and came back down," Robiskie said.
If his father, Terry, was watching Saturday's 28-6 home victory over Penn State on television, that's probably how his heart felt. He still was beaming 24 hours later.
Terry Robiskie, the Browns' receivers coach, has been an NFL assistant for 25 years. He also served as offensive coordinator and interim coach in 2004, when the Browns finished the season 1-4 after the resignation of Butch Davis. He was interim coach for the Washington Redskins in 2000 and went 1-2.
Brian Robiskie, OSU's 6-foot-3 sophomore split end, was a first-team All-Ohio player as a senior at Chagrin Falls High School, where he caught 34 career touchdown passes. He nearly went to the University of Miami until Ohio State entered the recruiting picture late. Tressel visited Chagrin Falls unbeknownst to the younger Robiskie and had a long talk with his mother, Cynthia.
"She came out of there and was like, `Coach Tressel is a pretty good guy, maybe you should go down there and check out the school a little bit,' " Robiskie said.
When football people heard the name "Robiskie," they probably thought of Terry, at least until the amazing scramble play when Smith reversed field against the Nittany Lions. The score put OSU ahead 14-3 early in the fourth quarter and helped Robiskie earn a 92 percent grade for the game.
He was named the Buckeyes' offensive player of the week, not a small feat on a team that features Smith, receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez, and tailback Antonio Pittman.
Robiskie got his chance in the first two games, when starting senior Roy Hall sat out with a sprained ankle, and he seized his opportunity.
"Naturally, he's got a lot of talent," Gonzalez said of Robiskie. "A tall receiver, fast, great hands, great route runner. But on top of that, it's just hard work paying off for him."
Some would think Terry Robiskie's shadow would loom large, but Brian Robiskie is wise enough to know the value of being around his father. He even worked as a summer equipment assistant for three years when his dad joined the Browns.
Asked what he got paid, he said: "Not a lot. But I got a chance to learn a lot, though.
"It was definitely a blessing for me to watch how those guys practice, how they work in the weight room and on the field."
His dad's connections also enabled Brian to meet two of his idols: Hall of Fame-bound receiver Jerry Rice and running back Marcus Allen, a 2003 inductee and protege of Terry's while with the Los Angeles Raiders.
"Jerry Rice, I didn't get to talk to him a lot," Robiskie said. "But he told me at a young age, `Don't stop working out, running hard, doing the little things.' That stuck with me. My dad is good friends with Marcus Allen, a guy I looked up to a lot. He has called me through the recruiting process, through some of my big games and gave me a little bit of advice."
In Cleveland, Robiskie said he picked the brains of receiver Kevin Johnson and tight end Kellen Winslow.
"Talking to Kevin Johnson, my dad was always telling me he was a guy who has great hands that might not have been the fastest guy, but that didn't matter because there are other ways to get open," Robiskie said. "There are always things you can do to keep working for the quarterback."
Robiskie said his dad talks to him like he does to the pros, but he was not hard on him growing up.
"You would think that, but it wasn't that way at all," Robiskie said. "He kept me from playing football until I was in middle school. He wanted to make sure I wanted to play for myself and not because my dad was a coach."
Tressel said Robiskie's background has given him an "awareness" other 18-year-olds might not have.
"He saw how hard his dad has worked to get to the level he's gotten. He paid attention," Tressel said. "There are some people who I'm sure are around excellence all day long and don't even know it. I'm sure Dad took him to training camp and he's wondering, `Why the heck are they in the meeting room eight hours a day?' As he got older, he figured it out, `It's because you need to be.' "

 

[Taosman]

Excellent hands!

 

[osugrad21]

CPD

Father's role more like critical coach


Wednesday, September 27, 2006Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
The player knew the coach would find something left undone in his game, a final step still untaken.
"I know there will be something. Probably a block I missed," said Brian Robiskie, the Ohio State sophomore wide receiver, who made the catch that completed Troy Smith's miracle in the mist Saturday.
The coach doesn't give perfect scores. Never has, never will. "When I critique games, I don't grade anyone 100 percent. A player gets 100, he thinks he's got it made. When I critique Brian, he knows it's just his dad being his dad," said Terry Robiskie, who was once the Browns interim head coach and is now their wide receivers coach.
Brian knew Terry couldn't make Saturday's game against Penn State in Columbus. What he didn't know was how his father reacted after Smith threw the rocket to him from beyond midfield.
Most of the Robiskie family had gone to the Ohio State game, so Terry had the house to himself. "I always look to see where Brian is on the field," Terry said. "I knew he was out to the right on that play. Troy rolled his way, but then the pass rush made him turn around and scramble to the left. But he was still looking right, and there was not but one guy over to the right."
If Smith wins the Heisman Trophy, this is the play, early in the fourth quarter at the rainy Horseshoe, OSU clinging to a 7-3 lead, that will be run again and again.
Smith whipcracked a pass that traveled 53 yards in the air to the distant end zone.
"That ball was up there a long time. That ball was up there a lifetime," said Brian.
"Hurry up, ball! Hurry up, ball!" Terry was shouting in his living room.
The coach knew the safety, Anthony Scirotto, was closing. He knew a cornerback, Tony Davis, was also racing over. Brian went up and got the perfectly thrown ball instead.
"Nobody was home to high-five, so I started running around the living room, screaming and jumping up and down on the sofa like I was Tom Cruise," Terry said.
An instant later, the flinty-eyed coach was back at work, watching the replay. "He did a good job catching the ball with his body, knowing the DB was coming," Terry analyzed. "He's seen Kellen Winslow Jr. do that for us."
Brian has the size (6-3, 195 pounds) to make such tactics useful. The height also made him a perfect fit for what OSU looks for in wide receivers. "Chris Sanders, Joey Galloway, Terry Glenn, David Boston, Michael Jenkins were all rangy guys. Brian fits the profile," Terry said.
Only rarely, you see, does he drop his dispassionate, detached coach's mask.
"Coaches' sons are held to higher standards," Terry said. "Sometimes, when Brian did something wrong, I'd just go berserk. My wife had to remind me that I haven't told Brian things as often as I tell Braylon Edwards or Dennis Northcutt. I haven't held those guys on my chest, rocking them to sleep. I've had Brian for 19 years."
It was a bittersweet weekend for the coach. His Browns pupil, Edwards, had a big game Sunday, but the team lost late and close to Baltimore. "I almost told him, 'Good game.' But what was good about it? We lost," said Terry.
He is a hard man. On the outside.

 

[osugrad21]

BG$

9/27

Audio interview with Brian.

 

[BB73]

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Brian Robiskie, freshman wide receiver

On growing up with a father involved in the National Football League

"It was a blessing for me to see the way the guys in the NFL practiced and worked on the field and in the weight room. My father always told me to never quit when I'm on the field. He has helped me so much by not pressuring me about football, but he always ready to sit down and talk to me when I have a question."

On the match-up against Iowa

"The Iowa defense looks like the same scheme from last year, but the guys are coming back with more experience. On offense, we know we have to come out a lot faster than we have in the past two weeks. Our slow start against Cincinnati and Penn State were the result of us making mistakes and causing penalties and not executing our plays."

On standing in the spotlight of a No. 1 team

"It is a fun atmosphere and the coaches are doing a great job keeping us humble. They like to shield us from attention. Ohio State is a good program with big traditions, but we want to end up No. 1. It's all how you end. Our seniors have been to a national championship game (in 2002), so they know what it takes."

On visiting Iowa at their home field

"It will be a hostile environment. It is a Big Ten stadium and both teams are playing real well. They will be a challenge for us. This is our first Big Ten road game, so it is important to listen to our coaches and do what we are supposed to do."

On the pink visitor locker room at Iowa

"I have heard about the pink locker room. In high school, our opponents sometimes made us go in girls' locker rooms and they were pink. I don't know what to expect, but when we are on the field, we will be ready to play football."

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

OSU FOOTBALL
OSU's Robiskie learned from the pros

As Browns coach Terry Robiskie's son, he helped out at training camp and saw practice routines of Cleveland receivers.


By Doug Harris
Staff Writer

Thursday, September 28, 2006

COLUMBUS ? Ohio State receiver Brian Robiskie may one day realize his dream of making a living in the NFL, but he can already say he's earned a little income by catching passes for the pros.
He's the son of longtime NFL assistant Terry Robiskie ? a former interim head coach for the Cleveland Browns who is in charge of the team's receivers now ? and earned pocket change by working for the equipment staff and giving his dad a hand at practice.
One of his duties was to stand next to his father while he threw passes to the Browns' wideouts. The players would wing them back to the younger Robiskie, who handed them off to his dad.
And while it was nice being on the Browns' payroll, what the Buckeyes' budding star gained from being in that atmosphere was worth far more than his nominal pay.
"I worked out there about three summers," he said. "And seeing how those guys practiced, seeing how they worked out, seeing how they watched film, I learned a ton. When I came in here, there was still a ton I had to learn. But being out there really helped me."
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound true sophomore has become one of the Buckeyes' top targets, catching 10 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown as the team's third receiver.
Robiskie was thrust into action unexpectedly when senior Roy Hall suffered an ankle injury and missed the first two games. And while Hall is healthy again, Robiskie probably won't have to worry about relinquishing that role.
"Naturally, he has a lot of talent," junior receiver Anthony Gonzalez said. "He's a tall receiver, fast, great hands, great route-runner. But on top of that, it's just hard work paying off for him."
Gonzalez, who leads the Buckeyes with 19 receptions, saw that diligence first hand last summer, having adopted Robiskie as his regular workout partner and taking him under his wing.
"We were constantly pushing each other ? running routes, doing ball drills, in the weight room, just trying to get better," Gonzalez said.
"He's the type of kid who always wants to do more. You'll say, 'All right, Robo, we're going to do three of each route today.' He'll say, 'Why don't we run four?' "
Robiskie considered it a privilege that such an established player would take a personal interest in him.
"Gonzo has been around a long time and is a real, real smart player," Robiskie said. "Spending that time with him, kind of picking his brain a little bit, has really helped me a lot.
"He would tell me, 'Forget about high school. At this level, you've got to play fast every single play.' ''
Robiskie found an extra gear while catching his first career TD pass last week.
The play was designed as a 5-yard hitch, but he noticed Penn State defenders had become preoccupied with a scrambling Troy Smith and raced behind them for a 37-yard score.
Gonzalez wasn't surprised by that astute read.
"He's a 4.0 (grade-point average) guy ? and I keep telling him he has to be one forever," said Gonzalez, a straight-A student himself, "and he also has a father who's a coach and who has clearly taught him the game."

 

[osugrad21]

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Student of the game
JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer
09/28/2006

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It was third-and-9 in the third quarter at Texas and Brian Robiskie was supposed to run an out route, where he heads up field, then cuts toward the sideline. He did everything perfectly, right up until the part where he's supposed to catch the ball.


The pass slipped through his hands and fell to the ground. Ohio State was forced to punt.

As the offense headed toward the sideline, quarterback Troy Smith sought out Robiskie.

''I'm going to come back to you,'' Smith told Robiskie.

''I'll definitely make this catch,'' Robiskie responded.

Now four games into his college career, it's still the only pass Robiskie has dropped. The son of Browns wide receivers coach Terry Robiskie, Brian was on the receiving end of what is sure to be Smith's signature moment should he win the Heisman Trophy in December.

Much like the ball he dropped against Texas, Robiskie was supposed to run a short route last week. But he looked back and saw Smith was in trouble and scrambling, so Robiskie released downfield.

Smith rolled to his left, spotted a receiver downfield and launched a rocket right into the arms of Robiskie.

True to his word, he didn't drop it.

It was officially considered a 37-yard touchdown, Robiskie's first, but the ball actually traveled over 50 yards.

''They would have had to surgically remove it if he didn't catch it,'' coach Jim Tressel said. ''It was great concentration, because there were some people storming after him. It was great awareness of how to get away from them and then to see where the ball was going, but Robie's got great concentration.''

The word often used to praise Robiskie is his awareness, which likely can be attributed to growing up the son of an NFL coach. It's also given Brian a rare insight into the life of an NFL receiver. He has sought advice from all the Browns receivers and he's met legends Jerry Rice and former running back Marcus Allen, whom his father is still close with today, but the biggest impact on him was made by former Browns receiver Kevin Johnson.

''My dad was always telling me (Johnson) has got great hands,'' Robiskie said. ''He's a guy that might not have been the fastest guy, but that doesn't really matter because there are other ways to get open. There's always things you can do to get yourself open and keep working for the quarterback.''

That was never on display more than last week against Penn State. As it turned out, Robiskie was the only option deep downfield, which is why he drew the double team. But he opened enough space between the cornerback and safety for Smith to wedge the ball in to him.

''He saw how hard his dad has worked to get to the level he's gotten,'' Tressel said. ''It wasn't just casual that he's had the opportunities he's had. He paid attention. There are some people that I'm sure are around excellence all day long and don't even know it. I'm sure (Terry) took him to training camp and he's wondering ?why the heck are they in the meeting room eight hours a day?' As he got older, he figured it out.''

During his high school years, Robiskie went to work for the Browns as equipment manager. The pay wasn't much, he said, but it gave him the opportunity to learn his craft. He began watching film the way an NFL coach or player would watch film. It's one of the reasons he's made such a big impact despite being so young.

''You can watch film for six or seven hours a day,'' Robiskie said, ''but if you're not looking for the right thing, you probably won't get much out of it.''

For example, Robiskie studies how cornerbacks react to certain routes, their speed and how they break on a ball.

Originally, Robiskie was splitting time with fellow redshirt freshman Brian Hartline as the two filled in for the injured Roy Hall, who sprained his ankle before the season started. Now Hall is healthy, but Robiskie has separated himself from the pack and is still listed as the No. 3 receiver behind Ted Ginn and Anthony Gonzalez.

His touchdown catch last week will likely further solidify his place in the lineup.

''Everyone is saying it was a strike,'' Robiskie said. ''But it seemed to me like it went up to the sky and came back down.''

Ohio State was late in recruiting Robiskie, who was all set to play for the Hurricanes. But Tressel went to Chagrin Falls High School, where he met Brian's mother, Cynthia. By the end of that meeting, Cynthia was telling Brian he belonged in Columbus.

''You can sense and see when someone has come from a football family or a strong football background,'' Smith said. ''He's a humble kid and he's a great person to be around because of everything he's been through thus far.

''Brian is going to be a great receiver here. He stepped up in the place of an injured player and really hasn't missed a beat ... He has a bright, bright future.''

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

SportingNews.com

Younger Robiskie giving dad big thrills

Associated Press



COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Terry Robiskie was a star in college and then won a Super Bowl as a brawny running back with the Oakland Raiders. He's twice filled in as a head coach in the NFL and has won another Super Bowl in his 25 years as an assistant coach. But he'd never felt anything like last Saturday.
Nervously watching TV in his suburban Cleveland family room, Robiskie saw his son Brian, a wide receiver for top-ranked Ohio State, pull in a Troy Smith pass for a 37-yard touchdown that helped the Buckeyes past Penn State, 28-6.

"To watch my son jump up and catch a touchdown against Penn State, nothing in the world matches that," the older Robiskie said Thursday.
Terry Robiskie was a standout at LSU, then was drafted by the Raiders with the eighth selection of the 1977 draft. He played three years for the Raiders as a bruising short-yardage back and punishing blocker.
After two years playing for the Miami Dolphins, he's been an assistant with the Raiders (who won the 1984 Super Bowl), Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns, where he is the receivers coach, for the last quarter of a century. Along the way, he's finished out the season for fired head coaches Norv Turner at Washington in 2000 and Butch Davis in Cleveland in 2004.
"I've not had that emotion," Robiskie said, comparing his past with this past Saturday.
His son is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound sophomore wide receiver who has been one of the major surprises this season for the Buckeyes (4-0), who take on No. 13 Iowa (also 4-0) on Saturday night in Iowa City. Brian is third on the team behind Anthony Gonzalez and Ted Ginn in receptions with 10 since filling in when Roy Hall was sidelined with a high-ankle sprain. Now Hall can't get around Robiskie.
Brian's catch was his first collegiate touchdown. It sure wasn't drawn up the way it turned out.
Smith, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, was chased by defenders as he rolled right with the Buckeyes clinging to a 7-3 third-quarter lead. With two big Nittany Lions bearing down on him, Smith reversed field and finally found time to look upfield.
What he saw was Robiskie doing some freelancing of his own. Robiskie's route took him down the right sideline. When he got close to the goal line, he realized Smith was being chased and that the play had broken down. So he sprinted along the goal line to the middle of the field.
While on the run, Smith pivoted and heaved a pass that covered over half the field. Robiskie jumped high, turning his back to cornerback Tony Davis to shield him from getting at the ball. Robiskie and Davis fell in a clump, right in the middle of the second painted O in the Ohio State end zone.
"I didn't realize how far he had thrown it," Brian said. "I know it ended up as a 37-yard pass but I think he probably threw it 50, 55 yards or whatever it was."
Terry Robiskie called the pass "a missile" but said that it was as if time stood still for him because he knew his son was on the other end of the long bomb.
"It looked like it hung in the air forever," Terry said.
It didn't take long for the phone to ring.
"I don't think the ball had landed in his arms yet and my cell phone had rung 22 times," Terry said.
Acquaintances from all those years on the road and on the sidelines had all seen his son's big catch.
"I had people all over the world who were elated and excited for me," he said.
The Robiskies, father and son, are close, although not as close as Brian is to his mother, Cynthia. Like most dads, Terry plays catch with Brian and his other two sons and occasionally tries to sneak some coaching in with the advice and casual talk.
Brian has been an equipment manager for the Browns the past three summers. It gives him a chance to spend more time with his father, plus he can pick up some tips from receivers such as Kellen Winslow Jr. and Braylon Edwards.
Asked what he gets paid, Brian said, "Not a lot. But I got a chance to learn a lot." He's always had a good teacher back at home.

 

[Buckskin86]

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ROBISKIE COMES INTO HIS OWN
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter

COLUMBUS - Troy Smith's touchdown pass measured 37 yards, but in total distance it was ``57 yards on a rope.'' And as Ohio State coach Jim Tressel also observed, if Brian Robiskie didn't catch it, ``They would have had to surgically remove it.''

That's not how it felt to Robiskie.

``Everybody's been saying it was a strike, but to me it kinda seemed like it went up to the sky and came back down,'' Robiskie said.

If his father, Terry, was watching Saturday's 28-6 home victory over Penn State on television, that's probably how his heart felt. He still was beaming 24 hours later after his son's first career touchdown.

Terry Robiskie, the Browns' receivers coach, has been an NFL assistant for 25 years. He also served as offensive coordinator and interim coach in 2004, when the Browns finished the season 1-4 after the resignation of Butch Davis. He was interim coach for the Washington Redskins in 2000 and went 1-2.

Brian Robiskie, OSU's 6-foot-3 sophomore split end, was a first-team All-Ohio player as a senior at Chagrin Falls High School, where he caught 34 career touchdown passes. He nearly went to the University of Miami until Ohio State entered the recruiting picture late. Tressel visited Chagrin Falls unbeknownst to the younger Robiskie and had a long talk with his mother, Cynthia.

``She came out of there and was like, `coach Tressel is a pretty good guy, maybe you should go down there and check out the school a little bit,' '' Robiskie said.

When football people heard the name ``Robiskie,'' they probably thought of Terry, at least until the amazing scramble play when Smith reversed field against the Nittany Lions. The score put OSU ahead 14-3 early in the fourth quarter and helped Robiskie earn a 92 percent grade for the game.

He was named the Buckeyes' offensive player of the week, not a small feat on a team that features Smith, receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez, and tailback Antonio Pittman.

Robiskie got his chance in the first two games, when starting senior Roy Hall sat out with a sprained ankle, and he seized his opportunity.

``Naturally, he's got a lot of talent,'' Gonzalez said of Robiskie. ``A tall receiver, fast, great hands, great route runner. But on top of that, it's just hard work paying off for him.''

Some would think Terry Robiskie's shadow would loom large, but Brian Robiskie is wise enough to know the value of being around his father. He even worked as a summer equipment assistant for three years when his dad joined the Browns.

Asked what he got paid, he said: ``Not a lot. But I got a chance to learn a lot, though.

``It was definitely a blessing for me to watch how those guys practice, how they work in the weight room and on the field.''

His dad's connections also enabled Brian to meet two of his idols: Hall of Fame-bound receiver Jerry Rice and running back Marcus Allen, a 2003 inductee and protege of Terry's while with the Los Angeles Raiders.

``Jerry Rice, I didn't get to talk to him a lot,'' Robiskie said. ``But he told me at a young age, `Don't stop working out, running hard, doing the little things.' That stuck with me. My dad is good friends with Marcus Allen, a guy I looked up to a lot. He has called me through the recruiting process, through some of my big games and gave me a little bit of advice.''

In Cleveland, Robiskie said he picked the brains of receiver Kevin Johnson and tight end Kellen Winslow.

``Talking to Kevin Johnson, my dad was always telling me he was a guy who has great hands that might not have been the fastest guy, but that didn't matter because there are other ways to get open,'' Robiskie said. ``There are always things you can do to keep working for the quarterback.''

Robiskie said his dad talks to him like he does to the pros, but he was not hard on him growing up.

``You would think that, but it wasn't that way at all,'' Robiskie said. ``He kept me from playing football until I was in middle school. He wanted to make sure I wanted to play for myself and not because my dad was a coach.''

Tressel said Robiskie's background has given him an ``awareness'' other 18-year-olds might not have.

``He saw how hard his dad has worked to get to the level he's gotten. He paid attention,'' Tressel said. ``There are some people who I'm sure are around excellence all day long and don't even know it. I'm sure Dad took him to training camp and he's wondering, `Why the heck are they in the meeting room eight hours a day?' As he got older, he figured it out, `It's because you need to be.' ''

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