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

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Buckeyefrankmp;1307625; said:
It means in High School he could most likely beat his competition to the edge and go for big yardage. He has done that for years. He was a man against boys in High School. He can't do that now against the big boys. It is just something he needs to learn.
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TP's best moments have been when he realizes he's still the best athlete on the field. It's his patience that's getting him in trouble this year. He had the one fumble, a play that he was trying to do what he did in high school, but aside from that, he's been extremely patient and quite the opposite of what I thought he'd be. He looks nervous as hell out there sometimes, but he is still looking downfield when he's out of the pocket. Sometimes, he's looking too long.

His current problems will be a future blessing.
 
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RugbyBuck;1307648; said:
TP has beaten quite a few D1 players to and around the outside so far.

The thing I really like is that he said afterward that it was a called sneak, but PSU knew it and he saw them cheating toward the middle. He made a calculated adjustment that could've sealed the game for us. It didn't work out badly because it was a stupid thing to do. It worked out badly because the ball got stripped. He can explain exactly why he did what he did. He's not a loose cannon, he's an incredibly aware 19 year old who was willing to try to make a play that almost worked. If it had all of us would be kissing his ass.

I'm glad to have a QB, after the punching the clock attitude we've had of late, that will take a strategic risk and has the confidence in himself to think he can pull it off. TP already has the stuff that separates good from great.
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any football coaches care to comment on this? FWIW, i agree with Rugby. another question, should he have told the guys in the huddle that he was thinking about going for the outside or was it a snap decision made at the LOS?
 
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3074326;1307655; said:
TP's best moments have been when he realizes he's still the best athlete on the field. It's his patience that's getting him in trouble this year. He had the one fumble, a play that he was trying to do what he did in high school, but aside from that, he's been extremely patient and quite the opposite of what I thought he'd be. He looks nervous as hell out there sometimes, but he is still looking downfield when he's out of the pocket. Sometimes, he's looking too long.

His current problems will be a future blessing.
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was he saturday? rubin had 9 solos and 11 total tackles, bowman was also a beast with his 10 total and his overall play.

the things that work against ysu dont work against top ten teams like usc or psu. looking at our schedule weve played two top 15 teams. streetball doesnt work against those kinds of teams. the defense has been questioned i agree with it, great defenses dont allow teams to march down the field twice in the final minutes to win/seal the win for ten points. they just dont. great defenses come up with stops, they force turnovers and kill drives. look at penn states last drives, tossing out the last one.

(last to first)
8-45 fg
7-38 td
9-52 missed fg
7-32 punt
11-76 fg

those are the last five drives which represent starting at the mid point in the 2nd quarter. are those "great defense" drives, nope.


on pryor hes a freshman but his sin was hubris. 3-1 foot he tries to make the all world play vs the play to keep the drive alive, at some point you have to realize you are not brett favre, you dont have to always press the issue. make the easy play to keep your team afloat. when you are 55+ yards from the goal line youre never "seeing touchdown" hopefully this is lesson learned from a tough lesson taught. it wasnt a freshman mistake, it was an error of hubris.
 
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the things that work against ysu dont work against top ten teams like usc or psu.
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He escaped their athletes just fine, imo. Where he struggles is executing through the air with consistency. SC realized this, and adjusted, sitting back in his running lanes, waiting for him. He slipped away frequently when they tried to attack him.
 
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jimotis4heisman;1307811; said:
9 carries for 8 yards would beg to differ.
or are you referring to usc? when he cleaned up on the mixed second/third teamers?
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1. He was referring to USC. He even says so("SC").
2. USC's starters were in until quite late in the 4th quarter.
3. Terrelle had 3 runs of 10 yards or longer in the 1st half. He had success against their starters until, like jwinslow mentioned, they adjusted.
 
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Pryor's a good guy
At times over the past year, Terrelle Pryor must have thought he was Dorothy, swept from Kansas to Oz.
He went from being Jeannette High School's sterling quarterback, to being the nation's top recruit, to being wooed by college coaching icons, to winning WPIAL and PIAA titles, to selecting Ohio State, to starting for the powerful Buckeyes.
The development of a big head would have been understandable. Bob Murphy says it has never happened.
Mr. Murphy is a retired teacher and a former head football coach at Jeannette, and still the athletic director. He helped -- and helped shield -- Mr. Pryor during the whirlwind recruiting process.
On Oct. 13, at Westmoreland Regional Hospital in Greensburg, Mr. Murphy had quadruple-bypass surgery. The phone in his room rang two days later.
"Terrelle wanted to know how I was doing," said Mr. Murphy, who returned to his Greensburg home Friday.
"I told him that for the next few weeks, he was going to be my entertainment. I wished him luck."
This was not a random call, Mr. Murphy assured.
"Terrelle calls and checks up on the [Jeannette] team. He doesn't forget where he comes from. He's a really good kid."
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Nice article on Terrelle. I'm hoping he got over the loss quickly and is improving this week in practice. He's been improving every game and I'm thinking that this week could be good for him because he can continue to sharpen his skills and improve his throwing. Perhaps he'll be able to pass more in the upcoming games.
 
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Dispatch
Bob Hunter commentary: Rumblings

Friday, October 31, 2008 2:53 AM
By Bob Hunter


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Terrelle Pryor was dejected Saturday after Ohio State lost to Penn State 13-6, which might explain why offensive quality-control coach Nick Siciliano accompanied the freshman quarterback to postgame interviews. Siciliano sat next to Pryor and repeatedly patted him on the back and even interjected after one question that the loss wasn't Pryor's fault. Although Pryor's gloom was evident -- "I've never faced adversity like this before," he said -- it was the first time the team's beat reporters could remember a player being given this kind of treatment after a game.
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Classy bunch, those Penn St. fans...

I'm hoping they took some notes on how home crowds are supposed to treat visiting fans. We did a great job with that and I hope we don't have to hear any of those unfortunate stories like we have from past visits to Happy Valley come next season.
 
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