-
Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
- Thread starter osugrad21
- Start date
Not that I don't love practice updates, but given the news in the threads on Boren, Moeller, Spitler, and Homan, everytime a players' thread jumps to the top of the forum with a new post, I'm scared to click on it.
Upvote
0
Dryden;1520536; said:
Oh, I see what you did there. By posting that in TP's thread, you're acknowledging that you just scared the crap out of all of us for no good reason. Pieced that together all by myself I did...
Upvote
0
In an interview on Chris Spielman's radio show, Jim Tressel said that TP is an even better athlete and "...ten times the quarterback he was a year ago..." He went on to describe the difference in understanding the scheme and defenses as "... night and day..."
Upvote
0
DaddyBigBucks;1520551; said:
Uh, oh! Only ten times better? But Tate Forcier is 100 times better! Oh, noes! TSUN fans are right. We are afraid.
Upvote
0
OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
DaddyBigBucks;1520551; said:
They have the wrong show up on their site. The first hour is right but they have some old show for the 2nd, which is the one Tressel was interviewed during. If anyone finds a working link, please post it.
Upvote
0
OregonBuckeye;1520587; said:
Go to iTunes.com and subscribe to the podcast. The podcast has the right show. The interview with Tress starts at about the 10 minute mark (of, as you mentioned, the 2nd hour of the show)
For those who do go and get the Podcast, the Cris Carter interview from yesterday was fantastic and is worth a listen.
Upvote
0
OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
DaddyBigBucks;1520628; said:
Thanks. Just trying to read between the lines he seems excited about Pryor, the WR's, and the LB's. Sounds like our OL is still a work in progress though and our corner play will have a drop-off(which is to be expected).
Upvote
0
Buckskin86
Moderator
Terrelle Pryor's development amazes Jim Tressel: Ohio State Football
by Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
Friday August 21, 2009
Terry Gilliam, Associated Press
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor steps back to pass in practice on Aug. 11, in Columbus.
COLUMBUS -- When he takes the field at Ohio Stadium this morning for the Buckeyes' jersey scrimmage, two weeks before the season opener against Navy, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor will do it in nearly unrecognizable form compared to a year ago, at least the way OSU coach Jim Tressel tells it.
"It's like he's two different people right now," Tressel told Columbus radio station WBNS FM/97.1 on Friday, the coach's first interview since the Buckeyes started hitting in practice this week. "He's the same athlete he was, maybe then some, but he's 10 times the quarterback he was."
The scrimmage should include about 160 plays and give Pryor his greatest test before he opens a season as a starter for the first time. He took the job in the fourth game a year ago, but during the preseason was getting about 15 percent of the practice repetitions while Todd Boeckman served as the No. 1 quarterback. And a year ago, the jersey scrimmage was closed, leaving it to teammates to tell stories about the new quarterback on the block.
"He showed great comfort, he showed poise," OSU linebacker James Laurinaitis said a year ago. "I think he knows when he has the ball in his hands he can make something special happen on every play."
That "something special" was part of Pryor's repertoire last season. The expected improvement now comes in the mundane -- reading defenses, repeating his throwing motion, running a team. An attribute like his arm strength always was there, but as Pryor said earlier in camp when talking about last season, "I didn't know where I was going with it sometimes."
"I didn't know too much," Pryor said, explaining his journey from a freshman hitting campus last June to a preseason backup to a starter by the end of September. "I just jumped in and I came here in the summer and had no time with the coaches, no one-on-one to learn the defenses and stuff like that.
"Now I know the defenses like that," Pryor continued, snapping his fingers.
Though closed to the public, reporters will be allowed to watch today's scrimmage, so an unvarnished assessment of where Pryor stands will be available to an anxious fan base. Pryor was OK in the spring jersey scrimmage, throwing an interception in the end zone, but then impressed the Ohio Stadium crowd in the spring game, following a good final week of spring practice by completing 13 of 18 passes for 191 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
"You saw today, and the world saw, that I can throw the ball," Pryor said then.
Terrelle Pryor's development amazes Jim Tressel: Ohio State Football - cleveland.com
Upvote
0
Steve19;1520561; said:
Not only is he better, he's got a laser for an arm and is THE most accurate player in collegiate history..... ALREADY.
Upvote
0
Buckskin86
Moderator
Pryor will run, but how often?
QB wants to polish passing, but his legwork still needed
Sunday, August 23, 2009
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
FILE PHOTO
Terrelle Pryor on the run during the 2009 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
It's Sept. 12 and Southern California is in town. The score is tied, fourth quarter, and Ohio State is facing a third-and-10.
The Trojans have good coverage on the Buckeyes receivers, and the protection is breaking down around quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
What will Pryor do?
Last year, the answer would have been obvious: run. Thrust into the starting job during his freshman season, Pryor was sometimes slow to read defenses and more comfortable using his legs.
In his nine starts, he averaged 11 rushes and 15 passes.
This season, though, might be a different story. Pryor came to Ohio State intent on developing into a pro-style quarterback -- it was part of the deal when he committed and a big reason he chose the Buckeyes over spread-option offenses such as at Michigan and Oregon.
"He's got to get into a system that is going to develop him to be an NFL quarterback," said Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, who was a Pryor confidante during the recruiting process.
Now, Pryor has had a full offseason to watch game video and break down his techniques. And he's clearly using criticism of his passing as motivation.
After throwing two impressive touchdown passes in the spring game, Pryor said, "The world saw today that I can throw the ball. I'm working to be a leader and I'm working to be a great pocket passer, and I will be both of them."
BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Pryor will run, but how often?
Upvote
0