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

[BB73]

Difference is that Tebow has a legendary track record, and has also had some strong performences in big games. Pryor's stats pretty much get padded against mediocre to weak opposition. If you pulled his numbers against the better competition they are pretty poor.

Tebow's stats against decent competition could be called mediocre this year.

I'm guessing that you weren't aware of the stat I just posted about Tebow having more turnovers than TDs (rushing and passing) when you eliminate Florida's games against Troy and Coastal Carolina.

 

[MaxBuck]

Can somebody knowledgable please explain why Pryor is not allowed to throw short across the middle?

 

[Silent Nature]

Can somebody knowledgable please explain why Pryor is not allowed to throw short across the middle?

USC.

:!

 

[Merih]

USC.

:!

Wisconsin.

 

[Mike80]

Can somebody knowledgable please explain why Pryor is not allowed to throw short across the middle?

because apparently the quick reads over the middle are not part of Pryor's progression as a QB yet.

 

[Merih]

Can somebody knowledgable please explain why Pryor is not allowed to throw short across the middle?

Well I'm not knowledgable...but think about it this way. Lot's of times there is a LB spying Terrelle sitting in the middle of the field. Would you want to take that risk for 5 yards when he can throw and get to the edge on anyone anytime? Eventually the opposing team is going to have to take off that spy. After that point, Sanz will be free to work the middle of the field.

 

[utgrad73]

Well I'm not knowledgable...but think about it this way. Lot's of times there is a LB spying Terrelle sitting in the middle of the field. Would you want to take that risk for 5 yards when he can throw and get to the edge on anyone anytime? Eventually the opposing team is going to have to take off that spy. After that point, Sanz will be free to work the middle of the field.

Could be we're trying to get a few more miles out of Dane before with set him free over the middle if you know what I mean. I love his toughness, but he got rocked a couple of times last season runnign crossing routes.

 

[osugrad21]

Link

Bucks prop up Pryor, but how long will it last?

October 27, 2009

On paper, it looked like a rout, and it sure smelled like a rout, at least in the second half.
But the Buckeyes left too many points on the field Saturday and watched a self-destructive Minnesota fall in too many Gopher holes for coach Jim Tressel to do much chirping.
He sure as heck wasn't tweeting.
Tressel sounded far from hip in talking about how the relationship forged between Terrelle Pryor and LeBron James, along with some encouraging words from Shaquille O'Neal, helped Pryor bounce back from his Purdue debacle.
"I think in this day of cell phones and Twitters and Twotters, or whatever, everybody knows everybody and everybody talks to everybody, but I'm sure it was a good public relations move on all parts to support one another," Tressel said. "Those celebrities know when things don't go right, the celebrity status isn't much fun. LeBron's always been a big booster of Ohio State and Shaq's an LSU guy, but he likes us in the Big Ten, I guess."
Um, likes OSU to win the Big Ten? That would be a giant leap, even for Shaq.
The Buckeyes rolled back on course with the 38-7 win against Minnesota and could beat this week's opponent, New Mexico State, with their scout team. But it might not be a good idea to remove the bumpers from the gutters. Not with that 7-10 split of a November schedule fast upon them.
Cont...

 

[osugrad21]

Canton

OSU's Pryor learning his lessons

AP Photo / Jay LaPrete

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor (2) steps up and into the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown run against Minnesota during third quarter action in their NCAA college football game Saturday.

By Todd Porter
CantonRep.com staff report
Posted Oct 27, 2009 @ 12:43 AM
COLUMBUS ? After standing before his teammates and baring his soul, Terrelle Pryor went out and played his best game of the season. None of it surprised Head Coach Jim Tressel.

Pryor was named the Buckeyes? offensive player of the week after his 343-yard day against Minnesota. The sophomore quarterback threw for 239 yards and two long touchdown passes to DeVier Posey. He also ran for 104 yards and a score.

That game came on the heels of growing restlessness among fans. Pryor answered the question about how tough he is mentally, for now.

?Probably nothing that I didn?t already know,? Tressel said. ?There were some things affirmed that I did know. It?s very, very important to him to do well for his team. There?s not many guys who feel any worse than he does if he doesn?t provide what the team needs.?

Pryor admitted to being full of himself in the first seven weeks. The 20-year-old was the nation?s top recruit coming out of Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania. His high school football notoriety was similar, but not on the scale, to that of LeBron James? high school basketball career. But Pryor is learning how to be more than a shotgun, spread offense quarterback who runs the ball.

?Terrelle ... knew what the criticism was,? Tressel said. ?That?s the position he plays. When you turn it over, you?re going to get criticized. Just like when you don?t win games, the coach is going to get criticized. That?s part of the deal. The longer you?re around it, the more you know that?s just the way it is.?

Cont...

 

[PlanetFrnd]

CFN's COW...


Scout.com: Cavalcade of Whimsy - You're An Idiot If ...

Cavalcade of Whimsy - You're An Idiot If ...

... you want to move Terrelle Pryor to WR, you think Jake Locker should be the No. 1 overall pick (take a look at the stats compared to Pryor's), or choose to go with the squib kick. This, Ohio State's fun week, the greatness of Herschel Walker, and the Nebraska offense, in this week's Cavalcade of Whimsy.

 

[spurrier]

Can somebody knowledgable please explain why Pryor is not allowed to throw short across the middle?

Because it is much safer to throw out routes and use his legs.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Twotters... Tressel said.

You wash your mouth, Jim!

:osu:

 

[BUCKYLE]

You wash your mouth, Jim!

:osu:

I heard it on the radio...I wouldn't have spelled it like that.

I bet he caught all kinds of shit this week.

 

[Buckskin86]

Pryor's play answers critics
QB bounces back after loss with strong performance
Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

NEAL C. LAURON | DISPATCH
"Any time you turn the ball over four times and you come back to your home, of course people are going to be criticizing you. (But) I'm not going to listen." ? Terrelle Pryor

Criticism of Terrelle Pryor was flying hot and heavy a week ago.

After the Ohio State sophomore committed four turnovers in a loss at Purdue, the questions ranged from whether he was a lost cause at quarterback to whether he should even play quarterback at all.

"Any time you turn the ball over four times and you come back to your home, of course people are going to be criticizing you," Pryor said yesterday. "(But) I'm not going to listen.

"Just like Coach says, I'm going to come to work, and I am always going to be competitive. Hopefully, I'll just get a lot better in my decision-making."

Last week, Pryor ran for 104 yards and a touchdown and passed for 239 yards and two more scores in a 38-7 win over Minnesota. His next test is Saturday in a nonconference game against New Mexico State.

And the critics? Well, Pryor did have a slow start passing against the Gophers, and he did throw one interception just before halftime as the Buckeyes dominated yet led only 7-0.

What was lost on many was the overall effort. It marked just the third time an Ohio State quarterback rushed for more than 100 yards and passed for more than 200 in the same game.

Pryor did so this season against Toledo. The third time was by Troy Smith against Michigan in 2004, a win that set in motion his run to the Heisman Trophy two years later.

But Smith has told Pryor not to equate what he did as a third-year sophomore with what Pryor is doing as a second-year sophomore, even if Pryor has been the starter since the fourth game of last season.

"He told me, 'At this time, I wasn't even playing. I was sitting on the bench watching quarterbacks throw the ball and make plays. You can be better than me,' " Pryor recalled. "And everything he says, I'm so glued in, because I look up to Troy so much."

BuckeyeXtra - Pryor's play answers critics

Ozone video interview

Ohio State Foottball

 

[Redhawk]

It marked just the third time an Ohio State quarterback rushed for more than 100 yards and passed for more than 200 in the same game.

Pryor did so this season against Toledo. The third time was by Troy Smith against Michigan in 2004, a win that set in motion his run to the Heisman Trophy two years later.

Wow. Great info.