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

[ysubuck]

Please include the quote number so we can go back and find that post as well :hatepc: How so? I thought his mobility was underutilized in that game. Harvey and Moss had early success pressuring Troy in the pocket. But even though they kept blowing around the corners, I don't remember too many roll-outs or QB draws being called. And maybe my memory is faulty, but I recollect thinking that leaving him in the pocket all night was great for us.

Pittman was underutilized, as he had major success running right at UF that night. He just wasn't given the rock, as Tress tried to run a track meet with the star runner in the hospital and the captain of the team sluggish with arrogance & buffet food.

Troy was not that great as a designed runner. He was slippery in the pocket and could improvise well, but it was painful watching him try to execute qb draws. He telegraphed them and was pretty average overall.

Troy also got a lot thicker for the 06 season, when he sacrificed some speed/agility for strength to take hits from the pocket. That only became more noticeable after what December did to him, physically & mentally.[/quote]


My God that was painful to watch. Ugh.

Ok, back to TP.

 

[Steve19]

I think that TP will be healthy for this game. If Oregon dares him to throw, I think he will light them up, with his arm and his feet.

 

[AKAK]

I disagree. Terell had fewer decisions to make the last 4 ball games. I think it was a product of several different factors though.

1. TP's turnovers earlier in the year
2. Health of TP
3. Health of boom and zoom

The three of these factors combined to create a lot more handoffs than the first half of the year. You can't say Tressel is calling the same game when TP didn't have more than 20 pass attempts towards the end of the year.

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4. What can the O-Line do well. (Zone block for the run)
5. Nobody after that stopped the run, so, why throw it?

There are a lot of factors here, not just the Scott Torgersen "Tressel neutered Pryor" shit.

 

[MaxBuck]

Krenzel did not become an NFL starter, any more than Dennis Dixon did. He was what was left.

Silly me. I thought if you started games at a position in the NFL, you were therefore a "starter."

 

[jwinslow]

Silly me. I thought if you started games at a position in the NFL, you were therefore a "starter."

The point is using Krenzel's NFL starter status as a rebuttal is pretty weak. There is a reason the Bears cut him a year after starting him.

Krenzel was clutch, fearless & a great leader, but he was a mediocre passer... and benefited greatly from arguably the most dominant defense of the decade.

 

[BrutusBobcat]

False. Career B11 backups do not become NFL starters, regardless of what NFL team you are discussing.

My point, which may have been too subtle, is that Krenzel became the QB he did because Tressel developed him to a better degree than other coaches would have. The original poster was using "turn him into Krenzel" as a derogative, when turning Krenzel into Krenzel was to Tressel's credit. I strongly doubt that CK plays one down of Sunday ball if he'd played for any other coach in the conference.

 

[Buckskin86]

OSU's Pryor left good impression with Kelly
December, 9, 2009
By Adam Rittenberg

It's no secret that Oregon head coach Chip Kelly wanted Terrelle Pryor to run his offense.

Who didn't?

Even now, the thought of Pryor calling signals in Kelly's zone read option spread attack seems very appealing. Not that Kelly would part with Ducks star quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who executes the offense to perfection.

But when Pryor lines up opposite Kelly's Oregon squad in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi on Jan. 1 (ABC, 4:30 p.m. ET), many undoubtedly will wonder what might have been. Kelly recruited Pryor to Oregon, and the nation's No. 1 recruit had the Ducks in his final pool of teams before deciding to attend Ohio State.

"Him as an athlete, I just kind of marveled at him," Kelly said Tuesday on a conference call with reporters. "People that big aren't supposed to move that fast. He's got a tremendous skill set for someone, he is that big. He's all of 6-6 and 235, 240 pounds. He's really a special, special athlete and a great competitor, and that's what attracted us to him."

Kelly never felt Oregon was extremely close to landing Pryor because the Pennsylvania prep star couldn't visit the campus. Pryor only took visits to Ohio State and Michigan because of his basketball schedule at Jeannette High School.

OSU's Pryor left good impression with Kelly - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

 

[BuckStruck]

I think Pryor will do well , and not just in his time with the buckeyes:osu: (Which he has done very, very well in minus one mistake or two, but he is young, and no one is perfect), but also in his future professional career as well, a professional career that Tressel really wants him to achieve.
-cough- Even if it means to, instead of have Pryor run the ball when an opening appears, insist that he throws the ball which may or may not result in less yardage -cough-
Not that that is a bad strategy at all, it works flawlessly getting Buckeyes into the NFL

 

[Buckskin86]

Time to perform: Days of Pryor growing into QB job are running short
Sunday, December 27, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Dispatch file photo
Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor has been more consistently impressive as a runner this season than as a passer.

LOS ANGELES -- For Terrelle Pryor, the 96th Rose Bowl will be the last game of his sophomore season and the first game of the rest of his career.

Even his coach says Pryor can't claim beginner's status anymore.

Much more is expected from the former No. 1 national prospect of the 2008 recruiting class when the Buckeyes take on Oregon on Friday.

Although Pryor was a major reason why OSU won its fifth straight Big Ten title, and though at times he was dazzling, primarily with his feet, much more was expected. Voted the Big Ten preseason offensive player of the year, he didn't make first- or second-team all-conference.

Bothered by an ankle sprain the last four games of the regular season and haunted by a four-turnover game in a shocking loss at Purdue, Pryor nevertheless efficiently managed a throttled-back offense in a three-game November stretch run to the Big Ten title.

Now, he has one more chance this season to live up to the lofty accolades and perhaps set up himself and OSU for even greater expectations in the 2010 season.

"I sense he wants to leave (2009) on a higher note, just like our team does," coach Jim Tressel said. "That was a good note that they won the conference outright, but it would be a higher note if you could then go outside of your conference in a BCS bowl game and perform well and be successful. And our individual guys feel the same way.

"I think the reality that sophomores have is they look at this game as kind of the midpoint of their career. Even though everyone has been talking about them as a young guy, this moment is the midpoint of their career, and now they're on the downhill side of their career."

Time to perform: Days of Pryor growing into QB job are running short | BuckeyeXtra

 

[ryan20]

Pryor playing with a partially torn PCL:

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor says he's been playing with partial tear in knee ligament | Doug Lesmerises' Buckeye Blog - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor says he's been playing with partial tear in knee ligament
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
December 28, 2009, 1:39PM
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor said this morning he has been playing with what he called a partial tear in his PCL, his posterior cruciate ligament.
"I have a little partial thing in the back of my leg, a little partial tear in the back of my leg, PCL," Pryor said during an interview session to preview the Rose Bowl. "I was just fighting it and fighting it and trying to get better. But I can't really think about it. I've got to put every injury I have, I've got to put them at the back of my head."
It was known that Pryor had played through an ankle injury suffered against New Mexico State that limited his running ability against Iowa and Penn State. But OSU coach Jim Tressel said Pryor was back to basically full strength by the Michigan game. This is the first time that any knee injury had been connected to Pryor.
He wouldn't specify which knee it is or say whether he may need surgery.
"I'm hurting everywhere," Pryor said. "But it doesn't really matter. I'm just trying to fight it and trying to keep working and get better. I don't have time to worry about injuries."
The Buckeyes have practiced twice in California and will hold their third practice this afternoon.
"Yesterday I was kind sluggish," Pryor said. "My leg was a little tired. I feel a lot better today and I feel like I have a lot more energy for practice."

http://blog.dispatch.com/buckeyesblog/2009/12/pryor_speaks_must_win_knee_inj.shtml

Pryor speaks, reveals a knee injury

Hello from Pasadena, where it's cloudy and cool, but certainly nothing like the snow back home....

This morning kicked off four days of serious interview sessions here at the downtown Marriott, and the highlight was the first public comments from OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor since Nov. 21 after the Michigan game.

He did not disappoint. I have not played back the tape yet, so this is from memory, but the highlights included:

-- He revealed he had suffered a partial tear of his PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) in the New Mexico State game, possibly in addition to an ankle issue, but it's clear this is what hampered him down the stretch of the season.

Interestingly, he did not claim to be recovered or 100 percent, but simply said he has ignored and will continue to ignore the pain and play anyway.

Even his teammates apparently did not know he had an injury of this magnitude. It certainly isn't an ACL, but it's more than the "bumps and bruises" and possible sprained ankle that we currently thought was the extent of his injuries.

-- Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti said he thought pressure rattled Pryor a little bit. Pryor, rather than get defiant, agreed, saying if you looked at the season stats, he did not perform very well on third downs when teams came with blitzes. He pledged that he would be better at that in the Rose Bowl.

-- Pryor on the offense's progress: "We've gone from a Honda to maybe an Infiniti. We're not in the Cadillac/(Mercedes) Benz territory yet."


That's the best of it. We're allowed to watch the beginning of OSU's practice, set for noon to 2:30 Pacific time, so might post some stuff from that later.

And Pryor didnt make it to the dinner because he didnt have dress pants:

Wrong pants led Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to bar Terrelle Pryor and other Buckeyes from prime rib meal
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
December 28, 2009, 1:17PM

It you don't have the right pants, Jim Tressel will leave you home. Even if you're a senior captain or the starting quarterback.
Sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor, senior captain and defensive lineman Doug Worthington and junior defensive end Thaddeus Gibson missed Ohio State's dinner Sunday night at Lawry's, a prime rib restaurant in Beverly Hills that hosts a traditional meal Rose Bowl week.
This morning, Pryor confirmed the reason. Pryor and his teammates didn't have dress pants, so Tressel wouldn't let them on the bus. Pryor showed up ready to board wearing jeans.
"There were nice jeans," Pryor said. "But Coach Tress is a classy guy."
Lawry's has a dress code, but in the past not every team has adhered to it. The players would not have been turned away by the restaurant, and Pryor said teammates told him of seeing photos of USC running back Reggie Bush wearing a cap to the event in past years.
"I just didn't think it should have been a big deal about it," Pryor said. "Some of my teammates said it wasn't as classy as it was supposed to be. But Coach Tress is a classy guy and what he wants we have to do. We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that. I apologize to the team we didn't make. I'm kind of mad we missed a good meal, a free meal at that."
Pryor said he was primarily upset that he missed a team function because "I'm a team guy and I love to be with my team wherever they go."
Instead, Pryor said he went with Worthington and Gibson to a nearby mall and had some prime rib there.
This event isn't one that will tear the Buckeyes apart. Pryor wasn't angry while he spoke about what happened. It's just interesting to note that Tressel's pants ruled applied even to his star.

 

[leroyjenkins]

Jacked

Dont know how to post individual pics but......


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[MililaniBuckeye]

-- Pryor on the offense's progress: "We've gone from a Honda to maybe an Infiniti. We're not in the Cadillac/(Mercedes) Benz territory yet."

Betcha that pissed off some Infiniti owners...

 

[Meyer]

Dont know how to post individual pics but......


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You can tell that someone's been working real hard!!

I said this before that Pryor will make his greatest leap of improvement from the Michigan game to now... Hopefully his knee doesn't hurt that in any way cause I really believe that we are gonna see Pryor better than he's ever been here. This is the Terrelle Pryor coming out party... watch out.

 

[cbrian815]

You can tell that someone's been working real hard!!

I said this before that Pryor will make his greatest leap of improvement from the Michigan game to now... Hopefully his knee doesn't hurt that in any way cause I really believe that we are gonna see Pryor better than he's ever been here. This is the Terrelle Pryor coming out party... watch out.

I hope you are right....would love to see him go off on Oregon. I believe it will more likely happen the last half of his junior year and really transfer to his senior year. Go Bucks

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor feels grounded
The Buckeyes play to quarterback's strengths and keeps him running, but he thinks it also will take passing to beat Oregon.
By Kevin Baxter
December 29, 2009

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor unloads a deep pass against Michigan in the final regular-season game. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press / November 21, 2009)

At a time when spread formations, rubber-armed passers and gutsy play-calling have college football teams putting up numbers that look more like basketball scores, Ohio State has gone as conservative as talk radio.

And Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor doesn't like it one bit.

"To tell you the truth," Pryor says, "I feel like I'm a good drop-back passer."

Perhaps. But it's a skill that's gone unappreciated the last two months, with Pryor averaging only 17 attempts and less than 100 yards passing in Ohio State's final three games.

But running? Well, that's another story. Pryor led the eighth-ranked Buckeyes in that category, gaining five yards a pop and equaling the team high with seven touchdowns.

So Coach Jim Tressel largely grounded Pryor in mid-October, taking the land route to five straight victories, a fifth consecutive Big Ten title and a berth in Friday's Rose Bowl game against No. 7 Oregon.

And although Pryor is pleased with the results, he sounds frustrated with the methods.

"I'm not Jim Tressel. I can't pick the plays," Pryor says. "Whatever they call, I try to do my best and try to make it happen. I'm going to do whatever the team needs to win."

Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor feels grounded -- latimes.com