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I think a lot of the "slump" as you call it had to do with the fact that we built our offense around a dual threat quarterback in Troy Smith, when he left, we thought Henton would step up and be the man. I thought he would be starting midway through last year, but legal troubles stopped that from happening, and then we got Pryor, so he fled. Todd was a good quarterback, but we had a system in place that wasn't quite the "spread option" but it was a nice variant of it that utilized the quarterbacks legs while still leaving the deep ball open and available. This year the adjustment that was made after the USC game changed a lot, Pryor's throws aren't quite there yet, leaving Robo and the other receivers pretty much unused for most of the game. I do wish short throws to Ballard had been put into the offense more, I felt there were a lot of games where we had the short pass for 5-6 yards over the middle and I think that would have helped TP's confidence a lot.
We also need to evaluate who we lost to in Bowl games, the two National Champions and the #3 team in the nation. I think we've done well, and I think next year the play calling will be a bit more exciting, but the system was changed to suit Todd and there just wasn't enough time in the season to change everything for TP.
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