QB Terrelle Pryor (official thread)

[Buckeyefrankmp]

Originally Posted by schwab

He then galloped down the right sidelines on 2nd and 19, for 17 yards, while avoiding contact with #21, who would have surely lost the battle.

I remember during the season he would hit some defenders back as hard as they hit him.

Originally Posted by schwab

As Andre Ware would say, the loss is blamed on us trying to run the score up again. We were down 17-15 and needed a FG to win. We scored a TD. Clearly, as Mark Titus might suggest, putting points on Texas' face. 18-17 would have been great. It was reaching for 21-17 that got us in trouble.

You are joking, right.

[JimsSweaterVest]

TP, shrug off this loss. You have given our team a tremendous season and some great memories, and it's even more amazing knowing that you're just a true freshman.

Now enjoy your freshman year and focus on your education, and you and the team can start preparing for a new season that carries much promise with you leading the offense!

[brodybuck21]

Originally Posted by NFBuck

The average college football fan is a [censored]ing moron.

and OSU seems to have alot more of them. But then again I do live in Columbus

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Buckeyefrankmp

You are joking, right.

schwab was taking a sarcastic jab at Andre Ware who ragged on us earlier in the year (at Northwestern) for scoring on the next to last play of the game (Herron 16-yard TD) when we were up 38-7.

[Buckeyefrankmp]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

schwab was taking a sarcastic jab at Andre Ware who ragged on us earlier in the year (at Northwestern) for scoring on the next to last play of the game (Herron 16-yard TD) when we were up 38-7.

I thought so. There really needs to be a sarcasm font on this thing.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Buckeyefrankmp

I thought so. There really needs to be a sarcasm font on this thing.

You mean like this font?

[jmorbitz]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

This is off topic, but it seems like the sarcasm font hasn't been working properly lately. I've had trouble before, and Mili doesn't look as nearly like an asshole without it.

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by billmac91

Mobile QB's in college = impossible match-ups and in the NFL, it's career death.

that's not true at all. Randall Cunningham, John Elway, Steve Young, and Donovan McNabb are just a few excellent mobile pro QBs i can mention.

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by lvbuckeye

that's not true at all. Randall Cunningham, John Elway, Steve Young, and Donovan McNabb are just a few excellent mobile pro QBs i can mention.

If those are just a few, please share the rest. There should be a handful playing now too if their style is compatible.

The guys you mentioned, save Randall, are a lot more like colt mccoy than Terrelle pryor. Mcnabb is a passer who can scramble (not vice versa) and learned quickly to limit his running if he wanted to survive.

Pryor must become a very good passer at minimum if he is to stick at the position in the nfl.

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by GoodLifeSean

Definately agree with the thinking thing... I think any of us that played on any organized level of sport... Thought can sometimes be the greatest enemy. TP will be fine once things start to slow down and just flows.

i've been reading some samurai books recently, and it's true. if you think, you're dead. you have to empty your mind and just let it flow... sounds corny and "Star Wars" but it's true...

[martinss01]

Originally Posted by OHSportsFan9

Exactly. He was afraid to step into his throws. O-Line didn't give him much time and so he started thinking he had to get rid of it quickly, didn't set his feet.

i don't think he was afraid of anything persay. i think the level of competition and the environment got to the true freshman a little bit. thats a whole lot of weight for very young shoulders to handle. i wouldn't be surprised to hear he was dinged up a bit. but it clearly wasn't enough to keep him out of the game. especially considering he was used as a run first qb. he has a lot of work to do as far as his mechanics go, but he'll be fine.

overall i was very impressed by the oline play.

Most of this year was done with Pryor simply being a GREAT athlete. So much more to come when his skills are refined, which is saying something because he gave us a lot.

agreed, i think he got away with a lot because the offense was just so much more talented than a lot of the teams we played this year. with texas, the talent gap was much smaller.

he's just really inconsistent with his passing right now because it really looks like he hasn't had the right instruction. sometimes he makes a pass that really impresses me. other times i have to look out the window to make sure it isn't a friday night... next season i think he is going to make a gigantic leap.

Also, I only felt he went out of bounds early once (the first drive) and in that case...it was REALLY bad. After that, none of the other times (what? 2 or 3 other plays that ended with him o.o.b?) looked out of the ordinary for a QB in a football game. I think people are giving him a raw deal because of his first bad decision.

funny people are mentioning this. i think it was the second time he went out of bounds early. it was the run where he got the first down and still had atleast 7 yrds before anyone got to him. after they showed the replay i started laughing the gf asked me what was so funny. i replied, "good god i forgot how young he is. he really is still just an awkward teenager isn't he?"

i don't think he "meant" to go out of bounds either time. i think he just ended up there. i can't imagine a qb being more talented. it just so happens he's still a kid. he's going to put on atleast 20 lbs in the next 2 years. probably by next season. give him time. boys still got growing to do. by the beginning of next season his decision making, confidence, and disturbingly enough his athleticism will all have increased.

[Buckeyefrankmp]

Originally Posted by martinss01

i don't think he "meant" to go out of bounds either time. i think he just ended up there.

How long has he played football? Does he know what that big white line at the side of the field is? He was going down the sidelines and took a right turn out of bounds before the defender got close to him. He "meant" to go out of bounds.

I don't remember if some of those runs came on the last scoring drive. If they did, running out of bounds could have cost us a minute of clock. He stays in bounds, the clock keeps running and Texas has less time to work with.

[1926Buckeyes]

i don't think he "meant" to go out of bounds either time. i think he just ended up there. i can't imagine a qb being more talented. it just so happens he's still a kid. he's going to put on atleast 20 lbs in the next 2 years. probably by next season. give him time. boys still got growing to do. by the beginning of next season his decision making, confidence, and disturbingly enough his athleticism will all have increased.

That's an interesting take on it because he did seem a little less aware than usual. I don't think that it is strange that he had a less than average passing game against TExas. I was hoping that he would improve over the break, but while he may have, it was negated by the fact that #1. TExas was the est or second best team OSU played all season and #2. Although some may have been impressed witht he run blockoing, I was not impresse by the tackle play and Pryor soon go t nervous and did in fact consistently began planting off of his back foot to pass.

And I agree with the last comments. THat's all people need to realize. The kid is super oyung and needs time to season and develop.

[Taosman]

They argument that we shouldn't score a touchdown when it's there is
specious and ridiculous. You always score when the opportunity presents it. The defense should have been able to hold up their end at that point(2 minutes left) in the game. The defense was the strength of this team. They didn't get it done. End of story.
On to 2009...............

[notfadeaway]

Originally Posted by Taosman

They argument that we shouldn't score a touchdown when it's there is
specious and ridiculous. You always score when the opportunity presents it. The defense should have been able to hold up their end at that point(2 minutes left) in the game. The defense was the strength of this team. They didn't get it done. End of story.
On to 2009...............

AGREED...If my aunt had balls shed be my uncle