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06-04-2005, 11:48 AM
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I am pretty sure that the traditionally mediocre level of QB play at tOSU will be a negative deciding factor for the Tebows, just as it was for Mark Sanchez last year.
Before I get crucified for that remark, let me just suggest that you try to think of a single Buckeye QB who has had any sort of a career at the next level. There are scUM QBs winning SuperBowls; Miami/OH and Marshall QBs tearing up the NFL; a Purdue QB taking his sorry team to the NFL play-offs -- but there's never an OSU QB doing anything significant after leaving the Horseshoe. In fact, the OSU QB who has had the best NFL career is undoubtedly Tom Tupa. That's saying something.
Until that tradition changes and tOSU puts a Heisman-caliber QB on the field for a season or two, we're never going to land a truly great one like Tebow (or Sanchez). We may see some Ohio kid surprise the world by developing beyond all expectations while he's at tOSU (Schlicter could have done that, if mental illness hadn't destroyed him), but unless that happens, we're never going to land a high school kid who projects to be an NFL-caliber player. If my son were a big-time prospect, as much as I bleed scarlet and gray, there's no way in the world I would choose Bollman and Daniels as the coaching team to optimize his skills and set him up for a bright future in football.
Blame Woody, blame Cooper, blame whoever you want -- but great QB prospects don't select tOSU as the place to develop and showcase their skills. I sure wish they did, but they just don't.
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06-04-2005, 12:11 PM
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If my son were a big-time prospect, as much as I bleed scarlet and gray, there's no way in the world I would choose Bollman and Daniels as the coaching team to optimize his skills and set him up for a bright future in football.
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06-04-2005, 12:14 PM
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There are indeed valid concerns about our coaching staff's ability to develop QBs... whether this is true or not is debatable... but places like scUM, USC, and perhaps now UF are much better choices if you are looking at it strictly from a pro career standpoint.
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06-04-2005, 04:08 PM
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Blame Woody, blame Cooper, blame whoever you want -- but great QB prospects don't select tOSU as the place to develop and showcase their skills. I sure wish they did, but they just don't.
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yet somehow we manage to have the highest winning percentage since 1950. damn.....wish we could get a QB  |
06-04-2005, 04:14 PM
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What nobody's thinking is this might bode WELL for OSU QB coaching. There were plenty who got a ton of time in the NFL that were good here (Germaine, Hoying, Kent Graham) even just since 90's and never amounted to anything, so doesn't that kind of say the OSU coaches rule? |
06-04-2005, 04:35 PM
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Quick trivia questions
How many quarterbacks who played at OSU for Jim Tressel have NOT been drafted into the NFL?
Answer zero.
Second question - how many quarterbacks recruited by Jim Tressel at OSU have completed their careers and had an opportunity to develop at the next level?
Answer zero.
Third question - how many quarterbacks must a college program send to the NFL in order to be successful?
Answer zero.
Fourth question - How many elite eleven quarterbacks has Jim Tressel recruited since coming to OSU?
Answer three.
Fifth question - How many quarterbacks who graduated from the University of Delaware are currently playing in the NFL?
Answer two.
Final question - What is the problem we are trying to solve?
I need a little help with this one.
Last edited by Oh8ch; 06-04-2005 at 04:41 PM.
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06-04-2005, 04:42 PM
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