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

[JimsSweaterVest]

Now that the season is over, I think it's time to remember this article from October 5. The future is looking good for the Buckeyes, so let's start acting like it!

Time is on Pryor's side, and soon opponents will run and hide - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Get them now, people. I'm talking to you, Big Ten. And to you, college football powerhouses elsewhere. Get them now. Get the Ohio State Buckeyes now, this year, while Terrelle Pryor is still a kid. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Because when he becomes a man, it's over.
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It's just a matter of time before Terrelle Pryor strikes fear in opponents' hearts. (AP) [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

(...) [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]So get them now, people. I'm talking to you, Penn State. And to you, Michigan State. And to you, Illinois. (Not to you, Michigan. You have no chance. Not now. And not until Pryor is gone.) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Get the Buckeyes now, because this team is going to be awesome. Because this player, this one incredible player, is going to be unstoppable.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica](...) [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]But this is a stone cold fact, and it is directed to anyone and everyone with plans of beating the Buckeyes: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Beat them now. Beat them now, before Terrelle Pryor decides it's too late. [/FONT]

Dammit, now I am so pumped I gotta watch this over and over:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShFMIxi3xVo"]YouTube - Terrelle Pryor's Game winning TD vs Wisconsin[/ame]

 

[OCNut]

^^^Love this.

 

[osugrad21]

Regarding Pryor being injured. It's funny reading all the message boards suggesting he was hurt prior to the game and the staff covered up the injury and keeping him out of Media Day etc. If he hurt his arm (which he said he did...he "rolled" it) it happened early in the game. He was throwing fine and DEEP all during warmups.

It was hurt. As the game went on, it got worse. 100%.

 

[OHSportsFan]

It was hurt. As the game went on, it got worse. 100%.

There wasn't anything in the media about it after the game, correct? And I expect nothing will ever be written about it?

Just wondering. I realize it may come off as an excuse, but I find it interesting to hear about injuries that never make it out to the media (happens A LOT, I bet). Who's call is that?

edit- I Google News searched for different terms and the only other place bringing it up is the Eleven Warriors Buckeye blog (as far as News sources).

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

No there was. TP said he "rolled" it in the post game. Haven't found out at what point in the game it happened though. It had to be early on.

There wasn't anything in the media about it after the game, correct? And I expect nothing will ever be written about it?

Just wondering. I realize it may come off as an excuse, but I find it interesting to hear about injuries that never make it out to the media (happens A LOT, I bet). Who's call is that?

edit- I Google News searched for different terms and the only other place bringing it up is the Eleven Warriors Buckeye blog (as far as News sources).

 

[osugrad21]

No there was. TP said he "rolled" it in the post game. Haven't found out at what point in the game it happened though. It had to be early on.

Exactly. As we get info on the gameplan, Boeckman was not supposed to have as much of a role as he did....Pryor was injured

 

[OHSportsFan]

No there was. TP said he "rolled" it in the post game. Haven't found out at what point in the game it happened though. It had to be early on.

Exactly. As we get info on the gameplan, Boeckman was not supposed to have as much of a role as he did....Pryor was injured

Must have missed that quote. Thanks for the info!

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

Exactly. As we get info on the gameplan, Boeckman was not supposed to have as much of a role as he did....Pryor was injured

That's all people can assume right now b/c TP didn't throw deep at all in the game and he WAS during warmups. He was zinging the ball on target and deep with no hint of any kind of injury in pregame that would prevent him from performing as usual.

 

[osugrad21]

That's all people can assume right now b/c TP didn't throw deep at all in the game and he WAS during warmups. He was zinging the ball on target and deep with no hint of any kind of injury in pregame that would prevent him from performing as usual.

We have a few pretty close sources telling us as much. No assumptions.

 

[generaladm]

While we're on the subject, any explanation as to why TP had his left hand fingers taped up? I looked at some pics from the regular season, and didn't see any with the tape job.

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

We have a few pretty close sources telling us as much. No assumptions.

You should see/hear some of the "earlier" theories. Some where saying he injured the arm in Bowl Practice and the staff "did a great job covering it up" and that's why we saw Boeckman so much. That and others "theories" were pretty funny.

TP's been a bit banged up all season if you want to get technical and may need some off season "work" done. He did say he got racked as hard as ever by one of our LB's on a run during Bowl Practice. His neck and back were quite sore for a few days after that one. But, for some to think his arm was injured before the game and prevented him from throwing as he can is funny.

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

While we're on the subject, any explanation as to why TP had his left hand fingers taped up? I looked at some pics from the regular season, and didn't see any with the tape job.

Guessing one of them got jammed in practice so it was taped to the "healthy" one.

 

[bukIpower]

Because I wasn't able to post back on bucknuts (yes, I was on their board searching around. Hey, it's the offseason.) I will post this here.

There seems to be a lot of people who believe Terrelle didn't progress as the season started. I however think he did improve tremendously.

I think the games he struggled most in, atleast passing wise, was the Texas and also the Michigan game. I think the only reasons he struggled in those games were due to the importance and also the type of defenses. Texas imparticular was a very blitz happy defense and simply didn't allow him the time to scan the field, and with a freshman QB who doesn't know where all his targets are that can be problem. I believe for a freshman Pryor was still better than I expected, but apparently that view isn't shared by everyone.

What does everyone else think?

 

[schwab]

What does everyone else think?

I think there are a lot of fans who expect perfection.

K-E-E-P-E-R

 

[bukIpower]

Exactly.... This was posted in a Tajh Boyd thread. Some people there actually believe Tajh will start if we happen to lose against USC (ala Boeckman 08).

A) IT was bucknuts
B) These people have no idea how hard it really is to learn things that aren't physical. It's not like learning how to run or hit but things like reading defenses etc is much harder than it look. Especially when he's been primarily a running QB for a good portion of his football life.