U2 once told us "nothing changes on a New Year's Day." Not so this January one, as the Big Ten was absolutely slaughtered all around in the four college football bowl games they played that day. What hurt the most was the 0-3 "Big Ten/SEC Challenge" component of those four, as the face off between power conferences in one of the most crucial aspects of bowl season. The Ohio … [Read more...] about Sugar Bowl Sweetness: Big Ten Redemption, Ohio State Finally Beats SEC
Terrell Pryor
Limiting Terrelle Pryor’s Media Access: Certainly in Ohio State’s Best Interest
When you're named Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year not once, but twice and yet still uninvited to Big Ten Media Day on both occasions, it really says something about your University's interest in having you talk with the press. Such is the case with Ohio State Buckeyes QB Terrelle Pryor. And despite all the substantial efforts by Ohio State marketing and public … [Read more...] about Limiting Terrelle Pryor’s Media Access: Certainly in Ohio State’s Best Interest
Terrelle Pryor – Championship Quarterback?
There’s a question that has hung over the 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes like a yellow cloud since April. The question is still fraught with significance in late October as the team prepares for another back alley brawl with the Wisconsin Badgers. Reporters spring the question on every member of the Ohio State football program: Jim Tressel, Dane Sanzenbacher, Brandon Saine, Cameron … [Read more...] about Terrelle Pryor – Championship Quarterback?
Denard Robinson, Terrelle Pryor Looking as Heisman as Anybody
We knew entering this fall that college football's Heisman race would be as wide open as ever. With Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy gone, and no big name senior quarterbacks to replace them, the race for the game's most prestigious trophy began wide open in the preseason. Given that there have been so few repeat winners, we knew the odds were stacked against Alabama … [Read more...] about Denard Robinson, Terrelle Pryor Looking as Heisman as Anybody
Terrelle Pryor Reflects on Marshall, Prepares for Miami (Video)
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor took another step forward in his career development Thursday night. As bad as he and his Buckeyes made Marshall look a couple days ago, the Thundering Herd were a bowl team last year, and are projected again by many to be in a bowl game this year. So it wasn't like they were playing the Greendale Community College Human Beings in their … [Read more...] about Terrelle Pryor Reflects on Marshall, Prepares for Miami (Video)
Terrelle Pryor playing at a near Heisman Level
Two of the last three times that Ohio State played for the national title (2002 with Craig Krenzel and 2007 with Todd Boeckman) they had a "game manager" as their quarterback. Game manager is a euphemism for mediocre signal caller; a field general who won't win games for you, but he also won't lose any. In the third instance, 2006, they had a Heisman trophy center under in … [Read more...] about Terrelle Pryor playing at a near Heisman Level
All Eyes on Pryor in Spring Game
By Hans Hetrick Football might be America’s prototypical team sport, one guy misses a block and any play can backfire. But according to the news coming from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center this Spring, it seems one manchild alone, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, controls the destiny of a football program. This Saturday during the annual Scarlet and Gray Spring Game, … [Read more...] about All Eyes on Pryor in Spring Game
Terrelle Pryor is on the spot now
By Paul M. Banks Remember when Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was being recruited? As far as high school players go, his hype was bigger than Jesus, Jimmy Clausen, and Tim Couch combined. (This analogy is contingent on Jesus' having played college football, and I'm assuming that's true because he's a part of Notre Dame's wall of fame.) Entering his junior season, … [Read more...] about Terrelle Pryor is on the spot now