Ohio State at Purdue Game Thread

[Cavs1]

Lol i was waiting for Lee to make an appearance in this thread

 

[DougHeil]

Wow Pryor is terrible, he reminds me of Vince Young and Jamarcus Russel. The offensive coordinator called very bad plays as well, well there goes our BCS shot. I won't be surprised if we lose to Michigan either.

Not only will we lose to Michigan, but also at Michigan State and at Iowa. I hope so anyway at this point. I want the entire coaching staff fired at least by the end of the year.

This is OHIO STATE FOOTBALL. If something isn't done to get back the swagger and the great tradition of OSU Football, we can continue to watch the program go down the tubes. The entire team is slowly digressing in front of our eyes, week to week. It's very obvious.

What's surprising to me is the fact the Cleveland media and the articles that came out today say NOTHING at all about the coaching. NO ONE ever calls for heads in Columbus, Ohio. It's about time they do.

 

[elcheato]

Not only will we lose to Michigan, but also at Michigan State and at Iowa. I hope so anyway at this point. I want the entire coaching staff fired at least by the end of the year.

This is OHIO STATE FOOTBALL. If something isn't done to get back the swagger and the great tradition of OSU Football, we can continue to watch the program go down the tubes. The entire team is slowly digressing in front of our eyes, week to week. It's very obvious.

What's surprising to me is the fact the Cleveland media and the articles that came out today say NOTHING at all about the coaching. NO ONE ever calls for heads in Columbus, Ohio. It's about time they do.

at Michigan State We don't play them

but lol at your overreaction.. We wont lose to Michigan, maybe Iowa.

Even though the coaching has been questionable, people need to realize almost all of our impact players this year are underclassmen/juniors.. I guess I would say this year is just for the players getting use to each other.. We'll have our chances for great seasons in the next 2 years when Pryor should be vastly improved after experiencing the ups and downs of college football as a freshman and sophomore.

 

[Chris]

I maintain we won't lose to Michigan OR Iowa, but it won't be because of Pryor.

 

[NorthCoastBias]

Here's a pretty good article by Andy Staples of SI.com. I think it pretty much sums up everything the fans have been saying.

Perhaps it's fitting Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor wrote Michael Vick's name on his eye black earlier this season. Saturday's 26-18 loss to Purdue proved again that, from a strictly football perspective, Pryor and Vick appear to be the same person -- phenomenal athletes who can't control the cannons attached to their shoulders well enough to be effective starting quarterbacks at their given levels.

I realize I'm the same person who wrote after the Ohio State spring game that Pryor was ready to utilize his gifts. Seven games in, I'm willing to admit I was wrong. Against Purdue, a team that probably doesn't have a single player who received a scholarship offer from Ohio State, Pryor completed 17-of-31 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown that came when a Hail Mary landed in DeVier Posey's hands after two Purdue defenders ran into one another. Pryor also threw two interceptions, fumbled three times (two of which were lost) and took five sacks.

Of course, we shouldn't heap all the blame on Pryor. After Ohio State lost to USC in Week 2, Smart Football's Chris Brown wrote a devastating critique of the Buckeyes' offense. Brown's sentiments still ring true. Even though Pryor has his limitations, he's usually the best athlete on the field. Unfortunately, that knowledge hasn't stopped Ohio State coach Jim Tressel from treating Pryor like any other quarterback on a lot of plays.

Ohio State's best play Saturday may have been the two-point conversion after the Posey touchdown. Pryor bootlegged and simply outran the Boilermakers to the pylon. Given the talent gap between the two teams, it stands to reason Ohio State could have dialed up similar plays quite a bit more throughout the game and come away with more than 13 first downs. But as long as Tressel insists on turning Pryor into Craig Krenzel, the offense will suffer.

I wonder if Pryor regrets turning down Rich Rodriguez to go to Columbus. In Rodriguez's offense at Michigan, Pryor would average close to 100 yards a game running zone-read plays. He would be asked to make short, controlled throws that have no chance of being intercepted. Every once in a while, he'd be allowed to uncork a deep ball, but the defense would be so worried about him running that it might fall asleep and allow him to hit an open receiver.

With the exception of Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly, who -- gasp -- changed his entire offensive philosophy during a 15-minute halftime to suit his backup quarterback's skill set in a win Thursday at South Florida, most big-time coaches seem averse to building a scheme around the particular talents of their players.

Pryor may not be the ideal quarterback, but he's still more talented than 99 percent of the players in America. Ohio State coaches need to stop trying to force him to be something he's not and embrace what he is. If they do that, they'll find their jobs, and Ohio State's games, a lot easier.

 

[Chris]

Good article but what's the point? Tressel will not change anything. Way too stubborn. NOTHING WILL CHANGE, we are powerless, and Im sick of it.

 

[Lee]

Lol i was waiting for Lee to make an appearance in this thread

My mom is visiting and she is an OSU alumni, i almost didnt want Purdue to win because our season is going no where anyways.....but such is life.

 

[Triple-S]

My mom is visiting and she is an OSU alumni, i almost didnt want Purdue to win because our season is going no where anyways.....but such is life.

We still have a shot at the motor city bowl...errr...nevermind

Next year should be amazing, I can only see this team getting better. And don't forget, Basketball is right around the corner!

 

[Lee]

We still have a shot at the motor city bowl...errr...nevermind

Next year should be amazing, I can only see this team getting better. And don't forget, Basketball is right around the corner!

Who will be the qb for us next year? That FSU transfer who got kicked off the team?

As for basketball....I have very high hopes. We have 3 nba players on this squad, 2 that could be lottery picks and a deep team. I think we could maybe see a final 4 appearance if we stay healthy.

 

[Triple-S]

Who will be the qb for us next year? That FSU transfer who got kicked off the team?

As for basketball....I have very high hopes. We have 3 nba players on this squad, 2 that could be lottery picks and a deep team. I think we could maybe see a final 4 appearance if we stay healthy.

Guy was actually from Miami (fl). I have high hopes for Marve, also heard some good things about Ter Bush. I've also heard rumors that Siller has just been kicked off the team for one season and he maybe back by next year to compete for the job as well.

A bit frustrating to try and find info. on them though. There's no RealPurdueFan site lol.

I too have high hopes, this is the first time I can really recall a Purdue team being rated this well (no offense to women's hoops) in a long time, should be an exciting season to say the least.

 

[BlueSeats626]

I just got back from West Lafayette. Lame.

How many times do we see Tressel's teams get completely outclassed for simply not taking an opponent seriously. From the PD's game wrap.

"Maybe at times I don't think we had as much intensity as we always used to," Pryor said. "I think that maybe we were not really belittling them, but thinking we were just going to walk over them. And every week, you've got to fear the underdog, and the underdog, they took care of us today."

WTF. Pryor is essentially admitting that the team thought they'd just have to show up and be handed a win.

The Columbus and Cleveland medias will never call for heads. As long as JT continues to beat UM his job his safe. We are Ohio Fucking State. We don't lose these games. Something needs to be changed and changed quickly.

 

[Chris]

I just got back from West Lafayette. Lame.

How many times do we see Tressel's teams get completely outclassed for simply not taking an opponent seriously. From the PD's game wrap.



WTF. Pryor is essentially admitting that the team thought they'd just have to show up and be handed a win.

The Columbus and Cleveland medias will never call for heads. As long as JT continues to beat UM his job his safe. We are Ohio Fucking State. We don't lose these games. Something needs to be changed and changed quickly.

Well remember everybody gave Tressel breathing room because he dominates the Big Ten and nobody seemed to care he got assblasted OOC.

Now that he's losing to scrubs within the Big Ten (Purdue, maybe Michigan, prolly Penn State)

 

[Lee]

Guy was actually from Miami (fl). I have high hopes for Marve, also heard some good things about Ter Bush. I've also heard rumors that Siller has just been kicked off the team for one season and he maybe back by next year to compete for the job as well.

A bit frustrating to try and find info. on them though. There's no RealPurdueFan site lol.

I too have high hopes, this is the first time I can really recall a Purdue team being rated this well (no offense to women's hoops) in a long time, should be an exciting season to say the least.

Well, I am a bit older I guess, because i was a student during the Glen "Big Dog" Robinson years. If it wasnt for his back injury, we would have beat Grant Hill's Duke team I believe and gone on to the final 4...Anyways, it is nice to have a good team.

On a side note, I knew Matt Painter through friends when he was a player. I didnt know him well, but he was a really nice guy. Proud to have him as our coach. Also, shows you how old I am, lol.