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Written by Duane Long   
Saturday, 02 January 2010 11:36

Yesterday I said this would come down to the coaches. I think we were the better team going in. Oregon having the better athletes was absurd. The staff deserves all the credit for letting this team play. We got after it. Masoli had game stats that looked like his quarter stats versus Pac-10 defenses. The Big Ten gets hammered by the college football press. When are they going to call out the Pac-10 for the lack of good defenses? I want to ask another question of the college football press. Where dat 50? Several of you said Oregon was going to have half a century on us. Those that did that showed a very anti-Big Ten or an anti-Ohio State bias, or you just don't know what you are talking about. Like I said yesterday, you are not a serious person if you actually believed this defense was going to give up 50.

The buck stops at the head coaches desk. He has to take the crap so he must also get the praise. JT took the shackles off Pryor and it showed. I have been one of Terrelle Pryors biggest defenders. I don't think I am going to have to defend him anymore. 27 of 37 for 266 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was mechanically sound all night and seemed to feel comfortable in a way I can't say I have seen him before. Bowl practice reports were few and far between but the couple I did get said JT drove them hard and it showed. It looks like Pryor went back to school. He seemed to have a grasp of the offense that we have not seen before. I have said I see a talent that can be the #1 overall pick in the draft. I doubt I am going to hear as many people disagree with me about that after the Rose Bowl. I was very concerned about the receivers going into this game. Small is out and Thomas and Washington will leave the program. No reason to have them in the gameplan. Posey and Sanzenbacher stood up like champions. Pryor used all his weapons. He threw to the backs and one of the biggest plays in the game was the throw to Ballard. He made great decisions all game. Only recall two mistakes. That may be the most important thing to come out of this game.

The other player who really stood out for me was Doug Worthington. Cam Heyward had a great game but the defensive player who stood out to me was Worthington. Great kid. Great Buckeye. Love seeing him go out like that with arguably his best performance in a Buckeye uniform and a Rose Bowl win.

Zack Boren is looking like the fullback we have been searching for over the last couple of years. I think we saw a changing of the guard at running back. Saine is just a better back.I don't know of he will be the best back in a Buckeye uniform come August but he should be the clesr starter going into spring.

Offensive line gets a B. I am still not convinced about the tackles. Shugarts is young and has been out injured. It showed yesterday. He was not on his game in pass blocking. I still believe in him. On the other side we have a mess. Jim Cordle played his heart out. He is not a tackle. Every game we see him play in he shows that. That we can't find a better option than Cordle is very concerning. I would send a tape of the Rose Bowl to Seantrell Henderson and make a note to him that the kid playing his heart out is a senior. He was our best option. I would send him a tape every week. I thought run blocking was solid again. I think we could have run it right at them and still won the game but in a less spectacular fashion. We need to shore up the tackle spots in pass blocking but the core of a really good line returns. Mike Brewster missed a block yesterday. I think that is the first time I have mentioned his name all year. That is how good he has been this year. You have to feel good for Bryant Browning. He was a mess as a tackle last year but has become a really good guard. Boren is Boren. Come on Seantrell. You have to see the opportunity here.

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written by Zonabuck, January 02, 2010
Terrific win yesterday. The play calling was aggressive and the players fed off that. The game control looked like a bball pickup game -- yesterday we allowed Oregon to play on our court. Other big games we have spent to much time asking politely if we can get into the game. Yesterday we owned the field like we haven't in a long, long time.

I watched a lot of football over the past week and as much as I like Boom and Zoom, i see two players who wouldn't see the field at other top programs. James and Barner are light years ahead of these guys as running backs. Auburn ran TBs in and out and got production out of each of them. I see other guys who burn to get into the end zone and will run around, over and through to get there. I don't see that fire (or talent) out of our backs. I'm hoping out of Berry, Smith, and Hyde we can find some backs that DCs have to scheme against. That is not the case now.

Great game for TP, and it should be a confidence builder going into next year. I still don't see a #1 pick, though. He looked much better in decision making, and for the most part looked more comfortable letting the play develop. But after two years, there are still a number of problems with his throwing. The short throws look like knuckleballs and he still pushes too many throws. Nice touch on some of the deep balls though, and he had two beautiful TD throws to Posey (one caught, one dropped).

Finally, you have commented numerous times that if Posey is an elite receiver, we won't see drops. He had a good game yesterday, but really had an opportunity to have a monster game. You touched on it - being short at WR with two of our top four out, and their replacements likely gone by Spring, Posey and Sanz did a great job of playing like champions. But if Posey hung on to some very catchable balls, that game is a runaway.
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written by Bill Compton, January 02, 2010
Good assessment Speeg....
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written by buckeye2001, January 02, 2010
I like how aggressive the defensive play calling was in the 2nd half. We send rolle and coleman crashing up the middle quite a few times. Didn't get big loses, but we did mess up their timing.
Saine as WR
written by dmagnus1, January 02, 2010
Started a thread on 'Nuts to the effect that I see Saine as a better WR than a RB, especially with a relative surplus of RBs next year, and an uncertain stable of proven WRs. Saine always looked better to me catching the ball than running into the line with it - he has no moves in close quarters. Conversely, he looks like a big YAC type of WR to me. I would be interested in your thoughts, Duane, about a seasoned TP looking DOWNFIELD (for once) at Posey and Saine running deeper routes.
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written by Hilltopbass, January 02, 2010
A great team win, Pryor Rose Bowl MVP says it all about his game.
Great job by the coaching staff, Tressel let TP go and Heacock was aggresive. 41 to 19 minutes TOP is evidence of dominating gsme plan and team preformance.
Kick coverage was the only negative I saw in the game, it did however in the end lend itself to how well the defense played. The ducks having the field position they enjoyed and coming up with 17 points is a credit to them, when everbody thought they would put up 50.
Kudo's to Buckeye Nation, does anybody travel as well as we do, thier support was rewarded.
ALL GLORY IS FLEETING....
written by dbuckeye44, January 02, 2010
I do not disagree with anything that you said Duane. However much as JT once the game is over I prefer not to bask in glory for long but rather start looking to the future. First of all I would suggest to all and to TP specifically that one game does not a career make. After his first World Championship Larry Bird was in the gym the very next day working on getting better. Secondly TP indeed had an outstanding game and I am completely confident in his potential to become an elite college QB. However, at this point I am not ready to anoint him as "arriving". Once he has put together 4-5 consecutive quality games such as this we can declare him as "arrived". Then I would remind all that we were in the Red Zone six times last night and only produced two TDs. We could have won this game 34-17 or 42-17 with better execution in the Red Zone. This kind of production makes it more difficult to be Champions and this aspect must improve next year. Now if I come across negative I do not mean to in the least because what we have for 2010 is the Silver Bullets who will be better next year than this year regardless of who we lose and we have an Offense with great potential. 2010 is full of promise and success if....
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written by dvo45, January 03, 2010
The game Pryor had reminded me of Troy Smith in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl...

If am a coach in the Big11Ten and I watched the Rose Bowl the only thing I could be thinking is "Oh Crap"
Andy Miller at Left Tackle
written by RubberBowl, January 03, 2010
Duane, what do you think of Andy Miller at LT. I think he looked real solid when he played there this past season. Not sure what happened with the flu and why he did not seem to get back in the rotation after that. Recall his playing well in some action against Penn State.
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written by O-State, January 03, 2010
It's baffling to me that we never really heard from Andy Miller again after his flu. He is our best pass protector. Whatever. Wins are all that matter.
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written by Eltoasto, January 04, 2010
I swear that on one replay, i saw Boren at LT. Anyone else see this?

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