Finally a chance to comment! As I stated in my adventure thread, we watched the game in a bar with no sound, so I'm sure I missed a lot of things you guys learned. I recorded the game, but haven't watched any of it yet. Haven't watched Buckeye Blitz either.
First and foremost...well done Terrelle Pryor! Just a phenomenal game from this young man. I was his harshest critic, and I must say I was so happy for him that he played so well. Seemed like Tressel loosened the reigns at the right time, and Pryor responded with a terrific game. Great decisions, great running, great passing. That's what I'm talking about!!!
He still seemed to panic a little when he had to check down from his primary receiver, but I remember one throw across his body, when he was running to his right, that was something I've never seen from him before...an improvisation on the run and finding a receiver open. Wonderful.
I saw a graphic they put up at the end regarding Troy Smith and Vince Young, I guess they were comparing Pryor's maturation to those guys, but I'm not sure it's a valid comparison. Don't remember Young at all, but did Troy even play much as a sophomore? Didn't Justin Zwick take more snaps than Troy? I forget. I just remember them losing three games in a row that year, and one was Northwestern.
Right at the time everyone at the bar was going crazy, I made sure to watch Jim Tressel enjoy the victory...and I'm looking forward to hearing his comments when he was interviewed after the game. Congratulations to Tressel, he finally used the six weeks to come up with a very good game plan.
I think the most important part of the game was when Oregon had just tied the game at 10 in the second quarter and had all the momentum. There were like nine minutes left if the half when Ohio State got the ball back, and they methodically marched down the field and kicked a field goal with about a minute left in the half. Keeping the Oregon offense off the field at that point was as crucial as the three points.
Then, when the Oregon offense does finally get back on the field, there is an interception and another field goal. With Oregon gettting the second half kickoff (and scoring a touchdown) those six points were important.
That guy Varner or Barner or Barn-Burner or whatever almost beat the Buckeyes all by himself. Wow, that kid runs like the wind.
Great games by Posey and Sanzenbacher, but the biggest catch, I thought, was to some big guy (did not see his name, I was too busy high-fiving Australian guys!) in the fourth quarter on like a third and 15. After that catch I really thought we just might win.
But when the Oregon kicker missed the field goal with five minutes left, I knew we were going to win! Wow, it was so nice to see Jim Tressel's face, earning a victory like that. They almost got it against Texas, they almost got it against USC, but they actually got it on Friday.
Awesome.
Sandra
