Tressel gave only two POW awards: On Offense, Boom Herron who had a "whale of a game" and Mike Adams was given the lineman of the week award. There were no other awards.
Ross Homan and Christian Bryant are both doubtful for the upcoming Purdue game. It appeared Ross Homan rolled an ankle during the game. Christian Bryant has an infected toe and is spending most of the week in the hospital.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Players of the Week
In Jim Tressel's weekly press conference, he announced the following awards: Player of the Week on Offense - Terrelle Pryor who nearly graded a "winning" performance. Pryor also shares the Big Ten POW award on offense with Wisconsin's Clay. On defense, the POW was Devon Torrence. Torrence has proven himself to have great coverage skills this season, but perhaps more importantly, he has shown strong tackling skills. For a guy who came to OSU as an offensive player, this is particularly important. Often the catch cannot be prevented, but the YAC (yards after catch) can. The Attack Force player was Nate Williams. During the game, I noted to my husband how Indiana had no answer for Williams. Many of the opponents are doubling on Cam Heyward, but that provides opportunities to other linemen. Nate has taken advantage of single coverage all season - I'm not sure anyone can cover Nate. The Jim Parker Lineman of the Week was Mike Adams. Mike has been something of an enigma in previous seasons. While he still appears to me to "take some plays off", he has shown improvement this season over past seasons and appeared to have a relatively good game vs. Indiana. It is telling overall, however, that the coaching staff a week ago chose to name Zach Boren, a fullback, as lineman of the week. The real test this Saturday will be for the O line to give TP plenty of time to throw the ball and to create that crease for the Buckeye RBs.
On to Wisconsin! GO BUCKS from JennyBucks!
On to Wisconsin! GO BUCKS from JennyBucks!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Week 2 Big Ten Season
Here's hoping that the Illinois game is nothing like the rest of the Big Ten season. Way too much drama against an opponent that doesn't deserve to be in the game that long! And with Indiana coming off of a near-victory against UM, ugh.
The weekly awards went to Zach Boren (yes, the FB) for OLine, Boom Herron on Offense, and Brian Rolle on Defense. The Attack Force player was Cameron Heyward and special teams POW was Ben Buchanan. Only 3 defensive players and 2 on offense graded out winning performances.
With great anguish, Jim Tressel announced what we had feared - Tyler Moeller will miss the remainder of the season with a torn pectoral muscle. He will have (or has had) surgery this week. Tressel noted that they already filed preliminary paperwork to get him a 6th year (hardship) explaining that an earlier injury to Tyler's pec muscle did not properly heal while he re-habbed from the head injury. Moeller will be sorely missed.
Tressel also reported that the quad injury of TP continues to heal/improve, noting that probably no player with the ball in his hands that much is 100% after 5 games. That might be coach-speak for a more serious injury - or less. I take news on the quad with a grain of salt given last season where the "knee" led to the eventual news that TP needed knee surgery. It will be telling how often TP carries the ball in the next game - Tressel continues to say that TP is scripted to carry the ball maybe 8-10 times per game. Makes me wonder also how Denard Robinson will hold up throughout the season carrying the ball probably 75% of the time (or more).
This week's Indiana squad should come in confident on offense, but devastated on defense. With the game in-hand, the Hoosiers could not hold off Robinson who clearly was going to tote the rock on the final drive. His one 40+ yard pass play was key, however. I continue to wonder if Robinson is that good or his opponents to-date, that bad. I'd like to see him rack up 100-200 yards on the ground against a stout rushing defense. Then, we will know a heck of a lot more.
The game vs Indiana tees up at noon eastern this Saturday.
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The weekly awards went to Zach Boren (yes, the FB) for OLine, Boom Herron on Offense, and Brian Rolle on Defense. The Attack Force player was Cameron Heyward and special teams POW was Ben Buchanan. Only 3 defensive players and 2 on offense graded out winning performances.
With great anguish, Jim Tressel announced what we had feared - Tyler Moeller will miss the remainder of the season with a torn pectoral muscle. He will have (or has had) surgery this week. Tressel noted that they already filed preliminary paperwork to get him a 6th year (hardship) explaining that an earlier injury to Tyler's pec muscle did not properly heal while he re-habbed from the head injury. Moeller will be sorely missed.
Tressel also reported that the quad injury of TP continues to heal/improve, noting that probably no player with the ball in his hands that much is 100% after 5 games. That might be coach-speak for a more serious injury - or less. I take news on the quad with a grain of salt given last season where the "knee" led to the eventual news that TP needed knee surgery. It will be telling how often TP carries the ball in the next game - Tressel continues to say that TP is scripted to carry the ball maybe 8-10 times per game. Makes me wonder also how Denard Robinson will hold up throughout the season carrying the ball probably 75% of the time (or more).
This week's Indiana squad should come in confident on offense, but devastated on defense. With the game in-hand, the Hoosiers could not hold off Robinson who clearly was going to tote the rock on the final drive. His one 40+ yard pass play was key, however. I continue to wonder if Robinson is that good or his opponents to-date, that bad. I'd like to see him rack up 100-200 yards on the ground against a stout rushing defense. Then, we will know a heck of a lot more.
The game vs Indiana tees up at noon eastern this Saturday.
GO BUCKS from JennyBucks!
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