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.

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