Terrelle Talk

[However Terrelle Pryor goes, so go the Buckeyes. While his stats are comparable to Masoli's, he has thrown 10 interceptions to Masoli's five this season. Nevertheless, he is a great passer and scrambler.
The big news is he's playing hurt. According to Mike Tokito's article in the Oregonian:]

Pryor on Monday surprised many by revealing an injury that had not been spoken of previously: a slight tear in the posterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees. He would not reveal which knee was injured or how he was hurt. Pryor also had been hobbled by an ankle injury early in November, but says he'll be ready to play Friday.
"I'm hurting everywhere," he said. "It doesn't really matter. I don't have time to worry about injuries. Neither does anybody else on our team." [Well good luck with that "not worrying" thing. We had a QB once who had a knee injury, but nobody worried about it too much. Then they went to Arizona and . . . . well I'll spare you the gory details.

Here's a video of Pryor's press conference. You may recall he was heavily recruited by Oregon when he chose Ohio State. He talks about that in the video. Tokito adds to it in the following:]

Two years ago, when the 6-foot-6, 235-pound Pryor was the most sought-after recruit in the country, the Ducks were in contention to sign him. Oregon coach Chip Kelly, then the offensive coordinator, was the Ducks' point man in the effort.

"Chip Kelly, he can recruit like crazy," Pryor said.
Pryor said Oregon's relationship with Nike and what he perceived to be "about 20 million uniforms" for the Ducks were attractive, but the distance between Eugene and his hometown of Jeannette, Pa., was a big minus. Ultimately, though, he didn't so much rule out Oregon, Penn State or any other school that recruited as he embraced Ohio State and coach Jim Tressel.
"Once you got see the Buckeyes and you talk to coach Tressel and coach Tressel wants you, he's going to get you there," Pryor said.
There are plenty of fans who thought Pryor, who has run the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds, would have been an ideal fit for Kelly's spread offense. Some believe Ohio State's much more conservative, run-first offense hinders Pryor's ability to excel, but he says the play-calling is fine with him.
"I'm not Jim Tressel, I can't pick the plays," he said. "Whatever they give me, I try to do to perfection."

Rose Bowl: Terrelle Pryor

[Pryor wears those glasses because he read this book in his Literature for Athletes class about a guy that nobody recognized whenever he wore them.

I have a hunch about the difference between Kelly's play designs for Masoli and Tressel's for Pryor.  When the ball is snapped into each quarterback's hands, it appears that Masoli already knows whether the first option of the called play is there for him or not. He also knows what options two and three are because they are designed into the play. Hence, the 'Spread OPTION'.

Tressel's plays are simpler.  And so Pryor is left more to create on his own if the play breaks down.

That could go one of two ways for Oregon. If they stay at home and play good disciplined defense, they can contain him and avoid big explosions. But if they let Pryor get away, or give him time to scramble and find a receiver, they got trouble.

 Here's another video from the Oregonian with Duck defenders talkin' some Terrelle. Notice they mention Darron Thomas. The third string QB is playing the roll of Pryor on the scout team. :]

Ducks talk: On Ohio State QB

[Both teams know that their defenses cannot just go after the opposing QB balls-to-the-wall. Look for both to execute careful and contained blitzes. 

Think Washington's Jake Locker. Containment is the key. Unless of course they see Pryor walking gimpy with the bad knee. Then he's LIVE MEAT!]
--kb