Terrelle Pryor is expected to win college's top award ... and probably be a bust in the NFL.
View full sizeRoger Staubach poses with the Heisman Trophy he won in 1963 as the quarterback of Navy. Terrelle Pryor of OSU is expected to contend for the Heisman, which may work against him careerwise; Staubach and Stanford's Jim Plunkett are the only two quarterbacks to win Heismans AND a Super Bowl.Which is all well and good . . . and probable. Pryor and the Buckeyes are also favorites at least to make it to the BCS title game, so it figures that one of the best teams should have one of the best players.
But as we all know, the Heisman doesn't necessarily translate into a good NFL career. Here's what draftinsider.net had to say about Pryor.
For all the notoriety he receives we do not think highly of quarterback Terrelle Pryor as an NFL prospect. He’s a terrific athlete with an NFL arm. He makes plays with his legs if nothing is available through the air. He powers the ball into targets or easily drives passes downfield. Pryor also loses nothing throwing on the move. Yet Pryor is more athlete than quarterback to this point, more thrower than passer. His mechanics are inconsistent, his field vision is less than adequate and Pryor’s pass placement is poor. Pryor offers better physical skills when compared to Tim Tebow yet at the same time has a fraction of the intangibles and leadership ability of the former Gator.
There might be something to all that. Oh, not about Pryor. Can't say yea or nay to the draftinsider.net's assessment. But Starting Blocks notes that winning a Heisman rarely translates into a successful NFL career for quarterbacks. Only two - TWO - have won the Heisman AND a Super Bowl: Roger Staubach (Navy and Dallas Cowboys) and Jim Plunkett (Stanford and the Los Angeles/Oakland Raisers). Each of 'em won two Super Bowls. And get this: Plunkett is the only retired quarterback to start -- and win -- two Super Bowls and not make the Hall of Fame.
Kinda makes that magazine cover jinx look tame by comparison, doesn't it?
Another 12-0 prediction
Ho-hum. Isn't this getting old? someone else predicts the Buckeyes will go 12-0 and play in the national title game. That someone is Kevin Trahan, blogging for bleacherreport.com:
Perhaps Ohio State's biggest obstacle is the schedule, as the Buckeyes have to go to Madison and Iowa City and host Miami and Penn State. The game against Iowa could decide who goes to the national championship, and given the Buckeyes' recent success against the Hawkeyes, expect Ohio State to be heading to Glendale (Arizona).
In the same item, Trahan notes that Iowa will finish 11-1 - with that lone loss coming at home to Ohio State. And that game is on Nov. 20, which happens to be the next-to-last game of the regular season. The last game? The Bucks host Michigan on Nov. 27. Best not to look head, OSU.