Last week, Ohio State fans were a bit anxious as their talented quarterback, Terrelle Pryor, was sent to the locker room for a while. The talented player, who is one of the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy, had a leg injury and was suffering a bit. He had managed to guide the Buckeyes in their come-from-behind 24-13 win more than Illinois final Saturday. From what occurred since he came back late during the third quarter, the Ohio State’s fans couldn’t assist but wonder how bad was his injury. And here is the beauty of this young quarterback’s performance this Saturday. Pryor had strained his left tight muscles last week, but soon after intensive recovery, he was in a position to guide the Buckeyes with an outstanding efficiency. Right after keeping the way away from his hands throughout the first quarter, Pryor was in a position to complete 3 touchdowns in the game (this is the third time this season he hits that mark) for a career-best 334 touchdowns in 24 of 30 with no interceptions.
He was totally wonderful from short to medium and long range passing. Just contemplate his touchdown passes for a second right here. He covered 22 yards with Dane Sanzenbacher, then 60 yards with Brandon Saine and 17 yards for DeVier Posey for their 38-10 win over the Indiana Hoosiers. No doubt that following South Carolina’s crushing of the then-No.1 Alabama Crimson Tide, the Ohio State Buckeyes was going to wake up Monday morning the new No.1 team in the AP polls. The Buckeyes have had 1 heck of a season. The team is now 6- overall and 2- in conference play. This is Ohio State’s 12th consecutive victory and its 16th consecutive win over the Hoosiers, who haven’t found a way to break pass such a solid defense. That may well be part of the trick. Positive enough, the Buckeyes have an outstanding team in the offensive finish. Terrelle Pryor keeps on breaking school records in every single game. But there is considerably a lot more then mere offensive prowess to the most recent good results of Ohio State. For instance, Indiana arrived to this game middling 40 points and a really decent 350 passing yards a game. But truth be stated, quarterback Ben Chappell had a dishful of problems obtaining spaces and gaining important seconds as the Buckeye’s defenders kept pushing him to the limit. And he was not too launching in such a harassing environment. Chappell’s numbers where far below par. He went 16 of 26 for 106 passing yards with no touchdown passes and two interceptions. Now, head coach Jim Tressel had even a lot more causes to celebrate. Not only was he the mastermind behinds Ohio State’s brilliat performance this season, and not only was he going to begin the week as the coach of the No. 1 ranked team in the Nation, but he had also accomplished his 100th win with the team. Tressel won his 100th game in his 121st game. Not poor at all. As of press-time, he is the third fastest coach to reach the mark amongst the Large Ten coaches. The Buckeyes will now play the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday. Now, an additional victory here against the Badgers would be crucial as soon as the BCS standings come out. Will keep you informed on their efficiency as the season progresses.
Stephen Lars is a prominent sports blogger and currently covers NCAA Football, previews and handicaps for the BetIAS’ Sports Betting Blog . You may reprint this write-up in its full content, please note no modifications to it are accepted.