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Is Jim Tressel the New Lloyd Carr?

 
Tim from Varsity Blue is back for his weekly critique of the Buckeyes. This week he has an interesting take on the Sweatervest. Should we be worried? He thinks so. What I Saw Terrelle Pryor's first collegiate start was decent, but not necessarily the earth-shattering change that Buckeye fans were hoping it might bring. He made your standard rookie mistakes, so he can expect to get better over the course of the year. For the first time this season, he didn't have the luxury of only being put into the game to run schemes that put him in a position to succeed, and he performed as can be expected. A couple of his touchdowns were throws I could make, but he was certainly impressive at other times. Ohio State generally used the Lloyd Carr gameplan when playing an opponent that has significantly less talent: Keep it vanilla all the way around, even if they manage to keep the game close. Eventually, it came back to bite Carr, and though I think Tressel is a better coach, you have to ... (link)

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