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The Uplifting Athletes Video Game Challenge was a success, as was expected. This time around Jordan Hall won the tournament, knocking out longtime teammate TP and reigning champ Duron Carter in the process.
Below is some local coverage from 10TV and NBC4 all rolled into one video!
Also check out Ozone’s video with TP
http://www.the-ozone.net/flash/09-10/10-02-28/10-02-28-Pryor.flv
If there were such thing as a retweet for blog posts, this would probably be it!
Back in August, before the start of fall camp, the team, and the OSU chapter of Uplifting Athletes, held a charity video game tournament to benefit Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT); a disease that affects Terrelle’s father, Craig.
Well, it is time for another go-round! This Sunday at the Damon’s on Olentangy, select members of the Ohio State football team will be taking on players from other schools such as Penn State, Georgia, West Virginia, and Texas. Fans are invited to watch all the action from 3-6PM.
As I mentioned last summer, this the best time to meet and interact with your favorite Buckeyes because they rarely (if ever) do public signings/meet-n-greets before declaring for the NFL. Tickets are $5 ahead of time, and $10 at the door.
Duron Carter is the reigning champ, so I’m sure he’ll be looking to uphold his title. DeVier Posey, Donnie Evege, and Spencer Smith appeared last night on 10TV’s “Wall 2 Wall Sports” program to promote the event. (I may add that video later on) Click here for more info and to purchase advance tickets.
And while you’re here, why not see some video coverage from last year’s event?
I don’t know about y’all, but Central Ohio is getting hit with one of the worst winters its seen in years. It seems like every few days, another winter storm rolls through and buries us with an additional foot of snow.
It’s times like these that I can’t help but think about the Spring Game. Last year the weather was absolutely perfect (could use some of that right about now) and Buckeye Nation broke national attendance records to the tune of 95k in the ‘Shoe.
We can’t fast forward to April 24th, but what we can do is purchase tickets for the Spring Game. As you can see on the left sidebar, I’m already counting down. The game will still follow a Men’s LAX game against Air Force.
Tickets are already on sale, so if you wanna go ahead and lock yours down ahead of time — and possibly cheer yourself up during this brutal winter — then you can do so right here.
I haven’t forgotten about the TP/OSU iPhone project many of you have already stumbled across. I’m still making themes and tinkering. I should have something to share within the next couple of weeks.
I guess that 90% update just wasn’t cutting it for Terrelle’s knee. Rumors were swirling yesterday that TP had some type of surgery on his injured knee. He confirmed it via Twitter a few hours ago.
He was probably getting a lot of questions after throwing down that dunk during halftime of the Men’s basketball game vs. Penn State on Wednesday.
Dontcha love social media?
It’s been pretty quiet on the TP front since the team’s exciting Rose Bowl victory. (I can’t count how many times I’ve rewatched that game). The team is officially starting their winter workout program tomorrow, but tonight Terrelle spent a few hours of his time supporting Ohio State’s #4 ranked wrestling team as they hosted (surprise!) #13 Penn State.
TP was an honorary captain for the match, which appeared to be a good move as the Buckeyes defeated the Nittany Lions 21-14.
Afterwards, Terrelle spoke to the media for the first time since New Years. He discussed how his knee is feeling now, and how much it affected him throughout the season, what he feels he needs to work on for the next season, as well as his leadership role. Watch the interview below, courtesy of the Plain Dealer, who has the full interview.
| Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor on preparing for next year, being a role model |
TP also talks about how active he is on Twitter. If you’re not already following him, you should do so: @pryor2two. He has to approve you, but he seems to accept all followers.
And for the millionth time, the Twitter account I use here (which is 100% unofficial) is @terrellepryor. If TP ever asked for it, it’d be his immediately! All he has to do is ask 
. I signed up for it in November 2008. I just didn’t want it to end up in the hands of someone who would misuse it. Y’all know how it is on Twitter with fakes.
The Buckeyes will kick off the 2010 season on a Thursday, instead of the traditional Saturday game. Ohio State will welcome the Marshall University Thundering Herd to the ‘Shoe on Thursday, September 2nd. Start time and TV information will be announced later.
Ok, so this is different.
There’s been talk that ESPN/ABC wanted to move the Ohio State/Miami game to Labor Day Monday, and were throwing a lot of money at both programs to make it happen. Of course, if that were to have transpired, something would have to be done with the Marshall game as you can’t play Saturday and then again 2 days later on Monday. Perhaps moving the season kickoff game to Thursday is the University’s way of compromising with ESPN since they weren’t willing to juggle the schedule to accommodate the big Labor Day game?
Who knows, really.
If ESPN wanted a marquee team — and from all accounts OSU will be very highly ranked going into the season — to help get the 2010 season started, then they choice wisely. I’m hopeful that this won’t start a trend. I don’t want to see Ohio State playing on Thursdays. The big boys play on Saturday. Kickoff weekend is an exception I’m ok with, though.
Thoughts?
As I watch the final quarter of the Rose Bowl, courtesy of the Big Ten Network replay, I’m already looking forward to next season. This team has a lot of potential and I can’t wait to see what they do!
There’s always work to be done and improvements to be made. As such, here are some things I’m keeping my eye on.
1. Special Teams. Special Teams. Special Teams.
Tress puts so much emphasis on special teams play. Coverage, returning, punting, kicking, & the whole she-bang. It’s a key part to Tressel-ball and it was pretty terrible this season by Tressel standards. I excuse the return game of the Rose Bowl due to the absence of Ray Small. And being that Smally is a senior and Lamaar Flash Thomas has transferred, the staff must find a new return man in this off season. Preferably one that doesn’t make everyone hold their breath wondering if he’s going to muff it. I don’t care if it’s a freshman. Just make sure he gets as many practice reps as possible, so he’s ready.
Kick coverage was atrocious this year. Opponents had way too favorable field position and the defense shouldn’t routinely be placed in that type of position. Oregon’s return yardage was unacceptable at 199 yards. Losing senior Marcus Williams, early in the season, didn’t help the coverage unit. I could be wrong, but I also believe Tyler Moeller was a special teams regular. Whenever a longtime special teams contributor is sidelined, it’s going to hurt. But I don’t think that’s the sole reason they underperformed. The unit simply has to get better. Wait! There’s more »
I made this last night. Quick little video to showcase the pwnage of TP’s arms vs. the Oregon defense.
Oh, and if you’re sensitive to cussing, make sure your sound is off. I busted out one of my favorite songs, by Westside Connection, because I thought it was appropriate.
Enjoy!
P.S. I don’t usually make highlight-ish video, so this is probably a little rough. I’ll leave the regular highlight vid creation to the pros, like the amazing lexco44. (Watch his Rose Bowl Highlight vid here) I just thought TP’s stiff arm display needed its own vid. This gets the point across, wouldn’t you say? Go Bucks!
Just a quick driveby of some interviews/pictures from today’s game and postgame activities.
ESPN Gameday interview (Postgame)
Big Ten Network interview (Postgame)
