[NU Sports] Big Ten losses and why I love them

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> One of the wonderful things about football is that a team
> can often beat
> a group of better players.  Maybe we're finally seeing

Exactly - love that about this game. A Terrell Pryor-like pitcher could dominate a baseball or softball game, and a TP-like guard could dominate a hoops contest. But as amazing as Pryor has looked in the flashes we've seen of him so far (and I'm not calling him one of the prima donnas - just an amazing talent), he needs a team to win.

> There have been rumblings in the media of dissention in the
> OSU

I remember hearing this late last year and I'm really starting to believe it after they just seemed to give up after falling behind to LSU and USC ... no heart and no belief in themselves to come back as a team.

> We'll see if Tressel can pull it back together because
> clearly OSU has
> the talent to walk through the BT.  We'll see whether
> or not they have
> the team.

Exactly. Tressel's gonna face a stiff challenge because all of those seniors who bypassed the NFL and returned did so to win the title -- the loss at USC all but eliminates that, so will they have anything left to play for besides draft position and me, me, me?

I'm curious about the same thing with PSU - certainly some selfish players in terms of off-field incidents and not thinking of the team and certainly a load of speed and talent ... but how will they react in a close game in the fourth quarter?

Should be a wild Big Ten race.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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