I’ve got one quibble here: I really don’t believe that Terrelle is ever “trying to do too much”, other than the every-once-in-a-while 15-or-more-yard sacks. And those would be at-least-10-yard-or-more sacks with any other quarterback, and those would be killers anyway, so they don’t matter that much.

I believe, rather, that we’re seeing him try too hard to do the things that Daniels and Tressel are asking him to do. The reining in of the tendency to pull the ball down and run made sense with Troy Smith – Troy wasn’t all THAT big or all THAT fast, after all, but he had a preternatural ability to complete tough passes, especially when the play had broken down. It made sense to train him to keep scrambling and looking downfield no matter what.

Terrelle, on the other hand, IS that big and IS that fast. He’s a far, far better runner than Troy was. Not to mention that the kid is still brand new. I say that for this year you tell him to tuck it and run whenever he feels like it. More often than not it works out pretty well. This offense could be like DickRod’s best White/Slaton Mountaineer squads – only with better talent and bigger athletes at every position – if we can resist the urge to try and turn Terrelle into senior-year Troy Smith during his freshman year. There’ll be time for that next spring etc.

Our defensive tackles worry the most. Worthington is a power forward, Heyward lost a step and everyone else is out of shape. Not much blame that can be put on the linebackers for that.