OT: Troy Smith released from Steelers (surprise, surprise)
It seems the Heisman curse continues to plague college football's so called "best" players. Troy Smith in my opinion was the most overrated quarter back during his years at Ohio State. The WRs he had to work with including Beanie Wells at RB is what made him look awesome. The National Championship game against Meyer and the Gators showed how overrated he was. Dominated completely and only completed 4 out of 35 passes in the 2nd half to lose 41-14. Watching the Buckeyes getting their asses kicked in that game pissed me off at the loss we took in 2006 so bad. I will go to my grave always believing we should never of lost that game. Would of been amazing to go to the national title game that year. I honestly believe we would of given Florida a game had we of won in 2006. We always seem to do well against the SEC. I was honestly worried about going into the Rose Bowl cause our record against USC is not that great. Smith was never going to be good in the NFL and his NFL resume is proof. He did nothing in the NFL.
...solidified Ohio's dominance over us during that period, mostly because we had pretty damn good teams that were always a couple of playmakers short. He was that playmaker that for some goddamned reason we never schemed well for. Though he was hardly a worldbeater as a passer and an elusive but not devastating runner, he always had a scramble or pass in his pocket that was a difference maker. I respect that and curse him to the 7th Ring of Hell all the same.
Troy Smith was an absolute Wolverine killer. It was a bit annoying back in those days because much of the media coverage would talk about how Tressel owned Carr but really if it weren't for Troy Smith the Tressel vs. Carr records would be much closer.
This post just makes you sound butt hurt. If you say any of that stuff to an Ohio fan all you're going to get in reply is "3-0 against Michigan" and you will have nothing to say.
You suck, Troy Smith! All you did was win the Heisman and beat Michigan a bunch of times and spend a bunch of years in the NFL!
I'm an MGoBlog message board poster, so na-na-na-na-na.
That's what he put up on Michigan's 2006 defense. He was pretty damn good.
It still irks me that he was able to get away with $100 handshakes. I think the Downtown Athletic Club should stipulate that those in violation of NCAA rules are disqualified from Heisman consideration.
Well, here are a couple of other recent Heisman winners who panned out reasonably well:
- Woodson
- Newton
- Tebow
- Ricky Williams
- Eddie George
- Barry Sanders
And it's not like Desmond proved to be anything close to the player he looked like in college. Stuff happens, and ragging on a guy because he is struggling to reach the top 0.01% of his profession seems childish and ignorant.
Well, Rashaan Salaam killed too...my 1996 fantasy team! Amiright?