College Football Notebook: Week 2 Review

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Week 2 is in the books and I'm back in New York, fresh off my visit to Columbus to watch Ohio State's easy defeat of Miami.

Let's get right into the notes for today:

+ Through two games, Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson leads the nation with an average of 442 total yards per contest. Fifty miles down the road, the University of Toledo has amassed a total of 395 yards in its first two games.

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College Football Notebook: OSU, Miami Shine In Tune-Ups

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

The first night of college football games is in the books, and here are my thoughts:

+ Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor helped his Heisman bid with a splendid performance in a blowout win over Marshall. But his passing mechanics still looked a tad gimpy on a couple of plays, and I'll be surprised if he enjoys similar success next week against Miami if he doesn't adjust. He threw one of his three touchdown passes from his back foot and heaved up some unusual third-and-long prayer that was nearly picked. Overall, though, he was close to excellent and it was nice to see Jim Tressel open things up slightly and call 25 passing plays for Pryor in barely more than three quarters' work. If it's true that players and teams make their largest improvements between Week 1 and Week 2, then Pryor and the Buckeyes should look pretty solid against Miami on Sept. 11.

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