http://menofthescarletandgray.com/2006/08/22/troy-smiths-mostly-charmed-life/ An Ohio Sports Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://menofthescarletandgray.com/2006/08/22/troy-smiths-mostly-charmed-life/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Men of the Scarlet and Gray » Blog Archive » My fears for the season Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:44:48 +0000 http://menofthescarletandgray.com/2006/08/22/troy-smiths-mostly-charmed-life/#comment-72 [...] Overconfidence is my first fear. The players have been hearing the hype. They’ve seen the shows, they’ve seen the polls. How much is going to their head? On the outside, the Buckeyes, especially Troy Smith, have been saying all the right things. Coach Tressel has been training them well. They are keeping things very close to the vest (pun intended). Reading the article in the New York Times (discussed here earlier) painted a picture of low-key living by some of the Buckeyes, and hopefully they’ve been able to avoid the hype, to some extent. [...] [...] Overconfidence is my first fear. The players have been hearing the hype. They’ve seen the shows, they’ve seen the polls. How much is going to their head? On the outside, the Buckeyes, especially Troy Smith, have been saying all the right things. Coach Tressel has been training them well. They are keeping things very close to the vest (pun intended). Reading the article in the New York Times (discussed here earlier) painted a picture of low-key living by some of the Buckeyes, and hopefully they’ve been able to avoid the hype, to some extent. [...]

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