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Buckeyes buzz

After the 13-6 loss to No. 3 Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 25, Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor took the blame for the offense failing to score a touchdown and for two late turnovers that swung the tide in favor of the Nittany Lions.

"Oh, I think he's come along well," coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday. "Whenever you're in those competitive situations, and you feel as if you could have done better, it's always very, very difficult. But as soon as you can move to the point of, 'OK, what do I have to do to be better in the future?' I think you start feeling a little bit better. So he's turned his attention to the future."

Team honors

The Ohio State football coaching staff selected its weekly award winners.

Safety Kurt Coleman (Northmont) as the Buckeyes' defensive player of the week; wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher picked up the offensive honors; and kicker Aaron Pettrey was selected from special units.

Scout team awards went to QB Joe Bauserman on offense, linebacker Tony Jackson on defense and WR Ricky Crawford on special teams.

The top player among the front seven on defense was lineman Cameron Heyward. Offensive tackle Alex Boone was the best lineman, and Heyward won the Jack Tatum hit of the week.

Tressel-ese

Tressel, on a failed third-and-3 run that resulted in the Buckeyes' second field goal: "Now the fact that it wasn't successful, do you second-guess yourself? I'm sure that's true. But what you study a lot harder is why things were or were not successful. ... We certainly would have loved to have seven there. But if we made that first down there, it wouldn't have guaranteed we would have got seven."

— Rusty Miller, Associated Press