I don’t mean to beat a dead horse. Especially one I wanted to shoot a few weeks ago. This is worth noting for some further perspective:

Troy Smith was wearing a vintage Pittsburgh Pirates jersey Tuesday night with Willie Stargell’s name and number on the back.

Smith, however, was not sounding a “We Are Fam-i-lee” theme.

The Ohio State sophomore quarterback expressed frustration with his backup status and said he will evaluate whether he’ll remain at OSU after this season.
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Asked if he received a fair chance to win the quarterback job, Smith said: “That’s for you guys to decide. I really can’t say anything on that because I don’t want to put myself in a situation where I say this and then something else [like] repercussions of what I said to the media have something to do with my playing time or my future here. So that’s for you to decide.”

Two of the first three starting QB’s Pitt faced were transfers from other programs because they realized they would never be the starter at their original school. Luke Getsy transferring from Pitt was not Harris’ fault, or anything that unusual anymore. It’s the nature of college football these days. If a kid has aspirations of playing beyond college, he goes somewhere where he can show what he has. We all know that the game has changed, and the kids playing it are doing what they have to.