Talk:Troy Smith

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[edit] Bowl Games

The page says he won the 2005 and 2006 Fiesta Bowl, but Ohio State did not play in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (it was Pitt and Utah). I changed it. johnthacker83

The game was not lost because of the quarterback controversey. The game was lost because Texas was a better team- get over it.

Uh, am I wrong or does it say he WON the 2007 BCS Championship?SuperToad64 02:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Troy Smith's Residence

According to the Ohio State Buckeye's website, Troy Smith's "hometown" is Cleveland, Ohio. Where is the source of his "birthplace" in Cincinnati, Ohio? Specter01010 07:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

He wasn't born in Cincinnati, he was born in Columbus, OH. And the Official Ohio State website -- which is where I have just discovered (from reading Smith's bio) that a lot of the Wiki article was plagiarized from! :-O -- states only his hometown being Cleveland. I think it was in the Pat Forde article on the ESPN website that says he was born in Columbus while his mom was down there for some reason. I haven't seen any actual 'official' listing though. Heck, Yahoo! has him listed as being from Glenville, which isn't an independent entity... it's a neighborhood in Cleveland!

Ryecatcher773 05:08, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Did you also fix the plagiarism? That is not acceptable on Wikipedia. Johntex\^talk 22:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, if you some time to fix it, be my guest. All I said was that I noticed it looked fishy after I started to work on it, but I have hardly had a chance to go back and rewrite the entire article, and I am certainly not the one who plagiarized it. Ryecatcher773 03:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm just asking a question. You noticed the bits that you believe are copyright violations. Therefore, you are in the best position to take them out. You don't have to re-write them, just take them out if you are confident they are truly violations. Johntex\^talk 03:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)