Even though Troy Smith continued the Heisman hex, he still should be considered as one of the best college quarterbacks ever.

Everyone saw how he played Monday. And everyone blames his line for the failure, and I would agree to some extent. But the fact is that unless Troy Smith has an offensive line like he had throughout his career at Ohio State, he won't be anything more than a third stringer at the next level.

The main problem with Troy Smith had nothing to do with the game. It had to do with his postgame interview. Everyone is saying he said the right things, just like his coach Jim Tressel.

That statement proves to me that winning is not very high up on his list.

Every defeat Troy will encounter at the next level should hurt more than the BCS championship game. It will not be like college where you play in a game then go back to your studies. The defense was on the field three times more than the Florida defense. A team can't win a championship like that.

When you are the quarterback you are the general. You command the troops. Troy Smith was not commanding the troops, so the troops did what they wanted to do. That is also a perfectly good example of what a team shouldn't do.

Because of the performance by the Buckeyes, and Troy Smith setting the pace for worst performances by a Heisman winner, Troy Smith's draft value has dropped. And saying that is pretty generous.

Troy Smith was projected to go in the mid to late first round in this year's draft. That was of course pre-BCS championship. In a chat on ESPN.com today, Mel Kiper Jr. said he would be lucky to go in the middle of the third round. And anyone who follows football knows that a couple million dollars just went down the tube.

All the NFL teams care about is the height of the quarterback. If they went by talent in college, Troy Smith would most likely be a first round pick.

Troy Smith will only be productive if his line is formed with All-Pro lineman. Can anyone dispute that? So if the teams like Houston or Cleveland pick him up, they just wasted a draft pick. Because if you pick Smith in this year's draft, then you are planning on spending tens of millions of dollars to put up a line that will hold.

Troy Smith will stay in the league long enough to make a couple million dollars. It is just too bad people don't get aid to play in college, because then no one would be able to afford him.