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| Posted: 2008 February 18 at 9:10pm | IP Logged
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Terrell Pryor said a whole lot of nothing today when he "narrowed" his schools down to a firm four; Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Oregon. According to Rivals.com, Pryor was set to sign with the Buckeyes on February 6th but his father wanted him to give Penn State a shot. Apparently giving Penn State a good look also means that you visit Oregon and keep Michigan on you list of schools.
I won't get too down on Pryor, this truly is a life changing decision and he needs to make the right one (ohiostate). I applaud him for keeping everything in perspective (ohiostate) and wanting to take his time making the right choice (ohiostate).
I have two points of concern I would like to make;
1) This is the second time I have heard him say in a press conference that he didn't want all the attention the media is giving him. If he is tired of all the attention and wanted to be left alone then why is he calling press conferences to tell the media he didn't want to talk to them anymore? He certainly wanted the attention when he had someone develop a website to showcase his football skills (www.terrellpryor.org) and now when it's no longer fun he gets cranky. Sorry to bring this up but the media isn't going anywhere and it's only going to get worse from this point on.
2) In the Rivals article, Pryor goes into a short tirade about the media criticizing his decision to hold off on his signing to explore all options. He singled out Mark May of ESPN saying, "(He) is criticizing me on national television and he doesn't even know me. That kind of stuff really bothers me, when people who know nothing about me are talking about me like they know anything." While I will rarely side with Mark May on anything, I have to say that he was just doing his job. He's a talking head that's paid to spout his opinion on television and he did just that when he spoke about Pryor. This kind of sensitivity worries me. What's going to happen if Terrell signs with OSU and he has some bad games? Columbus media and some of the OSU fan-base won't necessarily give him a pat on the back and say, "Go get 'em next time, tiger." Terrell needs to grow some thick skin quickly with no matter which school he signs.
Link to Rivals.com article http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=775796
Edited by quint on 2008 February 18 at 9:11pm
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