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Pittsburgh Gazette
Terrelle Pryor's Recruiting Diary: Despite what you might hear, no decision on college
Friday, January 25, 2008
Jeannette High School quarterback/defensive back Terrelle Pryor is ranked the No. 1 player in the country by several scouting services and is being recruited by colleges nationwide. Pryor plans to announce his college decision Feb. 6, live on ESPN television. Until then, the Post-Gazette will periodically run a diary from Pryor, as told to staff writer Mike White.
I made my official visit to the University of Michigan last weekend, but I didn't meet with the basketball coaches at all. I didn't have time, but it's looking more doubtful that I'll play basketball in college.
Now that I'm starting to get more realistic about this whole thing, I just think there's no way I could play both football and basketball. Just with school alone, I think there's no way I can do both. Plus, I'm going to want at least a little bit of time to myself.
I'm going to be pounding away at football [in college]. If I want to win a national title, I'm going to have to work out and lift weights in the offseason. Maybe even go over films. Plus, I'll want to chill a little. I don't know if I can do all that and play basketball.
I probably won't know definitely until I step on [college] campus. This is just me talking now, but there's a lot more doubt now about me playing basketball.
I feel better about Michigan since I went there. I took [Steelers backup quarterback] Charlie Batch with me. He's helping me through this whole process. We got every single detail about what they're going to do with me in their offense. I got a good feel for things and a good look at Coach [Rich] Rodriguez.
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Pryor's presence will boost Classic Sunday
Friday, January 25, 2008
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
John Giammarco wants to promote high school basketball in Western Pennsylvania; Terrelle Pryor will help this weekend.
Giammarco is running the Pittsburgh High School Basketball Classic Sunday at Duquesne University's Palumbo Center. It is a three-game event, and one of the big draws is Pryor, the all-everything football/basketball star at Jeannette.
Pryor and Jeannette will play in the 7 p.m. game against Aliquippa. At 3, Upper St. Clair meets Chartiers Valley. American Christian Academy near Philadelphia plays Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) at 5. All three can be seen live on PCN television.
The Jeannette-Aliquippa contest is a rematch of the WPIAL Class AA title game last season, and most of the players on the court also knocked heads in a memorable WPIAL football semifinal in November. Jeannette won, 70-48, in the highest-scoring game in WPIAL history.
"Terrelle Pryor sells tickets," Giammarco said. "He's one of the best athletes to ever come through Western Pennsylvania. The clock is starting to wind down for Western Pennsylvania people to see him play. I'm honored he's going to be part of this event."
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Pryor's interest in LSU is fading
Top-rated QB cancels weekend visit
Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com
Apparently, the No. 1 quarterback in the nation only has a passing interest in LSU.Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, Pa., has talked a lot about LSU in recent weeks and scheduled a visit to campus for this weekend, but he will not be coming after all.
"Right now it doesn't look likely that he will visit LSU at all," said area recruiting expert Sonny Shipp of Scout.com. "He's talked about coming in for a mid-week visit, but nothing has been planned."
The 6-foot-6, 230-pound Pryor, who threw for 1,790 yards and rushed for another 1,901 last season, is considering Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon and Florida.
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Very similar to the SI article...found by Shetuck
Telegraph Forum
Could Pryor be a bust?
By Scott Bell
Detroit Free Press
Ohio State and Michigan are both key players in the recruitment of Pennsylvania high school phenom Terrelle Pryor. But is the dual-threat quarterback, who's listed as the nation's No. 1 recruit according to Rivals.com, Scout.com and SuperPrep) guaranteed to be a star?
Most people who have seen Pryor play would say yes. But history isn't exactly on their side.
Over the past five seasons, no top-ranked quarterback has received All-American honors. Only Georgia's Matthew Stafford, 2006's top-ranked signal caller, has come close to reaching his potential. In his second season under center, Stafford led the Bulldogs to an 11-2 season highlighted by a Sugar Bowl victory earlier this month.
2004's top QB, Oklahoma's Rhett Bomar (class of 2004), isn't even playing major college football.
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U-M'S PRYOR-ITY ONE: Analyzing nation's No. 1 QB Terrelle Pryor's big decision
January 27, 2008
Terrelle Pryor, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound bundle of talent, is uncommitted as to where he will play next season. Many predict the star quarterback will choose between Michigan and Ohio State on National Signing Day, Feb. 6.
U-M'S PRYOR-ITY ONE: Analyzing nation's No. 1 QB Terrelle Pryor's big decision
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U-M: Terrelle Pryor?s ESPN the Magazine story
January 27, 2008
FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
ESPN The Magazine profiled super recruit Terrelle Pryor in its January 2008 edition. Here are some excerpts:
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U-M: Terrelle Pryor?s ESPN the Magazine story
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MICHAEL ROSENBERG: If Rodriguez misses out on Pryor, why can't he find another QB?
January 27, 2008
In all the years I have followed ... er, been aware of recruiting, I've never seen anything like what's happening with Terrelle Pryor.
I've never seen so many people act like the future of Michigan football hinges on one recruit. If that's really the case, coach Rich Rodriguez is in trouble, whether he gets Pryor or not. No program should be that dependent on one player.
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MICHAEL ROSENBERG: If Rodriguez misses out on Pryor, why can't he find another QB?
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It's a fans' world, but Pryor's life
Sunday, January 27, 2008
RYAN WHITE
The Oregonian Staff
With almost no effort, you can stumble around the Internet and find hundreds of opinions about where Terrelle Pryor should attend college, and why. None of these opinions consider academic programs or quality of campus life.
Instead, almost all of these hundreds (maybe thousands) of people who have never met Pryor base their opinions on offensive schemes, depth charts and the fact that they really, really, really want Pryor to play for their favorite team, because he's really good and that'd be cool.
Given those facts, obviously their favorite team is the best fit for Pryor, the super-special high school quarterback from Pennsylvania who, by the way, is scheduled to visit Oregon in the next few days -- much to the joy of hyperventilating Ducks fans certain that Eugene is the best place for Pryor.
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OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon
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Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
Sports
Fans still clinging to Pryor?s future
Ron Bracken
It?s late January and Penn State?s hopes of landing Terrelle Pryor are dropping like technology stocks.
Players dismissed from team
Big Ten Network exposure brings positives, negatives to league
Oh, there are some diehards out there who still cling to the hope that Pryor, this year?s super recruit, will relent and sign a letter-of- intent with the Nittany Lions. Be kind to them.
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