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Texas coach believes in Pryor
Friday, November 6, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Coaches Mack Brown of Texas and Jim Tressel of Ohio State have stayed in touch since their spring trip to visit troops in the Middle East. They share a common interest: the development of Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
Brown likens Pryor's progress to the steps that Vince Young, another running-throwing quarterback, took in becoming a dominant force when he led Texas to the 2005 national title.
It was at the midpoint of Young's sophomore season in 2004 that Brown noticed an uptick in his awareness. Brown said he thinks that, as Ohio State prepares for Penn State on Saturday, Pryor has crossed that point, too, no matter what the critics are saying about the sophomore.
"About this time in his career, Vince Young turned the corner and didn't lose another game," Brown said. "He was a good player up until that point, but we did not score against Oklahoma, he had a tough game against Missouri, and then he didn't lose a game for his last year and a half.
"And I see Terrelle doing the same thing. Jim is doing a great job with him."
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BuckeyeXtra - Texas coach believes in Pryor
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All eyes on Ohio State's Pryor
By Joe Juliano
Inquirer Staff Writer
The question stopped Ohio State coach Jim Tressel in his tracks for a few seconds.
"Have you been asked more questions about Terrelle Pryor than anyone you've ever coached?" someone asked on this week's Big Ten coaches' conference call of Tressel, in his 24th season as a college head coach.
After acknowledging that interest in an offensive lineman isn't as great as with a quarterback, Tressel said Pryor, one of the nation's top high school QBs as a senior at Jeannette (Pa.) High, "is a fun guy to ask questions about."
"He got thrust into the situation early" as a freshman, the coach said. "He was on a good football team and had to take over for a captain, which is difficult. He got thrown into the fire from an X-and-O standpoint. Then he had to retool this year with a whole new group of people around him. He's done a good job."
Still, no one in college football has been more analyzed and criticized, scrutinized and chastised, than Pryor. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound sophomore is a gifted athlete - he is the team's leading rusher with 554 yards - but one who struggles at times at his position, particularly in the passing game.
Pryor has completed only 54.6 percent of his passes and has thrown nine interceptions. Nine other conference quarterbacks have a better completion percentage. Four other conference quarterbacks have thrown less interceptions, five of them more.
The criticism of Pryor reached a crescendo in Columbus three weeks ago after he turned the ball over four times (two interceptions, two fumbles) in an upset loss at Purdue. He has bounced back since then, and Tressel attributes that to hard work, including film study and practice habits.
Now Pryor again must break out the ear plugs tomorrow for his first trip to Beaver Stadium since he declined Penn State's scholarship offer because Happy Valley was "too country."
The 108,000-plus in attendance will let Pryor know that they remember the snub. But they won't be wearing T-shirts emblazoned "Terrelle Cryer," a reference to cameras finding Pryor on the bench with tears in his eyes late in the Nittany Lions' 13-6 win last year at Columbus, because they were pulled off the market yesterday.
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All eyes on Ohio State's Pryor | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/06/2009
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Penn State Notebook: Marketing group cans T-shirt mocking Pryor
Friday, November 06, 2009
By Ron Musselman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A T-shirt mocking Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been sacked after Penn State students and alumni complained that the design does not reflect the school's values.
The $10 T-shirt had been scheduled to be on sale today at the student union but no longer will be sold.
A creation of the Penn State Marketing Association, the T-shirt featured the Nittany Lions mascot handing a tissue to Pryor with the words "The Nutcracker: a Terrelle Cryer Story" printed underneath. The marketing organization is affiliated with the university.
"We did not intend for this shirt to offend Terrelle Pryor, The Ohio State University, or Penn State Athletics, and we apologize for any offense it caused," Dan Sturman, PSMA's chief executive director, said in a statement yesterday.
"We share in Penn State's commitment to a strong tradition of sportsmanship, honor and integrity, and understand that this shirt design does not align with these values. The Penn State Marketing Association is recalling all shirts and will dispose of them accordingly."
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Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310...#ixzz0W55rhGFj
Last edited by Buckskin86; 11-06-2009 at 08:19 AM.
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.....so I'd rather see Texas in there and I will be rooting for them winning it all this year, and for Colt McCoy to win the Heisman (no Clausen or Tebow please).
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