QB Terrelle Pryor (official thread)

[goblue15]

I don't think Michigan is going to get Pryor, but I think he will at least give them a visit. The family ties at Michigan, almost make him have too visit.

[cheetah]

Why would he take an official visit to PSU and WVU? PSU is a two hour drive and he has already been there often. And WVU is an hour away.

[CleveBucks]

Originally Posted by cheetah

Why would he take an official visit to PSU and WVU? PSU is a two hour drive and he has already been there often. And WVU is an hour away.

Because those will likely be two of the most serious contenders. Despite what has been said, I just can't see him going too far from home for college. That leaves basically three schools as contenders. I'd bet those three will get officials, if he's still considering them.

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by goblue15

I don't think Michigan is going to get Pryor, but I think he will at least give them a visit. The family ties at Michigan, almost make him have too visit.

MAKE him? That's probably a bit strong. It never ceases to amaze me how so many West PA recruits seem to be related, especially if UM is recruiting them.

[goblue15]

Yeah it's weird Baldwin's cousin is Ty Law. I can see Pryor playing for WV or OSU and that's who I think it comes down to.

['BusNative]

Originally Posted by cheetah

Why would he take an official visit to PSU and WVU? PSU is a two hour drive and he has already been there often. And WVU is an hour away.

???

[EastCoastScout]

OSU is still looking good here, but besides WVU, the other school folks should watch out for is Georgia Tech. I'm told they are a serious player right now.

FWIW, as of right now, I'm expecting Michigan to get one of those visits. But as things currently stand, OSU is the leader.

[super_mario]

The teams I think he'll further weed out:

Alabama (Nick Saban is good, but he's not this good)
Michigan State (can't...stop...laughing...)
Tennessee (James Banks, Brent Schaeffer, not to mention it's hicktown)
Georgia Tech (Reggie. Ball.)
Notre Dame (they got wayyyy to many young QB's)
Florida (as big a log-jam at QB as ND...landed two 5*'s in '07 class alone)

that leaves...

OSU (the favorite)
PSU (the hometown team)
Michigan (the underdog)
WVU (one team everybody is sleeping on, but I say watch-out for them)
Texas (the longhorn longshot)

I think those are his 5 officials.

As far as people thinking he won't go to PSU or even UM/WVU because of basketball, I just don't buy it. This kid is a football star first and foremost. Football will come first for him. I think once he gets into college and realizes just how hard it is to play two sports and play the QB position that he'll give up basketball pretty quickly. You can play DE and play b-ball at a high level in D-1 like Julius Peppers did no problem. Playing QB? That's a whole other animal.

[sandgk]

Originally Posted by EastCoastScout

OSU is still looking good here, but besides WVU, the other school folks should watch out for is Georgia Tech. I'm told they are a serious player right now.

FWIW, as of right now, I'm expecting Michigan to get one of those visits. But as things currently stand, OSU is the leader.

Doubtless you have source on that ECS. Even from my perspective, without such source it makes sense that Ga. Tech might be one of the visits - in a pretzel logic kind of way.
Tech was the only real surprise to me on his list, ergo he has interest in visiting.
I expect as the visits then Tech (why he wants I don't know, but surprise he makes the visit), Penn State (too close not to official), WVU (proximity eliminate another possible fit), OSU (fits like a glove) and Texas (glitz and 5* treatment) the Texas visit could be changed with Michigan.

[buzzy420]

Originally Posted by super_mario

I think once he gets into college and realizes just how hard it is to play two sports and play the QB position that he'll give up basketball pretty quickly. You can play DE and play b-ball at a high level in D-1 like Julius Peppers did no problem. Playing QB? That's a whole other animal.

ever hear of Charlie Ward?

[sandgk]

super mario - Knoxville is a very far cry from being a hicktown

[super_mario]

Originally Posted by buzzy420

ever hear of Charlie Ward?

Yeah, but that was a different era. The game has changed so much since then. The QB's that play in college now get more thrown at them by defensive co-ordinators and the athletes on defenses are better. If he went to a school that was really going to teach him how to play the QB position I just can't see him playing basketball as well. QB is a full-time job, and it requires more time and effort put into it to be good than any other position in football and maybe all of sports.

[cheetah]

My point is that you only get five official visits and he isn't going to waste them on WVU and PSU when he can go there unoffically very easily. That's just common sense. He will go to WVU and PSU, and maybe even us, then he can go five other places officially.

[EastCoastScout]

Sandgk, I'm not gonna argue with you about this. Just know that I don't post or spread information unless it comes from a credible sources, which means my info is usually accurate. Since I don't plan on going back and forth wth you regarding my post, I'll just say that I stand by my above statement.

[sandgk]

Originally Posted by EastCoastScout

Sandgk, I'm not gonna argue with you about this. Just know that I don't post or spread information unless it comes from a credible sources, which means my info is usually accurate. Since I don't plan on going back and forth wth you regarding my post, I'll just say that I stand by my above statement.

EastCoast - my apologies - I was in no way, manner or means disagreeing with you.

My point was that even from a totally outside perspective Ga. Tech stood out as different from the rest of the list, about which other schools we had all heard much more.

Sorry if that was not clearly conveyed in my original post.