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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Pryor comfortable with Ohio State
Penn State was “too country.”
Oregon was too far away.
Michigan was an option and “Coach Rod is a great coach.”
But in the end, Ohio State was Terrelle Pryor’s choice. Probably always was.
Pryor put an end to all the speculation today, March 19, when he signed his national letter of intent to play football at OSU.
Wearing an OSU hat and T-shirt, Pryor looked cool under the media glare. The No. 1-rated prep football player in the nation even apologized to a Detroit reporter because he didn’t choose Michigan.
Maybe that was why Pryor held off on his decision. Maybe he had trouble saying no. Last month, he drew a huge crowd on Signing Day, only to announce that he had nothing to announce.
“I don’t like being in the spotlight at all,” Pryor said today. “I didn’t ask to be No. 1 in the country.”
Well, Pryor had better get used to the spotlight. Being an OSU football player in Columbus is hardly an anonymous existence.
Pryor said that he expected to be used much like Florida used Tim Tebow his freshman season — as a change-up to an established senior starter. For Tebow, it was Chris Leak. For OSU, it’s Todd Boeckman.
But in 2009, the Buckeye offense should be Pryor’s to direct.
One of his goals is to get “Coach Tress over that hump” of losing national championshiop games.
OSU fans will expect nothing less.
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Pryor signs with Ohio State
Terrelle Pryor, the nation’s No. 1 high school quarterback signed a national letter of intent Wednesday with Ohio State.
