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QB/WR Terrelle Pryor ('10 Rose, '11 Sugar MVP)

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OH10;2148821; said:
Still time for him to figure out how to play receiver. Great size and speed.
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TP better learn to catch passes if he wants to play professional football. Those two USC QBs will be flaring out soon enough. TP can learn from them what not to do to be successful at their jobs.

http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2012/05/01/Raiders-sign-QB-Leinart/UPI-65751335919157/?spt=hs&or=sn

ESPN reported Leinart would be penciled into the No. 2 slot ahead of Terrell Pryor with the Raiders​


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TresselstillownsTSUN;2150127; said:
Pryor left because Luke Fickell wouldn't return his phone calls. He knew he was no longer wanted.
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I thought it was because the secret was out about his padded socks... Honestly, Coach Fickell did what he felt was best for the football program and the university. I can't say I would disagree either.
 
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GomerBucks;2151011; said:
I thought it was because the secret was out about his padded socks... Honestly, Coach Fickell did what he felt was best for the football program and the university. I can't say I would disagree either.
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Maybe so. But that doesn't mean TP turned and ran. He was shown the exit.

I get that people are disappointed in TPs choices. I was too and it seems possible that TP had a sense of entitlement that we all wish he didn't have. Now he's having to grow up. I wish him the best and still remember his efforts for us fondly.
 
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matcar;2151017; said:
Maybe so. But that doesn't mean TP turned and ran. He was shown the exit.

I get that people are disappointed in TPs choices. I was too and it seems possible that TP had a sense of entitlement that we all wish he didn't have. Now he's having to grow up. I wish him the best and still remember his efforts for us fondly.
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i agree, people seem to forget he's only 22 and was even younger when his violations occured. I can't say and i'm sure almost everyone else on this board can't either that we didn't make some dumb decisions when we were that age and in many cases we ran rather than standing up and taking responsibility. TP didn't commit any crimes (see Penn State), all he did was use his status as a student athlete to get some extra perks in an industry that makes billions off his and others hard work. Yes he broke the rules and we should hope future athletes make better decisions, but at the end of the day he's still a buckeye and we should cheer him on.
 
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matcar;2151017; said:
Maybe so. But that doesn't mean TP turned and ran. He was shown the exit.

I get that people are disappointed in TPs choices. I was too and it seems possible that TP had a sense of entitlement that we all wish he didn't have. Now he's having to grow up. I wish him the best and still remember his efforts for us fondly.
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Yeah there really wasn't much of a choice in the TP situation the way I was seeing it. The NCAA (not to mention media outlets) were digging and were pretty much on the trail of much longer list of violations then just the tattoos. If Pryor had stayed he would have been forced to come clean to the NCAA, and that would have meant he wouldn't have been able to play last season AND we would have likely been facing much stiffer penalities. It was in both TP's and the universities interest for him to leave the program when he did, therefore it's not really "turning and running" nor is it Fickell kicking him off the team.
 
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...elle.pryor/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t13_a0

After difficult year, Raiders' Pryor relishing chance to start anew

Raiders backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor barely hesitated on April 29 when he received a question about his mental state. The tweet read: "u worried about an imminent matt leinart signing?"

Pryor, who did not attempt a pass last year after being selected in the third round of the supplemental draft, answered eight minutes later.

"nope !! :)" he wrote.

Leinart indeed joined the Raiders two days later and will compete to be Carson Palmer's backup, but anyone expecting Pryor to be thrown off his game has not looked in his eyes in recent weeks. Pryor is focused and confident, qualities that were missing last season after he left Ohio State a year early because of the memorabilia-for-cash/tattoos scandal that resulted in a five-game suspension for him and a forced resignation for coach Jim Tressel.

As if his situation weren't difficult enough, Pryor missed all but the final week of training camp because the supplemental draft wasn't held until Aug. 23. Then he had to serve a five-game NFL suspension because, the league contended, he tried to manipulate the supplemental draft by applying after its deadline.
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When asked what he took from last year, Pryor steered the conversation back to the start of his troubles at Ohio State.

"It was humbling," he said. "A mistake I made when I was a freshman by selling my pants for $3,000 just took away everything from me. I was just driven into the ground. I was the worst person in the world. My face popped up on the screen, and it seemed like I was the only one who did anything. I was the only one who was getting attacked. At that point last year, I'm 21 and it just felt like everything was against me, like I can't do anything right. I did something to help somebody else out, and I end up getting into trouble. I understand. I shouldn't have sold the stuff and taken $3,000. But I was kind of in a place where I didn't understand why this is happening to me -- especially for the reason that I did it.

"The reason why I did it was to pay my mother's gas bill and some of her rent. She was four months behind in rent, and the [landlord] was so nice because he was an Ohio State fan. He gave her the benefit of the doubt and she said, 'My son will pay you back sometime if you just let me pay you back during my work sessions.' She ended up losing her job, and she and my sister lived there. Let me remind you it was freezing cold in November, December, and she's using the oven as heat. That's what I did as a kid. I was telling the NCAA, 'Please, anything that you can do. I gave my mother this so my sister wouldn't be cold, so my mother wouldn't be cold.' They didn't have any sympathy for me. It's not like I went there and bought new Jordans. It's documented. Whenever I write my book the proof will be in there, the receipt that the money I gave my mother was to pay the electric and heat bill. The truth is going to come out one day when the time is right. I don't think I deserved [being punished] in that way, because of the reason I was doing it. I felt like I was doing God's work in a way, and I was getting driven into the ground.
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I've been a well-documented Pryor fan but I'd rather not hear him say that stuff. Your mom can't pay the rent and you need extra cash to help her? I feel for that. But then why are you driving a 350z? Why is your mom also driving a 350z? Why are you taking pictures of yourself wearing a gucci fedora hat with a full sleeve of tattoos that you didn't have before your freshman year?

It's just a shitty situation all around.
 
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