Feb 17 2008
Terrelle Pryor Almost Takes A Cue From Ron Artest
Picking the right college stressed me out. I had no idea how I was supposed to decide where to spend the next four years of my life based on course catalog’s, and 45 minute campus tour. By February of my senior year I was lucky if I got three hours of sleep a night, and couldn’t stomach much beyond saltines. And I wasn’t even a high school athlete, let alone the most sought after one in the country.
It should come as no surprise then that Terrelle Pryor, considered by many services to be the best high school quarterback in America has a few short nerve endings these days. Still, according to this story in the Washington Observer Reporter, he has to be a little more careful with how he handles the pressure.
At a basketball game Friday Saturday night, the two-sport star Pryor was taunted mercilessly by the South Fayette student section. “One student dressed in a red sweater vest - think Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. Each time Pryor took his position for free throws, he heard it, [as in] ‘here’s your daddy for the next four years!’”
Despite scoring 24 points, along with 21 rebounds, seven blocks and six assists to lead Jeanette to a tense overtime victory, Pryor became rattled as the game progressed. He began jawing at the opposing crowd, only inciting them further and leading to the ejection of two South Fayette students. However, it wasn’t until the game concluded that things got really interesting.
“As dumb as [the ejected South Fayette students] were, Pryor topped them after Jeannette pulled away in the overtime.He continued his dialogue with fans. Then, after postgame handshakes, Pryor immediately went toward the student section. Following a ridiculous, prolonged exchange, Pryor’s teammates intervened. Why they didn’t stop him before is unknown. Why his coaches allowed it to happen is an even greater injustice.
Officials escorted Pryor and Jeannette toward the locker room, where the two teams were side by side. That’s when a Jeannette assistant exited the Jayhawks’ locker and complained about the conduct of the South Fayette students. That’s something he had a right to do.One officer, however, did not appreciate the direction of the conversation. He was present when Pryor accosted the South Fayette fans.’You’re lucky we didn’t take your kid (Pryor) in,’ the officer said. ‘He threatened to go into the crowd.”‘
Thank god Stephen Jackson wasn’t in the house, or else things might have gotten really ugly.
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He is destined to O$U, talking , almost getting arrested seems like an O$U football player for sure
The charge: Threatening to go into a crowd?
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Seems like this kid is going to fit right in in Ann Arbor.
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Your facts about the day and time of the game aren’t even right! How credible is that?
I was their and (although it is wrong) any player would have lunged toward those South Fayette students. Because it was Pryor, it is magnified I guess.
Tony, how can you say that the South Fayette students did anything wrong? I saw pictures of them and I don’t see a very menacing crowd. Half of them looked like 6th graders! If his reaction towards a group a 50 kids is any indication of the future, have fun playing in Happy Valley Terrelle.
Oh and Tony, get off your knees