Ohio State Football: Why It Is Time to Forgive Terrelle Pryor for His Mistakes

On Monday night, Terrelle Pryor finally took his first actual snap of his NFL career in preseason play for the Oakland Raiders.

Pryor had some interesting moments in his first snap of live football action since the (vacated) 2011 Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas.

A lot has changed since then, including the departure of Jim Tressel, the most single-season losses Ohio State has suffered in more than 100 years and a postseason ban in the 2012 season.

It’s not all bad though, as the school hired a coach named Urban Meyer, whose career skyrocketed after beating Ohio State in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game, two years before Pryor stepped foot in Columbus as a Buckeye.

Understandably, many Buckeyes fans will be as torn on Terrelle Pryor as baseball fans are on Pete Rose and steroids.

But maybe it is time for Buckeyes fans to forgive Terrelle Pryor, because, ironically enough, the program is better because of what he did in a way.
Without Pryor and the other players getting suspended,…

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