Ohio State should embrace Terrelle Pryor’s complicated Buckeyes legacy


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Terrelle Pryor’s disassociation with the Ohio State football program officially expired nearly seven months ago. Apparently, somebody forgot to tell the Buckeyes. On Tuesday, Urban Meyer’s official Twitter account posted a hype video touting the accomplishments of a long lineage of Ohio State quarterbacks. The 75-second clip included highlights from Les Horvath, Joe Germaine, Troy Smith, Braxton Miller, Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett. Noticeably absent from the video, however, was Pryor, whose departure from the program in 2011 came as of the result of the now-infamous “Tatgate” scandal. A long line of great quarterbacks continues in 2017!! pic.twitter.com/ojvzzc8n33 — Urban Meyer (@OSUCoachMeyer) February 21, 2017 Admittedly, my initial reaction to the signal-caller-centric highlight reel — which also served as a promotional package for new Buckeyes quarterback coach Ryan Day — was to side with Ohio State. Because of the nature in which he left and the statistics from the 2010 season that were…

Continue Reading: Ohio State should embrace Terrelle Pryor’s complicated Buckeyes legacy