By: Jemele Hill (ESPN.com) — When ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tim Tebow changed his throwing motion to become a better NFL quarterback prospect, the debate raged about whether Urban Meyer and the Florida coaching staff had done enough to make Tebow NFL ready.

I believe they did. College coaches do have a responsibility to help their players transition to the NFL, the same responsibility chemistry professors have to equip students for the real world. Meyer made an earnest effort with Tebow, hiring Scot Loeffler, a pro-style quarterbacks coach who worked at Michigan and for the Detroit Lions, to help tweak Tebow’s delivery heading into his senior season.

Although Tebow’s throwing motion didn’t undergo any drastic changes — c’mon he was a Heisman Trophy winner, national champion and one of the most decorated players in college football history with a throwing motion that looked like a “Matrix” highlight — there was another angle to this Tebow controversy that most people didn’t consider.

What if Meyer had decided to completely alter Tebow’s delivery? What if he had decided to let Tebow take more snaps under center? What if doing so had caused Florida and Tebow to struggle in games, and perhaps had led to Florida losing more games and maybe even costing the team a national championship? I’ll tell you what would have happened to Florida and Tebow if Meyer had put even more emphasis into making Tebow into a better pro quarterback.

They would have walked a couple miles in Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor’s cleats.

Pryor, if you recall, was one of the most sought-after players in the nation as a high school senior in 2008, and the reason he ultimately chose Ohio State was because he felt the Buckeyes would best prepare him for the pros.

There is nothing wrong with Pryor having twin goals: help Ohio State win, but become a better pro in the process. The transition, though, hasn’t been as smooth as Ohio State fans would like.

Before Pryor’s two touchdowns and career-high Propecia cheap 266 passing yards in Ohio State’s 26-17 win over Oregon in the Rose Bowl earlier this year, there were whispers — OK, booming voices — that suggested Pryor would have been better off going to Michigan because of Rich Rodriguez’s track record with mobile quarterbacks.

No question Pryor has had some ugly games as he has tried to develop into a traditional quarterback, and it’s subjected him and coach Jim Tressel to some unrelenting criticism.

You can enter Pryor’s name in any search engine and within a couple clicks you’ll find plenty of people whining about Pryor’s lack of ability as a traditional passer. Some also have accused Tressel of not only sacrificing the greater good of Ohio State’s program to turn Pryor into something they don’t believe he can be, but also of not taking full advantage of Pryor’s running…….

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