By: Harry King (TheCabin.net) -
LITTLE ROCK — Cam Newton, the man in Vegas said, is what Terrelle Pryor was supposed to be.
He meant that Pryor had not lived up to advance billing as an unstoppable dual threat quarterback who was to put Ohio State on his shoulders and deliver the Buckeyes to the mountaintop.
Labeling Pryor a disappointment requires that the one passing judgment ignore Ohio State’s 31-5 record and three straight BCS bowl games, including the Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl against Arkansas, with Pryor at quarterback.
The most sought-after high school player in the country, Pryor was up against impossible expectations before he left Jeannette, Pa. One recruiting expert compared him to Texas’ Vince Young and said he could play quarterback, tight end, safety, defensive end or linebacker. There was talk of the 6-foot-6 Pryor doubling up in basketball.
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer who had covered high school football for almost 30 years said the darnedest thing he had seen Pryor do was hurdle the other team’s center, land on his feet, and catch the ball coming off the kicker’s foot on an extra point attempt.
Pryor compounded the angst of Ohio State fans when he waited six weeks past the……
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