By: Drew Sharp (Detroit Free Press) -

Terrelle Pryor’s downfall epitomizes how the fanaticism swirling around “the business of recruiting” fuels the narcissism. He put a price tag on becoming the top-ranked high school football recruit in the country. He’s now a pariah because of that sense of entitlement — and that becomes his legacy.

Pryor quit Ohio State on Tuesday. He didn’t have the guts to do it himself. He let his legal mouthpiece do the talking for him. Was anybody surprised? When Pryor wasn’t putting a buck in his pocket, he was passing it.

However executed, leaving the program was the right call. Either he left on his own or the NCAA would have pushed him out the door. He wasn’t taking another snap for the Buckeyes. He knew it. He didn’t seem to care last week, brazenly tooling around town

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This entry was posted on Sunday, June 12th, 2011 at 11:11 am.
Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FANS, FOOTBALL.

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