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by motherscratcher » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:54 pm
e0y2e3 wrote:MKimESPNAmerica Michael Kim
ESPN's Outside the Lines: Terrelle Pryor made $20,000-$40,000 autographing memorabilia, according to a former friend who witnessed it.
by motherscratcher » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:59 pm
bac5665 wrote:For the best. He consistently underachieved unless the spotlight was on him and he clearly has the maturity of Stewie Griffin. Hell of a talent, but he's nothing till he grows up.
by e0y2e3 » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:30 pm

by Triple-S » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:48 pm
Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

by e0y2e3 » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:54 pm

by Fire Marshall Bill » Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:15 am
motherscratcher wrote:bac5665 wrote:For the best. He consistently underachieved unless the spotlight was on him and he clearly has the maturity of Stewie Griffin. Hell of a talent, but he's nothing till he grows up.
31-4 as a starter, 2 BCS wins, undefeated against UM...underachieving.
Tough crowd
by Larvell Blanks » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:41 am
Fire Marshall Bill wrote:motherscratcher wrote:
31-4 as a starter, 2 BCS wins, undefeated against UM...underachieving.
Tough crowd
Mega Homer ^^^^^^ supports win at all costs
He's a punk....he's always been a punk and a punk he will remain forever
When is he going to pay back the school?
by Madre Hill, Superstar » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:10 am
Larvell Blanks wrote:Punk, yes, talent on the field, definitley. The guy won many games on his own, that can't be denied.
This coming from someone who is in no way an tOSU fan.
He paid back the school by helping them get to the big BCS paydays.
It doesn't wipe away his stupidity and sense of entitlement off the field though.

by motherscratcher » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:56 am
Fire Marshall Bill wrote:motherscratcher wrote:bac5665 wrote:For the best. He consistently underachieved unless the spotlight was on him and he clearly has the maturity of Stewie Griffin. Hell of a talent, but he's nothing till he grows up.
31-4 as a starter, 2 BCS wins, undefeated against UM...underachieving.
Tough crowd
Mega Homer ^^^^^^ supports win at all costs
He's a punk....he's always been a punk and a punk he will remain forever
When is he going to pay back the school?
by Spin » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:27 am
by JCoz » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:52 am
by Fire Marshall Bill » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:57 am
by peeker643 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:16 pm
JCoz wrote:Just keeps getting deeper now.....all bets are off. Let's just hope it doesn't go even further back. I've alluded to rumors I'd heard concerning TP here before, I sincerely hope those aren't true as well. Not sure I quite understand your reactions E0, these kind of are the reasons you wait for all the facts. Might be even more coming too.
He might not be the dumbest, most entitled motherfucker of all motherfuckers as someone put it, but he's sure fucking my shit up. Especially if there is more coming, especially if dude was taking checks. Checks dude. Fuck me.
by noles1 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:21 pm
motherscratcher wrote:bac5665 wrote:For the best. He consistently underachieved unless the spotlight was on him and he clearly has the maturity of Stewie Griffin. Hell of a talent, but he's nothing till he grows up.
31-4 as a starter, 2 BCS wins, undefeated against UM...underachieving.
Tough crowd


by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:37 pm

by peeker643 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:51 pm
by FUDU » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:55 pm
by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:57 pm

by peeker643 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:19 pm
e0y2e3 wrote:What about the main site writer where who was just as guilty as anyone of preaching and ignoring?
by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:22 pm

by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:23 pm

by FUDU » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:32 pm
e0y2e3 wrote:My only point is that, IMO, Dan has proven to be as Shill as Shill comes when it comes to the program. He refuses to look outside any box until he is punched in the face with the facts six times over.
He's a gifted writer re: the on the field game and I won't ever take that away from him.
But he's been exposed as an apologist and shill to no end on these matters.
And he didn't just write and react Peeks, he's made excuses... repeatedly.
by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:36 pm

by FUDU » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:41 pm
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by FUDU » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:57 pm
by peeker643 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:57 pm
e0y2e3 wrote:I only brought up Dan as a follow on Peeks point re: Beat guys. It's often bragged here about having a front page that is as talented as any Beat reporter, so why don't the same standards of objectivity apply? <-- a fair question and one Peeks sort of answered and I moved on.
by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:04 pm
FUDU wrote:Yep, I'm the one trying to make this about me.
Dude you had 4 posts of screams and moans of your Dan implications in this thread alone, just in 24 hours, let alone what you might have posted in the other threads.
We get it, you want Dan to bow down to your superior intellect and I told you so crap, sheesh can't you just tell him he isn't intelligent enough to watch the same TV shows as you and move on.
Game 4 was the smartest basketball game ever played, b/c I watched it!1!!
Tool.

by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:08 pm
peeker643 wrote:e0y2e3 wrote:I only brought up Dan as a follow on Peeks point re: Beat guys. It's often bragged here about having a front page that is as talented as any Beat reporter, so why don't the same standards of objectivity apply? <-- a fair question and one Peeks sort of answered and I moved on.
Well, I do think that the writers here bring different things. Dan is polished and writes less opinionated articles than someone like me who has nothing other than observational, opinionated smartassedness to offer.
Thankfully I studied it and have practiced it for years. Unfortunately the Pulitzer people still refuse to recognize it.
And like I said, I think Dan writes better than most beat writers and is more engaged than most as well. Does he take a more administrative/player friendly tact? No more so than the beat writers that he out-writes IMO.
I guess what I'm saying in terms of the articles (and message boards are simply different for most people- totally different point and one I understand you making in this context) is that I think you have to compare Dan's work on the front page to the work of the beat people. Comparing him to people who write nationally is an apples-to-oranges pursuit in my eyes.

by danwismar » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:44 pm
by e0y2e3 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:46 pm
danwismar wrote:Lots of crap (including a badly missed attempt to burn me).... blah blah blah... I'm not totally objective. ...more crap......


by danwismar » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:21 pm
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by peeker643 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:54 pm
by JCoz » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:08 pm
peeker643 wrote:Let's also hope it doesn't spread to other sports teams. That's a legit fear at this point as well IMO. Christ, the Boise State Tennis program is what got them in the crosshairs.
We're not all that far removed from Buckeye hoops players shooting at tires of passing cars so maybe that can be the line of demarcation in terms of time periods.
But would anyone out there now be surprised if suddenly Da'Quan Cook or Jon Diebler had sweetheart leases of cars or apartments or access to any deals on anything that the rest of the student body wasn't privy too?
The NCAA will not stop the digging until they are 100% satisfied they have unearthed just about everything they can. Because they won't hand down sanctions/punishments only to be embarrassed by new allegations a week later.
And I still stand by characterization of Pryor. Specifically in the manner in which it was said regarding OSU and it's sports history. Dude will go down as the worst of the worst.
by danwismar » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:08 pm
peeker643 wrote:2. An Ozzie Newsome signed SI issue with him catching a ball during the 2bl OT game against the Jets that season.
by JCoz » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:29 pm
danwismar wrote:"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" - John Maynard Keynes
But back to the topic of Terrelle Pryor...if anyone is still interested in talking about that???
Two questions I struggle to find the answers to, and would be interested in others opinions and thoughts...
1) Why the hell did Jim Tressel throw away his career for this guy? Was it hubris?...a conceit that some guys who fancy themselves mentors to young people seem to have that no matter how many times a guy shits on you, you still are convinced he's better off with you than without you? Does the motive of protecting, at great personal risk obviously, his chance at winning the 2010 NC, explain his actions adequately to you? As for me, I remain confused and skeptical about that as the one and only explanation.
2) We are now told that rather than selling a few items for a couple grand, Pryor in fact sold a whole lot of shit, assembly-line style if the reports are credible... for probably ten times that much. I'm sorry but I don't understand the "demand" side of this economic arrangement. I mean, even before his scandalous exit, how much would you (presumably Buckeye fans) have paid for a Terrelle Pryor autograph?
If Michael Jordan set up a stand at the mall, could he earn $40,000 selling his autograph? Probably. Tiger Woods, maybe. But how many others? College football players? Seriously?
I didn't check this out myself, but read some guys who did saying they checked eBay today and found 38 hits on a search for "Terrelle Pryor autographed" items for sale. But the number for the search "Andrew Luck autographed" items returned something like 75 hits. What can we make of that? One guy was offering a prize if anyone could demonstrate a search under any prominent CFB player for whom a similar search resulted in zero hits. Not drawing any conclusions....just thought it was interesting.
By the way, it appears from multiple reports that the anonymous friend of Pryor that was the source for the ESPN OTL story was former quarterback Antonio Henton. FYI. (Edit: see EO below...he's right...I was relying on an earlier...and inaccurate...report. Henton left OSU in Jan. 2008)
Thoughts?
by Bayou Tribe » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:15 pm

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