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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:07 pm EDT

Terrelle Pryor endorses Michael Vick relativism

By Matt Hinton

Terrelle Pryor is usually compared to another tall, lanky, hotly-recruited quarterback who could outrun everyone on the field, Vince Young, but the sophomore pledged his eye-black allegiance Saturday to another scrambler of his formative years, the recently resurrected Michael Vick. Understandable, given that Vick was the embodiment of "athletic quarterback with an arm" when Pryor was developing along the same lines from the ages of roughly 10 to 16-years old.

Childhood heroes die hard, and from the sound of things after Ohio State's escape against Navy Saturday, Pryor is more than willing to forgive his idol of sins even worse than the ones Vick has actually been accused of committing:

In case you missed that, Pryor's take on criminal justice and rehabilitation is as follows:

Not everybody is a perfect person in the world. Everyone kills people, murder people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever.

Truly spoken like a 19-year-old yet to complete construction on the maximum security wall of banality in the presence of reporters: Murder, theft, whatever, man. We're all just trying to make it through this world. With that kind of philosophy, animal cruelty must rate somewhere between a misdemeanor and a parking ticket. Speak with him, coach, and issue the requisite "clarification," and remind him to never say anything remotely interesting in public ever again.

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Hat tip: World of Isaac, via Pete Thamel.

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  1. Uncle Grandfather
    1. Posted by Uncle Grandfather Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    what an idiot
  2. DCwhiteowl
    2. Posted by DCwhiteowl Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:04 pm EDT

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    Everyone kills people?...lol com' on man THINK PLEASE!!! lol GO BUCKS!
  3. BucksFan
    3. Posted by BucksFan Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:31 pm EDT

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    Eh. Troy Smith would sometimes say interesting things to the media when he was young, too. But by the time he was a senior, Tressel had totally shaped him up. I think he even wore sweater vests in the locker room.
  4. killerbee
    4. Posted by killerbee Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:37 pm EDT

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    I pledge allegiance to the hood, and for the stupidity for which it stands ... typical Buckeye, brain dead ... USC will knock some sense into him. Looking forward to more interviews. If you've ever seen the movie Idiocracy, he would fit right in. This is all too typical of Div 1 football players. Nate Davis of MAC fame admitted that he can't read so good but as a 49er backup QB, he is understanding the offense via "diagrams", i.e. cartoons. How do these guys stay in college? What do they major in? Is media communications the new PhysEd?
  5. NicholasT
    5. Posted by NicholasT Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:38 pm EDT

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    I give up!!! It's true, TP is a fan of Vick. In fact, Ohio State's college football team is the reason for high unemployment, the collapse of the banking industry, the fall of GM, and is keeping the health care bill from passing.
    Coach Tressel will be holding a presser tomorrow to announce that to keep the world from listening to the pontifications of Mark May, Skip Bayless, et. al. telling us what he and his team already know, that they are the scourge of the earth, he has decided to forfeit next weeks game, saving USC the money to come to Columbus (the tree huggers in SoCal are pleased; no greenhouse gasses from unnessecary air travel) and will happily allow the Trojans to claim a 72-0 beat down.
    It's come to this folks, OSU and the Big Ten will be looked at as a lesser conference until there are MULTIPLE VICTORIES by it's membership over the SEC, Big 12, and USC. It's going to take time (perhaps years) before this respect and perception is changed. So we might as well just deal with it.
  6. NicholasT
    6. Posted by NicholasT Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:39 pm EDT

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    I give up!!! It's true, TP is a fan of Vick. In fact, Ohio State's college football team is the reason for high unemployment, the collapse of the banking industry, the fall of GM, and is keeping the health care bill from passing.
    Coach Tressel will be holding a presser tomorrow to announce that to keep the world from listening to the pontifications of Mark May, Skip Bayless, et. al. telling us what he and his team already know, that they are the scourge of the earth, he has decided to forfeit next weeks game, saving USC the money to come to Columbus (the tree huggers in SoCal are pleased; no greenhouse gasses from unnessecary air travel) and will happily allow the Trojans to claim a 72-0 beat down.
    It's come to this folks, OSU and the Big Ten will be looked at as a lesser conference until there are MULTIPLE VICTORIES by it's membership over the SEC, Big 12, and USC. It's going to take time (perhaps years) before this respect and perception is changed. So we might as well just deal with it.
  7. Free Candy
    7. Posted by Free Candy Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:03 pm EDT

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    Gotta watch what ya say there Terrelle...though, where TP grew up a good bit of people get by doing those things he mentioned...Jeannette isn't that great of a place...nor are the surrounding areas...
  8. MJ
    8. Posted by MJ Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:28 pm EDT

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    What a douche bag. An absolute complete moron. Somewhere, there is a kid who can actually speak English and form complete sentences who didn't get a scholorship because they gave one to this jackass.
  9. timeout8283
    9. Posted by timeout8283 Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    what a joke, how much money is he getting? who says what he said? nobody..he is overrated, and is not accurate. How do Maurice Clarett, and HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER Troy Smith admit to taking money, and Ohio State does not even get investigated, but they investigate Michigan for "practicing too hard and too long?"
  10. jexpibr
    10. Posted by jexpibr Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:44 pm EDT

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    At least we understand which OSU palyer will be in jail next. What a waste.
  11. Duke
    11. Posted by Duke Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:13 pm EDT

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    I head he runs the 40 in like 2.7 seconds, though ...
  12. TO
    12. Posted by TO Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:20 pm EDT

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    bush killed thousands
    vick killed a couple of dogs
    terrelle pryor is just speaking truth.
  13. mr. migglesworth
    13. Posted by mr. migglesworth Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:26 pm EDT

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    usc will KILL thee OSU...then what
  14. Crazylegs $wam
    14. Posted by Crazylegs $wam Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:54 pm EDT

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    sounds more like his English teachers from years past should band together for an intervention; this kid is making you all look real bad for passing him.
  15. BillK
    15. Posted by BillK Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:59 pm EDT

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    LOL. He's a kid. Give him a break.
    The media vote OSU 6th in the nation which all Buckeye fans will tell you is too high. And now they want to crucify OSU for a close game against Navy. I don't get it.
    Nave is a good team. They will win 8-9 games this year.
  16. TheTruth
    16. Posted by TheTruth Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:09 pm EDT

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    Reminds of that dumb Miss America contestant.I think I understand what he's trying to say, but he's too uneducated to articulate it.
  17. Curtis S
    17. Posted by Curtis S Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:12 pm EDT

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    Wow... he's smart. Good thing he's in a good school that will teach him stuff.
  18. Old and In The Way
    18. Posted by Old and In The Way Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:43 pm EDT

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    "Everyone kills people..."-Quick get this kid some help!
  19. Old and In The Way
    19. Posted by Old and In The Way Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:44 pm EDT

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    Quick get this kid some help!
  20. ess-eee-seee
    20. Posted by ess-eee-seee Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:53 pm EDT

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    Apparently Van Jones reads Doc Saturday and posts as TO.
  21. John
    21. Posted by John Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:26 pm EDT

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    You know...the more I think about it...I bet the dumbazz was trying to write Mike Vick and just wrote it wrong. Did you hear him in that interview? OMG! Even Katzenmoyer didn't sound that stupid.
  22. buffy0214
    22. Posted by buffy0214 Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:39 pm EDT

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    Let's see. Who would I want to be the face of my team? Tebow - well spoken missionary who has good things to say and tries to help rehabilitate those in need? Or a thug like Terrell Prior. Tough call.
  23. Mos
    23. Posted by Mos Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:40 pm EDT

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    I'm sure what Pryor was trying to say was. "Everybody does bad things." He started off by saying "Everybody does uhh.." then went on to say "kills people..." Given his inexperience at talking to the media it seems he just got tongue tied with his words. Give him a break.
  24. Robert
    24. Posted by Robert Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:51 pm EDT

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    Absolute idiot! no one ever said you have to be intelligent to be an athlete.
  25. BasketballFan88
    25. Posted by BasketballFan88 Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:17 am EDT

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    Supporting mike vick is one thing however these comments are completely inappropriate and obviously mis worded.
    Leave the Vick defense to the following line. No one's perfect and people deserve a new lease on life.

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