Oi! Friend of Lloyd Carr, aspirational hero of Terrelle Pryor, Russell Crowe is weirdly central to Big Ten college football.Terrelle Pryor hasn't decided on a school yet because he's busy playing in basketball games, having verbal altercations after basketball games, and getting in the middle of wild brawls during basketball games:
Pryor said Joe Long, the son of North Catholic's coach and a junior forward, called him a name in the handshake line. Pryor was visibly upset and was held back by teammates from going toward North Catholic's team.The "racial slur" card is a guaranteed get-out-of-opprobrium-free card, but after a similarly explosive event in a previous playoff game, maybe Pryor might want to, say, not flip out when someone says something offensive but harmless?
Pryor also said the fight started after a North Catholic player "said some things to us" while Jeannette's team was walking to its locker room in the bottom level of Hempfield's gymnasium. Pryor said other Jeannette players claimed a North Catholic player used a racial slur.
The behavior here is pretty reprehensible: something was said in the handshake line. A minute later, Jeannette's team goes after the North Catholic team as they head to their locker room. Classy. If Pryor picks up a personal foul every time someone makes a your mom joke, he'll quickly shed the Next Vince Young label and acquire a less salutary one: the Next Marcus Vick.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. I dont think anybody said anything racial to him.This guy allready sounds like a major piece of shit.
Posted at 7:37PM on Mar 9th 2008 by patrick furlong
2. Brian, you obviously have no idea what your talking about!! Not even close!! it's easy to sit there and pass judgement on someone without doing any investigating, isn't it?
The phrase used by #4 of North Catholic School, and directed at Terrelle during the hand shakes was, and I quote "pu**y-a*s & the n-word". I don't know where you are getting your info from but it doesn't tell the whole tale!!
If you came up to my face and said something like that to me, I wouldn't have waited to deck ya, I would have done it right then and there!!
You really shouldn't write articles, you don't know the shit from the facts, do you?
Posted at 9:43PM on Mar 9th 2008 by Dave
3. This writer is just another example of why racism exists today. If you think racial slurs are "harmless" than you obviously have bigger problems that need attention.
Posted at 10:08PM on Mar 9th 2008 by Danielle
4. Everyone is just looking for a reason to pick Pryor apart. The poor kid is under the spotlight and is nitpicked for every little thing he does. How about advertising every little thing every football and BB player does...they would have to publish a new paper just to hold all of the "offenses". North Catholic knew that nothing could happen to them once they lost that game, because their season has come to an end. The bottom line is that people are just jealous of Pryor and want to see him fail.
Posted at 10:20PM on Mar 9th 2008 by Heather
5. Errr "Dave", how the heck is it that YOU know what was said in the handshake line? My understanding of what Pryor does during these games is that he talks shit to the other teams' players the whole game and yells at their fans as well, which is what happened in the first and similar incident to this. I don't care how big a star a kid is, if he is talking crap to me as a member of the other team the whole game, there is a pretty good chance I might say something to him in the handshake line like "you're a real class act, Pryor." But of course TP doesn't like to be called out for the punk that he is, so he makes a big deal about it and wants to fight the whole other team. Then when he realizes it makes him look like the punk that he is, he suggests the other team...no wait, the SON OF THE OTHER TEAM'S COACH, for gosh sakes, used a racial epithet. Right. Terrelle Pryor is a punk and whoever is foolhardy enough to sign him deserves what they get. A PUNK.
Posted at 11:07PM on Mar 9th 2008 by Not an OSU fan
6. get dave a midol stat. i think the point brian was making was that a potential $100 millionaire should not respond to words from a future gym teacher/junior varsity basketball coach.
Posted at 11:33PM on Mar 9th 2008 by BAMF
7. so i play in basketball in the same division as jeanette, pryor has somewhat of a temper but this shithead writer cant go headhunting to put pryor down, pryor was not part of the "brawl" coaches held him back, ive been in games with the guys where people talk shit and he usually handles it maturely by shutting them up with his outstanding play whether its football or basketball
Posted at 1:30AM on Mar 10th 2008 by james
8. I was at the game. It's reprehensible that Terrelle Pryor gets fired up for games by biting the heads off of kittens; I can't believe that no one has written about this yet. No wonder schools won't allow him to commit (don't believe the stories about him not wanting to sign an LOI) until he agrees to stop killing small, defenseless animals.
I saw it with my own eyes, folks. Terrelle Pryor is a monster. No wonder he's probably going to end up at OSU.
Posted at 1:42AM on Mar 10th 2008 by petejayhawk
9. The only reason this is anything is because it's Terrelle. Seriously people. Get a life.
1. The Jayhawks are a kickass team any way you look at it.
2. Terrelle is an outstanding player that will be hella successful someday whether YOU like it or not.
You can cry and whine about unsportsmanlike conduct and all that shit blah blah blah... but the truth is NC got what they deserved. The only "punk" around here is the coach's son who felt the need to call Terrelle the "N" word. That's classy.
Posted at 5:05AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Danielle
10. petejayhawk,
Does he really bite off the heads of kittens?
not a fan,
Pryor probably won't even get a slap on the wrist. (foul!)
He's a prima donna, and a potential big time money maker.
Posted at 8:51AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Bianca
11. Say what you want but it does appear that a pattern is developing with T.P. that, at the very least, ought to be of concern. With his attitude, willingness to resort to violence, false bravado, his posse never far away, this kid is beginning to look a lot like Maurice Clarett. Talented, maybe, troubled, definitely. Lets see - we have a talented, loud mouth prima donna. Seems he's a perfect fit at The outlaw State University and Jim Tressel.
Posted at 9:37AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Dale Hoskin
12. I was at the game and he was out of control the whole time. he thinks he is a big shot and can get away with anything. That was very very clear saturday. If he was bumped or for some reason his shot didnt fall, he would complain to the ref and point fingers. He wouldnt even shake the other coaches hand in the beginning of the game. He never took part in the team huddle the whole game. From what i have heard, Jeannette's team was not where they should have been after the game. The North Catholic coaches held back the north catholic team and Pryor and others tried to break through. If you are a number one prospect in the nation and you cant take things that maybe said about you, will you ever succeed? With the spot light on you, why do something this stupid. If the WPIAL and PIAA does not take strong action against this act, what message does that send? Its not like this was Pryor's first incident.
Posted at 11:05AM on Mar 10th 2008 by not a fan
13. If Pryor's reputation preceded him, where were the cops? Why weren't both teams escorted by police? Evidently there was reason to indicate that there could be trouble. hmmm. And, where oh where was Pryor's coach when all this was goin' down? His whole team was waiting for North Catholic. He had no clue that his players weren't in their own locker room? Where did he think they all went? Out for a smoke?
Posted at 11:06AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Bianca
14. Bianca: That's a great question. When Pryor had his last confrontation with an opposing team's fans, his coach was nowhere to be found either. Pryor had to be retrained by his own teammates. I hope the high school athletic association brings down some sort of punishment for this. I don't think Jeanette should be disallowed from playing in the semis or anything that harsh, but there should definitely be something that dissuades this pack of thugs from repeating this sort of ridiculous behavior.
Posted at 11:24AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Not an OSU fan
15. It's a good thing that this horrific incident didn't involve a recruit who was considering playing for the University of Alabama. Brian might have stroked out before he could squeeze off a self-righteous monologue... I'm guessing that the further Pryor leans away from the Amaizeing and Blue, the bigger a POS he'll appear to be...
Posted at 11:28AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Stan
16. Stan: Looks like you're the one who maybe is being a tad self-righteous. If you want to just brush this sort of obvious thuggism and prima donna-ism under the rug, feel free. One would have thought that Tressel learned his lesson with Mo Clarett, but maybe not. You know what they say about people who don't learn from history, right? If he can get away with BS like this at the high school level, imagine what he will THINK he can get away with in college. This kid is a ticking time bomb.
Posted at 11:53AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Not an OSU fan
17. Or, we'd hope that UM would want nothing to do with this pending train wreck. Or that JoePa would learn from his recent parade of arrested players. Right?
Posted at 12:02PM on Mar 10th 2008 by Stan
18. Stan: I don't know who to wish this guy on. I am just not sure any of JoePa's jailhounds can compare to Maurice "I Have to Get My Goose On" Clarett.
Posted at 12:11PM on Mar 10th 2008 by Not an OSU fan
19. I truly believe it takes two to fight. North Catholic showed up with attitude and had intention of stopping the Jayhawks. It was evident when one player was so errogant that he received a technical for refusing to tuck in his jersey. He eventually was ejected from the game for throwing the ball at A Jeannette player. this fire was not started by the Jayhawks. their fans were obnoxious and taunted Tyrelle. I in no way feel fighting was a solution and truly wish the boys would have walked away but the other team was involved also so how can one team be punished because they won the game. Each team has to accept responsibility and move on. I can honestly say that I have witnessed racial slurrs said to a Jeannette girl basketball player, just to get her fired up and get the technical. This was another "Catholic" school who made such a remark. This should not be tolerated!!
Posted at 1:56PM on Mar 10th 2008 by Diana
20. Diana, its a basketball game, of course your intention is to stop the other team. That player did not recieve a technical for not havin his shirt tucked in at all. This player threw the ball off the kids after the kid did the same thing to him two seconds before, watch the game, not Pryor. Nothing was ever said about Pryor by the fans, except when he missed his foul shots people clapped. They must be punished, yes the won the game, but in no way are the classy at all. Yea you witnessed something said to a girl, but was it by a north catholic player, no. They are more classy then that. Of course of Pryor says a racial slur was used its a cop out and its bull. Learn the facts before you want to write something.
Posted at 3:38PM on Mar 10th 2008 by not a fan