Terrel Pryor

Terell Pryor must resist the temptation to go to the dark side

For Ohio State, Terrel Pryor is a good recruit — a recruit that could grow into a the quarterback position and fill out an already strong Buckeye program.

For the University of Michigan, Terrel Pryor is will make the difference between another season with a lot of potential and an embarrassing loss to Miami University second game of the season. Without Pryor, Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez will have nothing short of a gaping void in the anchor position of his beloved spread offense. (don’t believe me, if you’ve got about 10 minutes to kill, check this out).

Ohio State is really in a win/win situation here. If Pryor comes to Ohio State, we get a great quarterback that can grow into the position behind Todd Beockman — maybe even sharing the role in a two quarterback scheme. With the majority of this year’s class returning, Ohio State would have a lock on a very high preseason ranking and another national title hunt.

If Pryor goes to Michigan, the Wolverines once again start the season full of soon to be dashed hopes as they realize that a spread offense needs an actual offense to go with it. No matter how good your quarterback, if you don’t have somebody to pass to or to set the block allowing a speedy quarterback to break free, it really doesn’t mean much does it.

But more than anything, I want Pryor to go to the Buckeyes for no other reason than to put Michigan through yet another humiliating loss. A loss into which their fans have poured everything and leaves their spirits broken and sprawled on the pavement once again.

Back in the old days, Woody would give a kid a scholarship and bench him recruiting the player not because he needed him but because it kept Michigan from filling an important position (and what better reason could their be).

So Terell, make your choice and make it well. It isn’t so much our future that depends on it, it’s yours.