By Chris "Raiden" Grewe
Published: March 18, 2008
Updated: March 18, 2008 PrintEmail
Terrelle Pryor will not walk on water
By Chris "Raiden" Grewe, PSH Columnist
Volume 4, Issue 3
Today, Terrelle Pryor will announce where he will play his college ball, presumably for the next 3-5 calendar years.
My reaction...yawn...
Granted, I am admitted Buckeye addict (seeing as I've attended their
fine institution for almost half a decade now and have contributed many
thousands of dollars to the mini-economy that is Ohio State), and
granted, I'm going to be quite stoked if Pryor puts on a Buckeye hat
that closely resembles the one I paid $20 at the bookstore a few weeks
ago (which reminds me, is it a violation if we sent him the hat free of
charge, or does he actually have to purchase a hat here? anyone?).
But...
At 12:05 p.m. EDT, after the announcement's been made one way or the other...
Water will still be wet, cars will still drive on the left in England
(although I'd really hoped that one would have changed by now), France
will still be surrendering to someone somewhere in the world, and...
The face of the program that gets to be the lucky recipient of the
faxed letter of intent will still be...the head coach that picks up the
fax and does a fist pump.
The overarching point here is that one big time player does not a
college program make. This isn't basketball, where one player can
change your fortunes and increase your win total by 15 games in a
season (The "LeBron Effect" if you will). This isn't hockey, where a
single lottery gave a city the rights to a single player built a new
arena in Pittsburgh and saved a team from relocating. It isn't even
baseball, where two owners have plunked down a half a billion dollars
in contracts for Alex Rodriguez in this decade.
It's football. It's 22 guys, not one. A player can make a big impact to
be sure, but one guy isn't going to change a program by himself.
Unless of course Pryor pulls a fast one on us all tomorrow and commits
to Pepperdine, thus causing a rush of three star players to join him
next year.
