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Pryor leaning on pro's wisdom

Steelers? Charlie Batch is a mentor for No. 1 QB recruit Terrelle Pryor

By Brian Eller and Josh Langenbacher
Collegian Staff Writer

JEANNETTE -- Terrelle Pryor showed up a few summers ago on basketball courts in Homestead, a small town where the rims are rustier than the train tracks that sit near the Monongahela River.
At the time he was one of 300 players who were part of Project C.H.U.C.K., a program run by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch designed to uplift community children.
Since, Pryor's blossomed into the top recruit in the country, and Batch has been there every step along the way of a heated recruiting battle.
With Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State all trying to ensure the dual-threat quarterback lands on their campus this fall, Batch has stepped in to help settle the chaos that comes along with college recruiting.
"Charlie coming into the picture has added normalcy for Terrelle," Jeannette coach Ray Reitz said.
Batch's role has been to question the schools on their development of Pryor and elicit other information to lay out the pros and cons of each situation.

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MONDAY MADDEN: Wake me up when Pryor makes up his mind

Football star recruit Terrelle Pryor and Jeannette will play Center in the next round of the WPIAL Class AA basketball playoffs. (AP photo)



By Mark Madden, Special to The Times

Published: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:31 PM EST
As you read this, Jeannette High School mega-quarterback Terrelle Pryor may have picked a college. Or not. Who cares?

College recruiting is a sleazy, demeaning exercise. Teenage kids are treated like commodities, entering a world where ? once they reach an initial decision verbally ? they are endlessly badgered by adults to renege. Then, as they finally sign on the dotted line, the very best have their egos blown out of proportion even further by appearing on ESPN.

In Pryor?s case, he didn?t even have to sign to appear on ESPN. Pryor held a press conference to announce he hadn?t decided.

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Terrelle Pryor watch

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:56 AM



An update on the status of Terrelle Pryor, a prized quarterback recruit from Jeannette, Pa., who is considering Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Oregon. The deadline for signing a national letter of intent is April 1. ? Days since signing day: Six
? Developments: Bill Conley, a national recruiting analyst for ESPN.com, was a long-time recruiting coordinator for Ohio State. He said, "I think every day that Terrelle Pryor doesn't commit to Ohio State is not good. Because when you're the front-runner as Ohio State apparently was and the kid doesn't sign on signing day, other influences start coming in and you don't know what's going to happen. But I always used this tactic with kids who had second thoughts: 'Go back and remember why you picked Ohio State in the first place.' Usually they end up back with you. The kids mature enough to come to that conclusion are the ones you want."

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Jeannette lineup loaded with talent

By Paul Schofield
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

When opposing coaches prepared for the Jeannette boys basketball team this season, their focus was on Terrelle Pryor. But opponents are finding out that Jeannette is more than just the 6-foot-5 1/2 Pryor, who averages 21.96 points per game.
Pryor has a lot of help this year. Shaw Sunder, a 6-3 senior, averages 12.5 points per game and Jordan Hall, a 5-10 junior, averages 14.5.
So, when Jeannette (16-4) battles Center (16-7) 8 p.m. Wednesday in a WPIAL Class AA second-round game at Baldwin High School, Jeannette coach Jim Nesser knows his team will face a challenge. Center is coached by Mark Jula.

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OSU's Tressel still waiting for call from one recruit: Pryor
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

CANTON TWP. These days, Jim Tressel is confident he is not acting like an expectant father. Then, in the middle of his speech to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club, his Blackberry vibrated. Tressel stopped to look at the message.

"My phone just went off," Tressel told the sold-out crowd. "It might be a recruit. If this phone rings, I'm taking it."

The group, which has listened to Tressel's shtick 22 straight years, laughed as loud as they could after trudging to Tozzi's on 12th during a bitterly cold afternoon.

Of course, everyone got the joke.

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