Notable Quotable

Saw two interesting quotes today...starting off with Mike Ferrell's Rivals.com article on Terrelle Pryor (subscription required).

"Pryor admits he was set to sign with Ohio State the day before Feb. 6, but a conversation with his father, Craig, made him think twice. His father wanted him to take another look at Penn State and take an official visit."

Huh. This sounds a whole lot like what the OSU insiders were saying all along. And they were verbally disparaged by the classy Michigan fans all over the internet. So what say you, unassailable Michigan Man? What happened to all of the delusional rumors that Pryor was going to Ann Arbor to get the snot knocked out of him as a freshman? Was it because Ohio State's booster paid too much? Surely a public retraction is in order.

The second quote has been flying around the Big Ten message boards, though I haven't been able to find a verified link yet. It's from the newly minted Michigan head coach, aka The Rod. To be clear, I don't a darn about mediocre slot receivers, no matter which school they attend. But this a pretty amusing case of hypocrisy...

"Every coach has his own philosophies. I'm going to tell you what my philosophy is," Rodriguez said. "You always hope that a young man is committed to your school when he says he is committed to your school. When a coach decides to leave, and that player is committed to one school, that coach shouldn't recruit that guy. If you're recruiting a guy who is not committed to West Virginia, that players is still out there, and you go ahead and recruit him. Otherwise you don't," Rod said.

“The hard part about it is when a young man is committed to you and you're committed to him, that's a spot on the roster that's taken. So maybe there are some guys who are out there that you quit recruiting because you're locked into him. Then three or four days before signing day, he switches on you, and you're like, 'Golly, I wish I would have known that three or four months ago so I could have signed someone else." - Then West Virginia HC Rich Rodriuez, 2007