Everyone Saw This Coming....

With National Signing Day taking place today, the one guy everyone is hoping and praying comes to their school, isn't on ESPN2 signing a letter of intent for Michigan, Ohio State, or Penn State, he's in Happy Valley taking his FIFTH visit to Penn State. Nothing wrong with visits or anything like that. The fact remains that Terrelle Pryor is a great talent and any team would be happy to have him, I sure as heck would if I were a coach. However, everyone being so surprised that he isn't signing today is naive. I saw this coming a mile away. He wants all eyes to be on him and he is going to do his picking at the very last minute and it will most likely be once he finds out that he is the ONLY undecided player left in America to sign to a major college football program. The kid loves the media love fest, and can you really blame him? Not many 18 year olds get the chance to have colleges diving over one another at their feet to come play ball for them. That is a pretty special thing to be dealing with when you're a senior in High School. Let's face it, the rest of us were diving at the feet of some girl in English class hoping she'll pick us as her Prom Date in May. This kid has every major Media outlet in the Midwest dropping and running to his side every time he breathes. That is pretty exciting. My final thought on all this is that wherever he goes, he will be a special talent and his team will be very successful. He may be playing on everyone's emotions right now, but he's still an 18 year old kid who is going to go to college and be a productive member of both the football team and society. He is not the headcase that was Maurice Clarrett, the drama queen that was O.J. Mayo, nor the next coming of Jesus Christ himself like we thought ESPN might crown LeBron James with. He's more of the Tim Tebow like class, everyone wants him to shine, and that is fantastic. So here's to a good 3 or 4 years to whoever manages to snag this special athlete.