With Penn State showdown looming, Terrelle Pryor stirs passions in Buckeye Nation

There's been no shortage of fallout in the wake of Ohio State's stunning upset loss at Purdue...

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Eleven Warriors dared ask this non-P.C. question...

Could it be that Pryor simply doesn’t have the necessary mental skills to play QB at the major college level? All we hear is how hard he works in the film room blah blah blah but the end result thus far is a QB just as inconsistent in all phases of the game as last year.

Pryor's high school coach, Ray Reitz, questions how Ohio State is using his former star...

"They need Terrelle to run more. They've put the reins on him and they need to let him go free. When I watch Terrelle play right now, I see a robot.

"All I know is they promised him that they would teach him a pro-style system with both a shotgun and under center. Jim Tressel is a great coach and he's been running his offense successfully for 30 years. But I'd like to see some zone-read plays where with one mistake [by the defense], he can be gone. With some zone-read plays, they wouldn't be able to take away all the outside runs because he'd be a threat to go between the tackles."

LeBron James has been counseling Pryor...

"I'm trying to mentor him and get him through 'life in the spotlight,' which I've been through.

"Being that No. 1 guy, how do you adjust to it and how do you get through it and still perform at a high level? Sometimes it can be very difficult on (a young athlete). I'm trying to be that guy who can really help him get through a lot of situations which he's never seen before but now he's seeing and understanding."

As for Pryor himself, it doesn't sound like he's suffering from any lack of confidence...

"I came here to be a quarterback and for the rest of the season we are going to be pretty darn good. I love the offense here and it is just going to keep getting better and better here."

Pryor received a ringing "endorsement" from one of his wide receivers, DeVier Posey...

"There's only one Tim Tebow in this world and I don't really know what people want from (Pryor). He's going to get better. He really can't do much worse."

Finally, we offer this video of a young Bucktard without commentary. It speaks for itself...