Buckeye Sugar Bowl Notes- Terrelle Pryor Calls Out ABC Analyst Kirk Herbstreit

NEW ORLEANS — Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has taken plenty of criticism for his role in tattoo-gate, an affair that is going to cost him the first five games of his senior season. But when he spoke to reporters for the first time today since the situation came to light, it was clear he wasn’t paying attention to at least one critic in particular, former Ohio State quarterback/turned ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit, who had said earlier that if the Buckeyes lost Pryor, it actually would be “addition by subtraction.”

“I don’t worry about what Kirk Herbstreit says, to tell you the truth,” Pryor said. “Has he beat Michigan?”

That was in reference to the fact that, while Pryor is 3-0 against the Wolverines, the Buckeyes went 0-4-1 against their archrivals in the five seasons Herbstreit was there, 1988-92. But then, after Herbstreit directed OSU to a 13-13 deadlock in ’92, OSU president E. Gordon Gee did say “this tie is one of our greatest wins.”

When apprised of Pryor’s comment, Herbstreit — in Pasadena, Calif., getting ready for this afternoon’s telecast of the Rose Bowl — said by text he’d rather not counter.

“Wish him well,” Herbstreit said.

The Buckeyes are here preparing to take on Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday night.

(Courtesy: Buckeyextra.com)