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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Ohio State's Pryor takes blame for loss to USC

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Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In one of the biggest games of his young college career, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor said it was his fault his team lost.

Pryor threw an early interception that led to a Southern California touchdown. Then he failed to rally an offense that mustered just 265 yards against USC's defense as the Buckeyes again lost a high-profile, national television game, 18-15 on Saturday night.

"We should have beat them by two or three touchdowns. Easy, man," Pryor said. "The ball just went the wrong way, like I keep saying. We needed this win. It just hurts right now, but we've got a long season to go. We're going to fight and we'll be back in it. We've got a good chance."

He said it was all the offense's fault.

"We've got to punch it in offensively," he said. "It just comes down to me. I take the whole blame for it."

I'll say this for the young man, he takes losing personally. He wants to win as bad or more than anyone on the team or who follows the team. If things ever fall into place for him he's going to be everything that he was made out to be. Personally, I think he needs a Bill Walsh type to help him with his fundamentals and technique and it would all come together. This is why I remain optimistic about him and the team.

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