Terrelle Can’t Talk?

Ripped from ESPN… Apparent, Coach Tressel is playing hide and don’t seek with Terrell Pryor and the media… The quarterback wasn’t included in the media session and isn’t available to reporters this week… I understand Coach likes to control everything, but this is ridiculous… Pryor is the current and future face of this program, that comes with a responsibility…

Ohio State starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor was not among the 30 Buckeyes players made available during Fiesta Bowl media day Friday morning. Pryor and center Mike Brewster, both freshmen, were the only two starters who didn't appear at the bowl's media gathering. Texas brought all of its starters to its portion of media day.

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Pryor, who hasn't met with reporters since after the regular-season finale Nov. 22, spent the morning in meetings in preparation for Monday's matchup against the No. 3 Longhorns (Ohio State is No. 10). "We were asked to bring 30 players and we sent in a list of players," Tressel said. "I did get one call asking, 'Did you happen to miss any?' I said, 'Well, you might be talking in terms of Terrelle and Mike Brewster because they're starters.' But they're freshmen and we decided when we were counting to 30 that there were 30 others who were afforded the opportunity to be there."

Fiesta Bowl president and CEO John Junker said he could not recall a team not making its starting quarterback available before the bowl game. The BCS media policy asks teams to make all of their starters available before the game, but there isn't a method for enforcement.