01-06-2011, 08:09 PM
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By putting in the hard work in the Big Easy, Terrelle Pryor and OSU display a winning (and selfless) front: Bill Livingston
NEW ORLEANS -- On the winner's podium, scarlet confetti swirled around Terrelle Pryor, who was so sore and battered he had to be helped up to the stage in order to receive the victory salute.
Almost lamed late in Ohio State's 31-26 Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas as it concluded Wednesday morning, forced from the game for one snap in the last half-dozen plays, the Buckeyes' quarterback seemed to symbolize the agonizing road his team had taken.
They call this city the "Big Easy," but that is chamber of commerce hokum. Little has ever been easy in a city that survived pirates, redcoats, the Civil War and Hurricane Katrina.
Nothing was easy for OSU here. That was the point. That was the beauty of it.
"It's funny because you always hear stories about adversity and how, if you push through, lessons lie at the end," said second-string defensive end Solomon Thomas. "It's where you have such adversity, it's such a blessing and it's so drastic."
The Arkansas Razorbacks stormed back from a 28-7 deficit in the first half. After blocking an Ohio State punt, they had two chances in the red zone in the last 69 seconds to win the game. Thomas drifted into pass coverage on the second one and buried Razorback quarterback Ryan Mallett's final pass in his belly as he fell to the ground.
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