Sugar Bowl 2011

Sugar Bowl 2011, (AP) – Five football players from Ohio State suspended him for the first five games of the 2011 season have apologized for the purchase of championship rings and souvenirs and take off from a tattoo parlor.

Star quart Terrell Pryor and four other Buckeyes took turns on Tuesday apologized to Ohio State fans and asks forgiveness. The players, who leave Wednesday for the Sugar Bowl, spoke after practice.

The five were suspended last week by the NCAA for five games next season. Because they are juniors, they could make themselves available for the NFL draft this spring and to avoid NCAA sanctions-term.

The NCAA said the five can play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas on Jan. 4.

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