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They may get some other visitors though.

How many spots does Ohio have open?

What would really be epic is if Urbie flipped to Oregon to replace Cbip Kelly. I might just have to buy a BN subscription to read those meltdowns.

We only have 21 spots "open" but will be opening up as many as Urbz needs.

LOL, by telling scholarship players that "maybe Ohio State isn't the right place for you"?

How appropriate for that program and coach

Ah, bringing the USC/Alabama mentality to the B1G. Fantastic.

As of now it looks like Dontre Wilson and the Robinson twins will be visiting OSU. Darren Carrington is supposedly now reopening his recruitment as well, so that's another visit possibility if he chooses. I think we have a better chance with the Robinson twins (probably 10% at best) and Dontre Wilson (50/50--based on the fact that he's said that he's upset with Oregon, and has been saying all along that Oregon and OSU were the only two schools he'd really consider), I don't know that Carrington necessarily has any interest in OSU.

OSU benefits the most of any program w/out doubt from Chip Kelly's departure, being that we're the closest approximation of what they run among top 10 teams (Clemson is likely comparable as well). No one's spread is quite like Chip's, but OSU and Clemson's aren't that far off (a bit less hurry-up). The only issue is that OSU is at 22, I believe, Meyer has said he's likely to take 25. The other issue being that there's only a month to flip these recruits. I think OSU could get Wilson, will miss on the Robinson twins and Carrington. I wonder whether, even with Lame-duck Kiffin, USC starts grabbing a lot of the sort of recruits who have gone to Oregon in years passed. That was the one thing I liked about Chip Kelly's Oregon, they managed to grab just enough from USC. Notre Dame seems to be taking on that role at the moment (nearly every Californian recruit in 2013 and 2014 has USC, Oregon and ND in their top 3).

Class ranked at #2 right now, without those kids from Oregon, so I think Urban does pretty well without coaching changes.

BTW, hasn't your coach contacted kids that were committed at other programs? It's part of their job, why is it wrong if Ohio State does it but not your school?

Norfleet didn't come from a coaching change, Michigan was his dream school. There is no doubt that Michigan will hopefully benefit from coaches leaving at Auburn and Tenn aka Green. With that said there is no denying that OSU has taken advantage more then most. Denying that would be stupid on your part.

Last year OSU benefitted by PSU being a criminal institution, yes....I have a question though, did any other schools try to get Noah Spence? I highly doubt Urban was the only one that talked to those kids, yet he's the "slime" coach. Just because the kids chose OSU surely doesn't mean other coaches didn't contact any of those kids. If Hoke didn't try to get Spence then he wasn't doing his job, but I'd be willing to bet he at least gave a phone call.

No denial, no apologies either. Just as I wouldn't expect any of you to have to defend your coaches for simply doing their job.

I agree with what you said. It's frustrating that people are in denial. It's also frustrating that OSU was the runner up for many good players only to get them in the end basically out of luck. I think Urban is a slime for multiple reasons but not because of this. Recruiting is a business full of lies and nastiness. I'm just thankful that Michigan's staff does things the right way.