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I mean, let's wait until this strategy actually backfires before we label Urban "stupid." His first two years at OSU, he's landed the #7 and the #2 rated classes by 247 Composite. At Florida, his classes rated #15, #2, #1, #3, #11, and #2, according to Rivals. I agree that there's danger in allowing other schools to come into Ohio, and maybe he got lucky by closing well on NSD last cycle, but for the moment his strategy is working...it's not like he's out there chasing no-chancers, a lot of these Southern kids are very interested in coming to play for him.

Two things that should also be noted:
-Tressel's teams, for all their B1G dominance, got very lucky to win their one championship and got absolutely killed in the other two NCGs he reached...imo, winning the B1G is relatively meaningless if you can't compete at the highest level, and you can't compete at the highest level if you're focusing exclusively or even primarily on Ohio. It's a talented state, but not [i[that[/i] talented.
-Even though Urban is obviously less focused on Ohio than Tressel was, Ohio State remains very attractive for Ohio prospects. We've made a lot of the fact that Berger is like 6th on Ohio's LB board and at or near the top of ours, but still Berger has us neck-and-neck with OSU.

It's really amazing how anybody can talk bad about that coach after what he has accomplished. You should just be happy about this instead of looking like a fool criticizing the best coach in the land. Yes he'd be considered better than Saban nationwide if he oversigned, cut and grey shirted like him imo.

Hindsight towards the end maybe he shouldve stayed in Florida more. Even though alot of players left early consecutive years. It's kind of hard turning away 5 star players like Shariff Floyd, Will Hill and others whether they pan out or not.

Let's not forget Florida has 7x the talent of Ohio so the comparison is kind of silly. Sticking largely in Ohio would be a mistake. tOSU is aiming for NATIONAL Championships not B1G Championships. Just mainly recruiting Ohio will land you the latter but the former would be highly unlikely.

Sidenote: There were just as many oos star players, if not more, from JT's tenure than in state. And his classes were what? 80%+ Ohio kids?

Except when theyre ranking Derrick Green of course

Urban is not better than Saban.

Nah, I mostly go by rivals. Pretty much everybody does.

Rivals has had major success predicting running backs though, so I would say Green has a pretty good chance of ending up the best back in the class.

Scout on the other hand... Rivals pretty much beats them at everything.

Also - Lulz at you thinking Urban > Saban

He's an EE so no January flip. It would need to take place before he would enroll.

Buckeye fan calling another coach and program "shady". That's priceless.

Oh, please, don't blame it on the scholarship numbers. Meyer was at the premier football school in one of the nation's best talent-producing states. Nobody's denying that he's a good coach, but he's not Saban.

For the record, Saban averages about 2 more recruits/class than Meyer did at Florida - not exactly a huge difference:

Saban (at AL):
2008: 32
2009: 28
2010: 26
2011: 23
2012: 26
2013: 25
Average: 26.66

Meyer (at FLA):
2006: 27
2007: 27
2008: 23
2009: 17
2010: 27
Average: 24.2

Hell, with the exception of an uncharacteristically small 2009, Meyer averaged 26 recruits/class.

Arent you just doing the same thing? Haha. You know, with your programs past and all

Good stuff. Well im going to call it 3. Haha. Still an advantage. And sure Saban is the best with 2 more championships. Just being a little biased saying #2 is better than #1. Sorry

Extra practice or kids selling things they own? That's a tough one

I always enjoy watching an idiot get bulldozed by stats.

And 26.66 - 24.2 = 2.46. Unsurprisingly, Sonny rounds that up to 3. Nevermind that he ignores the 0.5+ rule.

Instead he probably did 2.46 ---> 2.5 ---> 3

Ohio edumacation.

100% correct on all accounts