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Recruiting Ohio

  • Quick question - and if this has been answered previously and anyone has the thread handy, by all means point me in the right direction please.

    I'm quite aware that certain areas in Ohio are traditional "feeders" to tOSU; others, not so much; and still others, pretty divided. Can anyone provide a brief summary of areas in Ohio where Michigan's chances are substantially higher (of successfully recruiting a player) than it is in others? For example, the offers to 2(? WR and OLB/DE I think?) players out of Cleveland (Shaker Heights) - how receptive are players out of Cleveland, generally speaking?

    Thanks in advance.

    Kenetic

  • Toledo immediately comes to mind. Strong Michigan presence being so close to the border.

    In general Cleveland is very pro OSU.

    This post was edited by Norbit on 6/19/2012 at 4:28 PM

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  • Kenetic said...

    Quick question - and if this has been answered previously and anyone has the thread handy, by all means point me in the right direction please.

    I'm quite aware that certain areas in Ohio are traditional "feeders" to tOSU; others, not so much; and still others, pretty divided. Can anyone provide a brief summary of areas in Ohio where Michigan's chances are substantially higher (of successfully recruiting a player) than it is in others? For example, the offers to 2(? WR and OLB/DE I think?) players out of Cleveland (Shaker Heights) - how receptive are players out of Cleveland, generally speaking?

    Thanks in advance.

    Toledo is split pretty even
    Cinci is notre dame country with all the large catholic schools, but michigan has had success down there, osu minor success
    Cbus is osu country obviously
    Cleveland is pro osu, but michigan has had some good ones from there
    Akron canton youngstown area was all osu under tressel, but nebraska with pelini being from ytown has made alot of in roads
    South eastern ohio doesnt put out much talent but is pro osu with alot of west virginia fans mixed in

    Hope this helps, its a little messy cuz im on my phone

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  • As stated, Toledo is the most obvious. Pretty close to a 50/50 split between UM and OSU there.

    Cleveland is basically Columbus North. They play Hang On Sloopy over the PA at Cavs games.

    The northeast of the state (outside of Cleveland), Canton, Warren, Youngstown, Massillon, Akron, etc, was an OSU stronghold under Tressel (and still is for the most part). It was incredibly rare for Michigan to snag a kid from there if Tressel wanted him (Turner, Crable, Burgess and Manningham were the only ones I believe).

    Cincinnati's always been more open. OSU fans were always a bit perplexed that Tressel's fence never seemed to extend to Cincy. Their new DB coach Kerry Coombs is a big name in the Cincinnati area though.

    I don't recall a major OSU presence in the Dayton area (in terms of recruiting) until the last couple years. Their recruitment of Cam Burrows (and Bam Bradley last year) was notable in OSU circles because there had been rumors of some hard feelings on the behalf of Trotwood-Madison's coach because OSU never recruited any of their players.

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  • EF_Wolverine said...

    As stated, Toledo is the most obvious. Pretty close to a 50/50 split between UM and OSU there.

    Cleveland is basically Columbus North. They play Hang On Sloopy over the PA at Cavs games.

    The northeast of the state (outside of Cleveland), Canton, Warren, Youngstown, Massillon, Akron, etc, was an OSU stronghold under Tressel (and still is for the most part). It was incredibly rare for Michigan to snag a kid from there if Tressel wanted him (Turner, Crable, Burgess and Manningham were the only ones I believe).

    Cincinnati's always been more open. OSU fans were always a bit perplexed that Tressel's fence never seemed to extend to Cincy. Their new DB coach Kerry Coombs is a big name in the Cincinnati area though.

    I don't recall a major OSU presence in the Dayton area (in terms of recruiting) until the last couple years. Their recruitment of Cam Burrows (and Bam Bradley last year) was notable in OSU circles because there had been rumors of some hard feelings on the behalf of Trotwood-Madison's coach because OSU never recruited any of their players.

    I am a buckeye living between Dayton and Cincy. Previous posters have pretty much pegged the rest of the state, but Cincy and Dayton haven't been addressed a lot so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Cincy typically favors ND because if the previously mentioned Catholic presence. Tressel was able to pull some kids from there, but really very few difference makers. Posey may have been the best player we had from there, I really can't think of many. Coombs is legendary in Cincy as he had a long successful career at Colerain which sent a lot of players over the years to you guys up North.

    Dayton on the other hand has basically been all OSU with the exception of Trotwood. Centerville, Wayne, Northmont, Alter, among others have produced a lot of big time players for OSU and some who have went on to great careers elsewhere (Ringer, Borland, Worthy). Trotwood has been very pro Michigan over the years mostly because Tressel never offered a single player from there. Urban has Burrows and apparently wants to establish a good relationship, they are basically Glenville South, a lot of D-1 talent. Hope this rambling helps.

    This post was edited by eatonbux on 6/19/2012 at 9:20 PM

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  • eatonbux said...

    I am a buckeye living between Dayton and Cincy. Previous posters have pretty much pegged the rest of the state, but Cincy and Dayton haven't been addressed a lot so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Cincy typically favors ND because if the previously mentioned Catholic presence. Tressel was able to pull some kids from there, but really very few difference makers. Posey may have been the best player we had from there, I really can't think of many. Coombs is legendary in Cincy as he had a long successful career at Colerain which sent a lot of players over the years to you guys up North.

    Dayton on the other hand has basically been all OSU with the exception of Trotwood. Centerville, Wayne, Northmont, Alter, among others have produced a lot of big time players for OSU and some who have went on to great careers elsewhere (Ringer, Borland, Worthy). Trotwood has been very pro Michigan over the years mostly because Tressel never offered a single player from there. Urban has Burrows and apparently wants to establish a food relationship, they are basically Glenville South, a lot of D-1 talent. Hope this rambling helps.

    Hoke also likes to establish food relationships, that's why he's doing so well.

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  • buttesnake said...

    Hoke also likes to establish food relationships, that's why he's doing so well.

    Lol good catch....stupid phone

    eatonbux

  • eatonbux said...

    Lol good catch....stupid phone

    cheers

    buttesnake ●

  • As for individual schools, Trotwood-Madison has been surprisingly good to us recently, and McCray just continues the pipeline. Glenville is traditionally all OSU (Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, for example) but we've made some inroads. Getting into Glenville for Willie Henry is about the equivalent of Meyer getting into Cass Tech for Dennis Finley. While we haven't established any true pipeline schools in Ohio, just the fact that we're breaking into a lot of good programs (Massillon for Conley, Hudson for Gedeon, etc.) should help us in the future.

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  • Kenetic said...

    Quick question - and if this has been answered previously and anyone has the thread handy, by all means point me in the right direction please.

    I'm quite aware that certain areas in Ohio are traditional "feeders" to tOSU; others, not so much; and still others, pretty divided. Can anyone provide a brief summary of areas in Ohio where Michigan's chances are substantially higher (of successfully recruiting a player) than it is in others? For example, the offers to 2(? WR and OLB/DE I think?) players out of Cleveland (Shaker Heights) - how receptive are players out of Cleveland, generally speaking?

    Thanks in advance.

    The state has a fence around the perimeter that makes the Berlin Wall look pathetic....Every square mile is available at Urbans discretion.

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