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You sonvuapumpkinpie.

You think that is bad, check out the odds that he, or whoever does it, puts out there for spartys chances with recruits. Pure comedy.

Sparty's domination is over. Yes .. yes .. they won the last 4 years. But, the tide has turned in the B-10. Their fan base SHOULD be concerned with the recruiting process for 2013. My goodness ... UM is so far ahead on 2014 they will never catch up now. Talk is cheap. Recruiting is gap-filled time consumption. The game is all that matters.

I'm interested to see if our coaches will take one more OL.

If they do, then I hope it is Darius Latham (assuming he wants to play in the B1G for Michigan).

I mention Latham because he can play on either both lines. So if we don't need him on the OLine, then we can switch him to the DLine and allow him to play as a DT or SDE.

I also like Latham because I recall him mentioning that he grew up liking Michigan and wanted a Michigan offer. I don't know if he ever got it.

He got the offer but we're not in his top group. Pretty sure Tennessee is in good shape here.

Wasnt Mattison on the staff when any good recruit signed a LOI at Florida??

yeah the twins are the only 1st rounders...in total he has had 5 OL men drafted. Overall in his time at FL, 30 of his players were drafted I believe. The D-Line has been his strong suit as far as getting players to the next level (10)

Idk, but he's not at UF any more. He was run out of there by Saban and Miles. And he no longer has Mattison and Strong, his two best recruiters. If your 2013 class is what we can expect from Urbie in terms of OL recruiting (and recruiting across the board, actually), Michigan should have no trouble controlling the current decade much like we did the 90s. In fact, much like we have the majority of decades we have played The Game:

1890-1899: UM 1-0
1900-1909: UM 9-0-1
1910-1919: UM 3-1-1
1920-1929: UM 6-4
1930-1939: TIE 5-5
1940-1949: UM 6-2-2
1950-1959: TIE 5-5
1960-1969: OSU 7-3
1970-1979: OSU 5-4-1
1980-1989: UM 6-4
1990-1999: UM 7-2-1
2000-2009: OSU 8-2
2010-2011: TIE 1-1 (a)

(a) Includes 2010 game vacated by OSU.

Urban will absolutely be fine... defining what fine means is all relevant to who you ask. I think they'll compete for B10 titles year in and out (besides this year of course), but many ohio fans are saying that was Tressell's way now this is Meyer Time, and he's gonna be competing for NC's. That's a rough road ahead there.

I think the tough time w/ OL has overshadowed the tough time w/ LB. Still a long ways to go of course, but it's not fair to discredit Strong & Mattison acting like they had no impact. Urb himself said Mattison was the best recruiter in football.

And to the victors, don't overlook Fickell just because a bad season as a HC. The dude is a great defensive coach, look at his body of work from the last 8 years. There's a reason Urban kept him, urban obvioiusly knows good coordinators.

They say this only because in their last two BCS championships, the DLs for the opposition ravaged their OL. The problem is...that isn't always the case. USC had great OLs and won championships. Bama had a great OL last year, and LSU couldn't really touch them (their DL was out of this world too).

The reality is, OSUs OLs of the past have not been that great, especially compared to the SEC. Honest buckeye fans will admit that. Whether Hoke's future OLs can compete with SEC level defenses? Time will tell.