BYE SEC.

[Scioto]

I also don't think OSU's win and the SEC West bowl performance means the "Bye SEC". Just part of the cycle of college football. It sure is fun to watch though.

 

[Vermin93]

The key is recruiting and the best high school talent is undoubtedly in FL, the SE, TX and CA. With Urban's arrival my Buckeyes have 21 players from the SE (8 from GA and 7 from FL). Plus some more from TX (JT Barrett). Almost all are freshman and sophomores. This is Michigan's major problem and something that will take Harbaugh several years to rectify if ever.

You have to include Ohio on that list. Many of the playmakers for Ohio State were not from FL, TX, CA or the southeast.

Cardale Jones - Ohio
Ezekiel Elliot - Missouri
Devin Smith - Ohio
Evan Spencer - Illinois
Michael Bennett - Ohio
Adolphus Washington - Ohio
Jalin Marshall - Ohio
Steve Miller - Ohio
Curtis Grant - Virginia
Doran Grant - Ohio

All 5 starting OL - Ohio.

I think Harbaugh will be able to recruit nationally as well as anybody. I dislike Michigan more than any other program, but their brand is still very strong and they have a lot to offer recruits. Harbaugh's brand is also very strong. Also, Michigan is always able to steal a few top recruits from the state of Ohio. I expect Harbaugh to be very successful at doing that.

 

[Scioto]

The key is recruiting and the best high school talent is undoubtedly in FL, the SE, TX and CA. With Urban's arrival my Buckeyes have 21 players from the SE (8 from GA and 7 from FL). Plus some more from TX (JT Barrett). Almost all are freshman and sophomores. This is Michigan's major problem and something that will take Harbaugh several years to rectify if ever.

You have to include Ohio on that list. Many of the playmakers for Ohio State were not from FL, TX, CA or the southeast.

Cardale Jones - Ohio
Ezekiel Elliot - Missouri
Devin Smith - Ohio
Evan Spencer - Illinois
Michael Bennett - Ohio
Adolphus Washington - Ohio
Jalin Marshall - Ohio


Steve Miller - Ohio
Curtis Grant - Virginia
Doran Grant - Ohio

All 5 starting OL - Ohio.

I think Harbaugh will be able to recruit nationally as well as anybody. I dislike Michigan more than any other program, but their brand is still very strong and they have a lot to offer recruits. Harbaugh's brand is also very strong. Also, Michigan is always able to steal a few top recruits from the state of Ohio. I expect Harbaugh to be very successful at doing that.

Agreed. OSU's O-line has always been those corn fed farm boys. Ohio (and western PA) have always been a hotbed of high school football. The NFL's Hall of Fame Game is played in a high school football stadium - Canton McKinley Bulldogs. Still, demographic changes over the past 30 + years driven by the economic decline of the "rust belt" means the Big 10 schools and Notre Dame have to be able to recruit out of the SE. The depth and breadth of talent there isn't matched in OH, MI, PA, etc. In time Harbaugh will be great for the Big 10 as UM must be strong (what's the SEC without a strong AL?). The cupboard is bare though. They've had a wide receiver playing QB the last two years. It's going to take at least two years.