Noah Spence to OSU

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M-Wolverine

December 18th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^

And the glee some us would have taken to see them suffer a little. But even if it had happened, it wasn't going to last long. Even Cooper could load them up with talent. Hoping they suck do we can succeed is a loser mentality. We need to get better. We're not there yet, but I like where we're heading.
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<br>People used to actually complain that OSU wasn't a big enough game because we were dominating them. Then they turned it around. We're due for a period of what made the rivalry great; an all out ten year war. The key is, as always, win your home games, then steal one on the road now and then. And that's how you win a REAL rivalry.

Greatlakes10

December 18th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^

It is a litte scary Urban can come in and within a few weeks bring their class right up to ours. I wouldnt be surprised if they land a few more big time prospects.

FreddieMercuryHayes

December 18th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^

How is it scary?  Seriouly!?  Everybody except Spence and Schutt that has either committed or is talked about comitting has long had Ohio at the top of their lists.  The only thing keeping them from committing is that Ohio didn't have a direction without a permenent head coach.  Meyer's name deffinatly helps, but as long as a competent head coach was named, Ohio was going to reel in half the people that had committed already anyway.  Do you realize how amazing a class they would have if Tressel had never left? 

Greatlakes10

December 18th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^

Broski, hes been there for like 3 weeks and already has the best DL class. I thought they wouldnt have agood class this year since the sanctions and all that stuff. He already has 5 committments, yes I could Adolphus washington because there was some shady shit with that, he already knew urban was the coach. And he got dunn to recommit.

bluenyc

December 18th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^

Come to speak of it, I am really scared of Urban, he is getting all the recruits, Michigan should stop playing football and just give in to Urban Meyer.  Our OL is nothing compared to these guys.  With the NCAA coming down, and the punishment being nothing, they are going to get more players.  I am really scared.  What should we do?

In reply to by Darth Wolverine

bluenyc

December 18th, 2011 at 6:59 PM ^

Come on Darth.  Let's call it a day and tell Morris and Dymonte to go to OSU.  We will never get anyone else.  Urban wins, we will rename the University of Michigan, the University of Urban Meyer.  Hoke, 10-2, but he cant beat Meyer.  Have they played yet, doesnt matter, we already lost. 

Hows the detector working now.

neoavatara

December 18th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^

Anyone expecting OSU NOT to have a good recruiting class year in and year out are fooling themselves.  Meyer is doing it faster than expected.  But that said, it should not effect our success, as long as we do things the right way.

Spence is a good get for OSU.  Should be fun to see our OL class go against their DL class for the next four years. 

Belisarius

December 18th, 2011 at 6:52 PM ^

You really have to hand to it OSU. Assuming the NCAA doesn't nuke them, they've played their cards perfectly. They set everything up perfectly so Urban Meyer could ride in on a white horse, proclaim what was done is done, and that a glorious future awaits all those who ride with them. The shitty year, the scandals, all of it doesn't matter because Meyer is so new and shiny.

Masterfully done.

ThadMattasagoblin

December 18th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^

Michigan can win in a state with lower high school football talent.  Examples: Oklahoma has literally no football talent, but OU wins, Nebraska was unstoppable under Tom Osborne with a talentless state

Michigan has more HS talent than those two states put together.

StephenRKass

December 18th, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^

While I tend to think the NCAA is going to let Ohio skate, WE DON'T KNOW YET. What happens if Ohio is slammed? If they have a two or three year bowl ban? If they lose 4 - 5 schollies a year over the next 2 - 3 years? Urban may already know (which is wrong in itself.) But he has to portray a strong sense of confidence (everything is fine, we'll all be fine, no problem here, move along, everything's under control.)

I'll assume that Ohio has no significant sanctions. But I also would be ecstatic if they irritate the NCAA by Meyer's confidence (nothing's happening,) and get more of a hammer brought down. This would automatically undercut Meyer's integrity, and it may cause a couple of guys to really think about whether or not they can trust him. Shoot, it is even possible, if they take enough schollies away that they're crippled, or can't honor offers made.

We weren't in it for Spence anyway, and I have every confidence in what Michigan can do. Not everyone wants to go to the evil empire.

clarkiefromcanada

December 18th, 2011 at 11:46 PM ^

Everyone seems to figure the NCAA is going to let Ohio skate but, if you look at it rationally, it's hard to say if that's really going to happen. Sure, Urban Meyer took his "dream job" so he could spend more time away from his family but is that necessarily an indicator that the NCAA is not going to take any action? Hard to say. Certainly, there is some connection between Gee/Smith and the NCAA but this didn't stop the various findings, didn't keep Tressel from being hung out and has still kept this situation ongoing for months. If the NCAA was going to let them off it would have been far better to have done so a month ago as the  media stench of it would have washed off over the holidays and through the bowl season. Of course, there is also USC and the Pac 10 lobby to deal with as well. In enforcing the USC sanctions and bowl ban the NCAA has cost all members of the PAC 10 a pile of money (given USC's bowl profile) and it's difficult to see there not being serious repurcussions for the NCAA from those members should Ohio skate. I think there is a lot of 'sky is falling' sort of thinking about Ohio and a lack of sanctions but until I see it happen I don't think it's so likely. Too much at stake to just let them walk.

clarkiefromcanada

December 18th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^

IIRC Ohio also knew that there was no issue last December when their players were reinstated, they knew that there was no systemic issue, they knew there was no way Tressel would be fired "I hope the head coach doesn't fire me", they knew that their hearings would be concluded in August and they knew that boosters like Bobby Degeronimo were under control as late as this fall? Right?

I'm not putting anything on Ohio except that they don't seem to know.

MichiganExile

December 18th, 2011 at 7:42 PM ^

Good for OSU. Their class is pretty much par for the course for them. Where exactly are Washington, Pittman, and Spence going to play along the D-line? Everything I've read about all of them has them projected to only WDE. Am I missing something? That position is now stacked for them, but are any of those guys likely to move inside? You can only put one WDE on the field at a time.

DixieWreck

December 18th, 2011 at 8:03 PM ^

to offer consolations for two coaching staffs to start Urban Liar Criers tenure affording him a fair recruiting field since the NCAA has come down so hard on and has set TUO$ so far back with sanctions?!

MichiganMan20

December 18th, 2011 at 8:11 PM ^

Who cares. We got Hoke and THIS IS MICHIGAN FOR GODSAKES!! Ohio will get good players and Meyer will win games but Hoke will dominate him year in and year out when it matters on the field on the last saturday in november. We got this.

Bodogblog

December 18th, 2011 at 8:22 PM ^

for a couple years, but I don't mind this. Concentrate the elite talent and have the huge battle for middle earth every year.

I thought they were limited in schollies this year though? I thought they could only take 16-17

AnthonyThomas

December 18th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^

Why are people "scared"? OSU gets great recruits every year and they always will. Even if there are USC level sanctionsl they will still get great recruits. USC has amassed top ten classes over the last couple years and it's not as if OSU can't do the same. We're amassing as much talent along the O-line as they have along the D-line. It's going to make for competitive games, not domination from either side.

bronxblue

December 18th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^

I agree completely, but what I think drives people crazy is the lack of karmic justice for OSU. That is a school with a checkered history that seemingly gets by with minimal punishments for transgressions that don't feel fundamentally different than the ones that lead to severe sanctions at other places. I'm sure OSU will get a scholarship hit and maybe a couple years probation, but considering how much happened behind the scenes it doesn't seem fair.