Meyer will address poor recruiting in the B1G with other coaches

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who once said it best, "go fuck yourself, Urban Meyer." 

You know what? Man has a point.

Here's the big 10, the land of TV revenue and money money money. And this conference has been mediocre for the past 6-7 years (aside from 2009).

It's time to step up. And clearly the coaches here seem uninspired to improve their teams, coaching staffs, and players.

When Vanderbilt and Stanford are assembling top 20 recruiting classes, what excuse do all these top-flight universities have?

Great schools, great conferences, booming football culture...if James Franklin and David Shaw can sell 50,000 seat stadiums, please tell me what excuse does the big 10 have. I don't want the SEC to dominate the Big 10 for the next 25 years.

I kinda hope that Urban does give the talk so that Brady can loudly and visibly sleep through it since he doesn't need to hear it,.

To piggy-back on the OP's talking points, it was also discussed on the same 97.1 that Urban wants to have more night games to compete with the SEC with recruiting, etc.

Considering we just had a top 5 recruiting class for the 2nd straight year. I would label this under not an issue but thanks for your concern Urban. Not!

Can he also talk with them about coaching football? I think he needs to have a talk about coaching football too. It needs to be brought to their attention.

This is a completely self-serving move by Urban.  Urban doesn't give a DAMN about the "strength of the conference"....this is just a chance for him to keep the spotlight on him and his success as a recruiter.  This is Urban saying, "Look at me, I'm a great recruiter, and I want to remind you guys of that fact so that future recruits will choose me too" 

The next time Urban does some selfless act, to benefit the other conference teams that he's competing against, it will be his first.   Please, Urban's middle name is Massengill.

During Sam Webb's signing day show he kept trying to get the Michigan coaches to give some advice to Dantonio, so he might do better next time. They wouldn't bite. Sounds like Meyer heard the broadcast too.

Will Brady Hoke caveat on how to do it cleanly? Or better yet, will Dantonio interrupt him claiming that this event is about Ohio State's program and if anyone wants to hear they can go in the back corner.

Surprisingly, I think his intent is of the pro-B1G variety and less pounding his own chest.  However, it comes across very dickish.  One would think he'd have a mental filter for those things and either word them better or not say them at all. 

Well I think addressing Michigan will not be on his list, as UM and OSU are the only ones in the conference pulling their weight. I do think a school like Indiana is doing better than expected. Its the schools like Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin, that have the resources to compete for elite recruits, that need to get their shit together. Even MSU should be recruiting better than it is.

The Big Ten will always have to contend with the fact that certain schools like Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and probably Indiana and Purdue, are not in states that produce the quantity of football talent that exists in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and most of the SEC states.  To call them out on not keeping up is lame and classless.

Is Minnesota going to start grabbing top talent from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Alabama?  Never, so they have to constantly fight to keep up.  Plus, they don't cheat like Ohio and the SEC.

Basketball of course is a different story and the entire Big Ten excels relative to the SEC.

Urban Meyer is a self-absorbed asshole.

I'd love to see Dantonio sock Urban in the jaw. My God. Did I just support MD? What is wrong with me...

1) There is 1/4 the talent in the midwest as there is down south. Argue against it all you want, but for purposes of football, the demographics make it so and population growth has made it more so. Fortunately, since Michigan is one of the only 2-3 teams to get all of that talent, we should be competing with the top of the SEC in a couple of years.  But that leaves scraps for the rest of them. It's not like Iowa can just grow great athletes there that Michigan / Ohio wont grab, and good luck getting a kid to fly over Gainesville, Tallahassee, and Tuscaloosa to go to Iowa City.

2) The SEC is willing to pony up the dough for top flight head coaches, facilities, and assistants.  I don't find it a coincidence that the only two B1G schools that are paying their coordinators SEC money are recruiting and soon to be performing like the SEC schools.  Bielema left for this reason, and I would be shocked if D'Antonio wasnt in the SEC within a few years.  You're already behind the 8 ball in regards to location and weather. If your facilities and coaches can't stand up to the recruiting competition, they you don't stand a chance.