But back to that Ohio State problem
Okay. Again, there’s just one problem. Ohio State doesn’t seem to be going away into the night anytime soon. And while a competitor never shies away from going toe-to-toe and working to beat the best, the Buckeyes are just on a totally different level right now.
Michigan’s recruiting is good, but not great. It’ll get enough talent on the field to compete with Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan State — maybe even Penn State — but it’s not close enough to the goods Ohio State is pulling in. There was a thought that recruiting might tail-off a little with the departure of Urban Meyer, but new head coach Ryan Day is currently assembling one of the best recruiting classes in the history of the program. The 2021 class has a great shot at finishing No. 1 in the entire country.
247 Sports updated its recruiting rankings, and Ohio State's 2021 class is insane https://t.co/gvuCUzYy3G
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) May 13, 2020
On top of that, the players being churned out to the NFL are ungodly. Ohio State just popped three more first-rounders to the next level last April, and there’s more in the pipeline. The Buckeye program has been able to hit the sweet spot of not hitting on recruits and then developing them to be the best they can be. So much so that you can field an entire squad full of former OSU players on NFL rosters today.
And yeah, it would be an extremely competitive one, not just a bunch of warm bodies filling out uniforms.