2026 DC DL Carter Meadows (ttun Verbal)
- By pnuts34
- Football Recruiting
- 44 Replies
I think many fans are still under the impression that recruiting is still like it was 5-10yrs ago, and the National champion should just clean up in recruiting and stockpile talent like Bama under Saban and UF under Meyer. And that's just not the case anymore. And it's weird to me, because its all adults who have actual adult jobs not understanding how much throwing dollars at a person can alter their decisions. If Company A offered $80k/yr and you like everything about the company, but Company B offered you $200k/yr and you just thought the company culture was just alright. Idk a person alive that would pass up the $200k salary. It's no different in the recruiting age with NIL. Without NIL, OSU would've cleaned up in recruiting the last few years. But the reality is, programs get desperate and their fans want some type of results. And if you can't buy wins, you can sure as heck buy talent, and keep those fans happy for a time being. Miami fans are angry at their results on the field, but they're not loudly mad at their staff because they've landed a good amount of 5star talent. OSU fans are up in arms mad because they keep missing on the same 5star talent, because their program refuses to get in the desperation game. 1 program has just won the NC, and has one of the highest win percentages in CFB history, the other can't even win the Pop Tarts bowl. Which team would you rather be a fan of?We still have a top 3 class in terms of player quality currently even with the "misses". Some of our fan base wants to act like this type of thing is only happening to Ohio State, the other true top schools are getting bag swooped too. Its frustrating it keeps happening to us specifically at one position but in the end the coaches have shown they know what they are doing and I trust they will figure it out.
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