As 86 so aptly avers, it's the easiest way to get a Meatchicken offer. Unfortunately, it seems to be working. Some of our best are making their way to that school up north to matriculate, and play feetball.
I simply opine that which has already been said, I'd rather have a 4* Ahian than a 5* OOSer, if they've grown up on the Game, and bleed scarlet and gray. Unfortunately (as well), it's sometimes hard to differentiate. Cannot blame the young men, Meatchicken is a good school, and under Hoke, they are resurgent. A good education, and a team getting better, a hard combination to beat, so when added to an early opportunity to commit, they go for it. finally, with the level of talent that existed there after Rich Rod, an excellent chance to play quickly.
Not badmouthing Urban, so don't give me a yellow card (preliminary warning for being banned), but he may want to modify his methodology of recruiting in Ahia.....and send out 'non-commitable' offers to the best Buckeye players earlier than he's doing.
I don't know why you keep harping on urban mainly recruiting Ohio. If a top oos talent wants to come to osu we should by all means let them. Are you saying that if robert nkemdiche or joey bosa wanted to come to osu and so did taco Charlton, you'd take Charlton because he's from Ohio? That's simply foolish. You seem more focused on just winning the game and the big 10, while urban is trying to win NCs. And to do that you need a mixture of in state and oos. Let the average Ohio kids go to scUM we don't need every Ohio kid on our team, just the elite ones. And try telling guys like Howard, roby, sabino, Hyde, Thomas, etc that they don't understand the meaning of "the game". That's just like saying guys who aren't from Alabama*but play for auburn or Alabama don't understand the iron bowl, once you decide to attend that school and put your blood, sweat and tears into training to get on ther field, you get it.
