Thursday, February 7, 2013

Meyer the Threat Part 2

I posted earlier, because I'm a pessimist and I worry about stuff like this, about Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly.  Kelly got routed, but he will be back.  Today's post is about signing day.  OSU and ND finished 2nd and 3rd based on Rivals rankings.  I worry about those guys landing top-flight athletes and knowing what to do with them:

Alabama - average recruit 3.84
Ohio St. - 3.83
ND - 3.92
LSU - 3.73

You get my drift.  Meyer signed 24, and only 10 were from Ohio.  A sample of his class:

4-star QB from TX
4-star TE from CA
5-star DB from GA
4-star DE from FL
4-star WR from FL
4-star DT from SC
4-star LB from GA
5-star LB from TX
4-star WR from MS
4-star RB from TX (Desoto)

He is going after big-time athletes from the south and CA.  So is Kelly.  I fear they are better coaches than Miles and Richt and possibly Muschamp.  If they have the athletes, they can win.

S

1 comment:

Sport Thought said...

Urban is just great! But when Saban and Miles punched him in the mouth after his assistants left, he died on the vine.

The scary part is that the Big 10 doesn't appear to have anyone to overcome his advantage.

The real question, can he deal with losing his assistants next time.

All he does is win.

j