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Anyone who can criticize Meyer at this point is out of touch. Being competitive on a national scale requires national scale. Sounds simple enough to me. College football has evolved. We dont want 3* Ohio kids if a 4* from Texas (or wherever) is interested. Should the Packers only draft kids from Wisconsin? Thats a dumb argument in the age of internet.

I'm 64, class of 76. Crammed my 4 year degree into seven...had to work, support a family. Saw, I believe every home game the Buckeyes played. They were good years! Archie Griffin, Pete Johnson, Cornie Green...and yes, Woody Hayes. I think I qualify as an old alum. And this old alum being vocal about some set of Camelot rules or old code is hogwash. It's a brave new world out there. It's big money running the game now. ESPN, BCS, NCAA and the conferences. They all got their hand in the pie. And my generation, the old alums baked it up. And now you don't like it when someone who knows how to wag the dogs tail comes in and says I'm here to do what you want me to do....WIN. Nothing else is acceptable to tOSU fan base! Read the Sunday Dispatch mailbox column if you don't believe me!
We want you to win, but we want you to play nice....or the other coaches will cry.....you have to share...oh, did I mention if you don't win, we'll fire you.
Where are the rules written that say a soft commit can't be flipped. That's why their soft, their not sure themselves. You old alums shut your mouths and let the man do what he was hired to do. Get the hell out of the way or maybe it's time for you to move on to shuffleboard!

"Gentlemen's Agreement"?? What about Brady Choke recruiting then committed Kyle Kalis???

As Woody said, "You win with people". We are about winning and Urban is about winning. He shoulld go after the best people he can possibly get whether they be in Ohio or in Alaska. There is a National Signing Day for a reason. It is the time for final decisions. Up until that time everyone is fair game. Of course I subscribe to getting the best players in Ohio and building off that. However some years that will be six players and some years it will be twelve. Every year the objective should be to get the best people fulfilling scholarships as possible.