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Hokey Pokey will play it by ear and replace a 3 star caliber verballed recruit(s) with higher ranked prospect(s) esp. if the recruit(s) are from a far away location(s)...

Hoke and TSUN are doing exactly what they should be doing, making invaluable inroads to the Ohio HS community. This will and has paid off and will continue to do so.

scUM fans are going to do all the bragging they can this offseason because they know come fall Bama is gonna destroy them and then we will destroy them.

You might wanna do a little research before you say they have no play makers. In Hoke's 2 classes they got Norfleet (one of the fastest RB in America) Drake Johnson (a track star in the state of Michigan) that just started playing football 2 years ago
Drake Johnson MLive.com Football 2011 fall football Season Statistics
Statistic Total
Rushing Attempts 343
Rushing Attempts Per Game 28.6
Rushing Yards Average 9.2
Rushing Yards 2800
Rushing Yards Per Game 263.3
Rushing Touchdowns 37
Receptions 15
Receiving Yards 183
Receiving Touchdowns 3
Total Touchdowns 44 --- including 4 on defense
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if he played 3+ season of football Drake Johnson wouldve been a 5 star recruit
add Terry Richardson (68 total Tds as WR/return guy to go along with his 31 INT during his career) Dymonte Thomas , 5 TE's all ranked in the top 10 both years at TE and the # 1 QB in the land . hard to say they dont have play makers.

Hoke has 1 year at a BCS school 11-2 a Sugar Bowl win .Michigan was the 1st team in NCAA history to beat 9 teams with 6+ wins and play 12 teams with 6+ wins in one year .,when he coached at SD State and others . he had way less talent on the field ,and still found ways to win games ,that the sign of a good coach.

What was his overall record before he came to Ann Arbor? You seem to like stats so put that stat up. Meyer won at both Utah and BG with far less talent as well and I know his overall at those 2 schools was over .500 and if I remember right Hoke's may have been under .500. He may have had a couple good seasons. Also you have to remember he was playing less talented teams for the most part at those schools so it's all relative.

Look, Hoke is a good coach there is no doubt but don't come on to an OSU board expecting all kinds of praise. You guys had a good day last weekend and grabbed some good recruits, congrats. But there is all kinds of time left on the recruiting trail and if the time period between November and signing day is any indication of how well Urban recruits then I don't think we have anything to worry about.

? Utah had the # 1 pick in the NFL draft ( Alex Smith) plus 6 other NFL kids at Utah ,when Urban got there. Bowling Green had the MAC's all time leading passer when Urban arrived ,not like the cupboard was bare . Hoke walked into Horrible programs .
Everyone knows Urban is a good coach .but i would say Hoke is too , not in Urbans class but hes on track

Did Alex Smith look like a #1 overall pick before Meyer got there? Has he looked like one since? No on both counts, so maybe you should give Meyer his due for coaching the kid up. Until Hoke has 2 NC rings, he can't be compared to Meyer. Much like this year tsun will start fast in recruting and hit a wall around September. tOSU will continue to land top prospects and finish either #1 or #2 in the recruitng rankings with Alabama.

Bama's players that are replacing their losses are far better than Michigan's returning players.

Thanks for the down vote. I forgot that any indication of logic or not instantly bashing an opposing coach requires negative votes. Simply put, I believe that TSUN without a doubt NEEDS to recruit well here in Ohio and to date Hoke has done that.

Who gives a flying flip about recruiting strategy. The rivalry is back but this time I don't expect the Buckeye coach will be chewing his own nails on the sidelines...a la Cooper. If there is one thing to learn about the Rivalry it is that the teams take on their coaches identities. Hoke: Blustery all-talk guy...Urban Meyer: get the job done anyway possible guy. I am liking the way its going so far. Go Bucks.