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Maybe I thought we'd have a couple more by now (more like Alabama does) but I am far from underwhelmed. The bottom line is what we wind up with on National Letter of Intent Signing Day. Then I'll see if I will be better able to tell you if I am underwhelmed. Then in four years, I can definitely tell you how the recruiting went. I can't believe how Michigan's fast start has gotten into the psyche of a lot of tOSU fans!

this is a marathon, not a sprint. alot of those kids will flip schools, an some wont even sign. urban wants kids that want to be their. we are 7 days removed from the national signing period. (alot of people think its just feb 1, but its actually the whole month) and you are concerned/ why? players will come out the blue, an some will fall off. just relax an join the ride.teams are filling up an leaving the best kids out there, its better for tosu to grab top talent if you look at it that way.

It's the first part of March, are you serious. Speed to fill up 2013 class isn't important, quality is. Who cares what mich and other teams are doing, the kids that want to be Buckeyes will be there in the end. When J.T. was coach everyone was bitching about him not being able to close late, now guys are whinning about not getting players early. I just cant get over how easy people on here PANIC about nothing. Go Bucks.

Some people are acting like bitches on this site. Its freaking MARCH!!! Come on man. I am tired of getting beat by sec teams. Im glad Meyer is going for better players.

steelfist... get a grip, for years Texas would have 75% - 90% of their class filled up before mid summer, and look at how they've done lately, not real well. Everyone saw Michigan have a good start last year, and their class lost some commits late in the process, it's a marathon not a sprint, and the end result you want is to be standing there at the end with the gold medal. Let Michigan jump out, I'm looking for some of these commits to be turned away as the process draws closer to signing day.

I guess a lot of you guys failed to read the topic. The key word is "so far"

The way a lot of people were talking, they thought we'd have more high caliber guys signed by now and would have a lot more guys showing legit interest. My only question is if, right now, the recruiting has not met your expectations.

Calm down. You guys seem so hostile on this board. What is your problem?

I hate getting into arguments, but I can't really hold back on this one. Really?! One month after signing day, and you are now saying that we will end up with just a "decent class" because of an uncertain future? What uncertain future are you talking about? We got our punishment for a year, which won't affect these kids, so what else can you possibly be talking about that will make it cloudy? If you're ready to jump off the bridge a month into the 2013 class, then just do so already......otherwise, just back away from the ledge and be patient!

And this isn't a slow start! I'm not going to look this up, but give me the last time that Tressel had 5 highly ranked recruits within the first 2.5 weeks after signing day? Yeah, I know we had a couple commit early, but you get my point. He usually sealed up most of his recruits by late spring to mid summer, but it was rare to have the caliber of talent that Urban has now. And before you get into a tizzy, I'm not saying Tressel had bad recruits...I'm just saying it was rare for Tressel to have this type of talent this early on in the process and even more rare that he had this many recruits commit this quickly into the class.

I'm not comparing urban to tress, as most people think urban is the superior recruiter. Geez. I really apologize for posting this question on this board as it seems a lot of you have got your panties in a bunch. Feel free to delete this thread as it seems to have caused a lot of stress to the members on this board.

Good point on high expectations. We got 4 of the best players in the state. Personally I think some of ttun's recruits are borderline 4 star players and when the other sites put out there rankings this will be proven. That being said we are in on a lot of great prospects and these type of player take time to decide. I say roll the dice a see what happens, Meyer has got as good of a shot as anyone in landing them.

I think all you have to do is Google Mack Brown the Head coach from Texas and see what he has learned from this early recruiting process. Texas has gone 5-7 and 8-5 (4-5 in the conference) he states that getting caught up in this early recruiting game, with 16 yr old kids that have not played a snap of their Senior year, some have not panned out real well. Texas of course is certainly been a Top 5-10 rated recruiting school for many years.

Some 4 and 5 star kids fall in the rankings after they are evaluated after their Senior year. How about the kid that blows a knee out? What about the kid that is not even on the recruiting radar (so to speak) and had a monster Senior year and ends up being a beast because he has grown and matured? You fill your class early, you have no room for the rising stars.

I think scUM is in that very boat right now. There loading up with lineman, but, where are the skill players going to come from? What happens to the early recruits that have verbalized now, and scUM has a very mediocre season next year? (which is very possible) And let's say the Buckeyes run the table next year (which is also very possible) and these lineman recruits see this and know there are 6 other lineman coming in, what happens? Urban gets accused of flipping them from only a verbal committment. This is reality.

Getting these committments now, makes for great headlines and gives us football junkies something to do in the Winter time, but it doesn't transpose into one victory on the field next fall. Yes, i say trust Urban. look at his track record. let him put his complete system in. He turned 3 programs around on other guys recruits. The guy at scUM had the same oppurtunities at other programs, and he is a .500 coach. Check out Mack Brown as well......