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Nov. 30—Like many Ohio State alumni these days, Kirk Herbstreit has some advice for Ryan Day.
Want to snap a three-game losing streak to Michigan?
The fifth-year head coach of the Buckeyes could try putting more effort into stocking his roster with more natives of the Buckeye State.
“If you look at the Ohio State roster, there are not a ton of Ohio guys, and I would suggest maybe looking at that aspect of the roster and finding more Ohio guys that qualify to be on the Ohio State roster to make them appreciate what this game really means,” Herbstreit told the hosts of the “Pardon My Take,” podcast.
“I’ve always felt that when Ohio State is tougher (it has more Ohio natives),” said the Centerville High School grad who is the son of an Ohio State captain (Jim Herbstreit) and later became one himself. “The recruiting that they have done from the end of the Urban Meyer era to now, they recruit nationally. They go to Florida. They go to Georgia. They go to North Carolina. They go to Texas. They go to California.”
Meyer became the head coach of the Buckeyes in late 2011.
He signed six national top five classes before retiring in 2018 and handing the program over to Day, who has signed four top five classes himself.
Day also continued a trend of signing fewer players fro Ohio.
While 41 percent of Meyer’s Ohio State signees were from in-state, that number has dipped to 31 percent under Day.
In contrast, the two full-time coaches before that — John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10) — both signed classes that were on average 60 percent Ohioans.
“Ohio State lived in Michigan’s head for a number of years with Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer,” said Herbstreit. “And (Michigan head coach) Jim Harbaugh, to his credit, they were ready to fire him, but now he’s completely turned this thing around.”
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Author : Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Publish date : 2023-12-01 02:15:00
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