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Originally Posted by buckiprof
Zook does a good job recruiting but I am sure that many rosters in the Big Ten would have many Ohioans as well.
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Agreed. If that's the case, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana have pipelines as well (and you could throw Notre dame in there too). Michigan and Minnesota in particular prosper or suffer based on their recruiting in Ohio.
Illinois has been stealing some great underrated, under-the-radar talent from Ohio lately. One that wasn't listed there was Justin Staples from Lakewood, who got a good look from OSU. It's an overused phrase these days, but "if only we had the schollies", we'd be taking more of these guys. Then again, if some of these guys had worked harder on their academics...
Edit: Cumberland had a conditional offer that he didn't meet the conditions for (academics). Wouldn't have cleared OSU's admissions.