2. Ohio State is going to be even better
If you thought three straight BCS game losses and a diminished national reputation would matter to star prospects in the state of Ohio, think again. The Ohio State University didn?t just load up on in-state talent, it got a few stars from Florida (although WR Duron Carter, Cris Carter?s son, was a given), and plucked away some key players from Pennsylvania. It?s not just that Ohio State came up with the nation?s best recruiting class; it?s that its class is head-and-shoulders better than anyone else in the conference. Penn State did a good job, but the talent level going to Columbus and going to, say, Madison or Minneapolis, isn?t even comparable. And don?t even get started with the disparity between the OSU recruiting class and Michigan?s. In other words, if you?re sick of Ohio State mucking up your BCS, get used to it.
Fine, so Ohio State is good, we all knew that, but here?s the problem on a national level. If Ohio State is so much better than the rest of the Big Ten, it?ll be able to roll through a relatively easy conference schedule year after year. That means more and more BCS Championship appearances unless the BCS decides to put in a two-loss team from another conference over a one-loss Buckeye team. And if OSU goes unbeaten, and there aren?t two other unbeaten BCS teams, it?s going to be playing for the national title no matter what. You can stop drooling now, SEC fans.
