CLOSE Breaking down the Michigan-Ohio State showdown, as the Wolverines have some mojo heading into The Game. Recorded Nov. 25, 2019. Orion Sang, Rainer Sabin and Shawn Windsor, Wochit It used to be that the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry was almost as heated on the recruiting trail as on the field in late November. For generations, Michigan football would poach more players from Ohio than the Buckeyes would from up north. Many of those native Ohioans became Wolverines stars, and that added even more spice to the rivalry. Of course, there have been native Michiganders who came south — Craig Krenzel, Mike Weber, etc. — who did the same. But the recruiting rivalry doesn’t exist in the same way now. Both schools recruit mostly nationally, and their paths only cross occasionally. “It’s not like the old days in the ’80s and ’90s,” said Steve Wiltfong, director of recruiting for 247Sports. Nov…
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