There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s just get right into it. © Provided by Wolverines Wire The Athletic‘s Ari Wasserman, who’s long covered Ohio State, appeared on The Andy Staples Show on Monday, and proclaimed that Michigan’s biggest failure as of late, particularly in the Jim Harbaugh era, has been its lack of recruiting the state of Ohio. “They’re not in Ohio,” Wasserman said. “Traditionally speaking, Michigan’s best players in program history have come from Ohio — and they’re not in it. Like, if you go back and you look, there was a huge difference from the 2009 to the 2013 classes. Total, I think there were 88 four or five-star prospects in Ohio, and Michigan signed 17. From 2013 to currently, I think they’ve signed five. But they’re not in the state anymore. They’re not even trying. And they have this national recruiting brand — I think…
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