One of the sillier arguments that’s waged during this month without live sports is whether Ohio State’s dominance of the Big Ten traces more to its outstanding recruiting or the coaching of Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. It’s a dumb question because the answer is obvious: Yes. There’s no way to separate quality players from quality coaches because the latter attracts the former and the former solidifies the reputation of the latter. Woody Hayes is famous for saying, “You win with people.” But Hayes meant that as a reflection of character, not the recruiting rankings, which didn’t exist in his era, but doesn’t change the point. Meyer’s three national championship rings confirm his stature in coaching annals and Day kept the train rolling to the tune of a 13-1 season in his first year and a recruiting roll that has OSU atop the 2021 rankings at this point on the…
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