Sometimes an idea or invention is so obvious it makes my brain hurt after realizing I wasn’t smart enough to come up with it first. Like, for instance, the snuggie. Or chia pets. Or a pet rock.
Man, people really love their fake pets, I guess. (Shouts to the chia pet owners of old, by the way. Those things took dedication and patience.)
Anyway, what The Athletic’s Max Olson did this week in a four-year lookback and re-examination of 2016 recruiting classes falls into that category. It’s both a simple idea but captivating. So full disclosure here: I am stealing his criteria and doing the exact same thing for OSU on a more granular level.