Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer knows how important recruiting is to the success of a college football program. Over the years, he developed a reputation as one of the strongest recruiters in college football history.
He didn't have tunnel vision, however. In his final Gold Pants speech last summer, he talked about having an eye on the Buckeyes' top rival year round.
"How do you really show respect for a rivalry?" Meyer asked rhetorically nine months ago. "You work that [expletive] every day. Every day. You walk in that staff room – this is for the new coaches, you know who they recruit.