Urban Meyer is retiring from Ohio State after the Buckeyes play Washington in the Rose Bowl. It wasn’t a dream, or to some, a nightmare; it’s real, and it’s going to happen, regardless of how you feel on it. If you want thoughts on the football impact of the move, we’ve certainly got plenty of those for you to read, but in today’s State Secrets, we’re just going to talk about the impact of Meyer’s retirement on recruiting.
The obvious first reaction when a legendary coach retires is to assume that recruiting could collapse, and numerous players could decommit.