I thought the sec gets the best athletes in the country?
Why is a lowly “slow” northern school ahead of every single team in the sec?
This must be some sort of mistake.
In not only one major sport but two?
Hahahaha I bet you are regretting this post now after this weekend.
But let's look at Ohio State's starters and where they are from since you want to rag on the South:
WR B. Victor -Florida*
WR C Olave-southern California
WR KJ Hill-Arkansas*
OT Thayer Munford- Ohio Finally a Yankee
OG J Jackson-Penn Yankee
OC J Myers Ohio Yankee
OG W Davis- Southern Cal
OT B Bowen -Utah
TE L Farrell-Ohio Yankee
QB J Fields-Georgia*
RB JK Dobbins-Texas*
Offense 4/11 Southern boys 4/11 Yankees 3/11 West , But Skill positions , where speed is needed 4/6 are Southern boys with the lone Yankee being at TE usually the slowest of the skill positions. Meyer is no dummy he knows speed is found in the South and Southern Cal.
Defense
DE C Young Maryland*
NT Hamilton Ohio Yankee
DT Cornell Minn Yankee
DE T Smith Ohio Yankee
LB Harrison Ohio Yankee
MLB Borland Illinois Yankee
LB Werner Indiana Yankee
CB Wade- Florida*
FS Fuller New Jersey Yankee
CB Okudah Texas*
CB Arnette Florida*
Once again 4/11 from the South, but none from southern Cal-this is most likely where your defense failed. But once again one sees Urban is no idiot and knows where to get speed.
Now a comment/stat from the playoff game with Clemson (Clemson has been wisely built to compete with the SEC's elite and recruits the same kids as SEC schools mostly.)
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Justin Fields, who had thrown just one interception all season, threw his second of the night to
Nolan Turner in the end zone after leading the Buckeyes down the field." More speed on defense compared to the BIG10 would explain this. No doubt Ohio State is elite, but one can point to Urban's recruiting of Southern and Southern California players as to why they can be.