...Wonder why we are so far behind?
Let me re-post this table from last year:
By June Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 6
2006 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 6
2007 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 9
2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 9
2009 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 3 11
2010 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 7
2011 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 5
2012 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 5 4
2013 1 10
2014 5 . 8 3
2015 1
Depending on whether you think scoutingohio.com is right, Ohio may already have 2 verbals, but at a minimum they have one. Ohio isn't running at an unusual pace. If they would get 4 more recruits over the next 40 days or so, they would be at the same pace as last year. Miami and WMU are both doing very well, and it's to their credit, but its more a case where they are ahead than that Ohio is behind.
...There may be more JUCOs in the works or transfers. .....
That would surprise me. That would mean that the class 5 years from now would be smaller still. I was thinking there would be no JUCO's at all, at least, not unless a prior recruit like Murray or Clark who already had been committed to was available.