I love the fact that the event is being hosted by former Bobcat Sean Williams head coach at Bedford. Sounds like the attendance was fantastic. 

I'm impressed, too. To me, the fact that the numbers at these camps are growing each year shows an increasing level of respect for the Ohio University, and the Ohio coaching staff among high school programs, coaches, and players throughout the state. In turn that bodes well for the future. I think that the trend we have seen in recent years of more acceptances, particularly early acceptances, coming from within the state is one that will continue.

The other advantage of these camps is that it allows Ohio coaches to actually see a lot of the kids and evaluate them in person.

I have to wonder if, with these camps behind us, we'll see a few more acceptances this week. If so, this class could be essentially full before the end of July.

I looked up the various MAC schools in Ohio, and found:
Toledo has camps in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Stark County, and Youngstown, and several at the Glass Bowl.
BG has camps in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Youngstown, and Akron.
I don't see that Miami, Kent State, or Akron have off-site camps.

I would say that Ohio, BG, and Toledo have been the leaders in recruiting Ohio in recent years. Maybe this is part of the reason?

I must be losing it,I though both Cincy and Cleveland were more than 50 miles from Athens or even a branch

This is the rule concerning the location of football and basketball camps from the 2013-2014 division 1 rule book.

13.12.1.2 Location Restriction—Basketball and Football.
 

In basketball, an institution’s camp or clinicshall be conducted on the institution’s campus or within a 100-mile radius of the institution’s campus.
 
In football, an institution’s camp or clinic shall be conducted on the institution’s campus, within the state in which the institution is located or, if outside the state, within a 50-mile radius of the institution’s campus.

For men’s basketball camps, a contract signed before 9/17/08 may be honored; for women’s basketball camps, a contract signed before 9/16/09 may be honored)

(Revised: 4/29/10;