Ah. I missed that one.

Profile on Antwan Crutcher from Glenville. Kid looks great on tape:

http://thepostonline.net/sportswordpress/?p=2697

It's nice that Ohio has now gotten to a point that they aren't having to rely on a lot of unknown recruits. Some of those unknowns have turned out to be pretty good players, but others have never contributed much. The other comment I'd make is that for all the concern about converting Verbals into Signees, only a few people gave Ohio verbals and then didn't end up signing. This looks like an outstanding class. With classes like this, Ohio is going to be a force in the MAC for years to come, and will certainly get that first bowl game win one of these years.

I'm guessing-stability of staff,Nebraska connection pays off some years-not so much other years, winning records the last few years, new IPF, instability at many MAC schools.  I still think that the stars have been increased which is cranking up everybody.,

One thing Frank was saying is that they did a much better job of maintaining communication with the recruits. Letter writing to the players was done on a daily basis. Another mention is how they're changing the philosophy toward recruiting more of an academic type player that wants to be at Ohio University with 5 guys graduating early from High School to participate in spring workouts. The biggest thing that stands out to me with this years class is how they signed 7 defensive lineman and they are signing a more athletic guy up front, moving away from the Hodge/Williamson mold (plugging up the middle with 6 1" 340 pound big uglies) to guys that can cover the edge better and pass rush.  Frank said he recruited some CBs just to have extra depth needed depending on the D packages. The recruiting process sounded more organized than in years past. Its taken Frank a while to understand how to overcome the challenge of getting a player here to Athens. The wins under Frank and division titles are not as important to a recruit I think as some of the other factors.

Coach Solich talked about the planned indoor practice facility and how that probably helped in some of the recruitment processes. I am sure it did not hurt to have one being built in the foreseeable future.

Is it football yet?