Michigan is 'not on same recruiting plane' as Ohio State
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🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Following the commitment of high four-star safety Lathan Ransom on Tuesday, Ohio State moved up to No. 2 (from No. 4) in the 247Sports Composite team recruiting rankings for the 2020 class.
Ransom gives the Buckeyes 21 prospects in their class thus far, with at least four more expected to join him.
To illustrated how amazing this class is, Ransom is ranked as the No. 76 player in the country, and he is merely the eighth-best prospect in OSU's class.
By comparison, Ransom would be the highest-ranked player in Michigan's class (the Wolverines' top recruit is ranked No. 80 in the Composite).
Furthermore, if things go as expected leading up to the early signing period in December -- and perhaps all the way until the traditional signing day in February -- just how high will Ryan Day and Ohio State finish in the recruiting rankings this year? Will they keep the No. 2 ranking? Could they even finish No. 1, which is something Urban Meyer never did in Columbus?
Speaking of Day, what can fans expect to hear from him when he takes the mic at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago on Thursday?
The People's Champ, Matt Baxendell, joins Dave Biddle to discuss that and much more on the Wednesday extravaganza.
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| 0:00.0 | The The Good morning, Bucknot. Good morning, Bucknoters. Buck Noter is welcoming to you to the Bucknuts Morning Five Year on Wednesday, July 17th, |
| 0:34.4 | I am Dave Biddle, very happy to be joined by The People's Champ, Matt Baxendale. |
| 0:39.4 | Bax, another great day for the Buck guys yesterday on the recruiting front. |
| 0:42.1 | This is a 2020-20 class. |
| 0:43.4 | This continues to get better and better. |
| 0:45.1 | The Buckeyes landed. |
| 0:46.6 | Four-star safety, high four-star safety. |
| 0:48.6 | Laith and Ransom. |
| 0:50.2 | He is ranked as the number 76 overall prospect in the country |
| 0:54.1 | this now gives Ohio State 21 commitments under 20-20 class they are |
| 0:57.2 | ranked number two in the nation behind Clemson and they are in front of |
| 1:01.3 | number three Alabama they were ranked number four |
| 1:03.7 | before Laith and ransom. |
| 1:05.1 | Cledged his allegiance to the Buckeyes. Backs huge for the Buckeyes to |
| 1:09.2 | get ransom, although certainly not a surprise. |
| 1:12.0 | No, this is one I think everybody's been expecting, but it doesn't make it any less impactful or excellent for Ohio State. |
| 1:19.0 | Like you said, this moves them up to number two in the class. |
| 1:21.0 | They just passed Alabama. There's still four spots open in the class they just passed Alabama there's still four spots |
| 1:23.6 | open in this class and you know the lot of us who've been looking at this with a |
| 1:27.4 | discerning eye have kind of thought that Lathan Ransom and Bijon Robinson may go |
| 1:31.5 | hand in hand considering their teammates, right? |
| 1:34.2 | And let's face it, this is the more likely of the two from the start for Ohio State to |
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