COLUMBUS, Ohio — Asked for his thoughts on hosting offseason satellite camps earlier this week, Urban Meyer didn’t pull any punches when it came to the controversial recruiting practice.
“I think that should be outlawed. I don’t think you should be able to do that,” Meyer said. “I think you should just recruit on campus and do a good job.”
But recruiting sometimes requires one to step outside of his comfort zone.
That even goes for Meyer, who has inked four consecutive top-seven classes since arriving at Ohio State in 2012. Meyer may not like it, but the reigning national head coach is admittedly willing to try a satellite camp while the loophole remains open in the Big Ten, despite scrutiny from the SEC and ACC.
“If it helps us, we’ll do it,” Meyer said. “And I think we might try one this year.”
The fourth-year Buckeyes head coach said that no plans to hold such a camp have been finalized and discussions on the subject among the Ohio State staff have been ongoing. But should the Buckeyes play guest hosts to a camp, it would be hard to see it as anything but a direct response to Jim Harbaugh and Michigan’s upcoming satellite-heavy summer.
Per GoBlueWolverine.com, the Wolverines staff will spend the early part of June outside of the Midwest Region, hosting camps in Alabama, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and California. As opposed to the SEC and ACC, which both place restrictions on their schools hosting camps farther than 50 miles away from their…
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