COLUMBUS, Ohio — With a little more than seven months to go until national signing day, Ohio State has already secured 16 commitments for its 2016 class, which currently ranks third in the country.
And until today, the Buckeyes managed to put together what could be a historic haul without having held a single satellite camp.
That sentiment changed on Wednesday, when head coach Urban Meyer officially dipped his toes in water that he’s admittedly uncomfortable with. Serving as a guest instructor at an FAU camp in Boca Raton, Florida, Meyer and members of his staff took part in their first satellite camp, a practice introduced to the Big Ten a year ago by Penn State’s James Franklin and made polarizing by Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh this spring.
But regardless of whatever success Ohio State may seemingly see as a result of Wednesday’s camp, don’t expect the practice to become a habit for the Buckeyes. Meyer even said as much earlier this spring, as he first revealed his program’s plan to set up shop in South Florida this summer.
“Am I fan of that? Not really,” Meyer said of satellite camps, which are currently outlawed in the SEC and the ACC. “A big allure to Ohio State is getting them here on campus.”
The three-time national champion head coach went as far as to say he thinks the NCAA should altogether ban the practice of satellite camps, which sees coaches serve as guest instructors at other schools’ camps typically outside…
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