Urban Meyer is ‘not surprised’ by Michigan’s resurgence

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is ‘not surprised’ by the resurgence of the Michigan Wolverines. Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is ‘not surprised’ by the resurgence of the Michigan Wolverines.(Photo: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) Under the direction of Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke over the last eight years, the Michigan Wolverines had fallen on hard times and failed to sustain success, but all of that seems to have changed after the athletic department called upon their former quarterback, Jim Harbaugh, to lead the team back to prominence. And Harbaugh has had success in his first season at his alma mater, as the Wolverines are 9-2 overall and 6-1 in Big Ten Conference play heading into this Saturday’s rivalry game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Stadium. “I’m not surprised at all,” Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said. “I think they have excellent players. They are well coached. I have always checked the recruiting. I remember hearing ‘Well, they just don’t have the personnel.’ I am thinking, ‘Wait a minute, they have great personnel. They always have great personnel.’ Whether they are always playing great or whatever, that’s a different answer, and obviously, they are playing very well right now. “(I’m) very, very impressed. Not surprised because I think they’re very good coaches, and I think — I just recruit against that. They are very good recruiters. …

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