Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer looks on during the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame on Jan. 1, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz.(Photo: Rick Scuteri Associated Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio – In Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh held “Signing of the Stars,” with Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, Ric Flair and Jim Leyland on hand to celebrate the Wolverines’ top six-rated recruiting class. Also a fundraiser for the ChadTough Foundation dedicated to former U-M coach Lloyd Carr’s late grandson, the event drew 3,500 to Hill Auditorium. It also included a panel of Todd McShay, Lou Holtz and Mike Shanahan, who analyzed the players NFL draft-style. In Columbus on Wednesday, Urban Meyer strode to the podium at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center just after 3 o’clock for a 28-minute news conference to summarize what he termed an “uneventful” day. His 25-man class was among the nation’s top five, one slot ahead of U-M in rankings on espn.com, rivals.com and 247sports.com. The player analysis was provided by assistants Luke Fickell, Kerry Coombs and Greg Studrawa. The disparity could not have been more stark between Harbaugh’s circus and Meyer’s routine session. The most energy in the Buckeyes’ headquarters came from Coombs, who called reporters by name and replied to a question about his recruiting presence in Michigan by jokingly correcting, “State up north; 10 pushups.” As he begins his second season at U-M, Harbaugh is pushing the envelope at every turn. He’s taking the Wolverines to practice at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., during spring break, saying part of his motivation is that many of his players can’t afford to go away during that time. Harbaugh’s Jan. 15 sleepover at the Grand Rapids-area home of Quinn Nordin got the nation’s top-ranked kicker to flip from Penn State even though Nordin’s bedroom walls are covered with Nittany Lions posters and he was tempted by the communications degree he could earn at USC. …
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