Like Campus Rush on Facebook The college football season hasn’t begun yet, but fans are already fixated on how their favorite programs will perform this fall. For the next few months, they will spend a significant amount of their time railing against pundits, analyzing matchups and obsessing over various polls and rankings. Before the games begin, though, let’s assess which programs are set up to succeed beyond 2016. While recruiting will come into focus around National Signing Day in early February, here are five storylines to track in the meantime. Ohio State’s loaded class Ohio State has recruited extremely well since Urban Meyer took over as head coach in November 2011, but the Buckeyes’ 2017 class is shaping up as one of the most decorated in recent memory—for any program. Ohio State counts 16 commitments, including a nation-high four from five-star prospects and 13 from prospects invited in July to The Opening Finals, a prestigious event hosted by Nike at the company’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. Fourteen of the Buckeyes’ pledges made the latest Scout 300, seven are ranked among the top five at their respective positions. The Buckeyes’ lone three-star pledge, Canisius (N.Y.) High’s Blake Haubeil, is considered the…
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