COLUMBUS, Ohio — With fewer than 48 hours to go until national signing day, Urban Meyer finds himself in a street fight.
For the Ohio State head coach, that’s nothing new. But this year’s opponent is. And it’s one who Meyer should get used to facing.
Michigan’s hiring of Jim Harbaugh in late December instantly restored credibility to a Wolverines program that’s been lacking national relevance for the better part of the past seven years. The former San Francisco 49ers head coach may have arrived too late to completely save what is currently the nation’s 74th-ranked recruiting class for 2015, but that hasn’t stopped Harbaugh from already becoming a thorn in his new archrival’s side.
That’s been apparent in the recruitment of 4-star running back Mike Weber, who flipped his commitment from Michigan to the Buckeyes in the midst of the Wolverines’ firing of Brady Hoke at the end of the 2014 season. The Harbaugh hiring seems to have reignited Weber’s interest in Michigan, leaving Meyer in a battle to secure his national letter of intent on Wednesday.
Weber, for his part, has maintained that he’s committed to the Buckeyes, recently telling David Goricki of The Detroit News that he was “solid on Ohio State.” But Wolverines running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley has visited the Detroit Cass Tech product twice in the last month, and just last week, Harbaugh himself met with the nation’s ninth-ranked running back, per Steve Lorenz of Wolverine247.
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