As you may or may not know, depending on whether or not you live under a rock, Urban Meyer is the next head coach at that university down south *cough Ohio State. This is the same university that Bri’onte Dunn, five star running back and complete BEAST, is currently committed to. Apparently, as far as Bri’onte Dunn is concerned, being committed to Ohio State is equivalent to absolutely, positively, in no possible way, being committed to Ohio State. Don’t you love cognitive dissonance? Here’s the quote of the century from Dunn’s second straight visit to the Big House.
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"I'm still committed to Ohio State," Dunn said Nov. 28. "I just have to wait and see to talk to Urban Meyer. Right now I don't know what to think about [Meyer's hiring]. I know he's a good coach. I know he's a winning coach and I know in the past he ran the spread. I have to talk to him to see, but I don't want to go to a school that runs the spread."
I know what you’re thinking Michigan fans, and the answer is yes. Yes, this should put a big ol’ smile across your face because Urban Meyer is the antithesis of what Dunn is looking for in a head football coach.
At Urban Meyer's introductory press conference, he unequivocally stated that his offense will be a spread offense. Done! End of discussion! Ok, not quite yet – there's more!
Secondly, Urban Meyer has never coached a player that rushed for over 1,000 yards in a single season. Ever! At the Ohio game, Dunn watched as two of Hoke’s players, in the same season, accomplished that feat against their rival, which happens to be the school Dunn is committed to.
Perhaps this is because Meyer has never coached a large tailback like Bri’onte Dunn before. In the words of Lee Corso, not so fast my friend! Meyer coached Deshawn Wynn, 5’11” 238 lbs. During Urban’s first two years at Florida, DeShawn Wynn’s junior and senior years, Wynn failed to reach 800 rushing yards in both 
seasons. At Utah, Brandon Warfield, 5’10” 210lbs, had 885 rushing yards during the regular season which is fewer than what he had before Urban Meyer was his coach!
So what makes Urban Meyer such a great coach? Well, I suppose winning two national championships should be enough to prove this true but yet again, not so fast my friend. I submit to you that Urban Meyer’s national championships are not a product of good coaching. They are a product of a current Denver Bronco quarterback you may have heard of and oversigning! Any given team is allowed 85 scholarship athletes at any time. That means if a school is signing more than 22 scholarship athletes per year, over the course of 4 years, then they are oversigning. It’s not that simple because some scholarship athletes stay for 5 years, which should actually decrease this number (coaches should sign even fewer athletes because of this fact), but for the sake of argument let’s say an average of 22 athletes is the upper limit for ethical recruiting practices. 
To put this into perspective, from 2002 until 2010, Michigan has signed an average of 21.67 recruits per year. Although this is still under the 22 limit, it is actually inflated since, over that time period, Michigan has gone through two coaching changes and had a lot of unintended attrition. A more accurate representation of Michigan’s recruiting model is reflected in Ohio State’s recruiting average over the same time period, 20.00 per year. Over that time period, Florida has signed 23.33 student athletes per year. Enough said. In fact, if you want to know why the SEC has been so dominant for the past 10 years, look no further than their recruiting numbers. Auburn, last year’s national champions, averages a gluttonous 28.11 recruits per year! That’s the most of any school in any conference in the entire FBS. Miss State, who trounced Michigan in the Gator Bowl last year, averages an atrocious 27.44 recruits. Arkansas, Alabama, LSU, the list goes on and on. The entire conference is chocked full of unethical recruiting offenders with exception to one school. Who would have thunk that the one school in the SEC that happens to have academic standards is also the only school that has ethical standards? …Vanderbilt…
I know i kind of got off topic talking about oversigning. It just irks me to no end. Anyway, Bri'onte Dunn isn't going to Ohio State. You heard it here first. It's not happening. He will be at either Michigan or USC. I have no inside information, unlike Mr. Ace Williams of chatsports, but I just don't see it happening. Also, as a side note, I realize that Michigan is currently running a version of the spread offense but Dunn realizes that this is only while Denard is at quarterback and is looking long term. In the eyes of recruits, Michigan is a West Coast offense.
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