There’s a long history of Michigan grabbing talented players from the state of Ohio, which is why I found the latest hand-wringing over two Ohioans committing to play football for the Wolverines a little odd. Granted, the Buckeyes really wanted to land four-star running back Jordan Marshall from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, but they hadn’t even offered three-star offensive lineman Ben Roebuck from St. Edward’s in Lakewood.
And while OSU would have really liked to get a pledge from Marshall — the No. 91 player in the country and No. 7 running back — things worked out ok for Tony Alford and the Ohio State coaching staff as yesterday they got a commitment from No.