There's a lot of talent in southwest Ohio.
Many players out of the city of Cincinnati have gone on to star at big-time programs in recent years, but not always to Ohio State.
While some of this was a combination of players spurning the Buckeyes (Jackson Carman, for example) and Ohio State perhaps over-looking lower-ranked prospects like Josiah Scott, who ended up at Michigan State, it's difficult to deny that the Buckeyes have neglected the Cincinnati area in recent years.
With six scholarship players currently on the Ohio State football roster hailing from the Cincinnati area, the Buckeyes have attempted to (and in most cases, successfully), poached the highest-rated talent from southwest Ohio.