Last week the only Big Ten team to lose a bowl game signed the 3rd-best recruiting class in its division.
Seven teams make up the B1G East, and the winningest program of all time is one of them. Maybe you care about this, maybe you don't, maybe you referred to the 247 composite rankings and noticed there was as much space between Ohio State and Michigan in terms of 2018 recruit grade quality as there is between Michigan and the triumvirate of Arkansas State, Southern Methodist and Bowling Green.
Maybe that will eventually matter. Remember this is a sport that operates entirely on wistful maybes eight months out of every year.