Marcus Atkinson

In two months Urban Meyer, the new head football coach of The Ohio State University has made waives not only within the confines of Columbus, but around the Big Ten and in 11 months, most likely the country.

In two months Meyer took Ohio State’s recruiting rankings from the mid 30’s to anywhere between 3 and 5, depending on which recruiting system you follow.  The combination of Meyer’s championship history and the recruiting class he completed has caused Michigan State head football coach, Mark Dantonio to share his thoughts on Meyer’s recruiting strategy.

The USAToday put together a succinct article showing the timeline of events including the statements from former Ohio State assistant, Dantonio when mentioned defensive end Se'Von Pittman, who verbally committed to Michigan State, but changed his mind and signed with Ohio State.

"[Ohio State’s] got a new coach, and it's different," Dantonio told The Detroit News. "I would say it's pretty unethical, in the end."

But the Dantonio was not the only head coach to voice his unhappiness with the recurring practices of Meyer, after Kyle Dodson from Wisconsin switched commitments to enroll in Columbus.

"There are a few things that happened early on that I made people aware of that I didn't want to see in this league, that I had seen take place in other leagues," Bret Bielema, head coach of Wisconsin told CBS Chicago. "Other recruiting tactics, other recruiting practices that are illegal.

Meyer was also able to deter Penn State verbals to come to Ohio State in All-USA defensive lineman Tommy Schutt and linebacker Camren Williams.

Eventually the Big Ten commissioner called a coaches meeting to discuss the concerns to “hash out” things, but apparently Coach Meyer was not happy with the comments made by Dantonio or Bielema.  Thursday on Cleveland’s92.3TheFan and Cleveland’s WKNR 850am, Meyer said he was “beyond angry”.  One thing is for sure, Michigan State and Wisconsin are on Meyer’s “list” for next year.