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The long term significance of the Pitt victory
« on: September 03, 2012, 11:10:18 PM »
Well, we have now celebrated for two days.  Time to reflect on the significance of this win for the future of the program.  What are your thoughts?  I'll start with the most obvious.  Historically, we have done a really poor job of recruiting in western Pennsylvania, despite the fact that the region across the border is devoid of full scholarship IAA teams.  Even Tressel snagged only a few impact players there.  I cringed at our performances against Pitt in 2005 and 2009 precisely for this reason. Wolford had already started to address this deficiency.  Now this impact win has suddenly changed the landscape and has sent our stock soaring among very good Pennsylvanian football players that can't quite secure an offer from Penn State, Pitt, or West Virginia.  In the long run, that might be just as important as the 400k.