Urban Meyer Weighs In on USC, UCLA to Big Ten

Urban Meyer is no stranger to building a powerhouse in the Big Ten, leading Ohio State to a national title and one of the more prosperous runs in program history. On Thursday night, he addressed the league’s massive moveto the conference’s ranks, and believes the move will pay serious dividends to traditional Big Ten programs in the Midwest.

While Meyer hasn’t always understood some of the moves that have taken place in previous waves of conference realignment, he says that he believes the two California schools will fit right in with their new conference mates. “I’ve seen conference realignment like we all have over the years,” he told the Big Ten Network. “And to be quite honest with you, it didn’t make a lot of sense where this school’s gonna jump to this conference, and there’s not really a rivalry there. There’s not a foundation for recruiting. But this one makes sense to me. I heard about this a while back, and I was like ‘wow.

“There are some great, great football players in Los Angeles that, when USC and UCLA are down, you can go cherry-pick them a little bit. But now, you’re going to see the floodgates open up in my opinion. Now those families are going to be able to watch their sons play. It makes a lot of sense to me, academically, reputation and natural rivalries between UCLA, USC and the Big Ten Conference.”

Meyer may be sold, especially from a recruiting standpoint for the schools that can now build a pipeline to the West Coast. Even so, there are plenty of issues that have been raised in wake of the move, which

Send em to the West. They would be Rutger/Maryland level in the East

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In mediocrity? Outside of OSU.

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