it's obviously a great hire, but I can't get terrified by it. due to an ex student/now friend I followed Urban quite closely. The dude was mailing it in the last two seasons. Either that, or Dan Mullens was really that important. Either way, I don't think it's a slam dunk that he continues the dominance of the Big Ten, let alone elevates the Buckeye program. If he doesn't have the hunger back, he won't, and I don't know if a year off is sufficient to get that back.

All of that said, I would have been thrilled if he had been Penn State's coach, and maybe the reason I can't get too upset about him going to Ohio State is because everything with my own program is so horrible that I can't really get that upset about anything else.