National Signing Day is only a week-and-a-half away, and most of the hay is in the barn across the Big Ten Conference. Unlike the speculation of the past 12 months, the class rankings for the 2012 recruiting class is coming into serious focus now.

What those rankings reveal could be bad news for the Big Ten, which has striven for competitive balance to elevate their football conference to the SEC level. More specifically, it could be bad news for everyone but Michigan and Ohio State.

The hiring of Urban Meyer has reaped immediate benefits in two short months, as Meyer has flipped many players back to O...

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