One thing you never have to worry about with the Ohio State Buckeyes as long as Jim Tressel leads the football team - they will maximize their rep with prospective recruits.

In the coming weeks the best way to do that - OSU-Michigan weekend.  According to assorted sites, the Bucks will host seven recruits whom they have already tendered scholarship offers.  The most coveted - Kristofer O'Dowd, Salpointe Catholic High School, Tuscon, Ariz., a blue chip center prospect who is the top rated center in the country, according to Scouts.com.

Five four-star prospects - defensive tackle Joseph Barksdale, Detroit, Mich.; safety Major Wright out of Ft. Lauderdale Fla.; cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke, Miami, Fla. (who could renege on a verbal to the Miami Hurricanes now that their program is in turmoil); wide receiver Leonard Hankerson, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, Suwanee, Ga. - are slated to take in OSU's sprawling campus along with three-star prospect linebacker Brian Rolle out of Immokalee, Fla.

Let's call it deliberate seduction.  Think of it.  If the Bucks and the Wolverines succeed in not looking past Northwestern and Indiana respectively this coming week and actually meet as the top two ranked teams in the country, Columbus will be college football nirvana Nov. 18.  There's no better way to show bright-eyed recruits the passion for football at Ohio State and how almost every year there's a reasonable shot at the team working its way into national title consideration.

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