honest question
If Meyer gets the boot will it really affect tOSU? I view that program as a top program no mater who is leading it. At least in the short term. Obviously recruiting comes into it but PSU weathered the storm of Joe Pa and I imagine tOSU will be fine with or without Meyer
We always said that about Michigan too. Lloyd Carr was viewed as a guy who just didn't mess things up. I think post-retirement (at least purely as a coach) he's viewed more favorably.
Every helmet schools except Ohio State has gone through a rough patch in the last 30 years.
Notre Dame has finished in the top 10 once in the past 25 years, they've finished below .500 five teams in that span.
Michigan hasn't won or even played for a Big Ten title in 14 years, and has finished unranked in 7 of the past 10 years
From 2000-08 Alabama only finished higher than 3rd in the own division once, and finished unranked in 7 of 9 seasons.
Texas hasn't won or played for a Big XII title in 9 years, finishing ranked just once during that time.
Oklahoma went 13 years without a Big 8/12 title from 1988 until 2000, and and had a 5 years stretch of finishing .500 or worse before hiring Stoops
USC lost at least 5 games every year but 2 from 1990-2001, going to only one Rose Bowl during that stretch, and going 6 straight years finishing unranked.
So is Ohio State better positioned than most to survive losing a great head coach? Obviously. But to believe that Ohio State is the lone school immune to bad coaching hires, or that they are the lone school that any coach could win at, seems naive. If all of those other schools can go through rough patches, OSU can too.