[dfwgator]

Penn State’s days were over regardless, the balance of power in college football is firmly in the south......top players don’t want to play up north in the cold, when they can play in warmer places in the SEC and Big 12. Note that in recent years, the Big 12 has shed most of its’ more Northern schools.

[CommieCutter]

I agree. See Notre Dame.

[happyathome]

“...top players don’t want to play up north in the cold, when they can play in warmer places in the SEC and Big 12”

Yeah, ‘cause they’ll never have to play in the cold in the NFL.

[diogenes ghost]

"....top players don't want to play up north in the cold...."

Oh booshwa.

Football players do not mind playing in the cold (mostly). The south has other enticements, such as all the great TV exposure that aspiring NFL wannabees crave. So they shun the TV graveyards of Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, etc.

[rawhide]

top players don’t want to play up north in the cold, when they can play in warmer places in the SEC and Big 12.

I would think the new coach at Ohio State may have a beef with what you wrote!