A reporter at Big Ten Media Day asked Urban Meyer and Mark Dantonio about the alleged negative recruiting accusations Penn State coach James Franklin made regarding Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State .
According to one uncommitted recruit, the Nittany Lions and Franklin have been the only school to negatively recruit:
Here’s the likely quote from Jame Franklin that appeared in an interview with ReadingEagle.com.
Q: How would you describe the challenge of being in the same division with Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State?A: Like most things in life, there are some real positives about it. We’re able to tell kids they’re going to compete against the very highest level week in and week out. What makes it tricky, they’re not having to deal with some of the things we’re dealing with and working through, which magnifies it. Those programs as well as others know that and use that against us. We have that conversation with every single prospect. We don’t usually initiate it, but it’s coming from somewhere.
Here are Meyer, Dantonio, Harbaugh and Franklin photographed together: