Article cited by Doug Lesmerises from Cleveland.com
Gene Smith said he agreed to alternative uniforms for the Michigan game for two reasons:
- players like it
- recruiting
"We don't want to be a school that is constantly changing its uniform," Smith said. "But we have a platform like The Game, and we can have a uniform that we know the world is watching and we can have something that our players feel good about and probably our recruits are going to see and it's really cool and slick, and we're going to take advantage of that."
Note- This years game will have the most top prospects visiting Ohio State this year.
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Other reasons that support alternative uniforms:
Meyer- "Somewhere down the road, maybe," Meyer said, before confirming that he'd be OK with an all-black Ohio State uniform. He then said, "its up to my boss, I would sure". (4:56-5:12)
Stats- Ohio State's worn alternate uniforms against Michigan four of the last five years and this year's game is at home.