It Sure Looks Like Ohio State and Michigan's Assistant Coaches Are Subtweeting Each Other over 2016’s No. 1 RB

By Jeremy Birmingham on October 14, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Tony Alford, Ezekiel Elliott and Kareem Walker
Tony Alford, Ezekiel Elliott and Kareem Walker
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Over the weekend, Kareem Walker, the country's top-ranked running back recruit and a longtime Ohio State commitment, made the first of what is sure to be only one of his official visits. The Buckeyes' coaching staff had been told many times that Walker was going to make visits to other schools, yet this trip has stirred up a host of emotions and potential recruiting dominoes. Why?

Because this trip was to Michigan.

After the weekend visit, Walker updated his recruitment via a press release in the hopes of avoiding a rush of rumors, innuendo and bitter back-and-forths.

"I'm a low-key guy," Walker said in the release. "(I'm) not looking to make a story for someone when there really isn't any story."

Well, unfortunately for Kareem, Chris Patridge, Michigan's director of player personnel and, like Walker, a New Jersey native, decided to make a story by firing a shot at the Ohio State coaching staff, who had been rumored (incorrectly) to have given Walker an ultimatum about his planned future trips.

This morning, Ohio State running back's coach Tony Alford responded in kind; albeit with a bit more measured, and appropriately cited, approach.

Alford was quick to point out that he wasn't trying to continue the conversation, but that he was standing by his statement.

Walker's recruitment has had plenty of ups and downs, and current speculation is that he'll re-open his recruitment within the next few days. That has been spurred on by Ohio State welcoming Antonio Williams, a four-star running back committed to Wisconsin, to campus this weekend for an unofficial visit.

Whether Walker ends up at Michigan, Ohio State or somewhere else is yet to determined, but the rivalry between the Buckeyes and the Wolverines is ramping up as they head towards a season-defining showdown in late November.

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