As The Wall Street Journal observes, "[l]ess than 4% of the country's population lives in Ohio, but 15% of college football's major-conference head coaches were born there -- the most for any state. And this volume is more than matched by quality: 14 of the last 18 teams that have made it to the national title game have had head coaches with Ohio connections.

[A]t a time when the best football is generally played in the South...the rise of a new generation of Ohio coaches belies the popular perception that Midwestern football is slow, staid and increasingly obsolete."

The Journal argues that Ohio's "...passion for football is fed by a history of tough, lunchbucket labor in mining, manufacturing and steelmaking."

See for yourself.