September 15th, 2021 at 4:18 PM ^
Six to midnight.
September 15th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
when you get older it only goes to 11
September 15th, 2021 at 4:18 PM ^
Also recent crystal balls show a safety crystal balled to U of M as well.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:25 PM ^
Is Dent a late riser?
September 15th, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
Yes. Oregon is his other major suitor right now
September 15th, 2021 at 4:40 PM ^
Yes. Not sure how high he'll rise but he has Michigan and Oregon offers so he's definitely better than his current rating. He is actually visiting Georgia this weekend, presumably with the goal of earning an offer. Michigan made a big impression on him but I personally am not confident in him committing to Michigan without seeing how this Georgia visit goes, and a presumable future Oregon visit.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:45 PM ^
Seems to be. Sam Webb has been comparing him to the late-rising safety we lost to Oregon last year (last name David? —ended up 4-star and in the top 250 composite).
September 15th, 2021 at 9:47 PM ^
Daymon David
September 15th, 2021 at 6:00 PM ^
“Late riser”? When one of my children, a pretty good soccer player, was a “late riser” as a high school senior, I thought that a new alarm clock was needed. That did not end well.
September 15th, 2021 at 5:52 PM ^
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy sounds like a character in a P.G. Wodehouse story.
September 15th, 2021 at 6:06 PM ^
Or maybe he's going to be selected to participate in the next East-West Bowl. (Memories of D'Isiah T. Billings-Clyde from Coastal Carolina.)
September 15th, 2021 at 6:19 PM ^
Show Damani da money!!!!
September 15th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
Funny how winning fixes recruiting ….. ?
September 15th, 2021 at 4:24 PM ^
As an older member of society, I remember the days where the Big House crowd was more like an opera audience opposed to what I saw Saturday night. I am so thrilled that the crowd showed up and represented HUGE for our visitors! I think the new additions help keep the crowd noise in the stadium, but GD that was awesome!
September 15th, 2021 at 4:45 PM ^
Two other huge reasons - a) it was against a supposedly good P5 school and not a MAC or a Rutgers level school, and b) it was a night game, which truly does bring people more fired up - however they chose to do so is all good!
September 15th, 2021 at 4:53 PM ^
Two more huge reasons:
(1) It was against the school that was the primary competition
(2) It was done by utter OL domination, and upcoming OL enjoy the prospect of dominating
September 15th, 2021 at 4:59 PM ^
His response was to the suggestion that the new "additions" i.e. renovations keep the crowd noise in. And hence added that the crowd was rowdy for other reasons too (namely, that it was a night game)
September 15th, 2021 at 5:12 PM ^
Ah, I see that now. Though both of the things he said would also work for impressing the recruit.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:10 PM ^
if you had one game to impress a 5 star Oline recruit against your primary rival Saturday's was it.
Inside and outside zone blocking schemes, great drive, angle, hook and stunt blocks guys pulling and flying around.
There wasn't a more impressive position group on the field than the Oline.
Seriously, what team would you rather play for?
September 15th, 2021 at 6:27 PM ^
As a fellow oldster, I think the vastly increased volume of fan noise is due to both the addition of the skyboxes and the nature of today's fans.
My acoustical memories of games during the '70s are basically long stretches where the only noise was the drone of the banner-towing planes flying overhead punctuated by occasional cheering when something interesting was happening on the field. Most UM fans back then simply didn't get into continuous cheering, except for a small portion of the student body.
September 16th, 2021 at 12:33 AM ^
I'd say that having so little football the last year, the fact that the football we did have was awful and depressing, and that we've suddenly gained unexpected hope for some decent football played a role in it too.
September 16th, 2021 at 8:38 AM ^
I am also an "older member of society", and have been attending games lo, these forty years past. The stadium renovations have kept the sound in the stadium, and due to "The Miracle of Beer" there was a LOT of sound carried into the Big House for a night game. That said, the enthusiasm I witnessed was an order of magnitude greater than I have frequently seen in Michigan Stadium. Kudos to the crowd for bringing it for our team!
September 15th, 2021 at 4:52 PM ^
Winning + Obviously competent coaching + loud fans = Crystal Balls
Michigan IS a school of choice for a lot of kids. We just need to meet them halfway by putting a team on the field that they want to be part of. Granted we're only two games in but so far the 2021 version of Michigan resembles the 2020 version about as much as these two ladies:
September 15th, 2021 at 5:00 PM ^
I like the original version better. Seems like she spent a lot of money for nothing
September 15th, 2021 at 5:40 PM ^
Difficult to tell it's even her. Wow.
September 15th, 2021 at 5:57 PM ^
With Harbaugh some are saying Michigan paid a lot of money for nothing
September 15th, 2021 at 6:49 PM ^
Oh look, the "Add to Troll Cave" button - how convenient!
September 15th, 2021 at 10:28 PM ^
But were the chicks for free?
September 20th, 2021 at 9:39 PM ^
Who hurt you?
September 15th, 2021 at 6:38 PM ^
I think the difference between 2020 and 2021 is more like this, only in reverse sequence.
September 16th, 2021 at 11:17 AM ^
Is the one on the right Jenna Jameson after plastic surgery?
September 15th, 2021 at 6:43 PM ^
This is why Penn State has the #1 rated class so far, all the winning they did last year.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
Waiting for Steve Wingdings to follow suit before I get my hopes up haha
September 15th, 2021 at 4:26 PM ^
Steve Wingding
Steve Wingding
I want to see the crystal ball of Steve Wingding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMuTvoD1QNs
September 15th, 2021 at 7:41 PM ^
I'm glad I have made a real, long lasting contribution to mgoblog.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:21 PM ^
Hail yes!
September 15th, 2021 at 4:24 PM ^
this pleases me
September 15th, 2021 at 4:27 PM ^
Lorenz has put in 5 crystal ball picks today but not all of them are public yet. They should be posted later.
September 15th, 2021 at 5:11 PM ^
He’s keeping his balls private, who does he think he is?!?
September 15th, 2021 at 5:43 PM ^
If he’s got five of them, he’s clearly greedy.
September 15th, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^
He’s definitely not Nicki Minaj’s cousins’s friend
September 15th, 2021 at 4:32 PM ^
Obviously, there are a ton of factors that go into recruits' decisions, but the atmosphere was incredible on Saturday.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
Winning fixes everything. Lets keep it rolling and get that 2015-2018 momentum going.
Ryan Day is no Urban Meyer on the recruiting trail or as a game day coach....the door is slightly ajar, need to take advantage here.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:48 PM ^
Hasn’t he been recruiting quite well?
September 15th, 2021 at 7:16 PM ^
Ohio will always recruit well.
September 15th, 2021 at 4:52 PM ^
I hope Day fails, but he has recruited pretty well recently:
2021 (2nd): https://247sports.com/Season/2021-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
2020 (5th): https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
September 15th, 2021 at 8:53 PM ^
I’m no OSU Fan, but this is a hell of a hot take.
Day’s recruiting class rankings:
(all Composite Rankings)
2019: 14th
2020: 5th
2021: 2nd
That’s equal to what Urban has done.
and in terms of his ability as a game day coach, his record speaks for itself. Last Saturday is his first regular season loss ever. You could usually count on Urban to have one brain fart game a year where he would lose to an inferior team. We haven’t seen that with Day.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:48 PM ^
Ryan Day has recruited well. Ryan Day has coached well. My point is not that he is Rich Rod or Brady Hoke and will sink their program, it's simply that he's no Urban Meyer.
The most successful coaches of the past 2 decades in college football are?
1) Saban
Huge Gap
2) Meyer
3) Dabo
4) Pete Carrol ?
Ryan Day has huge shoes to fill and while I don't think an OSU death spiral is imminent, a regression back to the days of Tressel level success (still great, but not death star) is very feasible, leaving the door ajar for UM to take a step up and get to OSU's level if Harbaugh (coaching and recruiting) and AD (NIL) can get their shit in order. I don't see Day as an insurmountable obstacle like a Saban or a Meyer.
I don't think it's a "hawt take" to say Day inherited an incredible situation at OSU from what Tressel had built and Meyer elevated, yet don't think it's sustainable without Meyer. I'm not throwing out hyperbole like "OSU is done". It's simply an opinion that I don't expect him to be a generational coach like the guys listed above, hence the door is slightly ajar for UM to make up some ground.