Crystal Ball Comes in for 4-Star CB Dawayne Galloway
Dawayne Galloway is a 6-1, 175-pound cornerback from (checks notes) Columbus, Ohio! He's a 4-star and the No. 96 composite player in the country. He has track speed, running a 10.42 100 meters as a sophomore.
Allen Trieu just crystal-balled him to Michigan.
11 warriors: "didn't want him anyway"
I was just going to comment on the fact that he appears not to have an OSU offer.
Also, a track star named Galloway? That sounds familiar.
Excellent. He should have a healthy chip on his shoulder to outwork the Buckeyes.
If Moore hadn't gotten injured, our defense was likely going to be starting 2 Ohio guys who didn't get OSU offers
The new narrative is that we have no commitments and everyone is avoiding Michigan like a P Diddy Party, because the penalties and sanctions coming are going to be so severe that no athlete will want to be associated with our program.
The head coach leaving, along with the majority of the staff, has nothing to do with the recruiting lag though.
I am pretty sure the big "evidence" of recruits fearing sanctions was a tweet yesterday that clipped a comment from a M trusted poster on Rivals (or On3?) saying as much.....
The only problem was quickly pointed out was the font of the comment was not the font that is used on that message board == it was a fake and either the Buckeye spreading that trash was doing it as an April Fool's joke or he was the one that fell for the joke...
I haven't heard or read that anywhere else prior to the tweet == It is almost 100% likely to be Buckeye copium.
To be fair, they have top two CBs (Sanchez and Offord- 5 stars) and another high 4 star (Blake Woody) already committed. Also, crystal balled to land another 5 star in Dorian Brew.
Unfortunately, they're absolutely loaded. Unreal how they recruit at this level.
Unreal how they cannot win The Game in the 2020s with that boatload of 5 stars
Wait until they lose again this year
Ye$$$. $$$urely unreal. What excuses will Ryan Day come up with when he can't get it done with the most loaded and expensive roster in the country?
I don't disagree that its unreal how they're able to recruit at such a high level over and over and over. I do wish Michigan was able to recruit near that level to make the last three years potentially more sustainable.
But I also take solace in the fact that over the last three years, all of OSU's recruiting stars haven't mattered in the slightest. All that matters is they've taken three straight big fat losses, they've had to watch Michigan win a national championship while sitting on their behinds at home, and they've had to watch all their assertions that Michigan was only any good because of Conner Stallions fall completely by the wayside.
To me, that has to hurt far more than Michigan being worried about comparing its classes to OSU's. OSU reeled in all those players, and outside of good volume in the NFL draft, has nothing to show for it.
Thing is in todays game, do all those guys stick around? Prolly not.
Where are they going to play all these guys? They have three four CBs from last year and now are adding three-four more? Half of these guys are transferring.
I've said this a bunch of times on MGoBlog, but wouldn't it be nice if their recruiting slowed down just a little?
Please, I get that it hasn't mattered recently. I'd just like to see them with a few classes outside the Top 3. Maybe Michigan could win by even larger margins.
As soon as teenagers and their parents stop liking money, their recruiting will slow down. So basically, never, unless Day gets canned or they get sanctioned somehow.
When you recruit 4 plus corner backs every year and 4 plus wideouts that’s a lot of outside people.
Trying to find someone fast enough to catch Donovan inside the ten
LOL wtf they have the top 2 CBs in the entire country who are #3 and #5 players at any position overall. Then a guy who is #96 overall as their afterthought 3rd CB - all in 1 class? Why dont players there "fear competition" or "dont commit due to others in the class playing same position" or "all the top 100 players in the year ahead class so won't commit due to wanting to get playing time" like is the excuse often heard.
The loss of Saban seems to be a bad thing for us - at least he helped counter balance things. Ridiculous.... what sort of fucking sink fund do they have? $25M annual?
Anyways fuck them - Michigan's secret is we aren't going to be throwing passes in our offense except to TEs and RBs so your 8 top 10 CBs in the country don't matter.
Checkmate.
What if "born on 3rd base" is actually a better analogy to their recruiting?
It may be unreal how they recruit. But it is real how they coach.
I just don't get why people associate loaded with recruits. It makes no sense.
Loaded is what Michigan defense returned last year and even this year....thats loaded not some random kids that may or may not pan out.
Come on. You are trying too hard here.
I don’t think that’s inaccurate actually. They swung for the fences on a couple big time corners, and knocked it out of the park. They have two corners committed that are top 5 overall recruits. I figure they went for the big names and they’d just swing back for the local kid if it didn’t pan out.
His other finalists which he listed back in February are Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, UCF, Penn State, Texas A&M and Purdue. So yes, Ohio State apparently doesn't want a top-100 cornerback who could ride his bike to take an official.
Must not have been TOUGH enough for Cryi---I mean Tough Guy Ryan Day
Ryan Day couldn't bike a 10.4 100 meter.
On an e bike
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It’s insane how they continue to recruit after the last three years.
They have money and have only lost 6 games in three seasons and 8 in five.
Key phrase.. “they have money”… and, they distribute it in a variety of ways. Don’t ever believe that brown bagging isn’t alive and well in Columbus..
It’s insane that anyone would think going 11-2 for three seasons at an NFL draft pick factory is supposed to lead to a recruiting drop-off.
They’ve lost 8 games the past 5 years. since 2005, they’ve won 10+ games every year except for one, excluding the Covid year they went 7-1 and went to the CFP.
Getting commits from two of the top 5 players in the country who are both corners and having the crystal ball lead for another 5* would make any school look past a local kid.
I'm good with Moore taking any guy with a Purdue (Walters) and Georgia offer.
Doesn't have an OSU offer, which at this point I see as a plus. Get that likely added chip on his shoulder and we've historically had a great track record with guys from Ohio with no OSU offer
Who would really know if the OSU corners are any good when you can just run the ball whenever you want on them and win the game?
OSU has never had much success with Galloways so probably a wise move by Day to pass on this kid. /s
They do make the worst kind of sportscasters
Coach needs a dub on the recruiting trail. I dont care who he lands but It needs to happen as soon as possible.
Gosh, I hope he doesn't have a chip on his shoulder.
10.42 is serious for ~16 years old. He's very close to the state record in Ohio.
FWIW - Rivals just "Balled" Galloway to M also -- and added one for In-state 4-star O-Line Avery Gach (MSU legacy I believe..)
Also - One of the national On3 people "balled" a 4-star composite WR out of TX to M today - "Taz Williams" -- Fits the mold of recent WR commits, undersized (5'11") but apparently pretty fast.
Finally some good recruiting news
Gach’s parents both went to MSU so a legacy is correct but I don’t believe either played sports. So it’s not that kind of legacy. Seth can confirm though as I believe he knows them.
Avery Gach still needs to put on weight but his Hudl highlights are a fun watch. He’s a tenacious blocker
Why did you put Taz Williams in "quotation marks?"
And wr taz Williams trending to us.
Taz Williams?
Wow!!!
He has an offer from Ohio University but nothing from osu.
Either he hates them or they hate him.
Maybe he told osu to not even bother, maybe osu has a boat load of CBs on the team.