Crystal ballz coming in
The fruits of last weekend's victory are starting to come to bear.
Avery Gach- '25 4* IOL from Franklin, MI. #10 IOL. Pick fromSteve Lorenz.
Jaylen Williams- '25 4* DL from Illinois. #26 DL. Picks from Lorenz and Wiltfong.
Elijah Dotson- '25 3* ATH from Detroit Jesuit HS. #31 ATH. Lorenz pick. Also Alan Trieu has had a pick in since July.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
Lorenz also put in crystal balls for 2025 4* TE Eli Owens and 2025 3* CB (4* on 247) JahMari DeLoatch
Also notable that Gach goes to Seth's alma mater. His Hudl film is also really fun if you enjoy fundamental run blocking and pancakes
November 28th, 2023 at 8:47 PM ^
You Jersey guys know your Ballz.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
Crystal balls, blue balls, meatballs, give us all the balls
November 28th, 2023 at 11:20 PM ^
Matzo balls, schweddy balls …
November 29th, 2023 at 12:55 AM ^
Chocolate salty balls
November 29th, 2023 at 5:59 AM ^
Arancini, unless he’s Sicilian.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:58 PM ^
Did someone record a practice on a digital / electronic media?
November 28th, 2023 at 9:21 PM ^
Believe Gach is a sparty legacy as well
November 29th, 2023 at 8:16 AM ^
I taught Gach in 7th grade. He didn't start playing football until 8th grade and he is a great kid! An absolute masher on the football field with a huge ceiling, but nicest kid in the world off the field.
November 29th, 2023 at 1:56 PM ^
Well, he seems to really enjoy pushing guys all the way off the field before pile driving them into the ground. So that's good.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
Any top TE or CB should be drooling to come to Michigan now.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:27 PM ^
We have enough TE..need CB, DL, WR..I get we do not use WR much but even 1 good one would be great. I dont get it why (I know NIL) even high 4 star CB and WRs consider us
November 28th, 2023 at 9:54 PM ^
I get why a high ranked WR wouldn't. But why not a high ranked CB? There's nothing schematically disadvantageous to them showing their skills in our defensive scheme that I know of
November 28th, 2023 at 10:28 PM ^
If anything our NFL-style defense should be enticing.
November 29th, 2023 at 12:19 AM ^
The dad of a top cb literally just said they love our schemes and how we play man
November 28th, 2023 at 8:47 PM ^
Maybe this is a good opportunity to post this. For a team that's already likely to lose its entire starting front 7 this can't be good news.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
He saw what the last three years did to his teammates. He wanted none of that.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
if we get him, and he tells us the ohio signals, are going to get in trouble again?
November 28th, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
A former player who was in practices is definitely advance in-person scouting.
November 29th, 2023 at 7:46 AM ^
this would be the ultimate long game troll. Get players to go to schools on your schedule 2 years from now and have them transfer in to UM after 1 year at those schools. And just keep seeding and bringing players each year in the portal as your schedule gets nailed down in advance.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:52 PM ^
If Michigan doesn't get him and he gives the signals to whatever school he goes to, Michigan will still get in trouble.
November 29th, 2023 at 1:08 PM ^
"Somehow, I know, the Wolverines are at the bottom of this!"
November 29th, 2023 at 6:34 AM ^
Greg Mattison and Al Washington gave Ryan Day our signs in 2019
November 28th, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
Yes, but look at what those bastards have near the top of their '24 class (which is, as usual, heavy on WR with a QB):
I sure would like to get a full account of WTF they do to finish in the top five year after year after year. Surely some mixture of hard work and black art, heavy on the latter.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:09 PM ^
If only someone could look into this. An investigation of sorts. In private, of course. A private investigation if you will.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:09 PM ^
serious response: as much as it pains us to see these mega-stars flock to ohio, remember it is that mercenary approach that has cost them 3 straight years of losing to us, the 3-star mafia (sprinkled with a couple of 5*'s). they have been suffering from a similar case of money-can't-buy-me-love, just like aTm but not as severe.
November 28th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
I don't know. I think that's what we like to tell ourselves. Don't get me wrong - I love our team - but a team can also gel really well with a stacked roster of 5-stars. See Bama and Clemson national champion teams of the past and Georgia the last two years. Those teams have a higher ceiling than our team and I think we can only hope that we don't run into any such team in a particular year.
It seems that this year is one of those years because neither Georgia nor Bama looks that good this year. But if we're being honest, I don't see our team this year (as good as they are) beating the Georgia team last year.
November 29th, 2023 at 7:46 AM ^
I agree. Our model is not sustainable without at least SOME high end talent. We don’t get to where we are without JJ, Will Johnson, Donovan, etc.
We have had Ohio’s number the last few years, but Eventually the massive talent gap catches up to you. Just look at us in the playoffs and bowl games.
November 28th, 2023 at 11:45 PM ^
its also the method that allowed them to dominate for 20 years
November 29th, 2023 at 5:35 AM ^
not against harbaugh's recruiting of character guys, his game planning, and his focus on 'the game'. we all know how many things had to fall so incredibly ohio's way to win a few of the games leading up to the last 3. 2016, stolen; 2017, our kingdom for a functional QB, etc.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:19 PM ^
That's what happens when OSU throws the Brinks truck at the 5* DLs because they know Larry Johnson is over the hill
November 28th, 2023 at 10:23 PM ^
Could you imagine O$Us recruiting talent they bring in year in and year out, and put them on a team that actually has good coaches that could develop them?! Michigan would be the next dynasty!
November 28th, 2023 at 10:38 PM ^
I used to say the same thing about Beilein and if he could have year after year rosters like Duke. What that man could’ve done with a Duke level roster. It’s not that he didn’t get talent, it would’ve been neat to see what he could’ve done with several years of elite talent.
November 29th, 2023 at 6:11 AM ^
Miss watching that man's teams!
November 28th, 2023 at 11:27 PM ^
How did that development at t(tm)OSU work out for Jack Sawyer or JT Tuimolau? Generational talents according to the starz...
November 29th, 2023 at 1:48 AM ^
Square peg = OSU's talent. Round hole = U of M coaches/team culture.
It wouldn't gel. As someone who works in this arena, you can't take high performing people and dominate a second if there isn't a good culture or the don't wish to be coached.
That being said, I am not as down on the OSU players as everyone here. OSU, with a better head coach in game decision making, gets 30+ points on us.
Actually our game plan was a little suspect. We are just better at closing games out than OSU this year, as the Solid Verbal hosts repeat, "winning is a skill, and OSU lacks that" (although they win against everyone, they really "lost" the ND game...
November 29th, 2023 at 2:12 PM ^
I would also point out the motivation some our guys have in not getting recruited/offered from OSU.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:49 PM ^
These are some good ballz
Not all ballz are good
But these are good ballz.
November 28th, 2023 at 8:49 PM ^
Steve Lorenz is such a goddam stalion
November 28th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
Shine those balls boyz!
November 28th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
No word on Underwood isn't great
November 28th, 2023 at 8:53 PM ^
Based on the really underwhelming quotes used to headline the articles about his visit, I did not take that as a good sign
November 28th, 2023 at 9:00 PM ^
What were his quotes? He seemed destined to LSU for a while anyway
November 28th, 2023 at 9:02 PM ^
Honestly whatever. Tired of these sagas. It's part of the game but whatever. Let's find someone who is dying to be here and is a high 4*.
November 29th, 2023 at 2:17 PM ^
Also in today's transfer portal age. It's more about where these players end up rather than start. I could like Underwood to be at MI for all his college career, but would still be fine if he transferred back after a year or two.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:35 PM ^
Thanks...yea does seem kind of generic
November 28th, 2023 at 10:28 PM ^
Is that jacket maize or LSU gold?!?!? Someone pull up the Pantone number--the suspense is killing me.
November 28th, 2023 at 9:28 PM ^
Wasn't he outplayed by Isaiah Marshall in the state championship?