‘This will be changed’ – Michigan commits predict role reversal vs. Ohio State

Two incoming Wolverines intimate that they won’t have the same issues as their predecessors in trying to beat Ohio State.

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Given Michigan’s trouble going back to 2004 and forward against Ohio State, it’s a bold thing for incoming players to shoot their shot verbally and guarantee future victories over the Buckeyes.

But that’s precisely what two commits are doing.

Taking to Twitter and posting a graphic that shows the imbalance in the rivalry — Michigan has won but one game in the past 10 years in 2011 (actually, that’s the sole victory since the win in 2003) — Clayton (OH) Northmont three-star wide receiver Markus Allen feels confident that things will look different for the maize and blue vs. the scarlet and grey in the future. He added to the graphic ‘this will be changed,’ indicating that he expects a reversal of fortunes between the two storied programs.

While it makes sense for a student-athlete from Ohio to hold animosity towards the Buckeyes, it wasn’t just Allen who posted the graphic with a little bit of fortune-telling involved.

Cristian Dixon is a four-star wideout from the storied Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei program, and he had some words of his own to go along with the same graphic, noting ‘remember I posted this.’

Naturally, if Michigan doesn’t turn the tide in the coming years, it won’t just be Ohio State fans who will remember, but so, too, will the maize and blue faithful.

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Regardless, it continues to be an uphill battle against the Buckeyes in recent years. The Wolverines’ commanding lead in the all-time record has all but evaporated, with Michigan holding just a seven-game advantage now at 58-51-6. Long runs aren’t unheard of in The Game — when OSU had Jon Cooper at the helm, the Buckeyes went 2-10-1 in 13 years — but this recent span has seen Michigan go 1-15 against Ohio State.

The aforementioned two aren’t the only current Michigan commits who have had something to say about their future rival. Incoming offensive tackle Tristan Bounds appeared on E.J. Holland’s podcast in June and stated his thoughts on his turn in the series once he gets his chance.

“After I take a couple days to take it in and realize what I really just did, and that’s commit to one of the best universities in the country as well as a football powerhouse, I’m definitely going to get on the recruiting trail hard,” Bounds said on The Wolverine Podcast. “I’ve been pretty adamant about this. I don’t want to lose any games. I want to win national championships. I want to kick the [expletive deleted] out of Ohio State. Those are my goals. The best class that we can get is going to help us do that.”

Currently, Ohio State is fielding the top-rated class in the 2021 recruiting cycle, with four five-stars, 12 four-stars and three three-stars. Michigan is rated No. 9 with 20 commits, including one five-star, 10 four-stars and nine three-stars.