Overview

125-McCrone vs. Joey Cruz Maj. 4-0 *133- Bouzakis or Davino vs. Ayala Dec. 7-0 (Just let me have my upset). 141-Jesse Mendez vs. Ryder Block or Jace Rhodes /Cullen Schriever TF. 12-0 149- D'Emilio vs. Parco Maj. 12-4 *157- Sasso or Cannon vs. Teemer or Estrada Dec. 12-7 (If no Teemer, Dec. for Sasso). 165- Paddy vs. Caliendo Dec. 12-10 *174- Kharch vs. Kennedy Dec. 15-10 184- Rogotzke vs. Arnold Dec. 15-13 197- Shumate vs. Buchanan Maj. 15-17 HWT- Feldman vs. Kueter Dec. 18-17 OSU GO BUCKS

No. 4 Ohio State (11-0, 3-0) returns to the alma mater of head coach Tom Ryan when the Buckeyes face No. 2 Iowa (8-0, 2-0) Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Ryan was an All-American at Iowa in 1990-91 and 1991-92 and a Big Ten champion at 158 in 1991 and 1992. In 1990-91, Ryan earned 41 wins for the Hawkeyes, good for the No. 8 spot (t) in Iowa all-time history. 125-No. 16 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. Joey Cruz (So.) 133-No. 10 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) or Ben Davino (Fr.) vs. No. 3 Dru Ayala (Fr.) 141-No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. Ryder Block (R-Fr.) or Jace Rhodes (So.)/Cullen Schriever (Sr.) 149-No. 9 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. No. 2 Kyle Parco (Sr.) 157-No. 17 Sammy Sasso (Gr.) or Brandon Cannon vs. No. 1 Jacori Teemer (Gr.)/Miguel Estrada (Fr.) 165-No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. No. 2 Michael Caliendo (Jr.) 174-No. 6 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. No. 5 Patrick Kennedy (Sr.) 184-No. 19 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. No. 5 Gabe Arnold (R-Fr.) 197-No. 17 Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. No. 1 Stephen Buchanan (Gr.) HWT-No. 6 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. No. 11 Ben Kueter (R-Fr.)

Ryder at 84?

125 - McCrone v Ramos 133 - Bouzakis v Norris/Macatangay) 141 - Mendez v Clark/Solomey 149 - D’Emilio v Ruble/Krejsa 157 - Sasso v Blaze/Law 165 - Gallagher v Buell/Ruhlman 174 - Kharch v Baumann 197 - Shumate v Vanadia/Herbert 285 - Feldman v Flipovich/Burgett Paddy moves up to 65.

Wt. No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 17 Rutgers OSU RUT 125 No. 16 Dean Peterson (RUT) def. No. 10 Brendan McCrone (OSU) | D, 11-4 0 3 133 No. 17 Dylan Shawver (RUT) def. No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) | D, 4-3 0 6 141 No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. Max Hermes (RUT) | TF, 17-2 5 6 149 No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. No. 24 Andrew Clark (RUT) | D, 2-1 TB-2 8 6 157 No. 11 Sammy Sasso (OSU) def. Conner Harer (RUT) | D, 3-2 11 6 165 Andrew Barbosa (RUT) def. e'Than Birden (OSU) | D, 2-1, TB-2 11 9 174 No. 9 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. No. 23 Jackson Turley (RUT) | D, 3-2 14 9 184 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RUT) def. No. 14 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) | D, 6-4 14 12 197 No. 18 John Poznanski (RUT) def. Seth Shumate (OSU) | D, 5-4 14 15 HWT No. 7 Nick Feldman (OSU) def. No. 8 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT) | D, 4-1 17-15 OSU

There's a social media post that popped up today advertising the dual showing Peter Marinopoulos. Is he going heavy? Don't want to start a Mineo-like rumor. He's gonna be good one day, but he's not Luffman. Good luck tonight ... on the gridiron.

No. 4 Ohio State (8-0, 0-0) begins Big Ten competition this weekend with a road contest against No. 10 Illinois (6-0, 1-0) and then a home meeting with No. 17 Rutgers (8-2, 0-0) at the Covelli Center. The matchup with the Illini will start at 8 p.m. Friday with B1G+ providing the live stream. The Buckeyes won a 37-34 edge in the all-time series against Illinois and have won seven of the last duals. Four of the last six battles in Champaign have gone to the Buckeyes. In the series with Rutgers, Ohio State is 10-0-1, which includes a 5-0 record in Columbus. After a tie in the first meeting (24-all) Feb. 10, 1984, Ohio State has won the last 10. 125-No. 10 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. Caelan Riley (Jr.) 133-No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) vs. No. 2 Lucas Byrd (R-Sr.) 141-No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. No. 13 Danny Pucino (R-Jr.) 149-No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. No. 11 Kannon Webster (R-Fr.) 157-No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. Jason Kraisser (Gr.) 165-No. 11 Sammy Sasso (Gr.) or Bryce Hepner (R-Sr.)/e'Than Birden (Fr.) vs. No. 10 Braeden Scoles (R-Fr.) 174-No. 9 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. No. 21 Danny Braunagel (R-Sr.) 184-No. 14 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. No. 10 Edmond Ruth (R-Sr.) 197-Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. No. 11 Zac Braunagel (R-Sr.) HWT-No. 7 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. No. 11 Luke Luffman (R-Sr.)

Ouch. OSU wrestled really well. But, on the other hand, OSU wrestled poorly. The lineup for OSU wasn't what I expected, and on the other side of the mat, where was 197 pounder for OSU? For that matter, OSU was also missing their 197er. OSU's Ethan Stiles is a good one. Get him back to his home state! I've been waiting for this OSU match before publishing my preview of the January 10 ILLINOIS versus OSU dual. You know I have to send a bat signal to @ionel for this OSU battle, right? I'm happy that OSU won.

125 No. 6 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. Maximo Renteria (R-Jr.) - McCrone loses by a point. Seemed rusty and wrestled a bit sloppy. 133 No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) vs. Damion Elliott (R-So.) - Looked good. Wrestled well. 141 No. 2 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. Krayle Stormer (R-Jr.) - Same 149 No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. Ayden Garver (R-So.) - Wrestled fine. Two four time state champs. 157 No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. Christopher Hamblin (R-So.)/Ethan Stiles (R-Fr.) - Paddy also seemed a bit rusty. 165 No. 11 Sammy Sasso (Gr.)/Bryce Hepner (R-Sr.)vs. Murphy Menke (R-So.) Sasso wins 1-0. Gets his 100th win. 174 No. 11 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. Sean Harman (Gr.) Kharch wins 14-3. Good start and then slowed down. 184 No. 14 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. TJ McDonnell (R-Fr.) Rogotzke gets another fall. 197 Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. Vaun Halstead (R-Fr.) Wrestled well. Gets a fall. 285 No. 7 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. Brett Mower (R-Sr.) Feldman is back. TF.

Ohio State / Oregon State - Sunday 1pm 125 No. 6 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. Maximo Renteria (R-Jr.) 133 No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) vs. Damion Elliott (R-So.) 141 No. 2 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. Krayle Stormer (R-Jr.) 149 No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. Ayden Garver (R-So.) 157 No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. Christopher Hamblin (R-So.)/Ethan Stiles (R-Fr.) 165 No. 11 Sammy Sasso (Gr.)/Bryce Hepner (R-Sr.)vs. Murphy Menke (R-So.) 174 No. 11 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. Sean Harman (Gr.) 184 No. 14 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. TJ McDonnell (R-Fr.) 197 Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. Vaun Halstead (R-Fr.) 285 No. 7 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. Brett Mower (R-Sr.)

No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 21 North Carolina 125-Vinny Kilkeary (OSU) def. No. 23 Spencer Moore (R-Jr.) | D, 6-3 133-Ben Davino (OSU) def. No. 12 Ethan Oakley (UNC) | D, 5-0 141-No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU.) def. Jayden Scott (UNC) | D, 5-0 149-No. 6 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) def. No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) | D, 8-2 157-No. 7 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) def. Laird Root (UNC) | D, 6-2 165-Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. Nicholas Fea (UNC) | TF, 22-6 174-No. 15 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. No. 16 Joshua Ogunsanya (UNC) | D, 10-3 184- No. 18 Gavin Kane (UNC) def. Seth Shumate (OSU) | D, 6-3 197-Cade Lautt (UNC) def. Cayaen Smith (OSU) | TF, 20-5 285-Hogan Swenski (OSU) def. Aydin Guttridge (UNC) | D, 4-1 No. 6 Ohio State vs. Lock Haven 125-No. 6 Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. Lucas Fye (LHU) | TF, 16-0 133-No. 7 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. No. 14 Anthony Noto (R-Sr.) | MD, 16-7 141-No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. No. 23 Wyatt Henson (R-Jr.) | TF, 17-2 149-Gavin Brown (OSU) def. Nick Stonecheck (LHU) | TF, 20-4 157-Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. Nick Stampoulos (LHU) | F, 6:10 165-Brock Herman (OSU) def. Nicholas Kunstek (LHU) | D, 7-1 174-No. 15 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. James Lledo (R-Jr.) | TF, 20-5 184-Cole Bartram (LHU) def. Gavin Bell (OSU) | D, 7-6 197-Tucker Hogan (LHU) def. Cayaen Smith (OSU) | MD, 10-1 285-Hogan Swenski (OSU) def. Ethan Miller (LHU) | D, 10-3 No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 14 Iowa State 125-No. 6 Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. Ethan Perryman (ISU) | F, 2:28 133-Ben Davino (OSU) def. Osmany Diversent (ISU) | D, 8-5 141-No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. No. 19 Jacob Frost (So.) | F, 1:26 149-No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) def. Carter Fousek (So.) | MD, 12-1 157- Cody Chittum (ISU) def. No. 7 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) | D, 10-8 165-Paniro Johnson (ISU) def. Brandon Cannon (OSU) | MD, 16-4 174-No. 15 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. Aiden Riggins (ISU) | D, 8-4 184-No. 14 Evan Bockman (ISU) def. Seth Shumate (OSU) | D, 5-2 197- No. 15* Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) def. Nathan Schon (ISU) | MD, 10-2 285-Hogan Swenski (OSU) def. Daniel Herrera (ISU) | D, 5-2 *Rogotzke ranking at 184

Buckeyes could be without, Kharch, Welsh, Geog & Feldman. May get to see Birden at 74 and even Davino at 33. Perhaps a battle of the Neves at 285 when OSU wrestles UNC.

Saturday DEC. 21st. OSU vs University of North Carolina 3:00pm Lock Haven University 5:00pm. Iowa State University 7:00pm

Oops! Can't RS Rogotzke now...

I believe we're gonna need a lot of things. I'm feeling like it's a punt year. I say RS Rogotzke and let Shumate have 84...

Birden is long and tough, and he'll be a problem for years in the B1G. Shumate won that match. Swenski didn't wrestle up to his #43 Wrestlestat.com rating, and that makes him 3-2 on the year. Y'all need Feldman back. Finn Solomon is a good wrestler. That was a nice win for D'Emilio. I'll be rooting for Sasso against everybody but the ILLINI.

Correcting my earlier post. I wrote the post based on an article by the NCAA that seemed to outright state that any redshirt athlete could use those 5 free dates: For older athletes, competing for a few matches during a redshirt season can also allow them to gauge an injury, assess their health or just wear off some rust. But I looked up the actual rule (12.8.3.1.7 Exception), and it still only applies to Freshman. Still, I think the NCAA would grant Rocco Welsh and Ohio State a hardship waiver to wrestle against the ILLINI because otherwise it'll be a slaughter.

174: No. 17 Luca Augustine (PITT) dec. over e'Than Birden (OSU) TB1 2-1 | PITT 3, OSU 0 - Birden was fine in his debut. 184: No. 11 Reece Heller (PITT) dec. over Seth Shumate (OSU) 6-5 | PITT 6, OSU 0 - Hope to see Shumate at 84 all season. 197: No. 16 Mac Stout (PITT) dec. over No. 15 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) 8-2 | PITT 9, OSU 0 - Rogotzke wrestling up a weight class. Hope he RS's. HWT: No. 14 Dayton Pitzer (PITT) tech fall over Hogan Swenski (OSU) 16-1 | PITT 14, OSU 0 - Swenski gets a start. 125: No. 6 Brendan McCrone (OSU) major dec. over Matt Marlow (PITT) 8-0 | PITT 14, OSU 4 - McCrone has been good. He AA's this year. 133: No. 7 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) major dec. over Vinnie Santaniello (PITT) 14-4 | PITT 14, OSU 8 - I like Bouzakis. Frost, Noto and Byrd coming up. 141: No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) tech fall over No. 21 Anthony Santaniello (PITT) 16-1 | PITT 14, OSU 13 - Mendez keeps rollin'. 149: No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) dec. over vs. Finn Solomon (PITT) 7-4 | OSU 16, PITT 14 - D'Emilio gets better as the season moves on. 157: No. 7 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) major dec. over Dylan Evans (PITT) 13-4 | OSU 20, PITT 14 - Paddy needs to stay healthy. 165: vs. Jared Keslar (PITT) dec. over No. 8 Sammy Sasso (OSU) 13-11 | OSU 20, PITT 17 - Sasso is small at 65. He just needs to find a way. Ryan's record with challenges isn't good. But to be fair in this match, you throw the brick in the first three matches, confident you don't need them from 125-165. Still early with a long season ahead. Go Bucks!

OSU at PITT Birden starts at 174. Rogotzke at 197. Feldman listed at 285. Excited to see Birden.

You're going to bump Rocco Welsh up to 184 to even his record with Ruth, then it will come down to Feldman versus Luffman.

McCrone 5th. Bouzakis 3rd. Mendez Champ. Paddy 4th. Shumate 4th. Feldman 6th. MFF out.

McCrone 5th. Bouzakis wrestling for 3rd. Mendez in final. Paddy wrestling for 3rd. Shumate wrestling for 3rd. He's had a nice tourney. Feldman lost by MFF. Finishes 6th. Looked like a rib and looked like he was in pain.

Quarter Final McCrone /Spatley Bouzakis / Romney Mendez / Latona Paddy / Paniro Sasso / Wilson Shumate / Keckeisen Feldman / Andrews

Thanks…. How bad is the D’Emilio injury, hopefully the Kharchla injury is just recovering from last year if they want to RS welsh

Word is D'Emilio and Kharch have injuries and I believe Rogotzke is gonna RS(no official word).