Hodge Contenders - is Brooks a slam dunk?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Realistic contenders (must be undefeated):

1. Brooks (4x NCAA champ)
2. Keck (1x NCAA champ)
3. Kerk (1x NCAA champ)
4. Haines (1x NCAA champ)

 

Unrealistic contenders:

1. Vito (has multiple losses but is a 2x champ)

2. Starocci (has multiple medical forfeits but is a 4x champ beating two former champs in Lewis and Griffith)

3. Carr (has multiple losses but is a 2x champ)

[dragit]

Brooks is absolutely awesome, but this one was earned by and should go to the Panther Train.  (How does an animal mascot get tied into a mechanical object?  Does the big cat pull the cars behind him?  Shouldn't it be the Boilermaker Train?)

[NormMacDonald]

I think its got to be either Brooks or Staroci.  I can see good arguments made for both. 

[Rassling]

Brooks probably already got the memo. 

[MLB9]

25 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Realistic contenders (must be undefeated):

1. Brooks (4x NCAA champ)
2. Keck (1x NCAA champ)
3. Kerk (1x NCAA champ)
4. Haines (1x NCAA champ)

 

Unrealistic contenders:

1. Vito (has multiple losses but is a 2x champ)

2. Starocci (has multiple medical forfeits but is a 4x champ beating two former champs in Lewis and Griffith)

3. Carr (has multiple losses but is a 2x champ)

Yes, about as likely as the team race.

[peanut]

Brooks will get the Hodge. But I can see a scenario where he shares it with Starocci. We all know what happened this year. 

[Antitroll2828]

How does the undefeated and now 4x champ not get it , Hidley is the only opponent he didn’t bonus and that’s because he spent as much time as he could backing up . The award would become a joke if he doesn’t get it 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

7 minutes ago, NormMacDonald said:

I think its got to be either Brooks or Staroci.  I can see good arguments made for both. 

But Starocci technically has two losses this year. 

[NormMacDonald]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

But Starocci technically has two losses this year. 

Yeah.  That would be the biggest thing against him.  Taking out 2 former champs in the tourney on one leg though..

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Having a loss 99% of the time eliminates you from contention for the Hodge

[AZ_wrestling]

Brooks went undefeated including a Big 10 championship and ended with a 90% bonus. He’s the Hodge winner, period. 

[peanut]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Having a loss 99% of the time eliminates you from contention for the Hodge

It’s a popularity contest, though, not an algorithm. Brooks will win the Hodge but I still think Starocci has an outside chance of being a co-winner.

Edited March 24 by peanut