2 best Duals this weekend

[feet2back]

Missouri at Virginia Tech and NC State vs Rutgers

NC State against Rutgers will take place at a huge HS in NJ and NC State is the Home Team...Part of the Journeyman events...Rutgers is getting a nice payday to wrestle in State.

Heres a Great Preview of NC State vs Rutgers...Trent Hidlay will be a Great Coach

 

Edited November 13 by feet2back

[feet2back]

Anybody have a Missouri at Virginia Tech preview or prediction

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, feet2back said:

Anybody have a Missouri at Virginia Tech preview or prediction

https://www.wrestlestat.com/compare/dual/74/virginia-tech/43/missouri

[Gus]

2 hours ago, feet2back said:

Anybody have a Missouri at Virginia Tech preview or prediction

Should be a very close dual. We have not seen Surtin or Elam wrestle yet this year for Mizzou. I think they will need to have both of those guys go if they want to win this dual. All rankings below are intermat rankings.

125- #12 Noah Surtin or Gage Walker (Mizz) vs #13 Eddie Ventresca (VT) 

133- #29 Kade Moore (Mizz) vs #10 Connor McGonagle (VT)

141- #13 Josh Edmond (Mizz) vs #18 Sam Latona (VT)

149- #24 Logan Gioffre (Mizz) vs #1 Caleb Henson (VT)

157- #32 James Conway (Mizz) vs #25 Rafael Hipolito (VT)

165- #14 Cam Steed (Mizz) vs #19 Connor Brady or Mac Church (VT)

174- #1 Keegan O'Toole (Mizz) vs #4 Lennox Wolak (VT)

184- #12 Colton Hawks (Mizz) vs #5 TJ Stewart (VT)

197- #4 Rocky Elam or Aedon Sinclair vs #13 Andy Smith or Sonny Sasso

285- #20 Seth Nitzel (Mizz) vs #15 Jimmy Mullen (VT)

Below are my predictions which are just guesses as to who will wrestle with zero inside knowledge.

125- Ventresca dec Surtin (3-0 VT)

133- McGonagle dec Moore (6-0 VT)

141- Edmond dec Latona (6-3 VT)

149- Henson mdec Gioffre (10-3 VT)

157- Hipolito dec Conway (13-3 VT)

165- Steed wbf Church (13-9 VT)

174- O'Toole mdec Wolak (13-13)

184- Stewart dec Hawks (16-13 VT)

197- Elam dec Sasso (16-16)

285- Mullen dec Nitzel (19-16 VT)

[boconnell]

It's not the most competitive matchup but I'm excited to go watch OSU vs OSU in corvallis.  It's an easy drive from Seattle for me and it's about the best wrestling that we can watch in the Pacific Northwest.

[Idaho]

10 minutes ago, boconnell said:

It's not the most competitive matchup but I'm excited to go watch OSU vs OSU in corvallis.  It's an easy drive from Seattle for me and it's about the best wrestling that we can watch in the Pacific Northwest.

David Taylor's coaching debut... OSU against Pendleton's Alma Mater.... some good story lines and some good matchups. 

[boconnell]

7 minutes ago, Idaho said:

David Taylor's coaching debut... OSU against Pendleton's Alma Mater.... some good story lines and some good matchups. 

Yep.  Taylor will technically debut at Utah Valley, but this is his opening weekend and I'm thrilled to be there.

[Idaho]

1 minute ago, boconnell said:

Yep.  Taylor will technically debut at Utah Valley, but this is his opening weekend and I'm thrilled to be there.

Good catch! 

[ionel]

3 hours ago, Idaho said:

David Taylor's coaching debut... OSU against Pendleton's Alma Mater.... some good story lines and some good matchups. 

ahh ... OSU is Pendleton' Alma Mater.  

[ionel]

2 hours ago, boconnell said:

Yep.  Taylor will technically debut at Utah Valley, but this is his opening weekend and I'm thrilled to be there.

You'll be there too ... both duals? 

[boconnell]

21 minutes ago, ionel said:

You'll be there too ... both duals? 

Sorry for being unclear.  I will not be going to Utah.  But I'll be in Corvallis to see the new look Cowboys.

[ionel]

30 minutes ago, boconnell said:

Sorry for being unclear.  I will not be going to Utah.  But I'll be in Corvallis to see the new look Cowboys.

I'll be Utah V on Fri (first of the new era) and then Oregon St with son on Sunday. 

[boconnell]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

I'll be Utah V on Fri (first of the new era) and then Oregon St with son on Sunday. 

I'm bringing my son Sunday.  He was always more of a football guy (probably from growing up in Texas), but we made the trip to Corvallis in March for Pac 12s and he had a blast.  He can't wait for Sunday.  

[ionel]

8 hours ago, boconnell said:

I'm bringing my son Sunday.  He was always more of a football guy (probably from growing up in Texas), but we made the trip to Corvallis in March for Pac 12s and he had a blast.  He can't wait for Sunday.  

Have you attended wOSU before?  Appears all but floor are GA tickets, just show up early and no issues? 

[boconnell]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

Have you attended wOSU before?  Appears all but floor are GA tickets, just show up early and no issues? 

Pac 12s was my only previous trip.  I think that had a bit more attendance than a dual and we still got great GA seats and had a great experience.  

[ionel]

Utah V folks in line outside 2+ hour before start, door open 1.5 before.

[ionel]

Utah Valley pack'n The House.  Really cool environment.