Battles for Starting Spots Still Ongoing

[flyingcement]

McCrone vs Kilkeary

Sammy Sasso vs Paddy Gallagher

e'Than Birden vs Bryce Hepner

Shumate vs Geog

Dylan Gilcher vs Cam Catrabone

Fisher vs Stewart

Cael Hughes vs Reece Wittcraft

Tyler Kasak vs Alex Facundo

Lucas Stoddard vs Brady Colbert (the latter of which has quietly won 20 matches as a true freshman backup)

Julian Farber vs Cory Land

Patrick Kennedy vs Gabe Arnold

Edited Sunday at 04:22 AM by flyingcement

[Gus]

10 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

McCrone vs Kilkeary

Sammy Sasso vs Paddy Gallagher

e'Than Birden vs Bryce Hepner

Shumate vs Geog

Dylan Gilcher vs Cam Catrabone

Fisher vs Stewart

Cael Hughes vs Reece Wittcraft

Tyler Kasak vs Alex Facundo

Lucas Stoddard vs Brady Colbert (the latter of which has quietly won 20 matches as a true freshman backup)

Julian Farber vs Cory Land

Patrick Kennedy vs Gabe Arnold

Any word on Cael Hughes?

[flyingcement]

1 minute ago, Gus said:

Any word on Cael Hughes?

My expectation from the start of the season is that he would be a minimal participant - probably due to the weight cut.  To miss the weight at WT trials means it must be a pretty big pull.  They might be scheduling him to wrestle the required number of matches just in time - that is if he can make the weight in an effective way.  @ionel, any word?

[ionel]

47 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

My expectation from the start of the season is that he would be a minimal participant - probably due to the weight cut.  To miss the weight at WT trials means it must be a pretty big pull.  They might be scheduling him to wrestle the required number of matches just in time - that is if he can make the weight in an effective way.  @ionel, any word?

All I know is Hughes made weight for Michigan Open and traded of with Witcraft in couple of Nov duals and looked good.  But my understanding is Witcraft won the spot and he looked good in Vegas.  The last dual Wutcraft was dinged up and report Hughes as well so they forfeited 133.  Let's see what happens on Monday.  

[Gus]

22 minutes ago, ionel said:

All I know is Hughes made weight for Michigan Open and traded of with Witcraft in couple of Nov duals and looked good.  But my understanding is Witcraft won the spot and he looked good in Vegas.  The last dual Wutcraft was dinged up and report Hughes as well so they forfeited 133.  Let's see what happens on Monday.  

I assume that means that he won the spot in the room?

[flyingcement]

25 minutes ago, ionel said:

All I know is Hughes made weight for Michigan Open and traded of with Witcraft in couple of Nov duals and looked good.  But my understanding is Witcraft won the spot and he looked good in Vegas.  The last dual Wutcraft was dinged up and report Hughes as well so they forfeited 133.  Let's see what happens on Monday.  

Witcraft in years past was a one trick pony.  He is a much more well rounded wrestler this year it seems.

[1032004]

Has it been confirmed Arnold is going down?

Has Andy Smith won the spot over Sonny Sasso?

Minto/Bubba Wilson?

Iowa State seems to have a few questions.  What weight is Echemendia going?  And it seems they don’t really have defined starters at 165 (Euton shows as a medical RS on wrestlestat, not sure if I knew that), 174 (Gaitan/Riggins), 197 if there’s question about Carroll being able to make the weight, and whether or not Bastida is coming back at 285 (seems like no).

Maybe Rutgers 184?  (Cartagena-Walsh/Soldano)

[charmon55]

On 1/11/2025 at 11:22 PM, ionel said:

All I know is Hughes made weight for Michigan Open and traded of with Witcraft in couple of Nov duals and looked good.  But my understanding is Witcraft won the spot and he looked good in Vegas.  The last dual Wutcraft was dinged up and report Hughes as well so they forfeited 133.  Let's see what happens on Monday.  

I heard that Hughes was dealing with a shoulder injury. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

On 1/12/2025 at 5:22 AM, 1032004 said:

Has it been confirmed Arnold is going down?

 

While I do not know what he weighed in at yesterday, he did wrestle 184. If he is weighing in at 184 he needs 26 days to drop to 174. Time is running out.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

I thought it was confirmed Facundo was seriously injured and was probably seeking a medical redshirt?

[Winners Circle]

On 1/11/2025 at 10:16 PM, flyingcement said:

McCrone vs Kilkeary

Sammy Sasso vs Paddy Gallagher

e'Than Birden vs Bryce Hepner

Shumate vs Geog

Dylan Gilcher vs Cam Catrabone

Fisher vs Stewart

Cael Hughes vs Reece Wittcraft

Tyler Kasak vs Alex Facundo

Lucas Stoddard vs Brady Colbert (the latter of which has quietly won 20 matches as a true freshman backup)

Julian Farber vs Cory Land

Patrick Kennedy vs Gabe Arnold

How do you figure this is a roster battle? Kasak has wrestled all the duals and beat Facundo H2H.

[Hammerlock3]

On 1/11/2025 at 11:16 PM, flyingcement said:

Fisher vs Stewart

Stewart had the "got it done in march" thing, so you'd think he'd be a near lock, but my god how badly can you wrestle.

[Caveira]

What’s up with Nelson brands?

[Gantry]

Is Camacho vs Robinison a sure thing either?  You figure with Robinson hurt since Vegas Camacho would be in there.  Camacho's last match was November at 133 and he INJ Defaulted, so maybe his season is over.

[Hammerlock3]

31 minutes ago, Caveira said:

What’s up with Nelson brands?

3rd string?

[Hammerlock3]

Just now, Gantry said:

Is Camacho vs Robinison a sure thing either?  You figure with Robinson hurt since Vegas Camacho would be in there.  Camacho's last match was November at 133 and he INJ Defaulted, so maybe his season is over.

i thought camacho was done...

[Gantry]

Was there an announcement I missed?  He wrestled in November...

[Le duke]

Davis/Bartlett vs Masanosuke Ono?

I'm mostly joking but...