Poll: Who wins the 2025 Hodge?

[peanut]

Assuming there is a single Hodge winner this year, who do you think wins it?

Edited Sunday at 04:38 PM by peanut

[Hammerlock3]

is crookham out or not? 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Steveson

[AZ_wrestling]

Mesenbrink has 100% bonus. The 83% is coming from the two forfeits. 
 

Also Ramos should be on the list. Big Ten wrestler who’s 19-0 with 80% bonus. The Hodge should reward that type of activity. 

Edited Sunday at 05:34 PM by AZ_wrestling

[PortaJohn]

This one is easy.  If Starocci wins it all he gets the Hodge

[SNL Wrestling]

6 minutes ago, AZ_wrestling said:

Also Ramos should be on the list. Big Ten wrestler who’s 19-0 with 80% bonus. The Hodge should reward that type of activity. 

100%

 

If Ramos is an undefeated national champion with a similar bonus come end of year he will have had one of the best seasons of anyone in the NCAA. 

He just has no NCAA title already so he gets left off this convo.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

3 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

This one is easy.  If Starocci wins it all he gets the Hodge

Posting dildo pictures isn't a disqualifier? 

Edited Sunday at 05:36 PM by Mr. PeanutButter

[AZ_wrestling]

2 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

This one is easy.  If Starocci wins it all he gets the Hodge

I’ve always found it silly that the Hodge takes into account previous accomplishments. 

[nhs67]

3 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

This one is easy.  If Starocci wins it all he gets the Hodge

Career isn't a criteria.

If Steveson gets 100% bonus, including over the defending and undefeated (last year) champ, he probably gets it.

Unfortunately, Starocci isn't going to bonus PK unless he decks him.

[nhs67]

Just now, AZ_wrestling said:

I’ve always found it silly that the Hodge takes into account previous accomplishments. 

Career isn't a criteria any more.

[BarSeries]

Starocci takes it controversially over Mesenbrink. 

[AZ_wrestling]

4 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Career isn't a criteria any more.

Didn’t know that, thanks. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, peanut said:

Assuming there is a single Hodge winner this year, who do you think wins it?

Mesenbrink has a 100% bonus rate

[PortaJohn]

8 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

If Steveson gets 100% bonus, including over the defending and undefeated (last year) champ, he probably gets it.

Not out of the realm of possibility but he'll get knocked down a bit on inactivity.  At this rate if he wrestles out the remaining schedule he goes into tournament season with only 11 matches

[D3 for LU]

18 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Career isn't a criteria.

If Steveson gets 100% bonus, including over the defending and undefeated (last year) champ, he probably gets it.

Unfortunately, Starocci isn't going to bonus PK unless he decks him.

Hmmmmm... like this? 

D3

[okokzach]

Mesenbrink doesn't have the level of competition the others have. Steveson, Carter, KOT, Mendez would have the best wins imo

[ionel]

1 minute ago, okokzach said:

Mesenbrink doesn't have the level of competition the others have. Steveson, Carter, KOT, Mendez would have the best wins imo

Steveson & KOT maybe not enough matches unless all others sustain a loss. 

[Husker_Du]

that's true, but it also makes him the most likely to put up ridiculous bonus numbers. 

[creek chub]

Starcocci or Messenbrink. 
Henson is dinged up but has a very high BP rate at this point but it’d be hard to not give the nod to a Big wrestler with a higher rate

[Husker_Du]

if Gable wrestles every available remaining duals + B1G's + NCAA's it will be 20 matches, fwiw. 

O'Toole is currently 11-0 and it's not clear when he returns. He will have to go thru Hamiti (at B12's) and Levi again. 

[Husker_Du]

Just now, creek chub said:

Starcocci or Messenbrink. 
Henson is dinged up but has a very high BP rate at this point but it’d be hard to not give the nod to a Big wrestler with a higher rate

plus he (Henson) already has an OT win.

[okokzach]

4 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

if Gable wrestles every available remaining duals + B1G's + NCAA's it will be 20 matches, fwiw. 

O'Toole is currently 11-0 and it's not clear when he returns. He will have to go thru Hamiti (at B12's) and Levi again. 

Unless it's changed and I missed it, KOT was only supposed to miss the remainder of January so he'd get Hamiti at the dual on 2/2 as well

[fishbane]

Have Stevenson and Kerkvliet been relegated to "someone else?" I would think whoever wins between them would have a strong case. Win over an NCAA champion.  The only thing that could really eliminate them both is if they split.

[ionel]

Just now, fishbane said:

Have Stevenson and Kerkvliet been relegated to "someone else?" I would think whoever wins between them would have a strong case. Win over an NCAA champion.  The only thing that could really eliminate them both is if they split.

Pindrickson  

[peanut]

4 minutes ago, fishbane said:

Have Stevenson and Kerkvliet been relegated to "someone else?" I would think whoever wins between them would have a strong case. Win over an NCAA champion.  The only thing that could really eliminate them both is if they split.

I meant to add Gable in the poll, and I thought I had. I let “Someone Else” cover Kerk because Gable is a generational talent. In a normal year Kerk would be thick in the Hodge hunt.