157 Is The Rented Mule Of Hodge Weights

[Wrestleknownothing]

157 has the joint third most finalists, but has yet to have a winner. 

157 Finalists include Kyle Dake, Jason Nolf (twice), and Alex Dieringer. Oof.

Though 184 has the most near misses with six.

Edited Thursday at 01:44 PM by Wrestleknownothing

[Wrestleknownothing]

I used normalized weights for this. 141 includes 134, etc.

[Gene Mills Fan]

Mean Gene wants a retro Hodge!  

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 4/3/2025 at 1:46 PM, Gene Mills Fan said:

Mean Gene wants a retro Hodge!  

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And when they put me in charge he will have it.

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 4/3/2025 at 1:46 PM, Gene Mills Fan said:

Mean Gene wants a retro Hodge!  

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Great idea, by the way.

I think we need to vote the Hodge winners for the seasons before the Hodge existed.

[jross]

I've always considered 145lbs the toughest high school weight and 157lbs the toughest college weight.  It seemed like there was a deeper pool at those weights.  It also fit the average weights of young men both naturally and within weight cutting range.  Naturally it's harder to dominate in high parity weight classes.

[Gene Mills Fan]

  On 4/3/2025 at 1:50 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Great idea, by the way.

I think we need to vote the Hodge winners for the seasons before the Hodge existed.

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And we can vote on your top guys!!!!  

[ionel]

  On 4/3/2025 at 1:50 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Great idea, by the way.

I think we need to vote the Hodge winners for the seasons before the Hodge existed.

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I vote Danny Hodge for 1955, 1956 & 1957! 

[lisa morales]

He hated when people called him Danny.

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 4/3/2025 at 2:03 PM, ionel said:

I vote Danny Hodge for 1955, 1956 & 1957! 

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Get ye to the 1994 poll now.

[Ragu]

  On 4/3/2025 at 1:50 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Great idea, by the way.

I think we need to vote the Hodge winners for the seasons before the Hodge existed.

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New topic all together if we must

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 4/3/2025 at 2:12 PM, Ragu said:

New topic all together if we must

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already done

[jross]

...but if we imagine an open weight class intramural within a team...

In high school, I'm taking the 174 pounder as a whole over all other weight classes.  These guys tend to be prime athletes with enough size to dominate the lower weights and enough speed / technique to beat the upper weights that are more often duds on smaller teams.  A full sized upper weight wrestler with skill will reign supreme.

In college, I'm taking the heavyweight.  David Taylor was initially effective with take downs against Pindrickson in the practice room... and then Pindrickson took over.

If we're talking women's college, I'm taking the 160 pounder on average. (for reasons similar to men in high school)