125 dark horse

[GimJustafan]

 

[Winners Circle]

14 minutes ago, GimJustafan said:

 

Dark horse to what? Win a title? Make the podium? Other? 

[Ragu]

21 minutes ago, Winners Circle said:

Dark horse to what? Win a title? Make the podium? Other? 

Dealers choice me thinks

[Winners Circle]

14 minutes ago, Ragu said:

Dealers choice me thinks

I don't think there's a possible dark horse to win. I think the champ comes out of the group of Robinson, LL, Sprat, Ventresca, or Jore. And none of those would be a dark horse imo. 

Dark horse to podium: Provo and Kael Lauridsen. 

[Ragu]

1 minute ago, Winners Circle said:

I don't think there's a possible dark horse to win. I think the champ comes out of the group of Robinson, LL, Sprat, Ventresca, or Jore. And none of those would be a dark horse imo. 

Dark horse to podium: Provo and Kael Lauridsen. 

How many people predicted Spratley to be in finals last year? I’d bargain not many. 125 always has shock and awe in the bracket. Not gonna be surprised if Provo wins

[Winners Circle]

2 minutes ago, Ragu said:

How many people predicted Spratley to be in finals last year? I’d bargain not many. 125 always has shock and awe in the bracket. Not gonna be surprised if Provo wins

I did the day Thomas Gilman got hired. 

[Truzzcat]

Mark Anthony Mcgowan would be my pick if he can stay on the mat. Diego sotelos to ability will keep him in every match as well and the training situation at Michigan will be a lot better.

[Greenwave]

Anderson from Northern Iowa to AA at 125 is my pick.

[BigRedFan]

4 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Diego sotelos to ability will keep him in every match as well and the training situation at Michigan will be a lot better.

It'd better be a lot better.  Sotelo has lost to three *current* Cornell guys over the years, and wrestlestat has him at #28.

[Truzzcat]

3 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

It'd better be a lot better.  Sotelo has lost to three *current* Cornell guys over the years, and wrestlestat has him at #28.

definitely not picking him to be a champ but I think he could AA. He has beaten Noto,Gallagher,Seymour in the past. I think Greg is also a guy that could get on the podium he just never seemed to develop a ton of offense besides his boot scoot but I know his health has always been an issue.

[H82Lose]

21 hours ago, Ragu said:

How many people predicted Spratley to be in finals last year? I’d bargain not many. 125 always has shock and awe in the bracket. Not gonna be surprised if Provo wins

those that have been around Spratley, knew he had a true shot at it.  I missed his 1st year at OSU, I will admit, I thought he would have done better. With that being said, Lightning Luke is going to be hard to beat this year and that is my call for the title. 

[GimJustafan]

as per flo / bunch of guys capable of a top 8 finish on this list of 24/ is  it march yet 

1	SO	Vincent Robinson	NC State	1
2	JR	Troy Spratley	OK State	2
3	SO	Luke Lilledahl	Penn State	3
4	SR	Eddie Ventresca	Virginia Tech	4
5	SR	Sheldon Seymour	Lehigh	5
6	SR	Jett Strickenberger	West Virginia	6
7	SR	Stevo Poulin	Iowa State	7
8	JR	Jore Volk	Minnesota	8
9	SR	Dean Peterson	Iowa	9
10	JR	Nicolar Rivera	Wisconsin	10
11	JR	Trever Anderson	UNI	11
12	JR	Nico Provo	Stanford	12
13	SR	Spencer Moore	Illinois	13
14	SR	Jacob Moran	Indiana	14
15	SR	Blake West	Northern Illinois	15
16	SR	Maximo Renteria	Oregon State	16
17	SR	Cooper Flynn	Chattanooga	17
18	SO	Marc-Anthony McGowan	Princeton	18
19	JR	Brendan McCrone	Ohio State	19
20	JR	Max Gallagher	Penn	20
21	SR	Diego Sotelo	Michigan	21
22	SR	Kysen Terukina	North Carolina	22
23	FR	Brady Roark	SD State	23
24	JR	Keyveon Roller	Virginia	24

 

 

 

[nhs67]

3 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

It'd better be a lot better.  Sotelo has lost to three *current* Cornell guys over the years, and wrestlestat has him at #28.

He was at an Ivy school.  Of course he would face Ivy kids.

[BigRedFan]

46 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

He was at an Ivy school.  Of course he would face Ivy kids.

The point was that at one school there are, right now, three guys who Sotelo lost to.

[Truzzcat]

To the spratley conversation. Its hard for me to see him beating Luke I think both have improved similarly however luke has killed him in freestyle when they have wrestled it seems like a very hard matchup for spratley.

[WrestleFan12]

4 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

definitely not picking him to be a champ but I think he could AA. He has beaten Noto,Gallagher,Seymour in the past. I think Greg is also a guy that could get on the podium he just never seemed to develop a ton of offense besides his boot scoot but I know his health has always been an issue.

I hope Greg becomes an AA this season. His collegiate career never really got off the ground, which is unfortunate for a 5 x state champion. Getting stuck behind Vito at 125 that one year didn’t help matters, as it probably cost him a year of collegiate experience that could have helped him in subsequent years. And then there were injuries, IIRC.

[Truzzcat]

Just now, WrestleFan12 said:

I hope Greg becomes an AA this season. His collegiate career never really got off the ground, which is unfortunate for a 5 x state champion. Getting stuck behind Vito at 125 that one year didn’t help matters, as it probably cost him a year of collegiate experience that could have helped him in subsequent years. And then there were injuries, IIRC.

I think injuries were part of it and I dont think he could beat Ungar. Greg seems like the type of guy that having a feel for helps a lot and Ungar is so stingy and inactive on his feet I would imagine greg could not get much going and then probably had issues on bottom. Hope nothing but the best for him this year also excited to see what Elijah can do I think he has a really high ceiling with the way he wrestles for his size.

[nhs67]

5 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

The point was that at one school there are, right now, three guys who Sotelo lost to.

Which means only one that he can lose to at Natties.

[nhs67]

3 minutes ago, WrestleFan12 said:

I hope Greg becomes an AA this season. His collegiate career never really got off the ground, which is unfortunate for a 5 x state champion. Getting stuck behind Vito at 125 that one year didn’t help matters, as it probably cost him a year of collegiate experience that could have helped him in subsequent years. And then there were injuries, IIRC.

I like what Milano showed last year.  I want to see him at 125lbs for them.

He was in that same Michigan class w/ Braeden Davis (Penn State), Drew Heethus (Princeton), and Caden Horwath (Michigan?).  I would love to see all four of them have success at the D1 level.

[BigRedFan]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

I like what Milano showed last year.  I want to see him at 125lbs for them.

He was in that same Michigan class w/ Braeden Davis (Penn State), Drew Heethus (Princeton), and Caden Horwath (Michigan?).  I would love to see all four of them have success at the D1 level.

Having watched all these guys pretty much every time they wrestled, I'm guessing that it will be Greg D at 125 and Tyler Ferrara at 133 this year.  Greg will graduate and Knox will enter the room in 2025/26 and take 125.  Ferrera has three years left.

(and it is "Milani")

[BruceyB]

9 hours ago, Greenwave said:

Anderson from Northern Iowa to AA at 125 is my pick.

To what..?

[BruceyB]

5 hours ago, H82Lose said:

those that have been around Spratley, knew he had a true shot at it.  I missed his 1st year at OSU, I will admit, I thought he would have done better. With that being said, Lightning Luke is going to be hard to beat this year and that is my call for the title. 

That's quite the reach. You're predicting the #1 seed true freshman, 3rd place finisher, and Final X wrestler to win? The thread title is 125 dark horse. Who is your prediction at 165?

[MPhillips]

15 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

9 hours ago, Greenwave said:

Anderson from Northern Iowa to AA at 125 is my pick.

To what..?

To AA.

[flyingcement]

Best of those not already mentioned:
Beric Jordan
Louie Gill
Ezekiel Witt

[BruceyB]

2 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

To AA.