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Back from my trip to Stillwater this weekend. Below is my take aways from each weight class, and I'm sure others will have a difference of opinion which is fine as we all are entitled to our own thoughts and views. That's what makes this forum fun as we all chime and chat about the sport that we all love. 125: Spratley- Seems to have an extra gear so far, just looks extremely focused. For this really deep weight, I don't see him being an easy out for anyone. I'm sure he will have some defeats this year but I also think he could be a contender come March. 133: Hughes/Witcraft- Hughes is the better of the two, but I worry about him being able to maintain the weight cut throughout the year. He's looked good in his matches but he does have the appearance of cutting a lot of weight! Witcraft hasn't looked bad in his matches either. So we will see as neither of them have had to face any of the top tier guys yet. 141: Jamison- Just seems to be a little off, maybe nursing a minor injury or something. He's just seems to be hanging around and then doing just enough to win at the end. 149: Young- (This one's my headscratcher). He lost both matches this weekend that I feel he could have won. He's been the aggressor and gets in deep on a high crotch or single but get a little sloppy and can't finish or gets taken down when he's the one in better position to score. I'm sure DT will work with him on this and he'll improve as the year go on. 157: Teague Travis/Cutter Sheets- Travis is the starter, but Sheets gets some valuable freshman experience this weekend. He wrestled hard in his lose on Friday night and picked up a MD on Sunday. 165: Amine- Had a MD on Friday night but lost in OT Sunday. Probably would have won on Sunday if he was more aggressive on his feet. He got hit with stalling in the first period for backing up. He looked solid on top and bottom but just a little more action when neutral and he would have been fine. 174: Hamiti- Looked great! Man he reminds me a lot of John Smith. Can pretty much ankle pick whenever he wants. I wouldn't count him out for making the finals in March. 184: Plott- Maybe a little sluggish on Friday but returned to the Plott we all know on Sunday. I feel like DT favors him a bit, but I can see why...he's always working and constantly looking over at the corner and listening to instructions. "The perfect student". 197: Surber- My pick for OSU wrestler of the week! He has impressed me the most in this early stage of the year. He has been that guy in the past that hangs around 12th to 20th in the rankings. This Surber is wrestling like a man on a mission. Definitely has a chance to AA if he keeps this pace. HWT: Wyatt Hendrickson- It sure is refreshing to watch a heavy weight match with his action. Feels like you are watching an extra 125lb match. Maybe the days of watching 2 big dudes leaning on each other for 3 periods is over. NOTES: Anyway, that's my 2 cents on attending OK State duals this weekend. Guys, just remember these are just my observations and point of views. If you saw it differently, I would love to read your takes as well. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Nothing seems hard to Le Duke, he's a PSU fan...

so basically "its not our fault for leaking it, its your fault for seeing it". That isn't a good point, its blaming someone else for your screw up.

a college student got in a fight. definitely the coaches' fault.

Lee Kemp

... I was still a mess at 25, wasn't out of college yet and had some real issues making the right choices in what I was going to do in life. Anyone else ...

Sasso looks to be taking the mat at 165 tomorrow night against Chattanooga. Paddy at 57 and Hepner at 74. No Kharch or Welsh... https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-wrestling/2024/11/150594/sammy-sasso-to-return-for-ohio-state-s-season-opener-against-chattanooga Sasso will start at 165. Surrounding him will be No. 11 Brendan McCrone (125), No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (133), No. 2 Jesse Mendez (141), No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (149), No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (157), No. 15 Bryce Hepner (174), No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (184), No. 11 Luke Geog (197) and No. 3 Nick Feldman (HWT). .

2019 Freshman 2020 Sophomore 2021 Free Year 2022 Junior 2023 Redshirt 2024 Olympic Redshirt 2025 Found his shoes in a tree

I don't know how it plays out, but as time goes on its becoming obvious that the marriage of athletics and academics makes no sense past high school....

Coaches dressed as pro wrestling managers would also be pretty cool.

I'll bet you any amount of money you want that neither Bartlett, Mendez nor Alirez win 133 this year. Name your price.

This is more just complaining to complain. The fact he went first shouldn't matter. Get to the match on time, you see all 10 matches. You know very well heavyweight can go first - it's been a possibility for what, 20+ years? Just because heavyweights typically go last doesn't mean much. Scotti also said he was going to pick heavy first if he won the draw more than five days before the event. The match happened, we all win for that, no matter if we had to sit through a 44-0 dual to see it happen or if it happened 0-0. I personally think we got a better Taye out of the gate than if he had to watch nine of his teammates lose before taking on Gable. He got teched, so that's a hard metric to actually validate, but the match happened in a time where we've had too many disappointments of people not wrestling high profile matches.

To celebrate the ILLINI win over Missouri, we dug deep into the archives. Before there was a Matt & Hobbes, there was an ...

that its Elon is a secondary topic. 1) They are starting a Department of efficiency and 2) You don't like who is leading that department many of you nitwits are suggesting the department is unnecessary at all despite obvious incompetence, waste, and corruption for years, even self reported like in the above link on point 2 there are infinite avenues of inquiry into government waste. being utterly concerned with the 5 instances where Elon may have a conflict of interest is either sheer stupidity or simple stubbornness

I don't understand. The two things were separate. Pyles apologized, said it was there error. Separately, he (rightfully) called out the white knighting of people who claimed they were so aghast at the error and how it ruined Blaze's moment, all while conveniently amplifying the news so MORE people saw it (thus exacerbating Blaze's perceived loss) just to dunk on Flo/get the street cred. He never said it was other people's fault that Flo screwed up. The way people act as apology police is insane to me. "He apologized, but not in the exact way I arbitrarily wanted him to!"

The premier tourney is a week away....Looking forward to 197... Ferrari, Cardenas, Munoz, Surber, Glazier, Geog.

such a bad take

Except they are on the receiving end with Seibrecht and Glazier.

No it was not

I created this graphic aboutr a year ago, but figured it was time to up date it for the presumption that Gable Steveson would become a three timer. Since I used wrestlestat data for things like the average time for a techfall or pinfall and the rank of defeated wrestlers, I limited the analysis to 2014 - present. With the exception of Alex Dieringer, whose career began in 2013. For him I dug around to get win and bonus totals, but used the 2014 - 2016 wrestlestat data for time and rank. So, perhaps those are a little better than they should be. For Steveson I assumed he would run the table, but maintain his historic bonus rates and finish with 23.5 NCAA points (he had 24.5 and 22.5 in his two title years). Reducing that number salad to rankings per category we can get a better idea of relative career ranks. Using these metrics Steveson ranks third best, behind Jason Nolf and Bo Nickal, but just ahead of Zain Retherford. Of course this ignores gold medals won while still having college eligibility remaining. Reasonable minds might not want to do that.

If you go watch the Bader Show the Chance just did, the editing makes a lot more sense. Part of it is about not rehashing old childhood stuff, but Chance also takes a ton of accountability in that interview, and it sounds like he intentionally wanted to highlight his own missteps and his own process back. He has received a ton of outreach from people, and sounds like he was pretty aware that he might well kickstart this sort of outreach. Understanding that he was going to be kicking off a new community start point, he had a choice to emphasize accountability and positive process, or to make the film a source of commiseration and "woe is me" introspection and ruminating. After listening to his interview, I feel like this whole exercise was about accountability and sharing his story of substance abuse to recovery. His interview with Bader is just as good as the film itself.

Runyon who is up from 174 to heavyweight is beating Nitzel 6-1 after a takedown and a reversal versus an escape. Very impressive for a guy who ust havae put on fifty pounds in the offseason. Dual finishes with 24-10 in favor of UNI. Runyon 7-0 at his new weight class. And now we move to extra matches.

Was very well crafted and structured, really a bit of a harrowing story, but you could also sense that, whatever the actual meat of the story is, they danced around it at Chance's request. It's an incredible story of vulnerability, resiliency, and the power and importance of relationships in our lives. No question, without his wife, Chance likely isn't alive today. She is the epitome of love the universe gives to you that simply won't go away and won't give up on you. Chance has done incredible things, most importantly, he is, unwittingly, the buffer between generations, and has been tasked with doing the work of turning whatever anger and pain he had fed into him from a young age into something more positive, kind, and caring. Seeing how much his wrestlers love him (his wife too) was an incredible testament to who he is despite his trials. What is so important to acknowledge here too is that it only takes one person, one helping hand to step in and show compassion in those early years to help Chance sidestep many years of anguish. Never underestimate the impact you can have by simply showing up and demonstrating that you care.

I just saw this in WIN Magazine (just $15 for a 1 year online sub? Yes, please, and thank you). https://athletics.uchicago.edu/news/2024/11/6/wrestling-adds-jason-tsirtsis-to-their-staff.aspx My alma mater is investing in wrestling. Nice.

Eligibility? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I can't discuss. Trump is such a misogynist, there is no way he is selecting all of these strong women for his cabinet. They must all actually be men disguised as women like Richard Levine.

We obviously need to refer to Scoles as being "a pinch better" in all future matches that do not result in injury default

If we're talking people who became champs or were at the time Frick- Dan Sherman (IA), Milkovich, Breece (OK), Bennett, Churella, Yagla Close behind Mike Brown- Bohna UCLA, Mann Ia St, Loban Clemson, Harris Ore St, L Banach Ia,

I'm not an OSU fan, but I was in town and went. Such an unbelievable moment to see him put it all on the line again on a D1 mat just 15 months after being shot. As others have said and you can see in the video; if we're honest, he likely won't see high-level results until his leg and general physical fitness progress a little further. Being there, though, and seeing it unfold, it just doesn't matter at this point. "Where he fits" and genuine expectations feel like questions for some weeks down the road after he's had a fair shot to evaluate himself and calibrate his goals and ambitions. I think he's penciled in for Sunday again versus Edinboro.

It was 2001, not 2007. We did so with 0 finalists, with Leroy Vega, Jared Lawrence, Luke Becker, Brad Pike, Owen Elzen and Garrett Lowney all losing in the semis(3 in OT). Damion Hahn and Brett Lawrence had to fight back a long way to AA

What a bunch of bellyachin'

Christian is not near as bad as some of these guys make him out to be. Not my favorite, but certainly not the worst.

The first Fidel was bad enough...now a second one?

"Bo Bassett down to 13 schools and some posters are still claiming that Bassett is only 13 years old"

With Gable coming back, there will be 4 weights with more than 1 NCAA Champ in the bracket. 141 - Allirez & Mendez 174 - O'toole & Haines 184 - Starocci & Keckeisen HWT - Gable & Kerkvliet I am not the historian but this has to be a record, right? 40% of the weights could see 2 champs go at it. Philly might go down as one of the best individual tourneys ever.

Orange man bad.

Koll wasn't even there. He was off-campus interviewing for his next coaching job.

Wishlist Shift in Mass Media News should focus on truth and transparency, with less sensationalism and more objective reporting. Independent Thinking Encourage people to question simplistic, “bumper sticker” ideas and think critically for themselves. Make America Healthy Again Promote a healthier America through better public health and wellness initiatives. Government Accountability Require regular audits of government agencies to improve efficiency and transparency. New Cities and Opportunities Develop affordable cities with housing and jobs for entrepreneurs and innovators. Reduced Foreign Interference Limit foreign interventions and focus on respecting other countries' sovereignty. Revised CHIPS Act Restructure the CHIPS Act to better support local manufacturing and tech production. End Identity Politics Move away from divisive identity politics to build unity and collaboration. Election Overhaul Verifiable and Secure: Create an election system that's transparent and secure. Same-Day Results: Enable quick, reliable results on election day. Substantive Debates: Promote longer debates to help voters understand the issues. Immigration Reform Strengthen borders to reduce illegal immigration, while opening up more legal pathways. Other Priorities Eliminate Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Victim Mindset from Education Remove CRT-based teachings, focusing instead merit. Appoint More Conservative Supreme Court Justices Prioritize replacing retiring justices with conservative appointees. Ban Shorting in the Stock Market Propose a ban on short-selling to stabilize the market. Increase Americans' Take-Home Income Find ways to let Americans keep more of their income by reducing taxes and government take. Support the Trump Republican Platform Support policies outlined in the Trump Republican Platform (link) What Will Remain Unchanged Under a Trump Presidency Abortion Abortion laws will stay a state matter, with each state setting its own rules. Marriage Equality and Anti-Discrimination Laws Existing protections for marriage equality and anti-discrimination laws will remain. Transgender Rights for Adults Adults will keep the right to make personal choices about identity and healthcare.

Here to eat my crow as stated, I will admit I am surprised the United States has elected a man with this kind of history and record. But I still hold what I said before, the winner doesn’t impact my and my families lives nearly as much as so many other factors, myself being by far the biggest factor among those. I will also hold that where this country is in four years has less to do with the winner, and more to do with you and I, and how we are with each other. And that is 100%, totally and completely, up to you and I. There’s a lot of responsibility that comes with “We The People”, if you want to keep it…. (On the bright side, maybe we won’t hear from Saylor Willie)

Purdue with a Big recruit!!

I'm a moron, its now be 6 days since I last used the "hide" option.

I'm MPhillips and I'm a moron.

Will it be reminiscent of the George Floyd riots? Will Kamala offer to bail protestors out this time?

Trump was not a politician and did not know what he didn't know. He explained this in the Rogan interview. He admits his mistakes. Now that he understands, he's assembled a team ahead of time.

Mendez destroys Stanich Walker wins in the finals Welsh beats Bullock 7-2 in a match that he looked the bigger wrestler in. Shumate had to come from behind to beat Walters at 197lbs for 3rd. Mantanona had Brignola on skates the last minute of the finals match at 165lbs there. True Frosh Brock, not Beau. Davino beats Bouzakis 5-3 and McCrone beats Kilkeary 5-3.

One thing I wanted to add if there was any truth to what Mineo said about the wrestle off. We now have two data points where Josh Barr in a short period fo time was able to make some pretty crazy adjustments. The Sinclair matches and now this. If that were all to be true I would not be betting against Barr when he gets a second crack against guys.

It may be funny that it takes 2 people to find inefficiencies. But what if they do? There has never been a serious effort such as this to find wasteful spending and innefficiencies. What if they are successful? Would that be a bad thing? What is the real problem here? mspart

Funny. Everyone loves Japan this year. Japan goes hard. Harder than Iowa. 6-7 days of double sessions per week. 90+ minutes of hard live a day. Sometimes 60 one minute live goes in a session. They do this for years and years. Why aren't you complaining about Japan's grind? Meanwhile PSU has suffered more serious knee injuries than Iowa in the last two years.