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I was curious to see who get choice for the u23 team. This is best I can tell the order of the team as it stands now. The guys in green have 1st choice of the spot except Blaze/Forrest and Robideau/Henson. The winner of those 2 will have choice. Camden McDanel is the only u23 champ locked in with every Sr. team member being too old.

thinking Askren is doing this to prove anything to anyone else but himself is pearl clutching of the highest order... i would by lying if i said i did not feel a little uneasy about this, but, Askren is the most pragmatic and critical thinking of all the "superstar" wrestlers... it is his story not anyone else's...

You logic this but still think Musk gave a nazi salute?

You’re anti-semetic. You really need not reply boss.

Undefeated

Ruth never actually put his name in the portal this year per Swaw.

will parker give the crowd the finger if they don't cheer him with complete consistency? or whatever lame ass gimmick nickal is clout chasing with.

I think he is Russian and wrestles out Suplex, where they have a bunch of Russians. He hasn't wrestled HS in the US.

He was to Wisconsin and then decommitted at the end of January.

Justin Beauvais - Said he was looking at Ohio State and AZ State back in Feb. Hunter Stevens - Visited MN recently. Was committed to Wisconsin originally. Sean Hall quote- "In 8 weeks or so I will be traveling and competing with the team “The Best Wrestler” coached by Ivan Delchev and compete in various tournaments, duals and training camps in Bulgaria for international competition. As far as college, at this point in my life, I believe that wrestling is not my biggest priority. I hope one day when I’m old I don’t look back and regret this choice, but I feel that my mission, which I will be starting immediately after I graduate, and my pre-med schooling are my largest priorities. With already having already gained my associated degree while throughout high school. I’m not sure that wrestling in college would benefit my path as an aspiring premedical student for only my last 2 years of my Bachelors. That being said, I still have a deep love for this sport and am open to the direction that life my take me." Shea Morris - Indian Hills (https://www.instagram.com/p/DYA8A0rlGVN/) Ashton Hobson - West Virginia (https://www.instagram.com/p/DYC75qdkgEt/)

Nickal wants nothing to do with that.

Doesn’t he only have 1 year of eligibility?

Now this guy is worried about offending people? Nothing in his history says that- in fact, he seems to out of his way to offend, at least before he filed his papers. Is he what your generation would call an "edge lord?"

Kinda like you talking about fake secret service/FBI agents?

It’s solely because he is running against someone with a R at the back of their name… which I had to google cause I didn’t know

Platner actually says he is in antifa, so there is that...

Why are you and your ilk going out of your way ton defend a literal Nazi who liked Nazism so much he got it tattooed to his man breasts? Not to mention he has some other significant character flaws...

these people travel a lot.. and always to where the action is

To bad. Jail sucks for this young man right?

No one is mad at you. People just don’t believe your story. you are supposedly in a Country so war torn (according to usa liberals) that it’s hard to eat drink move whatever …. And yet you somehow are posting videos of hypothetical calls with Trump and someone. It seems a little weird you care at all about this call vs your situation in your “country”.

He also works out with Myles Amine regularly.

I thought there’s >100% chance he wins a national title in 2027? Didn’t they already give it to him?

Presden Sanchez transferred into Brown from Maryland. I thought that transferring into Ivy League sports was a complicated thing... but I could be mistaken about that. It doesn't happen much.

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Here are my takeaways from the finals: 57KG: Match One: Isaiah Cortez handles Grey Burnett to a tune of 5-1 to take match one. Match Two: Cortez continues to separate himself with a 10-0 tech over Burnett on the first period. 61KG: Match One: Aaron Seidel is just too strong, too good. Elijah Cortez is really good, but just don’t see a way he wins a match in this series. Seidel wins 10-0. Match Two: There was nobody close to Seidel at this tournament. Absolutely dominant, probably wins worlds if he goes. 65KG: Match One: In Bo’s last three matches, he’s given up the first four points to Tyler Dekraker, Kellen Wolbert (both at the Open), and Clinton Shepherd today. He went on to tech or pin each of them. Match Two: Shepherd came to scrap, but Bo is just too much, he dominates once again to a 10-0 tech. A lot of fun scrambles in the match though. 70KG: Match One: Landon Robideau takes match one 5-0. miller couldn’t get anything going at all, he never came close to scoring. Match Two: Landon Robideau is an animal. He didn’t do anything flashy, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Melvin Miller get slowed down and controlled like that before. Robideau has a great chance at winning worlds. 74KG: Match One: Jayden James is really good man, he wins 5-4. He got caught over wresting through a dangerous position. A similar situation he was in at SR WTT, giving up more than he had to. He’ll have to clean that up, especially if he were to go to worlds. Match Two: Lockett’s back looked to have flared up early in the match. It didn’t look like it hindered him much. PSU lineup this, PSU lineup that, All Jayden James does is scrap and win (besides Carr). He had a great shot at a gold medal this year. Lockett looked good, but I would’ve wished we’d see a “go get it gene” develop in him by now. 79KG: Match One: Ryan Burton wins 10-7 over Joey Jeter. Jeter looked pretty good, could definitely see this going three matches. Match Two: Burton much more dominant this match, winning 8-1. I really wish we saw Danny Heiser get to him, that would’ve been a super fun series, and I would’ve picked Heiser. Jeter has a bright future ahead of him at Cornell. 86KG: Match One: Aeoden Sinclair handled business, he wins 6-0. Match Two: Aeoden Sinclair will win worlds. He wins. Brock is so good, definitely U20 world level, but Sinclair just makes him look like an amateur. 10-0 Sinclair. 92KG: Match One: Jimmy Mastny domination 10-0. Hard to see a third match at this series Match Two: Keep sleeping on Mastny at your own risk, all he does is win. He’s way too slick at his size than he should be, and dominates in all positions. He’s the best 197 recruit in the country, and is only a junior. He’ll be a national title contender his true freshman year. u20 Gold medal this year? 97KG: Match One: Michael Boyle domination 10-0, hard to see a third match in this series. Match Two: Michael Boyle domination again. Boyle’s going to be a problem for the Buckeyes in a couple years. 125KG: Match One: Dreshaun being a lot more physical in this match, looks much more accustomed to the bulk that is Coby Merrill….. but then Merrill Houdini’d him on a single, then promptly laced him for the tech. Match Two: Ross started off hot going up 3-0, he really timed Merrill’s forward pressure well, Merrill made a couple of adjustments, but Ross’s game plan prevailed as he wins 9-2. He gassed Coby hard, what a statement by Ross. Match Three: Dreshsaun of old? When you give DT enough cracks at it, he’ll come up with a game plan. Ross swings one of HS’s best rivalries back in his favor with a 7-1 win. We’ll see them battle for many years as they head off to the Big 12.

Oh wow, I have no idea how I watched that whole match and thought Miller won. I genuinely think I’m hallucinating

It’s sad. Mocco and Bechtold were really close. Now it’s Merrill/Ross island Tier gap Mocco/Bechtold

I get why you'd say that in general from Lockett's standpoint in folk, but there's very little in Miller's matches that have said he isn't active or is boring. Being exhausted from a rapid fire tournament isn't a shocker in most cases... He won 10-0, 8-6, and 10-8.

Wadsen is legit

Henry Aslikyan over Dom Munaretto. It took him till the backside but he does get a win over a future buckeye

Rivera is my all time favorite wrestler Willie, getting him for hometown STL is perfect! Thank you

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@flyingcement Huge kudos for doing this and sharing with everyone. Keep up the great work.

My pleasure. A lot of the time is always @cowcards. He has chased down so very much information about the history of wrestling. I just come along and take the glory.

Thank you

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Rankings are used for predictions all the time, including by Flo, Intermat, and Wrestlestat. See their team tournament rankings. By assuming their rankings are accurate and applying scoring to them they are making predictions. Same for team dual rankings. And Jon Kozak is on on3 defending their rankings by quoting some of the same metrics I use. I am on pretty safe ground here.

Here is the toughest path to placing by seed: Toughest Path (lowest avg opponent seed) Wrestler School WT Place Opp Seed Sum Avg Opp Seed Matches Chance Lamer Nebraska 149 4th 45 7.5 6 Ty Watters West Virginia 157 6th 48 8 6 Cesar Alvan Columbia (NY) 165 3rd 48 8 6 Jacob Moran Indiana (IN) 125 6th 50 8.3 6 Aden Valencia Stanford (CA) 149 1st 44 8.8 5 Danny Wask Navy (MD) 174 6th 62 8.9 7 Beau Mantanona Michigan 174 7th 54 9 6 Ben Kueter Iowa 285 5th 64 9.1 7 Angelo Ferrari Iowa 184 6th 56 9.3 6 Marc-Anthony McGowan Princeton (NJ) 125 2nd 47 9.4 5 Brandon Cannon Ohio State 157 4th 68 9.7 7 Brock Hardy Nebraska 141 4th 61 10.2 6 Kannon Webster Illinois 157 5th 72 10.3 7 Aaron Seidel Virginia Tech 133 3rd 64 10.7 6 Cameron Catrabone Michigan 157 7th 75 10.7 7 Bryce Hepner North Carolina 165 7th 64 10.7 6 Patrick Kennedy Iowa 174 3rd 64 10.7 6 Vince Robinson North Carolina State 125 4th 86 10.8 8 Tyler Knox Stanford (CA) 133 6th 86 10.8 8 Drake Ayala Iowa 133 5th 77 11 7 Carson Kharchla Ohio State 174 4th 77 11 7 Cody Merrill Oklahoma State 197 2nd 55 11 5 Aeoden Sinclair Missouri 184 3rd 78 11.1 7 Tyler Klinsky Rider (NJ) 125 8th 67 11.2 6 Sergio Vega Oklahoma State 141 1st 56 11.2 5 Landon Robideau Oklahoma State 157 1st 56 11.2 5 CJ Composto Pennsylvania 141 7th 79 11.3 7 Benjamin Davino Ohio State 133 2nd 57 11.4 5 Isaac Trumble North Carolina State 285 1st 57 11.4 5 Max McEnelly Minnesota 184 1st 58 11.6 5 Brock Mantanona Michigan 184 5th 70 11.7 6 Troy Spratley Oklahoma State 125 5th 71 11.8 6 Zackary Ryder Oklahoma State 184 8th 83 11.9 7 Konner Doucet Oklahoma State 285 4th 83 11.9 7 Nicco Ruiz Arizona State 165 4th 84 12 7 Manuel 'MJ' Gaitan III Iowa State 174 8th 73 12.2 6 Cam Steed Missouri 174 5th 73 12.2 6 Casey Swiderski Oklahoma State 149 8th 74 12.3 6 Andrew Sparks Minnesota 165 5th 99 12.4 8 Yonger Bastida Iowa State 285 2nd 62 12.4 5

I think I'd rather have Campbell for next year. After that, who knows.

And she said

I gotta get out of it to get myself into it

But you ain't been to it

Got a spot that gets me hot