VakAttack

My read as well. May have all been a plan to get more money for himself, which is fine by me.

If he's not wrestling this year, Okie State makes a bunch of sense. Unfortunately, this doesn't stop Ok State from still going after any of the big recruits coming down the pike.

Eventually, by law of averages he'll be better than somebody in his weight range....probably. Or somebody will get hurt. And when it happens...

How do you feel, because you had Smitty and Co. over there for the last 30 years and he was no shrinking violet.

I'm not sure why that matters.

125: Spratley DEC Petersen (3-0 OK State 133: Ayala MDEC Witcraft/Hughes (3-4 Iowa) 141: Jamison DEC Block (6-4 Ok State) 149: Parco DEC Young (7-6 Iowa) 157: Teemer MDEC Fish (11-6 Iowa) 165: Caliendo DEC Amine (14-6 Iowa) 174: Hamiti DEC Iowa (14-9 Iowa) 184: Plott DEC Arnold (14-12 Iowa) 197: Buchanan DEC Surber (17-12 Iowa) 285: Hendrickson DEC Kueter (17-15 Iowa; this match could easily be bonus up to a pin, Hendrickson an absolute monster) So I'd say Iowa a slight favorite on paper. Hamiti is a bonus monster, but has faced Kennedy before and not bonused, and Brands is EXTREMELY stingy on defense. Parco could find his way to a major, as could the Ok State guys at 125 and 141.

This was straight up horsecrap.

Ayala was at one point ranked number 1 in the country, and he placed second, and beat Spratley head to head twice. ANyway, I'm not going to belabor this point, I think if Okie State beats Iowa, it's because of bonus production from Hendrickson and Hamiti

I think this is totally correct. Ayala is way more likely to win a title than Parco. Intermat rankings are fine, but both guys were seeded to AA last year, or at least make the round of 12, and then Spratley lost to Ayala and Tanner Jordan, and Jamison was 0-2. It appears both may have some weight issues with their current weight classes, and they're back in those same weight classes. They're just as likely to DNP as to AA high. Neither of them are separators, so they're going to be in tight matches, and neither of them beat anybody of note last year at NCAAs. Meanwhile Ayala is a returning NCAA finalist and Parco is a multiple time mid to high AA. The two pairs of guys are just not the same level of certainty.

This is just made up criteria, lol. Ayala and and Parco being roughly equivalent to Spratley and Jamison was the best part. Then claiming that Ok State's "floor guys" (again made up category) have more upside despite multiple years of NCAA competition and no real notable success vs. Iowa having two very young guys, when most recent stories show the young guys making huge leaps during the season.

Love you, always, friend.

Have i got some bad news for you about every major program, including the one you're going 10 toes down for right now.

I get that you dislike the Brands, but this is a truly haterade take.

You're just trying to be difficult now. Watch this, I've arbitrarily decided that Iowa State shouldn't get any points for 157, since it was an injury default where Teemwr was leading before the injury. Aww, man, tough break for the Clones, now they lost 11-9 in the arbitrary dual, too! They got outcoached on the mat, and they got outcoached in the portal race (because Iowa State is getting their asses kicked there, this should automatically be discounted, I know, but for right now, let's pretend it's a big part of college wrestling and thus part of the coach's success, just like high school recruitment.)

He was 100% outcoached, though not as thoroughly as last year where Dresser et al. just forgot what riding time was.