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I’m sure Truax’s goal is to win a national title. His best chance of doing that is to go whatever weight Brooks is not going. I have no idea which one that would be, but if he went to PSU, he would figure it out a lot quicker and get ready for that weight. That said I hope he doesn’t go there… the rich don’t need to get any richer lol

Jordan Burroughs his senior year was probably the best college wrestler I have seen.

Does Brooks really want to go up to 197? He doesn’t look that big and I would think he wants to stay close to 86kg. I’d guess he stays down and they bring in someone like Truax

Plus isn’t Levi only 18? I agree he probably has a lot of growing to do yet

This is definitely going to make the US open a more premier event again. And interesting point about the weight changes for the contested weights at WTT. Everyone that didn’t win the open in the next weight up or down might as well try a new weight for WTT. Or do they have to qualify at that specific weight? If not, we could get some interesting matches that we haven’t seen before

To wrestle off AJ?

This seems like pure conjecture and more just wishful thinking from Penn state fans desperate for a good 125 (not sure why they are desperate… they clearly are good enough without one). First, no way PSU is trying to poach him at the NCAA tournament and risk violations. Second, judging by some social media posts I’ve seen, Noto seems very happy at lock haven and has really praised the coaching staff. I sure hope he decides to stay at lock haven… a kid like that is huge for a small like them. At Penn state, he’s just another wrestler and not even one the best guys on the team.

I knew that was it on the old forum… wasn’t sure if he changed it up by a letter on the new one lol

I would not have guessed that so maybe it’s not huge factor, but I do think team race plays a part. I guess it’s not just that it was clinched but more the total domination by Penn state and relative lack of success of other big programs. I do think that causes fans of other teams to lose interest a bit. I imagine there is a pretty big fan base of Okie State fans this year that didn’t tune into the finals. Some Iowa fans may have tuned out too with Spencer going down and their only finalist a transfer.

The team race being decided before the finals was a big factor as well

Yup. And then Kolat and Marstellar were both 4x undefeated champs

I agree with others that it is really dumb that all 10 champs are “finalists”. They never had more than a few before. I doubt that the fan vote has much of an impact, but just another factor for the committee to look at. I will say I thought it was clearly a two horse race between Yianni and Parris, but I would have guessed Parris to have the highest bonus percentage. Alirez and AOC make it a little more up in the air since they are higher bonus %. Still, Parris leads with pins and tougher competition IMO so I’d still put it between him and Yianni. I never liked the idea of them giving it to someone with a loss so my vote is Parris. Certainly, everyone with a loss who is not a 4x national champ should be eliminated as a “finalist”. Just depends how heavy they weigh 4x national champ (that’s kinda a big deal), so I won’t be disappointed if they give it to Yianni.

Is this Willie? Anyway, good post. I agree coaches believe they can help the kids, and I would add that the coaches believe the kids can help them win a national title. I think both factors play a role. Just like I think Cael really believed he could help Andrew Long, but his main motivation was that he needed him to win a national title. Unfortunately, I also agree that it probably won’t work out well for the Ferraris.

Based on his interview, sounds like Starocci will make a run at the Olympics in 2024 and then move on to mma. I could see Brooks sticking with wrestling longer

He said his goal is to win an Olympic medal. I imagine he knows how he stacks up against Taylor. So maybe it is a possibility? Unfortunately, I think he is a tweener so it’s going to be tough either way for him

I think you meant 2004, but yes, that was a great run by Cooperman. I believe he got 3rd the following two years but lost in the later rounds

Exactly what was thinking… I do appreciate what JimmyC brings to the forum but this was pretty low even for him

I was thoroughly annoyed with Rock’s overuse of “control is felt” but he must have been told about it because he fixed it in the later sessions. I distinctly remember him talking about control at one point and you could tell he wanted to say it but he got himself to use other verbiage. So kudos to him for making adjustments like that. Overall, he did a great job. On the other hand, I am a HUGE JB fan and have really enjoyed his commentary in the past, but I do have to admit he was off his A game this weekend. Still did a good job and I hope they bring him back, but wasn’t his best performance

Yeah it’s definitely a good debate, but it’s hard to beat 2,2,2,4 AND a world medalist while in college.

I think that’s a bit of stretch. If he didn’t redshirt then yes, but taking a redshirt and then losing twice in his second year is not something he can erase by going undefeated in his 6th or 7th year.

I think he will do a Kyle Snyder type of schedule next year and get his 4th NCAA without a lot of matches. I suspect he will move on after that…just sounds like he is focused on bigger and better things. Rightfully so, no one is going to put him above Cael just because he had an opportunity to get 5 titles that few others had. My bigger concern is the training situation between him Brooks, and DT all at the same weight. Seems like a conflict of interest

Is Fix the GOAT to never win an NCAA title?

I don’t think he did, but it would’ve been worth a brick. I’m glad they didn’t challenge though because we couldn’t handle another break that long

Taking waaay too long

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