Jimmy Cinnabon

Rosy take considering you have the entire team overperforming their projected seeds. I guess it's possible but it's likely most guys will only perform to seed and a few will underperform. #8 Smith to finalist. #17 Van Dee to AA (is he going to wrestle at NCAAs given the injury?) 141, 149 and 157 I can see happening #14 Minto to AA 174 I can see happening #10 Allred to AA #18 McDanel to R12

Of course he has a chance. He's an undefeated conference champ and former NCAA champion. No one else is undefeated.

Why did he leave Ohio State?

Both lost to KOT. Levi has the conference champ though

Starocci?

Didn't Ryan make a healthy Gallagher forfeit against Mesenbrink to avoid wrestling him?

He went pro in two sports!

I think he could beat Hamiti but not KOT.

9-2 is a pretty dominant win. 1 point from a major.

He also has a head to head loss to Bartlett this season.

Barr at #3 ahead of undefeated Ferarri. Kerk is still #2 against two undefeated wrestlers in Pindrickson and Trephan.

This is why they need to make The Lee head coach ASAP. He is the only one who can save them.

They actually didn't have a bad tournament. They almost got second place.

As a Penn State fan I hope the Brands continue to coach at Iowa for as long as possible and I mean the with total sincerity.

Aside from Otoguru all those people are pretty unaccomplished in terms of senior level results, no? Especially when compared to NLWC.

Who else do they have at HWC other than Spencer?

I'm excluding those weights that have stone cold locks at #1. 125: Matt Ramos, 26-1 but finished 3rd at Big 10s. I expect Ventresca to get the #1 seed. 133: [Byrd should have this locked down after pinning Ayala in the Big 10 final] 141: Bartlett, 11-1 but finished 3rd at Big 10s. I expect Hardy to get the #1 seed. 149: [Henson has this on lock] 157: Shapiro could get this even, but expect Kasak to get the #1 seed since he has far better wins this season 165: [Mesenbrink is a lock] 174: [KOT is a lock] 184: Keckeisen could get the #1 here, but I think Starocci gets it. 197: Could Jacob Cardenas get the #1 over AJ Ferrari (my pick for the #1)? HWT: [Steveson is a lock]

Hiring DT would have been a good first step

Rank the top 5

A illustration of the power of great coaching

He seems to be the same guy he was at Michigan. Did he get a big NIL bag? Teemer is not paying dividends either given how much he supposedly got.

They have plenty of talent, it's just that almost all of it is bought with Nichols Bucks. If you changed the title to "Iowa just does not have the HOMEGROWN talent" I would agree with you.

I don't think it's a strength issue. Same issue plagued him last year when he was a huge 125 pounder. He just needs to know when to bail...honestly he should avoid all scrambles. He's just a REALLY bad scrambler...reminds me of Jimmy Gullibon.

Lungeritis?