Jimmy Cinnabon

Why at best 3rd? He could beat Starocci or Keck.

I think next year you might see McEnelly go up to 197, he's huge. And Barr should drop to 184 as he's a small 197 pounder.

I'm a huge Penn State fan but I'm realizing Iowa is capable of winning the NCAA team title this year IF they start Arnold at 174 and Ferrari at 184. Here are the reasons why: 1. Lilledahl has not been as great as advertised and has shown a glaring weakness on bottom. He was cradled up and pinned by McCrone who was ranked 21st at the time and is not a AA caliber wrestler. Further Lilledahl is not bonusing at the rate you might suspect. I think LL still manages to AA, but I project him at 5-8 rather than 1-4. 2. Davis is hurt and is as likely to AA (5-8) as he is to go 2-2 BBQ again this year. At 133 his strength advantage is gone and he has shown no improvement in scrambling ability (see his match versus Bouzakis). Ayala is looking like a sure-fire finalist with lots of bonus in the early rounds of NCAAs. 3. Kasak wrestled again but is still recovering from his concussion/head injury - this is a bit of wildcard. Further, Teemer looked very good in beating Fish last night. I could see Teemer beating a less than 100% Kasak at Big 10s. 4. Caliendo is looking super dominant against anyone not named Mesenbrink. He just majored Cam Amine last night, which is impressive. Even if Mesenbrink ultimately beats Caliendo in the finals Caliendo can bonus just as much as Mesenbrink in all the other matches. 5. Obviously Arnold at 174 suits him better bodytype wise and moves him from a low AA contender at 184 to a high AA contender at 174. I could see Arnold in the finals at 174. 6. Ferrari showed last night in beating #3 Plott that he can win a title THIS YEAR at 184. Maybe bottom is still a weakness but his neutral offense and defense is as good as anyone at 184. 7. Buchanan looks amazing and will win a title this year --- most year he would be a Hodge contender. I see him taking out Barr at B10s again and beating Ferrari the elder at NCAAs. 8. Kerk was MIA and is possibly hurt. Further, Pindrickson looks huge and dominant. He utterly mauled Keuter last night. Steveson obviously wins B10s and gets the 1, so I think Kerk ends up meeting Pindrickson in the semis and given Kerk is injured Pindrickson takes him out and meets Gable in the finals. This Iowa lineup can beat Penn State THIS YEAR! 125 Cruz (R12) 133 Ayala (1st or 2nd) 141 Schriever (2-2) 149 Parco (1st to 4th) 157 Teemer (1st or 2nd) 165 Caliendo (2nd) 174 Arnold (1st to 4th) 184 Ferrari (1st to 4th) 197 Buchanan (1st) HWT Keuter (5th-8th)

Pull. The. Shirt.

Bye Gabe!

Didn’t know that Iowa is Parcos third school. Dude has gotten around.

Is Ayala an Olympic theat?

He wouldn’t need to in order to make the finals.

I mean the truth is Ferrari > Arnold and the Brands know this. But they are conceding that this year is a battle for second place so the marginal gain in starting Ferrari over Arnold isn’t worth burning a year of a Ferrari. It sucks for both Ferrari (who could make the NCAA finals this year) and for Arnold (who is being told in unsubtle terms that Ferrari is the “better matchup” against the elite wrestlers).

As suspected, Arnold doesn’t even weigh in. Ferrari will get the non cupcake.

One can take an Olympic redshirt without actually trying to qualify for the Olympics.

Redshirting and COVID years aren't a thing in Japan.

Most people graduate college by 21, so why do you presume Ono h as not?

Actually I think Stieber and Dake are statistically less dominant 4 timers in terms of bonus percentage.

Found that odd. Is he not a senior? Also Kasak wrestled with a giant lumbar pillow taped to his forehead.

I disagree. I think Bearclaw is a real threat, mainly due to practice room familiarity.

Who?

Meaning, currently there's no fathomable way he could lose to anyone else and we expect a bonus point win over everyone else (Kerk, Pindrickson, Schultz, etc) Even "The Lee" TM, at his most dominant, was vulnerable to being pinned by someone like Piccininini or Ramos.

Ono's hero is Cael. Uetake wrestling at Ok State happened like 60 years ago at this point...I don't think it has as much relevance now as you think.

Yeah, but he did "get through" Arnold. He took him down and won the match. I think he's capable of taking down Starocci too.

Didn't he beat Gabe Arnold though?

He's 5'3.

Expect 3-4 Penn State starters to sit this one out (Davis, Kasak, Kerk)

Didn't they wrestle earlier this year?