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@Husker_Du What's your read on the Raney's? Do you see them as Iowa leans too?

As of this moment, he doesn't. But with all the lawsuits and whatnot with regards to eligibility right now you are seeing people put their name in the portal with no eligibility so they can move if they end up more. Lack of eligibility doesn't prevent you from putting your name in the portal.

Looks like you have your next data project. Time to get researching on the heights off all past Olympic/World Champs at each weight.

Oh. I misread. I thought he was posting the qualifiers with weights. Not actual listed entries. My bad.

There won't be any new entries. This is qualifiers only. The last chance to qualify is Sr. Pan-Am and everyone going has qualified.

Actually, yes. They would be cheering for the PSU/NLWC dude over the American. As someone that has been to world's a few times, many USA "fans" go for their college team reps and not the USA rep. That's not to say they don't root for USA, but if it's USA vs Iowa or USA vs PSU, they would root for their team the majority of the time.

He didn't get out-wrestled. But there was very little wrestling. Bo got the only TD. RdR tried some upper body stuff that Bo stopped easily. He did get reversed and spent more time on bottom though. I'm not a MMA person, but I don't know that I would attribute that to wrestling. Can't say I've seen someone go down that "easily" before at that level.

125: Spencer Moore (R16) 133: Lucas Byrd (Champ, 3X AA, 4X NQ) 141: Danny Pucino (R16, 2X NQ) 149: Michael Gioffre 157: Kannon Webster (R12) 165: Braeden Scoles (R12) 174: Chris Kelly (RFR) 184: Ruth (AA, 3x NQ) 197: Chris Moore (True freshman NQ @ 165) 285: Luke Luffman (R12, 3X NQ) ----- Connell is just as likely to not even qualify as he is to qualify. There is no way Ruth isn't qualifying. I don't think Connell is in the lineup next year unless he can get to 174. Moore wrestled 86KG at the open instead of 79. That tells me 174 is a bit too far away. He won't be Ruth out. 197 is the spot, especially with no one else there. Though it sounds like Lautt might be on his way there soon, but Moore would beat him, even if under-sized.

The thought process is that the mouthpiece can absorb some of the energy that goes through the jaw to the brain from impact. I think headgear padding works minimally, as well. But it's really impossible to know because it may not prevent concussions, but it may prevent some of the consistent banging the head gets that builds up.

I’d say that the idea is to help prevent concussions even though there is no true evidence that it either helps or doesn’t yet. I can say from personal experience, I used to get 1-2 concussions a year for a few years in HS/College. I started to wear a mouthpiece and have never had one since. I’d never wrestle without one again.

USA Wrestling doesn't have him on their list as qualifiers. It seems the Non-Olympic weights only had 1 national team member in 2024.

This is from the NCAA from a case where a Wisconsin FB player wanted to enter the portal and Wisconsin wouldn't allow it. So he went to Miami anyway. The NCAA issued a statement Friday saying that "NCAA rules do not prevent a student-athlete from unenrolling from an institution, enrolling at a new institution and competing immediately." The key is are they recruited by the staff. That would be illegal. (No, i'm not going to get into the debate about back channeling and all that.)

Yep

Cael would certainly have a pretty good idea on that. He was enrolled in college in Japan. No idea how long he was there. The other factor would be if he was paid above typical expenses to participate in events and thus considered a professional. Each year he was would be a year of eligibility. Anyone know when he graduated HS in Japan and when he was enrolled in college? That would be a great starting point.

Grad transfers have the same portal deadline as everyone else. It was changed after last year's window. Trepham as a grad transfer was allowed to enter the portal starting Oct 1.

Eligible MFS wrestlers not in Final X: James Green - World Team Jordan Burroughs - World Team David Taylor - World Team Zane Richards - World Team Nick Lee - World Team Zain Retherford - World Team Kyle Dake - World Team Chance Marsteller - World Team Aaron Brooks - World Team Mason Parris - World Team Thomas Gilman - National Team Joey McKenna - National Team Jesse Mendez - National Team Jason Nolf - National Team Jarrett Jacques - National Team Isaac Trumble - National Team Kollin Moore - National Team Nate Jackson - National Team Hayden Zillmer - National Team Nick Gwiazdowski - National Team Dom Bradley - National Team Jacob Cardenas - U23 medalist Marcus Blaze - U20 Medalist Bo Bassett - U20 Medalist PJ Duke - U20 Medalist Ladarion Lockett - U20 Medalist Zack Ryder - U20 Medalist Josh Barr - U20 Medalist Justin Rademacher - U20 Medalist Ben Kueter - U20 Medalist Reyes Sanchez - U17 Champ (If age eligible) Dom Munaretto - U17 Champ (If age eligible) Michael Mocco - U17 Champ (If age eligible) Dan Deshazer - Bill Farrell Will Dekraker - Bill Farrell Ruben Calderon - Bill Farrell Will Lewan - Bill Farrell (Duke already qualified) Eloy Perkin - Bill Farrell Evan Wick - Bill Farrell Marcus Coleman - Bill Farrell Eric Schultz - Bill Farrell Mike Macchiavello - Bill Farrell (Snyder already qualified) Nashon Garrett - Ranking Series David Carr - Ranking Series Rocco Welsh - Ranking Series Jon Aiello - Ranking Series Ream Woods - Ranking Series Chance Marsteller - Ranking Series Vince Robinson - NCAA Troy Spratley - NCAA Lucas Byrd - NCAA Drake Ayala - NCAA Zeth Romney - NCAA Brock Hardy - NCAA Beau Bartlett - NCAA Ridge Lovett - NCAA Caleb Henson - NCAA Shayne Van Ness - NCAA Antrell Taylor - NCAA Joey Blaze - NCAA Tyler Kasak - NCAA Mikey Caliendo - NCAA Peyton Hall - NCAA Dean Hamiti - NCAA Keegan O'Toole - NCAA Levi Haines - NCAA Carter Starocci - NCAA Parker Keckeisen - NCAA Max McNally - NCAA Stephen Buchanan - NCAA AJ Ferrari - NCAA Gable Steveson - NCAA Colton Schultz - NCAA Liam Cronin - US Open Nico Provo - US Open Brendan McCrone - US Open Abe Assad - US Open Brady Roark - US Open Seth Gross - US Open Ben Davino - US Open Austin DeSanto - US Open Mike McGee - US Open Fernando Barreto - US Open Aden Valencia - US Open Carter Young - US Open Tom Crook - US Open Ian Parker - US Open Bryce Andonian - US Open Brayton Lee - US Open Jackson Arrington - US Open Quincy Monday - US Open Terrell Barraclough - US Open Ed Scott - US Open Simon Ruiz - US Open Muhamed McBryde - US Open Kennedy Monday - US Open Ethan Riddle - US Open Chris Moore - US Open Aedon Sinclair - US Open Dustin Plott - US Open Hayden Walters - US Open Patrick Brophy - US Open Zane Lanham - US Open Christian Knop - US Open Garrett Hoffman - US Open Ethan Laird - US Open Massoma Endene - US Open Demetrius Thomas - US Open Christian Lance - US Open Trent Hillger - US Open Jordan Wood - US Open Lucas Stoddar - US Open Someone can go through and add weights. But I think this is everyone. I did Top-4 for national team based upon The team listed on TheMat.

There is only 1 world team member. That's the person that competes at worlds. The national team is where multiple members exist. 2023 World Team Current National Team

Wow. Koontz misses weight. Raney is your World Team member.

Jadyn made the world team because Koontz missed weight. All the more reason why they should go to Illinois instead of Iowa.

Wrestlers who meet the following criteria will qualify for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament: a) 2023 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team Member b) 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle National Team Member c) 2024 U23 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist d) 2024 U20 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist e) 2024 U17 Men’s Freestyle World Champion (age eligible) f) November 2024 Armed Forces Men’s Freestyle World Medalist g) November 2024 Bill Farrell International highest placing (top 4) U.S. athlete, who has yet to qualify, will earn a spot in the 2025 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament h) February 2025 UWW Medalists at Ranking Series events #1 & #2 i) March 2025 NCAA I top 3 place finisher j) April 2025 Senior Men’s Freestyle U.S. Open Championships - top 7 place finisher per weight class k) May 2025 Senior Pan American Championships Medalist --------- It makes a lot of sense that he doesn't go to the open. There will be a lot smaller field for the challenge tournament to navigate through and the 2nd best guy won't be there.

Projections on where they fit into a lineup shouldn't have an impact on which class is better. There are too many unknowns with the portal, injuries, etc. Just because there isn't a wide-open spot today doesn't mean there won't be one tomorrow or vice versa. Look at Zach Ryder. Plus, with the various redshirts, there are all sorts of ways to make the lineups work so that guys get their full 4 years.

1. Take the @Pablo individual rankings. 2. Run a dual simulation for each team against each other. 3. Take the top-16. 4. Profit.

Oklahoma State. 3 in the Top-6 > Top-2 & 5 in the Top 25 > 4. I need to go back and update my points scored for each recruiting rank to get an updated idea on what to expect from each.

Nini wrestled 57/65 last year. Is he going to make that big of a cut? Is Webster planning on going up?

For @ILLINIWrestlingBlog Now that Byrd and Luffman have said they are coming back 125: Moore 133: Byrd 141: Pucino 149: Webster 157: Nini/Bennett 165: Scoles 174: Moore/Kelly 184: Connell/Moore 197: Connell/?? 285: Luffman