Truzzcat

He had a bad NCAA's but he beat 4 all americans his Redshirt freshman year.

Given recent news I am adding nic bouzakis to this

I don't know how its possible and if it is how he can function but if he can I 100% think he is a title threat he was unbelievably powerful for a 133.

A functioning Nic bouzakis at 125 makes ohio state the second best team in the country from 125-157 imo

Pyles just confirmed on FRL that the plan is for Nic to try and go 125

he did not look small by any means at 74kg.

I think he was very small at 149, 141 feels like the best weight for him he also impressed me in a few losses last year against Webster and Hines. He also looked incredible against stanich giving him arguably his toughest match at u20's outside of the first 2 minutes against Toprak. Olivieri had a good NCAA's but he did not really show much to me that leads me to believe there is going to be a big jump going into year 5 compared to Nini going from year 1 to year 2. I think much better was probably an over exaggeration on my part though.

I hope he can because I think the team is better with him at 157 but also because I think there is a better than zero % chance he can win a natty daddy at 157 this year.

I think I probably should have said the same for Jalolov I think recency bias was very prevalent for me there. It felt like Jalolov had hit another gear at seniors however Sujeet can certainly beat him and anybody at the weight. Easily the weight I am the most excited for I just worry a bit about him making 65kg back to back days 5 times in a year when he has never done it more than twice.

flo has zinkin at 100 I believe and hes much closer to 10 than he is 100. I would not have amato at #3 right now but he is certainly a top 10 guy.

I was an enormous Amato fan this time last year. His progression feels a bit stagnant to me over the past year or so though and his Powerade final with Zeno Moore will be permanently etched in my brain, he did not handle his emotions very well. That being said he is a kid and that's a great learning opportunity. I think its actually a great fit for him because the ability is not in question I think going to a school that lives off of being gritty will be very good for him.

Alex nini of Rutgers if he does not get the spot (wrestlestat has Oliveri but I think Nini is much better) Matty lopes lehigh. Stuck behind Crookham did wrestle some 125 last year and wrestle Seymour very competitive not sure what he does next year I think 125 is probably too much of a pull by then if it is not already but if Crookham gets hurt he will be a very good fill in. Gage walker Missouri. I expect a big second year jump at what I think is the better weight for him would not be shocked if they pull the shirt because he's just better than Moore. Ethan Birden ohio state, I am guessing Paddy gets the nod to start the year. Birden beat henckel at the 2023 ironman and lost a close one to Lockett and Ferrari (insane bracket). He needs offense on his feet and if he has found it he is a problem for everyone.

I pray he was betting against them

He beat Bachmann at Beast last year, prior to that did not have the best Elite 8 but was still good went 4-2 lost to Cassioppi and O'neil. I think he is very good but also will be able to hold 125 which makes recruiting much easier for them. I am on record saying that I think Zinkin beats Munarretto and the sidun at who's 1 so we shall see going o/u 4.5 points against Munarretto and 2.5 against sidun.

I think I mentioned this before but Blaze and Duke both got considerably better this year while almost entirely training at their high school and clubs which at best are comparable to Mccort/compound in terms of partners. He is also going to be in Stillwater a lot I assume.

I WISH I meant "we" from the perspective of my fellow forum friends watching behind the computer screen ready to post about every bad call and upset! I may go to RAF though although the card is not great.

every one seems to have 3 very good teams and 1 outlier. My lean was bottom left because I think Northern iowa is a bit stronger that little rock and Wyoming and the other 3 teams are very good althought top right probably has 3 teams that could maybe sneak on the podium without too much stretch of the imagination which I would say is not true for a few of the others at least not right now.

I'm sure it did not really register with me just how many incredible matches we get to see because of this event that we otherwise would not see until NCAA's. r1 alone Sinclair vs Ferrari Stanich vs Hardy Robideau vs Meyer??? Ruiz vs Facundo Mcneil vs larkin? Volke vs Ventresca Millard vs Miller Seidel vs Cannon? Mullen vs Hopke Greg d vs Spratley Young vs Cornella Swiderski vs Joy Mendoza vs Ayala/Bailey I'm sure I missed some.. god I love wrestling.

Would love to see kenny at tech, I really do not know how to project him weight wise. He feels like he has a lot of physical maturing to do which is exciting because I think once his body catches up to his ability he will be that much more incredible. Cam sontz is one of those guys that places absolutely everywhere, would love to see what a big win could do for his mental. Konopka was one of the most impressive guys at elite 8 for me I was 100% not expecting him to beat singer in the way that he did. I am always a bit hesitant about NE kids that don't wrestle a big schedule but he had a very good summer.

Blaze could be a 4x national champ and it was a one move match, so I don't think that's anything to really detract from him.

I thought Okst was in the mix for Borge but would lean Missou I also think they are very heavily in play for Bachmann. No idea on Kenny feels like a lehigh,rutgers,psu,ohio state type of kid. Absolutely no clue on Mastny but would love to see him stay home they are building a pretty salty team at Illinois.

He will absolutely get everyone's best!

I do not disagree entirely I think he would be a small 149 probably by next year a good sized 141. He was able to take a match off of stanich and was competitive in 3 of 4. He has also historically albeit against not as strong of competition been better at folkstyle. I would assume Stanich will high AA the next 3 years in college so I would be confident in using the transitive property that after another year of even slight development Bo would have a very good shot at being a 4x AA.

Marcus is super-fast to the corner I think it is partially his timing and ability to condense the amount of space he needs to get to the leg, but I would overall expect him to be faster. The Nishiuchi matchup will be fascinating, Ono score 2 offensive points and a passive point on him and Kiyooka only scored on counters against him. He also blanked Lilledahl a few years ago.

Probably holds 125 comfortably for the entirety of college which I think is huge.