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was really excited for JVD vs nagao they wrestle super similar on their feet

people seem to have figured out Davis's neutral game

yeah 7-6 I meant he also beat Carter young 15-2 and although hes also had varied success I think Carter young is quite good although inter squad matchups which are hard to take anything away from.

do we think JW cuts too much he looks so slick and complete at times and its hard for me to wrap my head around him beating Teague and majoring young but losing to WM who is solid but just not those guys

I have not read the entire thread so apologies if this was already postulated, but do we think Trent has a chance against Aaron he has seemingly jumped levels this year at his new weight and aside from his folkstyle success this year beat avantil kentchadze who had Sidakov beat at worlds without about 10 seconds left.

I would honestly be surprised if Vinnie walked around at 125lbs and I think mccrone could be a 133 or even 141 just by how young he still appears and his frame. They have davino coming in too but I doubt he sucks down to 125 although im not entirely sure what they plan to do with Nic if they think he can be a good enough sized 141 down the road.

Great episode was really cool to see willie back, will be hard to replace Ben just because his overall wrestling knowledge and also his perspective as a high level coach, hes also very funny. Would absolutely not mind Willie coming back just to be on the show I think he'd bring a lot for talking about high school wrestling which does not seem touched upon much anymore.

is there any chance there is a roster battle at 125 for Cornell too? greg d looked awesome against Sotelo and also stuck terukina he may be more vulnerable to a weird loss than unger but he also seems to have more upside.

when Imar came out to the champ is here in 2016 I thought that was pretty sick ballsy but sick.

okie state has the most bullets in the chamber in terms of AA caliber guys. If Robb/camacho find their form I could see both Nebraska and NC state being very tough too.

while I would love an excuse to say he should have another loss, watching it back it was definitely only 2 seconds so no danger TD. He may have been stuck but thats not reviewable and also probably rarely if ever going to get called in a position like that so quickly.

to shift the talk off nagaos schedule his seed will be very interesting at big10's now

TB would be an AA anywhere else at 157/165 real team guy for staying kinda hope he finds his way in the lineup next year or goes somewhere else to get on the podium

I don't think hes regressed he was 15-3 going into Big10's last year he lost to chris cannon, Fix, Brayden palmer. He was probably wrestling a bit over expectation for two weekends and now hes more back to what he was prior to big 10's and NCAA's.

they have Soldano over Bernie which im guessing is entirely because of the weight of a pin in the algo and soldano pinned rogotzke who pinned bernie despite soldano being 4-5 against common opponents and bernie being 10-3.

Im thinking Davis red shirts at 133 not saying he can't beat Luke id have to see Luke in folk against more high level guys but what he did to spratley at junior trials and seeing how spratley is probably a mid to high AA the way hes wrestling now I just don't see Luke sitting especially since Davis seems to still be growing. I think nagao could potentially be a 141 in 2 years as well his red shirt season he spent at 141. 157-174 is going to have AA level talent sitting for the next few years I just don't see how you get around it. Sealey was competitive with marinelli at senior nats, Ryder just bonused through Edinboro at 174 TB,levi,mitchell,Facundo and you have will henckle and Asher Cunningham (this kid has jumped levels like nobody ive ever seen in one year) coming in two years but they may be able to get henckle up to 184.

yessir biggest bullets seem to be rby at 57 although he did not look great with a 2kg allowance against deshazer and also gut taken down and gutted by kael lauridsen who's a college freshman training at the otc this year I wonder if the cut is hard for him and then Andreu I heard is the guy for Cuba at 65kg hes been good at 57 but I think he will be undersized and nick is probably just better anyhow.

watching masoumi move around mason and the proceed to get moved around by zare was one of the more alarming things ive ever seen in the sport. The two of them are 23 and 20 respectively although in iran that may mean 33 and 30 so they may have that weight on lock for a long time. Someone like greg is our best bet because of his size and being so dynamic but im not sure he can stay in the hand fight especially for 6 minutes his gas tank always concerns me a bit.

he won super 32 as an 8th grader but was teching state placers routinely as a 9th grader actually got stuck by ungar in the finals of states in a tilt from rear standing but he had beaten gary steen twice that year and gary was a menace in HS.

I agree herring seems to just be there because of the guys below him hes definitely a bit undersized for 145 by saturday theyll have 3lbs on top of the +2 they get post christmas so could see some very wild lineup moves. Gibson seems to have been really hindered by his injuries I remember watching him just kill kids his freshman years to losing to underclassman now as a senior.

he kind of did have to red shirt everyone was given a free year so it would have been foolish to not compete. He started the year at 157 and was undersized you also act like Jake Wentzel was not a national finalist this year. The benefit of taking a red shirt is immense he will still (if he wins) have 4 national titles in 5 years like most all the other 4x champs besides Dake and Yianni who did it in 6.

he gave up two pushouts in like the last 15 seconds in 2021 and then tsebalov beat sidakov in 2020 and zhamalov won that Russian nationals

he never red shirted aside from kyle all the other 4xers red shirted so I think it should count exactly the same

ryder kinda just ran through the edinboro open (very weak field) and I think luke could win ncaas if he was in college this year as wells as connor having already beaten wick and dean albeit in freestyle so I think all of those guys could go right away. Ryder did wrestle 174 I thought he may be a bit bigger I would guess facundo is better than him at the moment still but who knows.

I am by no means an Iowa hater I will probably be rooting for them in most of the matches Friday, but I have been of the opinion for awhile that the Brands should go regardless of the outcome of this dual. I feel like they have not done a great job of developing guys when you compare them to a program like PSU or ohio state or even a mizzou or NC state. They have a top recruiting class every year but a lot of those guys seem to stay at a relatively similar level that they came in at perhaps im being too critical. When you couple that though with the ferrari situation I just felt like that was a terrible decision all together and everyone seemed to know that.