Truzzcat

I personally hate when Russia does not have their best team because it takes away from us beating them, and I like to watch the best guys in this case though I feel like Sad is no longer threat 1 at 97 not just from his worlds showing but his rather lackluster Russian nationals' performance.

pyles made a video on this but I think Valencia has a shot at 65 i'm not sure about the others yet. The idea of Knox for forrest beating Nato is hard for me to wrap my head around. Sealey could make the finals but I don't see him getting past Cenzo and I think Sinclair is missing a little offense still to compete at the very highest of levels. Really hoping we get to see Bo vs Valencia and Knox vs Forrest as well.

The last chance qualifier takes place this Sunday and its filled with a ton of elite HS talent. Some of the names include Anthony Knox,Jax Forrest, Joe Sealey, Will Henckel, Aedon sinclair, Cole mirasola, Bo Bassett, Aden Valencia. If we fast forward 4-8 years I would not be shocked at all to see a lot of these names as national champs or potentially world team members.

I hope Scoles can make a jump this offseason I was huge on him in HS if they can maybe snag another transfer for 184 or heavy this is a podium contending team imo.

I don't think Yianni will fall below the 2,3 just looking at large body of work and having the overall h2h with McKenna. Bartlett coming in at the 4,5 will be interesting for lee and a potential Mckenna quarter would be brutal for yianni.

oh thats huge for him did not even consider that, how long off the scale for the second day?

he better hope he does not draw a Valencia/desanto/gross off the scale or if he does he puts them away in the first because their pace could get sketchy for him in the second after that cut.

hes wrestling 86kg for LCG so im guessing 184-197

I can't either butt apparently both he and PK certified at it this year.

125 - Spratley 133 - C. Hughes 141 - Carter young/Jamison 149 - Jordan Williams 157 - Teague Travis 165 - Hamiti 174 - Thomspon 184 - Plott 197 - Carroll (rumor has it hes trying to get down) 285- Cody Merill I think this team has 10 guys that could AA if it fits out this way obviously hughes,Merill,Carroll are relative unknown's but based on their HS pedigree I think they will be in that conversation/

the AWA pipeline alone may make you a top 2 team at this point. Keck,MM,Keegan will probably score 75 points themselves at nationals next year and possibly be champs at 165,174,184. I think the mirasolas and Sinclair are going to be problems immediately too. That would be super exciting if one of max or ben take a head coaching position simply because of the talent coming out of that club.

in his first season at Minnesota (2021) that he did not wrestle, wrestle stat had him listed as a 141 and then he started the year at 141 during his red shirt season before going down. Being a few years removed from that I would assume the cut is rather difficult which could be a reason for his lackluster year. I'm not sure he has another option to make the lineup besides going 133 though unless they opt to red shirt kasak which could be possible seems like a similar situation to zain after his true freshman year. even at 133 though I don't know that his position is safe if Lilledahl wants to go right away that could bump Davis up to 133 or vice versa.

yessir assuming he makes the team this year given how hes wrestle Yazdani the last 2 times I think making the team will be harder than winning worlds to him unless another Tazudinhov like guy comes out of nowhere.

he wrestled 160 his junior year of high school I believe that was the most recent

perhaps I'm looking at his career in too short of a time frame but I truly think what he's done from 2018 to now has been relatively unparalleled in both dominance and consistency.

I feel confident in saying DT was not in his prime when he was wrestling JB and he also was far too big for 163.4. Yazdani has lost 8 times in his career 5 of those are to David and those are his only 5 losses since 2016. It's a pretty fair argument to say Yazdani would be a 7 time world champ and 2 time olympic champ if DT was not walking this earth.

my only concern with SVN is health, I think this may be his third injury dating back to high school that has sidelined him for nearly an entire season. Generally guys with that type of injury frequency just keeping getting hurt, but I hope I'm wrong and he can stay on the mat because he will be in the discussion to win it next year.

I think if David wins this olympics he's the goat simply because if David Taylor never existed Hassan Yazdani would almost certainly be the goat, and DT is 5-1 against him. you can definitely argue given how long it took him to make the team that dings him but I don't think anyone has had a better 5-6 year stretch than David from 2018 to present day. I almost posted this and then remembered satiev, I am willing to go with a tie for first.

the field has very good burgers but its in toftrees resort which will likely be absolutely packed. champs is a cool bar but its more of a college vibe federal taphouse and voodoo brewing are going to be a more adult crowd and also have very good food. If you just want something quick id highly recommend el Jeffes its like chipotle but significantly better. Toftrees is gonna be about 10-12min from BJC same with voodoo and then the others I mentioned are all in walking distance.

I thought Olejnik made a big jump this year in terms of his offense despite his finish not really showing that. Could definitely see the same for Dean.

Ohio state has hammer but unless rogotzke and geog make jumpes and sammy can get back to close to his best form (I really hope he does hes a great kid and it would be an incredible story) I dont think they have the volume of scoring options psu has. They should still qualify all 10 next year and have at worst all their guys push close to the blood round +MM,Levi and I assume Kerk likely being in the finals and kasak,SVN,Lilledahl? also potentially getting there

Vito Alirez KD but I think he could wrestle KOT and not JB in the finals DT Snyder (I hope Aaron moves up but probably a pipe dream for this year) Large Greg

agree! I more so meant by the time he graduates.

125- Spratley 133- Hughes 141- Jamison 149- Williams 157- Saldate/Travis 165- Hamiti 174- Brayden thompson 184- Plott 197- Surber/Cody Merill 285- Carroll (I hope) Doucet if the freshman can make some good jumps in level with another off season + weights losing guys this seems like a pretty dangerous team

I would not be shocked if he ends up at 184 he is really think but has a huge frame