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I'm wondering if guys in the position of DT and JB just did not even have in their frame of thought the idea of them losing so they had no plans on what to do in the moment and then did not want to do anything rash when that came to reality. In JB's case I think it was more of the crowd and potentially him wanting to give 79 another crack.

a ton of the guys seem to be from the navy RTC or army RTC

I think if we were more competitive internationally greco would be more enjoyable for me. I never enjoyed wrestling it personally (largely because I hand fought like a b*tch) but its hard to get super invested in the matches when we probably won't medal anyhow. I do think its really cool how good the service academies seem to be right now though.

saw an interview that Blaze was warming up with Mendez and that he works out there a lot. Thats all I need to hear to tell myself its a lock he goes to Ohio State so here's a 2025-2026 lineup 125: Vinny k/Mccrone 133: Davino/Bouzakis/Blaze 141: Davino/Bouzakis/Blaze/shaw 149: Mendez 157: Birden/Gallagher/V. Bouzakis 165: Birden/Bouzakis/Gallagher 174: Welsh 184: Rogotzke 197: Geog/Transfer maybe 285: Feldman I still think the best move is to RS Jesse,Rogotzke,welsh, (Feldman if he used a medical his TF year) next year so you get two years with the current guys and all the young guys.

unfortunately it is, he also "died of a broken heart"

Having gone to a lot of PSU matches and then this event while they are PSU fans at the end of the day, the bad ones are the ones that never wrestled and are purely fans of PSU athletics in its entirety or are fans because they are so dominant. Generally the most obnoxious ones are the ones that have no idea what's going on and its very evident. When you have an alumni that size and pair it with a program that good I think its rather unavoidable. All that to say I agree with you but I don't want to lump the bad into the true wrestling community because I don't believe most of them are.

he said something along the lines of "its over Jordan its over go home"

just got back session 2 reactions we have three guys that would be world medalists at 86kg I was rooting for Zahid and think the singlet grab was inconsequential on the match and was a crazy call, however I think had their not been two challenges Zahid would not have gotten to that point given his gas tank. Jess Mendez gets better every time I see him I think had that been a zain off the scale he would have won. I know thats purely speculative and probably a dumb claim but just my thoughts. Nick Lee does not get enough credit for how he freestyles. What I mean by that is his ability to get out of exchanges that should be 2 for the other guy with 2 and 2 as well as his par tear offense. Isaac Trumble is a bad man (I would like credit for the thread I made in January) Ive never been more disappointed with wrestling fans than I was with how they treated Burroughs. I think Nolf wrestled a brilliant match tactically but I don't know how he was not cautioned and or put on the clock but my god that double was nasty. the head push was completely out of bounce but the refs needed to step in sooner because MM was being a prick. Hayden zillmers back makes me insecure. Gillman and lee both looked outstanding I think Gillman takes it if it goes 3 but I think the scale may do him in. Despite our "golden era" of guys winding down I feel like we have never had the depth we do currently and we will be just find moving forward and potentially even better,

just got back from session 1 major takeaways. The high school kids are absolutely unreal cox looked like he was about to die post match Shapiro looked dreadful compared to my standards for him. Facundo if it translates to folk will be ready to AA Spencer looks healthy and has insane hips Yianni looked really good aside from when he looked really bad Carter looked really undersized MM may have something to say about a Dake Burroughs rematch Jesse gets better every time I see him

I do not have the highest of hopes for manville being an impact guy at least right away. Hes taken more losses since march than I've seen him ever take and Bassett just teched him in free at a Fargo qualifier. Mind you Bassett could AA right now but for a guy that has relied on dominating the hand fight it feels like he needs to be at the perfect weight.

any idea what they do with ysaguirre? is he big enough to go 149 and Larkin 157? or bump Vasquez and throw ysaguirre out at 141?

I think if Larkin goes 149 its pretty much a wash although they probably don't have anyone on his level for 157 okie state feels like a program that fits the vibe check for him perhaps they are assembling all of the infinity stones.

I cannot lie to you I was not familiar with the PSU landscaping game but I will definitely be tuning in moving forward.

thinking SVN 157 kasak 149? or Sealey going right away at 157 or dare I say TB back down to 157

Major takeaways, sounds like hes coming back to college (maybe at 197) sounds like hes gonna wrestle for awhile talks about going 86 for the future makes me think Aaron will be going 92/97 moving forward

have not watched but I know its gold

am I the only one that was not aware that Pat was rather unreal in HS/when before he took his hiatus in college did not realize he qualified for the 2012 olympic trials and won a silver at u20's that year.

zou vs uulu r2??? thats brutal.

@Husker_Du Just looking at some of the 2025 class guys, any idea where Dorian olivarez may be looking? Or is he even planning on going to college or just grappling and transitioning to mma.

If they can add Marcus Blaze to that recruiting class it may up pushing psu's for the #1 class of 2025

Ohio state snags another big one for the class of 2025 with 1x pa state champ 1x super 32 and Fargo champ Maddox Shaw. Feels like he has a really good style for college he's great on the mat, not sure what weight he projects out at he's pretty long I'd guess 149/157.

I think its a weird and rather odd situation with mason. You have a kid that in middle and early high school that was probably a top10 potentially top 5 recruit for his entire class that has now had a couple semi serious injuries and does not seem to be progressing in his wrestling potentially regressing given his early success. I would venture to guess a lot of that is mental and can be fixed but I would imagine he's looking for a full scholarship and maybe some NIL and I'm not sure how many teams are willing to give that with his current trajectory, not to look too much into a single match on the backside but the kid he lost to for third and fourth at states is going d2.

I wonder if you see Ohio state punt next year and RS rocco and Jesse. Their best possible teams will be 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 I think looking at their recruiting. You get two years with davino and Birden and potentially two definitely one with vince. Cannon and kharchla are both good options at 141 and 174 respectively for one year.

rumors were the cut was brutal for him this year, which is kinda crazy considering he was once a 141 but hes so tall I think he's probably taller than most 157's.

great snag for OSU I think he has a higher ceiling than his older brother and should fit in well to got back to back with Birden in the future.