Truzzcat

Im a big fan of that WVU team in general I think strickenberger,Titus,Watters,Hall could all end up on the podium

I wish matty singleton was wrestling for NC state I think he would really push them to be possibly top 2

is it joey davis and carlton hasselrig?

This past weekend or two we've the seeming resurgence of Jakob camacho and richie figs. We also saw Tj stewart look absolutely incredible against dylan fishback. So it made me start thinking about lower seeded guys or guys that dont get the shine who could make noise at NCAA's and was wondering what your guys picks are. Me personally I like TJ, Figs and stephen little to do some serious damage relative to the publics perception of them.

i'm a bit concerned with any of the guys that are content with 1 score matches I think surtin may be my pick I really thought he should have gotten backs against spratley and the neck does not seem to be an issue. If camacho can get the cut down I think hes a strong pick as well aside from the obvious ramos.

There has definitely been a focus on making youth world teams that has come about in the last 10 years or so. That seems to be even bigger to a lot of kids than even like a super 32 belt. I think coupling that with the OTC and all the high level clubs kids are just much better overall at a younger age and especially at freestyle verses even 10 years ago. As for the greco results I think it is definitely less popular but also very few kids dedicate themselves to greco whereas in most other nations you specialize in greco at a very young age. Someone like Joel adams for example who is probably our best greco prospect in years has just in the last year fully committed to training it and that may just be for this olympic push. I think its hard to make up 8-10 years of training something specifically. Especially given the far bigger discrepancy between folk and greco than free and folk.

perhaps he will take a thing out of sidakov's book and adapt that outside step to a head outside low single to kinda get around the chest wrap. I will make up any scenario in my head I can for jordan to get on the team lol.

I wonder if training situations change when you transfer too. I would imagine they are not super keen on the idea that someone from another nation could take a medal. Thats why im interested to see how taz does moving forward being the primary threat to Sadulaev. All that said I think zhamolov could absolutely win a gold medal if hes healthy hes incredible at his best.

I believe he just had a knee scope for a meniscus. Just from looking at the position it looked like his knee rotated which could be meniscus or ACL but if he could not put any weight on it id lead more towards ACL if not both. That said spencer wrestled with no ACL's and Yianni won with a torn one from the quarters on so I would not put it past carter to do the same. What's most unfortunate to me is it appears to be the same leg he injured previously so I hope it does not hamper his future mma aspirations.

that's true I was thinking because he's 7-5 but he only has one bad loss and with the landscape of 125 he could end up being higher than I'm anticipating.

i will almost certainly be using figs as my guy at 125 in the wrestle stat nationals pick em

thought about making a thread but does not seem worth it. Any concern with snyders performance? silot is young and definitely tough but going down 5-2 at the break against someone you have previously teched the past two years seems mildly concerning. Perhaps silot has just gotten that much better.

hope he is ok as well even not being a PSU fan I think TB could still low AA but definitely nets enough points to keep them well ahead of everyone else barring anything insane.

yonger in my opinion starts the match down 1-0 to Wyatt for sure and potentially Kerk. While Kerk does not threaten on top nearly as much as Wyatt he could definitely put a good ride on yonger. I do not think yonger can go under Wyatt so to me its a tall task to beat both of them giving up a point essentially but he has looked outstanding this year.

not that seeding is very relevant for him but I guess it could be if hes really banged up, I wonder how you seed him at 12- (whatever to med forfeits count as).

awesome thank you hopefully hes good to go but having 3 weeks hopefully he can heal up a bit id still take a 70% Carter against the field.

guys are learning to not let olejnik get to a shin whizzer great match by Caliendo most offensive ive seen him this year.

how many matches do you need for an at large?

yoel romeros boogeyman

I think a meeting at the trials if it was a compelling match could potentially add fuel to the fire as well.

on FRL today the guys were debating if KOT going for 4 next year and bumping up against Carter going for 5 would be as big as the DT Dake rivalry. Was wondering what you guys thought.

I would certainly agree he is a none factor at 74 at this juncture but if he made 65 and felt ok I think he would do very well.

I think Meyer is trying to grow into being a 74kg guy its part of the reason he went 157 instead of 149. I would also imagine he does not want to be competing against yianni for a spot they seem super close. I saw someone on here say cox may go heavyweight so he does not have to cut. I'm not sure if there is any validity to that but I would certainly be interested. Chance beat the world runner up at 79kg and 92 at the last ranking series at 86 so im guessing hes feeling pretty comfortable there. As for nashon and desanto I believe 65 is their only realistic option. The main canidates to go down seem to be suriano,vito,fix and then zain to 65 and carter to 74. Those two seem like insane cuts to me but both have legit shots if they can do it and still be effective.

KOT winning 74 would be shocking but I give it a slight chance the guy he body bagged in u23 finals just took third at the European championships and is ranked 5th in Russia. Trumble has had a lot of success as of recently notably really pushing the Iranian that handled Snyder pretty soundly.

57 - Vito (this weight is hard to predict I think at his best hes certainly our best guy but we've not seen him at his best at this weight) 65 - Alirez (after teching Haji and beating beau without giving up a point I'm sold) 74 - Dake (I think O' toole may give him fits) 86 - DT (very excited for trent and brooks as well as zahid) 97 - Snyder (interested to see the trumble and cox matchups) 125 - Kerk I hope because I think he matches up best with Zare