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None of those predictions look too crazy to me. I think all of PSU's guys place but I wouldn't be too shocked if it was 8 or 9.

Joseph was a brave guy not afraid to go upper body with IMAR. I'm not sure he ever beat Marinelli!

I remember that cartoon, it was hilarious. I think Frank looked the cartoonist up and beat him to a pulp

I can't imagine anybody not betting on PSU to win it all unless there were heavy point odds, like in a bet on an NFL football game. The betting on which other teams make the podium would be the big money bets.

He was a lot more aggressive back in those days!

NU is pretty good, but I'd say the ceiling on AAs for them is 5 or 6 out of that group, unless they got super lucky.

Remember the "I choose down" moment by Molinaro in the finals against Dake? Molinaro got taken down and ridden like a donkey by Dake in the first period then chose down to start the 2nd period

Here's an old one. I actually knew JJ and his family. His dad was a preacher.

There are a lot of guys that would get teched by MM, and probably more than one of those teched guys will be AAs after next week.

I think he holds himself about on par with Kolat, which is insane.

I wouldn't care if my team's coach wore nothing but a smile if he made the team as good as PSU.

Wow, pretty impressive! Thanks!

I only bet on sure things, like poker

Hey, it's not "gambling" if you always win. Didn't your mama teach you that?

This is probably a stupid question, but have any Illinois wrestlers won any individual titles since Marianetti?

That's been Fix's problem in the big matches, he tightens up way too much. He needs to go crazy in the finals this year and utilize his quickness and power. Instead of waiting for the perfect shot, he needs to make some shit happen, he needs to wrestle aggressively. He's got some great offensive stuff if he would just use it.

You ain't wrong, he's a notch below those guys.

That seems pretty pessimistic to me. There are 6 "locks" to make the semifinals: Bartlett, Haines, MM, Starocci, Brooks and Kerkvliet. Davis is #1 seed but we all know 125 is nuts this year. Still, I think he's got a high chance to AA. 133 has Nagao, I have little doubt he finishes top 6. Kasak has wrestled very tough this year, I think he's got about 50/50 chance of AA (probably better than 50/50), and I think Truax will make the semifinals and thus AA. Plus PSU always amps it up at NCAAs. I think PSU has a very good chance to have 10 AAs. I'd say 50% chance or better. I also think they'll win at least 3 individual titles (174, 197, HWT), and probably another.

The problem with that prediction is that Carter Starocci is actually going to score at least 20 points regardless of where they seed him.

I thought for sure that Dustin Schlatter was going to win at least another couple titles after his Fr season.

"Those boys wrestle from their heart, and that's a mighty big place for a little ole wrestler to live. I like biscuits with mustard. Mmmm hmmmmm. " - Karl Sanderson

PSU will finish 75 points ahead of the 2nd place team. The usual rabble will scramble for places 2-5. I have PSU with All Americans at all weights except for Kasak at 149, and I give him a 50/50 chance of making AA. There are 2 other weights (133, 184) where I'm not 100% sure, but I think it very likely that Nagao and Truax place. There's a real chance that all of PSU's guys make AA and that 3 or more more win titles.

I think Hamiti is actually better than MM. I watched their match at Big 10s and was astonished at the ease with with Hamiti was taking MM down. I don't know if Hamiti lost track or gassed out, but that looked like a pretty lucky 5 point move in the 3rd for MM. I'll be rooting for MM because I like aggressive wrestlers, but I wouldn't be shocked if he lost in the semis or finals. I think he might be a little too aggressive for his own good and a savvy, technical wrestler like Hamiti could make him pay for it.

I have no idea. All I know is he's essentially a clone of his younger self and hasn't improved at all, at least to my eyeballs. Maybe he's gassing a little late in matches because he's getting old, hehe.