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Tough pull for Gaitan down to 165 or has Euton just gotten that much better? That is a surprising result to me. Gaitan was R12 at 174 last year.

I would imagine the usual suspect will be on this. Iowa, tOSU, Rutgers all seemingly have plenty of money and a roster need for 197.

Christian is not near as bad as some of these guys make him out to be. Not my favorite, but certainly not the worst.

Should be a very close dual. We have not seen Surtin or Elam wrestle yet this year for Mizzou. I think they will need to have both of those guys go if they want to win this dual. All rankings below are intermat rankings. 125- #12 Noah Surtin or Gage Walker (Mizz) vs #13 Eddie Ventresca (VT) 133- #29 Kade Moore (Mizz) vs #10 Connor McGonagle (VT) 141- #13 Josh Edmond (Mizz) vs #18 Sam Latona (VT) 149- #24 Logan Gioffre (Mizz) vs #1 Caleb Henson (VT) 157- #32 James Conway (Mizz) vs #25 Rafael Hipolito (VT) 165- #14 Cam Steed (Mizz) vs #19 Connor Brady or Mac Church (VT) 174- #1 Keegan O'Toole (Mizz) vs #4 Lennox Wolak (VT) 184- #12 Colton Hawks (Mizz) vs #5 TJ Stewart (VT) 197- #4 Rocky Elam or Aedon Sinclair vs #13 Andy Smith or Sonny Sasso 285- #20 Seth Nitzel (Mizz) vs #15 Jimmy Mullen (VT) Below are my predictions which are just guesses as to who will wrestle with zero inside knowledge. 125- Ventresca dec Surtin (3-0 VT) 133- McGonagle dec Moore (6-0 VT) 141- Edmond dec Latona (6-3 VT) 149- Henson mdec Gioffre (10-3 VT) 157- Hipolito dec Conway (13-3 VT) 165- Steed wbf Church (13-9 VT) 174- O'Toole mdec Wolak (13-13) 184- Stewart dec Hawks (16-13 VT) 197- Elam dec Sasso (16-16) 285- Mullen dec Nitzel (19-16 VT)

I would venture to believe that it did indeed happen if NPR, NBC and CNN are all coming against it, knowing their very liberal bias. It is a absolute shame and should result in firing anyone that issues these edicts.

As a South Dakotan, I can say that John Thune is nothing more than a career politician bought and paid for by corporations. We does not serve the people of SD well. Neither does Mike Rounds for what it's worth.

If I had to guess I would go 125- LL 133- Davis 141- Blaze 149- SVN 157- Duke 165- MM 174- Haines 184- Barr 197- Mirasola 285- Mirasola Ryder will be in the mix at 184. It is possible that Duke and Blaze redshirt but there really is no need with how good they are. If Lilledahl outgrows 125 then I would suspect that Nate Desmond would step in right away and Lilledahl would man 133, pushing Davis to the bench. If Duke redshirts then I would expect Sealy, Kasak and Facundo to battle for the 157 spot. The depth of this team is insane.

That's awesome! Hope he competes well. An incredible comeback story regardless of the results.

Could they? Sure anything can happen. That said; PSU, Iowa, OK State are very likely to place higher than them and top 3. The next tier of teams vying for the 4-5 spots would include; tOSU, Cornell, VT, Iowa State, Nebraska and Mizzou. I would love to see my jackrabbits as well but someone will really have to emerge for us to make that jump. Im not sure Stanford has enough high end placers to push teams like tOSU and Nebraska out of the top 5.

Yep that’s right. Dropped three straight to Noto, Trevor Anderson and McCrone

If I am remembering correctly a similar situation happened for Camacho last year

For full disclosure, I have on my blue and yellow jackrabbit glasses making these picks. 125: #3 Jore Volk, Wyoming vs #6 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State I will pick Jordan in a dec 4-1. Volk is 3-1 against Jordan. The matches have been generally close. WS prediction is Volk 6-5. 133: #2 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock vs #4 Evan Frost, Iowa State I will pick a MDec 14-5 for Bailey. Bailey is 1-0 against Frost (with a TF 15-0 win). WS prediction: 7-5 Bailey 141: #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #3 Beau Bartlett, Penn State I will pick a dec 7-2 for Mendez. Mendez is 2-1 against Bartlett. WS Prediction: 6-5 Mendez 149: #2 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #3 Ty Watters, West Virginia I will pick a dec 9-5 for Van Ness. These two have never met. WS prediction: 8-7 Watters 157: #4 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs #5 Peyten Kellar, Ohio I will pick a dec 5-4 for Kasak. These two have not met. WS prediction: 8-5 Kasak 165: #3 Hunter Garvin, Stanford vs #4 Peyton Hall, West Virginia I will pick a dec 8-7 for Hall. Garvin is 1-0 against Hall with a 14-4 win at NCAA's last year. WS prediction: 8-6 Hall. 174: #2 Levi Haines, Penn State vs #3 Cade DeVos, SDSU I will pick a dec 6-4 for DeVos. These two have never wrestled. I am picking this because I cannot in good conscience go against my jackrabbits on a big stage. WS prediction: 8-3 Haines 184: #1 Carter Starocci, Penn State vs #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa I will pick a dec 7-6 for Keckeisen. These two have never met. Biggest match of the night! WS prediction: 6-5 Keckeisen 197: #5 Stephen Little, Little Rock vs #9 Zac Braunagel, Illinois I will pick a dec 4-2 for Braunagel. These two have not met. WS prediction: 8-6 Braunagel 285: #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State vs #7 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell I will pick a dec 14-7 for Feldman. These two are 1-1 against each other with an injury default loss for Feldman and then a 10-4 win for Feldman at NCAA's. WS prediction: 8-7 Feldman.

I blame AOC for this young man punching another student. Had he not stalled, Mr. Palmer would never have been provoked to strike.

The NWCA All-Star Classic matches are set for November 16, 6pm (CST) and can be viewed on Flowrestling. Great to see two of my Jackrabbits in the mix as Cade Devos was substituted for Rocco Welsh at 174. Does this mean Rocco is going to stay at 184 this year?? What are your predictions for the matches? Below are the match ups from Flowrestlings website: https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12980965-nasir-bailey-vs-evan-frost-2024-nwca-all-star-classic-preview NWCA All-Star Classic Matches Mens 125: #3 Jore Volk, Wyoming vs #6 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State 133: #2 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock vs #4 Evan Frost, Iowa State 141: #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #3 Beau Bartlett, Penn State 149: #2 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #3 Ty Watters, West Virginia 157: #4 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs #5 Peyten Kellar, Ohio 165: #3 Hunter Garvin, Stanford vs #4 Peyton Hall, West Virginia 174: #2 Levi Haines, Penn State vs #3 Cade DeVos, SDSU 184: #1 Carter Starocci, Penn State vs #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa 197: #5 Stephen Little, Little Rock vs #9 Zac Braunagel, Illinois 285: #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State vs #7 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell

He has stated himself that he was held back because of covid.

I think Gabe would fair better against Haines because Starocci is just the better wrestler at this point in time in my opinion. Starocci was a very big 174 pounder last year and I think he is one of those guys that will still look like the biggest guy in the weight class when he moves up to 184. Haines pretty much stomped everyone last year but he did have some close matches with very defensive wrestlers. Well, really only Will Lewan. But Gabe Arnold's defense might be on par with a guy like Will Lewan. If you can keep the match close, then you have a shot at the end.

Yep, so he won't be a 20 year old wrestling in high school.

He is 17 and will be turning 18 this year. He will be 18 / 19 as a senior in HS. Not 20.

I believe that bassett will turn 18 this year and thus be an 18 year old junior this year. He will turn 19 next year and be a 19 year old senior, not a 20 year old. This is really not that uncommon at all.

Likewise. He looked too small for the weight and does not have a great frame for the weight class. Obviously others with a similar frame have had success at 197 but I agree that 184 would be a better weight class for him. Maybe even 174.

Could be two escapes and two penalty points for Starocci defiling his grave.

Oh you mean like he did the first four years that he was president when he was murdering people? Get out of here with that nonsense.

They keep saying Cassatt on Flo but I think that’s Sinclair.

For what it is worth, the people that I know that are Trump supporters do not have signs in their yard because they view the signs make them a target for the "tolerant left" and do not want their property destroyed.

He is getting a retirement gift from UWW. Shoes are still on though so is he really retiring??