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With Olejnik being done and how he developed this year at OK State they will be in the running I’m sure. They have a well funded program.

OK State would make sense.

Cael seems like a very good athlete. He shows some of that explosiveness on reattacks but definitely has shown a lack of ability to generate his own offense against the elite guys.

SDSU 125- Tanner Jordan, Sr. 133- Derrick Cardinal, Jr. / Logan Swensen Fr. 141- Caleb Gross, Sr. / Logan Swensen Fr. 149- Alek Martin, Jr. 157- Cael Swensen, Jr. 165- Connor Gaynor, Jr. 174- Cade DeVos, Sr. 184- Bennet Berge, So. 197- Thomas Dineen, RsFr. / Quin Morgan Fr. 285- Luke Rasmussen, So.

He is not particularly tall or lengthy. I could see him making 157. He has got to be smaller than Haines.

Is Amine back for sure?

I had friends over that are brand new to wrestling to watch the finals last night. They thought the reviews were crazy and said “Isn’t wrestling a sport where conditioning is a huge component of the final outcome?” I would be okay with removing reviews altogether. Referee initiated reviews 100% need to go. It breaks up the flow of the match. If challenge bricks need to stay, I do like the idea of a failed challenge resulting in an opponents choice or even a 1 point penalty for a failed challenge.

I can think of a couple of Spencer Lee beatings he took that would have been as bad/worse. Outside of that you are probably right.

I like Fix. He’s very respectable and a good man. After the big 12 tournament last year I watched him take time to talk to every kid that approached him, take pictures, sign autographs, etc.

Carr should be considered for OW since he went through Hamiti, O’Toole, Mesenbrink

Sorry I did not mean Iowa. By hawks circling I moreso meant the NIL poachers (though I guess Iowa is in that group).

Sorry I should have chose a different word than hawks. I did not mean Iowa in particular but rather should have used the word poacher.

Both are planning to be back to use their eligibility

Ayala Vito Mendez Henson Haines Carr Starocci Keckeisen Brooks Kerk

The hawks are going to be circling Bailey and Little from Little Rock. I hope they both stay and help Erisman build that program.

He showed a lot of guts there. Tough kid!

He lost to him 14-8 at NCAA’s

JB thinks 6’0 195 pounds is an nfl player lol

That was a slick cradle from Hardy.

I'm biased but looked like a TD to me. Leg hooked and behind the arms. I thought the same.

What do y’all think of the first KOT - Carr takedown? Looked like a takedown to me. Great match. Those guys are warriors.

Olejnik beat him last time they wrestled I believe.

125 #8 Figueroa (ASU) #3 Ayala (Iowa) 133 #1 Fix (Ok State) #6 Arujau (Cornell) 141 #1 Mendez (tOSU) #2 Bartlett (PSU) 149 #4 Henson (VT) #6 Gomez (Michigan) 157 #1 Haines (PSU) #2 Teemer (ASU) 165 #1 O'Toole (Mizzou) #2 Mesenbrink (PSU) 174 #9 Starocci (PSU) #6 Welsh (tOSU) 184 #1 Keckeisen (UNI) #2 Salazar (Minny) 197 #1 Brooks (PSU) #3 Sloan (SDSU) (I have to go with my guy here. Total heart not head pick) 285 #1 Kerkvliet (PSU) #3 Hendrickson (AFA)

I was close….

Watters has such a fun style to watch. He is slick and a hammer on top. That being said, I have Henson winning a controlled match 7-2 with a couple of takedowns. Henson is strong and stingy.