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Yep

No. He plans to win NCAA's and qualify that way.

Mirasola beats Max Dean on a takedown with 7 seconds left.

Is the merkle position not a takedown in freestyle?

Hard to believe how good some of these HS kids are. Lilledahl and him have been impressive. Sealy and Mirasola also.

Kolozdik forgets to wrestle the last 7 seconds of the match and Beau Bartlett secures a takedown to beat him on criteria.

Pretty impressive win by Mirasola as a HS kid competing at 86kg. Owen Webster is pretty tough and he had nothing for Misasola.

Anyone else just lose the stream?

Campbell has a top 25 guy in Levi Hopkins at 197.

It is one of the reasons why football is so popular. Every single game matters.

Didn't he leave when OKst had the year where they were not allowed to compete at NCAA's due to the rules violations? Pat Smith redshirted that year and I believe that Alan Fried stayed and just lost a year of eligibility.

Gomez is a legit title contender for sure. He is a tier 1 guy with Lovett, Henson and Parco.

It would just end up watering down both 197 and 285 though. Maybe if the upper weights were just stretched out a bit 174, 190, 210 or something like that?

When I say that Fix is his guy I meant more than just a wrestler on his team. Daton has been the center of OSU wrestling for the better part of a decade and has had tremendous success (2,2,2,4 at NCAA's and a world silver medal). He is the face of the program and revered in Stillwater. Crookham is a tough up and comer and I think Smith is more or less saying pump the breaks on this guy until he wrestles my stud (who he thinks will kick Crookhams butt).

I think the development of Olejnik this year shows that the Okie State crew knows how to coach. Some of Olejnik's low level leg attacks have him looking like a young John Smith. A good Okie State is better for wrestling as a whole in my opinion.

Cormier doesn't seem afraid to send his big time HS studs to Stillwater. See Cody Merrill. Do we know that Espo left the program on bad terms? The olympic training center is a sweet gig for coaches. Good pay, no knocking on doors and recruiting, good location, etc. With a young family, the olympic training center coaching gig would be much better for work life balance.

Brooks biggest tests are going to be Hidlay and Ferrari. He is favored in both matches for sure but that will be his toughest competition. FWIW Rocky Elam and Stephen Buchanan fit the bill of big, lengthy, strong 197 pounders that could in theory give Brooks a tough match.. But after watching his beat down on Sloan at the all star classic I have a hard time envisioning it. There is not anyone keeping up with Starocci at 174 this year in my opinion. He made the #2 guy look like he was scared to be out there against him. It is possible someone like Gabe Arnold could emerge and push for a title chance against Starocci but getting to the championship and beating Starocci are two different challenges.

I would say yes, they are top 5 now still. PSU, Iowa, Ohio State, OK State seem to be the clear top 4 programs when you consider tradition, support from the university/alumni, success, etc. The fifth spot is more up for debate

Shah-pie-roh

It would be notable if Smith said he thought Crookham would beat Fix. Of course he thinks Fix would beat him and that Fix should be #1. That is his guy.

I would be shocked if these guys have not rolled.

Rudis makes nice knee pads

Is there an update that I missed with Carlson?

Aden Valencia has had some very impressive senior level results the last couple years.

Stanford looked like a team on the rise at CKLV.