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Are we really supposed to believe that UNI and all of the D2 and D3 schools in Iowa did not have anyone affected by this? I think he has a point to an extent.

7,6,8,6 finishes for Miklus. His hit list at NCAA's includes Eric Schultz, Ben Honis, Lorenzo Thomas, TJ Dudley, Jacob Holschlag. It appears that Miklus had a propensity to split matches with opponents. He split with TJ Dudley - winning in 2015 at NCAA's and in 2016 dual and losing in 2016 at NCAA's. He beat Nolan Boyd twice in 2015 then lost to him twice in 2016. In 2016 he beat Jared Haught in the dual and then lost to him at NCAA's. In 2018 he beat Preston Weigel in the dual and then lost to him at 2019 NCAA's. in 2018 he beat and lost to Jacob Holschlag at NCAA's and also beat him in the dual. In 2019 he lost to Josh Hokit in the dual, beat him at Big 12's and then lost to him at NCAA's.

Willie Miklus?? Brewer/Ashnault

Also would explain why he was calling the Nebraska-Campbell dual last week.

The term "generational talent" get thrown around a bit willy-nilly for my liking. A generational talent is one whom would be considered the best/most talented of their generation. For this current group of wrestlers I believe the generational talent should be assigned to Gable Steveson.

He was a HEW case. Travelled all over the country from the time he was 5-6 years old. He did rediscover some of that passion for wrestling at UNK and I believe he is coaching HS wrestling now.

Notice the 3rd placer at 103 @Husker_Du

If the requirement is a 4-year starter with no injures at 125 then pretty much no one is going to measure up. Even looking at Iowa - Spencer was a 4x AA, 3x Champ but had a bunch of injuries, Gilman "only" 3x starter, Clark moved up to 133, McDonough had injures, etc.

McDermott has pinfalled or been pinfellered in 7 out of 8 matches this year

He lived in SD as a kid. I did not lose much in AAU wrestling and was rarely outclassed when I did lose. He made me look like a fool on the mat. He went to apple valley MN for middle/high school and won 5 or 6 state titles. Ended up being a national finalist at Nebraska Kearney I believe.

Just speculation. If they want to see how he measures up against potential AA’a at the weight I think Wittlake would be a good measuring stick.

125- Ayala dec Kaylor 3-0 133- Whisenhunt dec Rhoades 3-3 141- Woods tf Belton 8-3 149- VV dec Tolentino 11-3 157- Franek mdec Menke 14-3 165- Caliendo dec Olguin 17-3 174- Arnold dec Wittlake 20-3 184- Munoz dec Swafford 20-6 197- Glazier dec Rademacher 23-6 285- McDermott fall Hill 23-12

I personally do not think they would have ranked McGonagle #1 but I could be wrong.

Do you think Suriano wrestled at 133 because the cut to 125 was too hard or because the cut to 125 was difficult AND he did not want to deal with Spencer? I believe it had to do with Spencer as well as the cut. I think you are picking nits to not say that Suriano (who placed 2,1 as a 125 lber) fits in to the criteria of an effective 125 lber.

Do you know where we can watch this dual?

Here is the question that should be asked.... If McGonagle beat Vito, would he be ranked #1?

When these guys are not on a full scholarship, it might cost them $40k a year in tuition just to come back depending on the school/in state tuition/etc...

Dude, Suriano was a NQ @ 125 (MFF due to injuries), 2nd @ 125, 1st @ 133, 1st @ 125.. He was a stud. Career record of 86-7 and the "worst" loss of his career was to DeSanto.

Do we really think that PSU is able to effectively train 133/141/149 pounders but are unable to effectively train 125 pounders? That doesn't make any sense. Sometimes there are just random events that take place that are out of the control of the coaches and the results do not make sense. Not everything is linear.

Well he was a Cadet world champ so I think his prowess coming out of HS was warranted.

Fell into a couple of nice slide-by takedowns from Olejnik. Mulvaney was able to penetrate and get to his legs multiple times but was unable to finish those takedowns. It will be interesting to see how he progresses throughout the year and if he is able to finish those shots as the season goes on.

Wells is the 4xer that was going to go D2 and decided at the last minute to go to Minnesota, correct? If so, looks like he made the correct decision.

Very possible. He is a great coach.

I did not see Griess over Pitzer coming. I have viewed Griess as a guy that beats the guys he is supposed to and loses to the guys he is supposed to. This might be a breakthrough victory for him. Nice win.