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My observation from that match is that Starocci does not need to penetrate deep to get in good position on a leg attack. He had some half penetrations where he barely touched Nolf's leg and he was able to suck in the leg seemingly with ease. Impressive strength.

I see 2 AA’s - Barnett and Hamiti

Flo had Haines at #13 p4p as a senior and Paddy at #3 p4p as a senior

Do you actually think that Bastida or Elam are potential finalists at HWT? I would be shocked if we did not see a combo Kerk, Hendrickson, Cassioppi, Shultz & Davison in the finals.

There is a high school kid from Iowa (State runner up last year) named Rowdy Neighbor.

Feldman spent most of the year rehabbing from neck surgery

Isn't Cutter Sheets more of a room guy?

Messenbrink vs a hurricane... who wins?

Best chance for an upset is for the whole team to get the flu at NCAA's

I got Sasso vs Shapiro in the finals at 149.

Bryce is good and arguably the most exciting wrestler in the country but I think it would quite him best to stay at 157. I don’t think he has the size or physical strength at this point to knock off the top 165 guys. He’s a legit title contender at 157 and probably doesn’t AA at 165.

Aren’t one of the Mirasola’s going to be HWT?

Don'f forget that Pitzer will be coming off of redshirt as well. Amos seems like a great kid but his best career win is a 2-0 win over Cardenas and then probably a win over Gavin Hoffman or Michial Foy. I am stuggling to see how he is going to go from a top 20 guy at 197 to an AA up a weight.

SDSU 125 - Tanner Jordan - NQ was 1-2 at NCAA's last year. Really hard working kid and I would expect him to qualify again and have a similar performance. 133 - Gabe Tagg / Derrick Cardinal - Hoping to see Gabe Tagg this year. He will likely be a fringe NQ. 141 - Clay Carlson - AA last year, placing 5th. Hoping for a repeat performance from Clay. 149 - Alek Martin - Martin got better as the season went along last year. Another fringe NQ for the Jacks. 157 - Cael Swenson - Swenson finished R12 at NCAA's last year losing to Will Lewan to place. Hoping he can take the next step up onto the podium. 165 - Tanner Cook - A healthy Tanner Cook is a dangerous man. He can pin anyone, at anytime. He will qualify and it likely a 2-2 at NCAA's kind of guy with the depth at 165. 174 - Cade Devos - Devos fell to Mocco in R12 last year to miss out on AA honors. He will be in the 6th-R12 range again this year. 184 - Bennett Berge - 184 clears out a lot this year with Brooks and Hidlay going up and those that graduated moving on. I would not be surprised at all to see Berge in the AA mix. His redshirt season had ups and downs. He has been a hammer in freestyle and hopefully increased mat time will result in more consistency. 197 - Tanner Sloan - Runner up last year. Will be in the mix to win it again this year with Brooks, Hidlay, Elam & Buchanan HWT - Bowden McConville / Luke Rasmussen - Do not have a ton of knowledge on either guy. McConville has the best win of either beating Tyrel Gordon last year. I will predict 8 NQ's and 3 AA's for the Jacks and a team finish in the 12-18 range. Sloan and Carlson close out there careers with another AA finish and one of Swenson / Devos / Berge finds the podium. Hahn and Simaz do a great job of developing the team so it will be fun to see who makes a leap this year. Go Jacks!

I’m not sure if Meredith is an upgrade over Jordan at 125. I also hope to see Tagg next year at 133. Carlson will be back at 141.

Bennett Berge 184 SDSU is coming off redshirt

You are giving Minnow way to much credit.

Tate was a decent sized 182 pounder in high school last year. Would be a big jump to college 197 right out of the gate.

I have heard we won’t ever see Swiderski down at 141 again. That was a very hard cut.

Minnow and Willie took something that was isolated to the GIA message board and blasted it all over the place. Definitely not cool.

Tom Ryan seems like a great guy

Good luck to Austin. Like him or not he always put on a show. Things are looking tough in Madison.

I think Chittum is going to be very good. He wrestles a classic Iowa style with high pace and looking to score in bunches. He will be in the mix to AA right out of the gate IMO. Think a 157 pound version of Desanto. VV wrestled everyone pretty close last year but lost most matches against AA level guys. Best wins are Jaden Abas and Kellyn March. VV used to be devastating on top in HS so it will be interesting to see if he gets back to riding and turning more.

I tend to agree with what you said here. This is not a great look for Bob and definitely something that you don't want one of your biggest donors saying but he was not the person in the thread calling Alli a "skank" (which is a horrible thing to say obviously).