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I absolutely am as a UNI fan. 9th place finish last year, which was pretty disappointing, and now just hoping for top 30 this year. If Downey gets upset, UNI might not have anyone advance to Friday with how the guys ended the season.

Year just didn’t pan out for UNI. Guys like Farber, Simma, and Anderson didn’t improve, Land and Voelker got hurt, and nobody really stepped up at 157 and 197. Might be a tough couple years coming up.

Similar thing happened a month or two ago, I forget what dual it was. He was able to walk off the mat that time but for this to happen twice in a couple months is not a good sign, especially when the head contact doesn't seem anything out of the ordinary.

He tore up Cory Land's knee last year in Vegas, I think

Interesting. I’m trying to get into that Facebook group now lol

possibly this

Yep. Gunderson wrestled McEnelly last year and lost 11-9. Walrath lost to Jersey Robb and Brock Fettig this year at open tournaments and didn't really beat anyone worth mentioning, but also had a close loss to McEnelly last year. With that, and assuming that Keck has made them better, I'm hoping they turn out to be hammers like UNI has had the last 6-7 years at 184, and one of them can go up

With the Rathjen news, and also learning that Thomsen has another year, here's what I think might be UNI's best chance. 125: Anderson 133: Land 141: Farber 149: Rathjen 157: Downey - I know he's said he'd really like to move up, but I'm ignoring that for now as that throws off everything else 165: Thomsen 174: Simma 184: Gunderson/Walrath 197: Gunderson/Walrath 285: Voelker If Gunderson and Walrath are as good as I've heard people say, UNI could be looking at qualifying all 10 again. Quite a few team points lost in Keck, but UNI should still be pretty solid top to bottom.

Rathjen to UNI

A pretty reliable insider at Panthernation.com (hilariously bad site in terms of functionality) has stated that Keck to the Cowboy RTC is a done deal, basically. Roper was the reason Keck stayed at UNI the entire time

god that hurts

You’re absolutely right. Some people think Voelker could bump up to heavyweight, which could make room for both Walrath and Gunderson at 184 and 197.

UNI 125: Anderson 133: Farber/Land 141: Farber/Land 149: Don't know 157: Downey 165: RJ Weston maybe? 174: Simma 184: CJ Walrath? 197: Voelker 285: Grant Stromberg Won't be any true freshmen that will fill any gaps in this lineup as Schwab redshirts everyone. Kind of hard to imagine UNI getting a transfer who will start as that's not really UNI's vibe, but it's happened before. Should be solid at 125, 133, 141, 157, 174, and 197, but unless they get a transfer, 149 will probably be a black hole. I remember people being high on Weston last year but he never cracked the lineup for reasons I can't remember - maybe he just got beat out by Downey and Thomsen. Walrath is supposed to be decent, I think. Stromberg probably has a ways to go before he's a solid D1 heavyweight. Will be interesting to see how Schwab and staff take their success this year and build on it. Can probably assume they'll be solid at 184, whoever it is. So 149, 165, and heavyweight are probably the biggest questions.

What does the PA guy say when the ref slaps the mat for the pin? I've never been able to figure out what he says right before he says "PURDUUUEEEE"

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