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Option 4: Wrestle heavyweight weighing ~230-235 and do just fine as many do. (If they walked around at 220 then 197 shouldn’t be a bad cut) Can you name some examples of guys who had AA potential but did not wrestle in college because there isn’t a weight class between 197 and 285?

125 Ventresca Dec Spratley 3-0 VT 133 Wittcraft/Hughes maj backup 4-3 OSU 141 Latona Dec Jamison 6-4 VT 149 Henson Dec Young 9-4 157 Fish Dec Hipolito 9-7 165 Amine Dec Church 10-9 OSU 174 Hamiti pin backup 16-9 184 Plott Dec Stewart 19-9 197 Smith/Sasso Dec Surber 19-12 285 Hendrickson maj Mullen 23-12 edit: messed up the math

I was assuming you were talking the score when they wrestled at CKLV…. But Schultz also lost to Luffman who I’d take Mullen over

Doesn’t this more maybe just mean Yianni outgrew 65kg as opposed to wrestling 149 in college having anything to do with it? We’ve also seen guys like Micic make major cuts from where they wrestled in college and have success, so I don’t think having 141/149 as the college weights really has anything to do with our lack of success at 65

No

He only beat Schultz 11-5 and I feel like Mullen is probably in a similar boat. I think it’s a major but not more than that. Could get proven wrong of course

I like this idea

This is not true. 220 in high school is often forfeited too, as @Gus says below

Big Jim Mullen not getting much respect. I don’t think he gets teched or pinned

Per year? Or total? This seems like peanuts compared to the slumlord’s offers

Fair enough. Speaking of CP, I’d gotta agree with him when he said that if they end up using Ferrari in the postseason that it was a monumental mistake to not use Arnold last year. That almost surely gets them a trophy, and possibly 2nd. That said, I do think Ferrari stays in redshirt. He does speak highly of the Brands so don’t think he’ll necessarily be upset if he doesn’t start this year. He’s also probably already getting the highest NIL offer anyway so not like he could get more elsewhere. Using him in the PSU dual could give him his shot at Starocci though (and save a loss for Arnold who would still have a shot in the postseason) Yeah I could see them using Ferrari against PSU for that reason if they think Ferrari is about even with Arnold. I’m still surprised they used him against ISU though…maybe that’s why people are assuming Ferrari must be better…

Am I the only one that’s surprised that people seem to be assuming Ferrari is better than Arnold based off one 8-2 win over a guy that is 2-6 in 3 trips to NCAA’s? I doubt either has a shot against Starocci, but I feel like Arnold has just as good a shot, maybe better

Bartlett has a higher chance to win than he does of finishing lower than 3rd IMO

Minnow

Hopefully for him this one is true which would take some heat off of him for accusing the UWW of antisemitism for not giving Amit Elor wrestler of the year when it was just because of rankings points

I could be wrong but I think the Flo guys said something about there being a question about whether wrestling in the All-Star might actually burn the redshirt

They could…

Barr interview on Baschamania. All in on Penn State culture and Jesus. National championship incoming

I’m not sure I’d really call a parent that only cares about their kid a “fan of the sport,” but to each their own.

Good interview on the Bader show. Seems to imply there’s a “good chance” he’ll try to go to Worlds this year. Spoke pretty highly of his time with the Bills, but didn’t get much into the WWE stuff.

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For most interesting and not necessarily most likely (although sometimes it’s both), I’d say: 125: Battles of transfers/current guys. Some combo of: Ventresca/Flynn Flynn/Ramos/Spratley Robinson/Poulin/Noto 133: Byrd/Ragusin usually brings the fire 141: Mendez vs Alirez last 2 champs 149: Henson vs Van Ness defending champ vs highest remaining placer from 2023 157: Taylor vs Downey rematch of controversial CKLV Saldate vs Fish former MSU Hipolito vs anyone 165: Mesenbrink vs Barraclough 174 and 184: Haines vs O’Toole, Starocci vs Keckeisen little chance it will be any different matchup 197: Ferrari vs Glazer Barr vs Beard 285: Steveson vs Kerk last 2 champs

The casual fan poll would probably go to Haines due to the bandwagon PSU fan factor

“First tier supporters” aren’t really the same as “fans” IMO. Does HS wrestling really have many fans that aren’t “first tier supporters”? NCAA wrestling does.

That wouldn’t increase numbers. You’re removing a middleweight where there are more participants and adding an upperweight where there are less participants. And that’s true even for 220’s in high school.