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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

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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.

I’d be surprised if Plott loses in the Iowa dual but stranger things have happened

That would be his 3rd redshirt in 4 years. If he stays at PSU his whole career hopefully he has about 3 degrees when he’s done

Doesn’t look like he helped sell too many tickets

Volk hasn’t wrestled since 11/23 and Novak did lose a match by injury default at CKLV, so seems like their injuries are likely legitimate

If you ask this question of Oklahoma State would there be anyone other than Plott?

That’s with no Teemer and OSU getting a major at 157. Flip that to an Iowa decision and it’s 17-15 OSU which is about where I’d have it right now.

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I nominate Cal State Bakersfield heavyweight Jake Andrews. Freshman year: 1-10 Sophomore year: 1-17 Last year: 7-16, best win was over wrestlestat #75, a backup for Cal Poly So far this year: 7-2, best win is over 2x NQ and wrestlestat #31 Trevor Tinker of Cal Poly and also has wins over wrestlestat #60 and 69, the most recent of which was a major decision in their dual against Michigan State. Dare I say possibly training with the Focus could have helped him? Any other nominations? Cal Poly’s Zeth Romney could be an option, but he was already pretty good last season. But he did lose 16-3 Evan Frost at CKLV last year only to beat him 7-3 this year.

I thought by Nomad saying that he was saying he was surprised by the seed based only on his calculation of the matrix. Could be wrong but I don’t think it’s the team’s coach that can contest it, but would depend on the coaches on the committee for that particular weight. I believe it was noted that Damion Hahn (Devos) was one of the ones for 174.

Whether or not he was injured doesn’t matter in the seedings. And yes, Welsh finished higher, that’s literally what I just said was the reason he got seeded higher at NCAA’s. But according to Nomad he had Starocci ahead of Welsh in the matrix going into B10’s and assuming Starocci would default out, so not sure what really changed. Looking at the metrics in the old Flo article explaining it, at worst Starocci would have had 50% against Welsh (Head to head + coaches ranking + winning %). And you’d think a tie would go to the 3x defending champ.