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MPhillips - who is the best 57 in the room and who is the best 65 in the room according to your sources? I am not sure if I could say the best 125, 133, 157 and 165 weights are. I think for sure 141, 149, 197 and 285 are crystal clear, 174 I have for Carson and 184 would be Rocco if he was wrestling - I think?

I suspect he may make a decision after Christmas. There are a lot of moving parts with Ohio State's lineup due to injuries and delayed wrestle offs. Gallagher had a pretty good CKLV which makes me think, Gallagher might be the better option at 157. Cannon just beat Chittum so there could be a pending wrestle off with Gallagher and Cannon.

Shapiro has his issues for sure, but in watching the match, clearly he is suffering from head injuries. This is really sad because once it happens, it is very unlikely to be reversed. The only one to overcome that I am aware of is Helen Maroulis. She had to step away, get some type of special treatment and seems to have recovered quite nicely.

I’m quite certain he will compete for a spot. Anyone around the program and RTC knows that he practices. How effective when it’s time to make weight and compete is not known.

Anyone have a read on Iowa wrestle offs? When are they and any insight around 125, 165, 174 and 184?

I’m not sold on Duke just yet but he keeps proving me wrong. I don’t think we have enough appreciation for Blaze just yet. It’s probably because his style is so defensive and it doesn’t wow you. People are who they are so I’m not sure that he will become an offensive juggernaut but if moving up to 65kg helps with his energy and gives him a couple more offensive attacks, I do think he is Olympic gold caliber.

My bad, I stand corrected regarding 141. Still don’t see him going 165 in march

I don’t see Sammy going 165. He last competed at 141 and was severely injured. It would be a tall task for a healthy person to bump 3 weight classes and I don’t see that happening. I also think Sammy will still have the desire to win a title. Unless Messenbrink gets hurt, he is winning 165. 149 is the best option for Sammy to win a title, followed by 157. I see him in March at one of those 2 weights.

Ohio State will have 2 different teams. Pre-Christmas OSU 125 - Kilkeary + McCrone 133 - Bouzakis + Davino 141 - Mendez 149 - D’Emilio + Cannon 157- Gallagher 165 - Hepner 174 - Welsh 184 - Rogotzke 197 - Shumate 285 - Feldman Post Season OSU 125 - Kilkeary 133 - Bouzakis 141 - Mendez 149 - Cannon 157- Sasso 165 - Kharchla 174 - Welsh 184 - Rogotzke 197 - Shumate 285 - Feldman i see Kharchla and Sasso coming in second semester and taking 157 and 165. The two weights I have the least confidence is 125 and 149. I could see coaches sending 125,149,157 and 166 to the southern scuffle to finalize those weights for the post season.

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1 - holding back has been very popular for good reason before NIL. It allows for better physical and mental development-please don’t try to argue against this. 2-in the NIL era, there are far more “potential rewards” for wrestlers than there have ever been, so giving your athlete the best chance often means, great coaching, great academics and holding back for max preparation for college. 3-I have asked my wrestling kids if they wanted to hold back and the conversation maybe lasted 1 minute. It was a quick no and we moved on. Oldest started high school weighing 103 on a full feed and did just fine. Youngest is tracking the same and we are not holding back. I have several friends that held their kids back. It was hard during the holdback year, then good for 2-3 years and then possibly a mistake for the senior year because their kids were top 5 in the country and were basically untouchable without going to national events. 4-Caring parents often look out for the best interests of their kids and should be left to make decisions that are in their best judgment. Rules should be in place to protect the kids. I would bet that there are a lot of holdbacks in football because the physical maturity that is needed in such a punishing contact sport. 5-maybe the question back to the coach is, why can’t you prepare my kid without being held back 6-coach is a good guy and just telling it like it is!

Will there be a cake with entertainment?

Crazy to look at that list and say zero, but if I had to pick one, I’d pick Mirasola. I think he is great today and will compete in a weight class with less high quality competition. The other guys will likely cross each other or other 2-4x champs in their way.

So much can change for 25/26 but it’s always fun to speculate. And yes, this team should be a contender. 125 Kilkeary 133 Davino 141 Blaze 149 Mendez 157 Cannon 165 Bouzakis 174 Birden 184 Welsh 197 Rogotzke 285 Feldman

Why I the world would you keep any of the old staff. They are going to be dead weight against the direction DT is going. Admin stuff is overrated and can be figured out pretty easy. It’s pretty hard to change people and DT needs to remove all barriers and make it his way. He will make a mistake or two along the way, but thats okay for someone that brings a lot to the table.

I'm not sure if you are being serious. Brooks just took out DT while maybe not even being eligible for the olympics. DT screwed Bo back when he had surgery on his knee and didn't tell Bo so he could drop down to 86. Brooks and Nickal are not buddies with DT.

Well, not so fast there. Do you know how many recruits Coleman misled and said he was staying at UNC?

Do you not remember the wet mat fest with Cox? No way. yes to Kennedy and Gilman.

Laughing now! It began with NIL and Iowa, followed by Michigan and now Oklahoma State. There will be a new champ in the next 5 years.

Best take away I had was Sammy might be back second semester. To me, that means Sammy is coming back, but doesn’t want to take classes.

any other nuggets from the banquet? Does that mean Levi beats Mitchell?

Good picks but do you have any good reason for MM and Haines swapping weights? Same with PK bumping up to 197?

125 - Ayala 133 - Crookham 141 - Mendez 149 - Sasso 157 - Haines 165 - Messenbrink 174 - O'Toole 184 - Keckeisen 197 - Cardenas HWT - Hendrickson I only have 2 PSU champs next year, but the overall depth of the team will likely have 7+ AAs making it hard to beat them. Yes, I know, I pulled out the hollywood script for Sasso.

Penn St has had an amazing run atop of college wrestling. He made his money in the upper weights, pioneering financing and special medical practices. He recruited amazing talent (especially in the upper weights) and for the most part, took them to higher levels and developed the most dominate multi-time champions in recent memory. However, the arms race has been legalized and competition by Michigan, Iowa and other schools is making an impact - the field has been leveled. Cael still owns the coaching advantage and will win ties. Cael also is a younger coach beating out the old blue bloods of Smith, Brands and Ryan. Over the next 5 years, these three coaches will likely turn over to the likes of Askren, Taylor, Burroughs, Snyder, Dake....Iowa style will be reinvented, recruiting against an aging John Smith will end, and who knows what happens at Ohio State, but the money and facilities are in place. Penn State has now had to dip into the portal instead of its recruiting prowess and talent development. Casey Cunningham likely retires after his son finishes in 5 years. After this olympic cycle, we will see elite athletes make their move. Askren to Wisconsin, Taylor + Dake to Iowa and Burroughs officially on staff at Penn to take over the ivy league. These big time coaching changes will spread the recruits around and level the playing field. These changes will hurt Penn State and benefit Ohio State the most, not because it is getting the next best set of recruits but because Penn State will drop down to sub 100 points which then makes them beatable.