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Gandering through the Top 10-20 on Wrestlestat, if we are going off of non-Frosh redshirts...: 125 - G. Diakomihalis (Cornell), J. Volk (Minny) 133 - R. Crookham (Lehigh), D. Ragusin (Michigan), B. Ungar (Cornell) 141 - L. Stanich (Lehigh), A. Echemendia (Iowa State), R. Jack (North Carolina), V. Cornella (Cornell), T. Crook (VTech), F. Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) 149 - C. Swiderski (OSU) 157 - D. Cardenas (Stanford), T. Watters (WVU), V. Voinovich (Iowa) 165 - P. Kellar (Oklahoma), B. Hepner (tOSU) 174 - A. Facundo (OSU) 184 - B. Soldano (Oklahoma, maybe?), J. Conway (FA&M) 197 - R. Elam (ISU), L. Geog (tOSU) 285 - Y. Bastida (ISU), N. Taylor (Lehigh), T. Ghadiali (UofM), B. Amos (Wiscy), K. Doucet (tOSU, maybe?), H. Catka (Rutgers, maybe?)

When a new head coach is named they have 30 days to enter the portal.

So he had his Oly-Shirt in 2024. Curious if he could use a medical for 2025 and use an actual redshirt as well - if needed.

He's not trying to be a dick, brosef, and he definitely is not the HOA here. If you want to see those folks come out just tell me. I can use the turdbiscuit 'c' word. They'll surface in droves.

I think your assessment is pretty spot-on. That said, I think the Mirasolas could go 184/197 at legitimately any other B1G program this next year and start. Their dad is big. Hopefully he can fill out sooner rather than later. I expected him to be considerably larger than 218lbs by now (I was expecting the 230lb range, honestly).

My response to this, and it is specific to Taylor, is that he was cutting to 163lbs and looked unhealthy. He simply filled out, like a 3-4 year old Rottweiler.

The biggest counter to the... 'allegations' ...?... that float with that, is that DT's tank cannot be overlooked. Most folks who venture down that path have gas tank issues, don't they? Also, I understand that Hamiti =/= Taylor. Taylor had broad shoulders and was able to grow in to the weight. Hamiti and Taylor might have the same wingspan, but Taylor is a good half a foot broader (or more) - which makes Hamiti's arms longer. Just different sorts of scrawny frames to build off of.

These are all fair and well-thought points, thank you. I understand we are talking in just under three year's time, but Mirasola does hold the edge right now with three straight victories in the last few months (see attached). That said, I acknowledge that Ross has unlimited potential due to his potential growth. Ross weighed at 102.4 KG (so 225.7lbs, which makes the 'cut' down to 97 KG/213.8lbs that much more convenient) and Mirasola weighed in at 99.2 KG - so currently their weights aren't that wide apart. I still think Hopke is likely set up to succeed, which I think the better depth we have - the better everyone is at the weight. I also thought he was going to be that next guy and Steveson coming back was going to mask his Redshirt year real nice. I still have a hard time envisioning Mirasola being better than him at this point, even if every result points to that. I don't mean that as a sleight to Mirasola, but more a compliment because he has progressed quite a bit, even if he is only ~218lbs. I could see Millard stepping in to a more prominent position on the senior level, he has that moxy. He just needs to put it all together and stay healthy. I don't think he's there now, but you see those flashes - much like Mizzou's Steed. I also agree on Hamiti. It's a one move world in MFS and I imagine that was exactly it. I didn't watch the match myself, but I believe Roper, more or less, confirmed as much. That was also more to say that Ruiz is right up there at or near that tier right now, too. Shapiro is not a physical dynamo... but he could still be our best option at 74 KG after 2028 (maybe even then) were he to get any concussion issues behind him. He's just so damn slick. I know Duke looks the part, and is a physical dynamo, but Shapiro has done better against the upper echelon on the age-level than Duke has (one common opponent in Baitukaev, 8-0 victory for Shapiro and a 5-5 defeat for Duke)... but one opponent does not a pattern make. I think Johnny D's result at 70 KG was due to lacking the horsepower to go with Duke in a three match series. Shapiro might also have that problem.

I agree. Let's say he seems more Buchanan than someone just chasing a bag? Injuries can fck you up HARD at the D1 level.

I don't actually think she was - it was tongue-in-cheek. I think where there is smoke, there is fire and the cowards are afraid of getting burned, so they've skulked away.

He strikes me more the Buchanan mindset than the other two.

Hamiti beat him at WTT, though, via 5-3 Decision. I wouldn't expect that drastically different a result a couple months later.

I don't think they are either? Not sure your aim there, big guy.

I was shocked by it, too. With Hopke's lack of mat-time I want to chock it up to health reasons. I am not in the know, though.

I don't think anyone is upset at Cornell for utilizing the FLWC. It's essentially a redshirt, which every other non-Ivy gets.

Well, not sure if it was first match jitters, or what - but Hamiti lost 10-0 to the same guy that Simon Ruiz beat 7-6. That said, Mykhailov is a former Worlds Bronze medalist at 79 KG and was very competitive with medalists at 86 KG while trying to qualify at 86 KG - so perhaps that isn't such a bad loss (and maybe the Ruiz loss was bad for Mykhailov). Especially since Mykhailov beat Zahid Valencia 8-6 at the 2023 Moustafa ranking series event. I still want to see Hamiti at 86 KG and on the DT regimen for growth in to 86 KG. He has the frame for it. I also want to see Shapiro at 74 KG because he just looks too big for 65 KG at this point. Duke could add a little more and fill out to 74 KG and immediately impact our ladder - especially being in the same room as Monster Mitch, Haines, etc. I think Ross, with some size, could be terrifying... if he can beat Mirasola. I think a lot of folks are sleeping on Hopke. I think he's going to be one of our main contenders at 125 KG for 2028. He has kind of been on the back-burner since he committed and has taken some losses, but he is still in what is probably the best HWT room in the country (still).

So you're saying that Pyle was correct?

Cornell has been doing it for years...

And yet he didn't do it until Lee was out! FEAR!

Or... you could try to imagine how dominant we would be were we to focus on only teo styles, MFS & MGR rather than three (those two + Folkstyle).

Curious how they are doing the actual brackets. At 79 KG the Ukrainian has beaten three of the bronze medal match wrestlers. The 4th was defeated by Ruiz.

In other news: Ruiz is in the finals at 79 KG against the Ukrainian that beat Hamiti via Techfallery 11-0.

For those wondering: ZW column is the mat classification points and ZT is the points scored during the match. 3/1 means the wrestler shown first won via decision and the wrestler shown second scored at least one point. 1/3 would mean 2nd wrestler won. Example: Turner VS Vito shows ZW of 0/3 meaning Vito won a Decision via shutout. The ZT of 0/2 is the match score. See the screenshot below. I selected Fights (matches) and the weight class of 61 KG.

Appears that I was wrong...

Actually, what I said was entirely accurate. Spencer wrestled, was hurt and out for the season - THEN Nicky Skeletor decided to wrestle. Very easy to prove...