He was right there with Yazdani (the 86 KG one) through their Age level careers, wasn't he? Why wouldn't he be able to maintain the same levels of success?
Nick Lee wins Match #1 12-3 to take his Freestyle record against Johnny D to 4W - 0L.
After the Takedown to go up 4-3, Lee poured it on and it honestly looked like Johnny D was broken. He might have gotten injured there (somehow).
Sammy Sasso said it when asked about that recruiting class a couple/few years back: tOSU and Ryan are trying to build a Dynasty to rival Penn State and everyone coming in (Mendez/Bouzakis class and Rogotzke/Kilkeary class) all believe in themselves, each other, and the coaching staff.
Do we know that Nagao is going this weekend at 133? He was out last weekend.
I think they let Kilkeary go out against him. I think he holds the career edge 2-0 or 3-0 on Davis going back to Frosh seasons in High School.
It is conceivable that tOSU jumps out to a four match lead out the gate, if no Nagao.
Kilkeary over Davis via DEC
Bouzakis over Shunk via MAJ
Mendez over Bartlett via MAJ
D'Emilio over Kasak via DEC
PSU is going to be pushing for bonus in the other six matches, though. So they will need Rogotzke to deck Truax. That would optimistically (obviously) put them at 20 points.
If they could keep the PSU upper weights to less than 21 points I would be shocked...
Trumble beat the guy who beat Macchiavello at the same Zegrab tournament.
The next week, Macchiavello beat Jackson.
I don't see how he beats Cox, let alone Snyder. That said, his international results are pretty legit the last six months...