My first gut reaction was that maybe KD and DT are over at M2 for the next few weeks, but then I got to thinking "Why would the WC head somewhere else?" That makes me think they have different time slots. I think they might even let the wrestlers choose what they focus on, and not actually coach them up.
I think this is a huge reason Brooks is right up there with his underhook game. He had to simulate the best in the world and got to be pretty damn good. He might even be Hidlay good with that underhook series.
Even if he didn't wrestle past 12/29, he wrestled eight (8) duals - actually half their wins as a team. Rutgers went 16-5 as a team and in eight of those wins, Sammy Alvarez wrestled.
This is the one reason I am not going to be surprised if Richards pulls one match out. Despite one of them being a career 133lber and one of them being a career 125lber in college...
https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/13245/gilman-thomas/profile
https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/14736/richards-zane/profile
... I do think that after the Olympics we might see Gilman head up to 61 KG for a couple years, if he does decide to compete through 2028, and then drop back to 57 KG the year before 2028 OTTs (2027 WTT).
How? He has represented Rutgers in a dual four years.
2020 - 16 duals
2021 (free year) - 3 duals (late in the season too)
2022 - 8 duals
2023 - 8 duals
How in the hell does he get six attached seasons?
Do none of you follow the Tank on Twitter or Instagram? He is THICCC (three C's there, guys) and he doesn't look fat.
If he was 97 KG wrestling 97 KG before then he is probably a good 8-10 KG over that right now.
Steveson weighed in at just over 118 KG (~260lbs) in his OTT finals against Gwiazdowski two years ago. He looks a little more lean than he did then, but bigger arms, shoulders, and legs. If I had to guess I would say in the 255lbs range still.
Despite me being the President, Vice President, CFO, CEO, and Captain of the Cheerleading Squad of the Parris Fanclub I also understand this as true.
I also understand it to be that no other country will be winning Gold unless Steveson stops wrestling, not just Parris.
The only three ways that isn't true is if Steveson somehow gets injured, whatever Worlds/Olympics are that year get altogether cancelled, or Sadulaev goes 125 KG and is in the bracket (GUY LOOKS THICCC).
Franklin beat Glazier last year and he is younger so I would think he is the guy.
What is your opinion on these lineups, assuming Arnold redshirts (he should)
174 - Brands/Swafford
184 - Brands/Swafford
197 - Assad
Or
174 - Brands/Swafford
184 - Assad
197 - Franklin/Glazier
Also, IF Focus does make it in (AJ) and he is HWT (which most agree/assume he would be), who do you take? Two years of him or four years of Kueter (after he redshirts).
All that is fine... Steveson dispatched Akgul how easily at the Olympics? Add two years to Akgul. Parris definitely gives him match.
Also, ignore it all you want... Parris beat Zare.
Also, didn't Zare just lose during some club season? He isn't invincible.
Yes.
A guy can hope, though.
He is a special talent and if football is covering his scholarship then he has a vested interest in saying he is focused on football.
It wasn't a fluke and it is also time to stop calling it that too.
It isn't like he was down 8-0 and got a lucky pin like Guilford did against Welker.
It was 1-1 before the dump and Parris (two 'r's - respect the name) then continued to hold him there while adjusting his position three times.
Both are much bigger and stronger and both are lethal right now.
To go along with your point, they may be okay with him doing a redshirt in football to also stay down at 197 for true frosh in wrestling, then redshirt wrestling to bulk in football for a season then three years of HWT Kueter.
That said, I still bet football gets the actual say if he does compete or not. If it were the sell, or not, I bet they still get the say.
Alphabetically - Arizona State, Cornell, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Mizzou, NC State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, the Ohio State and Virginia Tech will all be in trophy contention. A lot will depend on injuries and a lot will depend on redshirts.
To clarify, what I think is that I think he is trying to put on weight for football.
Last year he looked very lean. So what I think it was was that he might have been a lean 205-210 and not cutting where this year he was 225-230 and cut to 213 to weigh in.