nhs67

Probably best to lay off Vak. He isn't just royalty around here, he is actually respected and a well articulated individual. In fact he is the only Iowa fan I know that can type or speak words with more than two syllables... and I have been around D1 B1G wrestling in some capacity since the 1980s so I have seen a lot of Iowa fans, wrestlers, coaches, etc.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. He hasn't wrestled a single starter in D1 yet nor has he even cracked the starting lineup at any D1 college. He gets an insane amount of credit for three major things. Beating Haines in Freestyle... a kid who just made it through an entire challenge tournament - at 70 KG (~154lbs), for being Askren's coach's son, and for Haines' results because he beat him. Now he is the next DT/Askren hybrid up at 165lbs and is going to be the consensus#3 165lber in 11 months? No.

Rather sure I have been transparent on this ever since we had that 115 page thread on J'den Cox defecting to Belarus with a handful of Mizzou-gents. Happily, both sides matured and moved on.

Also, @Jon_Kozak, it appears Hidlay has changed his registration back to 86 KG.

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10896354-2023-us-open-wrestling-championships-mens-freestyle-preview-predictions

I could do it in one sitting.

To those talking about how close MM and O'Toole are: They are what... five years apart? MM has just gotten as large as him this last season. I doubt they have much, if any, mat time together. Also to those think MM competes with O'Toole? Laughable shit. Seriously

Never smoked me a doober. I am more of a three gallons of rum and five kilos of NY strip kind of gent.

It is a fairly good thing for NCAA D1 College Wrestling that the opinion of anybody in this thread means precisely dick. The better Penn State is, the better it is for USA Wrestling. This is coming from a non-Penn State fan, fwiw. If you don't care about the health and competitiveness of USA Wrestling, you can eat shit and move yourself on off and join the rest of the Belarussian scum.

So Forrest is a mainstay at 65 KG and moving up this season?

I hate when it tries to automatically open it on the FloApp. I prefer the browser typically. The App is garbage to me in a lot if ways imho.

Just thought you all should know that I, nhs67, am 1 for 1 on winning 4/20 despite my never having partaken in the lunge comsumption if the angelic cabbage. Eat me all you weedheads.

If only you saw my Facebook. The ole college nickname has followed me through life.

That is mondingo huge, if true.

What does that have to do with anything that was said?

To be clear, I think she handles Grote (again). I am just curious if anyone will be competitive with her

Not even Grote? Anyone at any other weight (65 or 72 or even 62) have a real shot at FM? She is tough as nails, but I don't know about her chances to medal at 68 KG.

With Mattin off to Dental school next year Michigan now needs a 141lber.

68 KG is also an Olympic weight, though. You telling me if Welker, Guilford, Blades, or Bell gets handed 3 convincing losses none if them are going to take their shot at Molinari rather than run the gauntlet at 76 KG again? Edit: I know 8 KG is just over 17.5lbs.

I think so, too. That also lends me to believe that he is injured, unless I missed his registration for the Open. I would be very interested in seeing him go 79 KG next weekend (I do believe he is still U20 eligible - if not go Seniors) as well as head up to 174 while Starocci focuses on 74 KG Olympics.

TMS declined her spot and will not compete this year. @Mike Parrish, you think there is any chance we see some of the 76 KG ladies head down for WTT? If so, who? Makoyed looks huge, so I doubt her at the very least.

I think Iowa fans will turn Blue Dragons toxic, save for our Great Vak, on the social medias after Penn State lands two of Nagao, Cannon, and DeAuggie and Iowa lands precisely none of them.

I don't think Facundo is too worried. He has Worlds and Olympic aspirations and he knows that State College is his best chance for that.