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Starting at 165 and Wilcox going twice?

FIFY. Also, yes.

In baseball, maybe. In real life where truth should matter? Not so much.

So Minnow did a Minnow thing again? Expecting otherwise is like expecting anything other than three points of output out if Will Lewan. Very poor batting average, that one.

My personal opinion opinion and theorynis that Moore went 97 KG rather than 92 KG because he thought his chances against Snyder we better than Cox - perhaps due to familiarity? I actually agree. Cox us a worse matchup for him than Snyder. I believe Zillmer has eluded to this being a reason to not cut to 97 KG, as he cannot make 92 KG anymore. Meaning he thought stylistically that he matched up better with the field (sans Steveson) than he did with Snyder. At the end of the day both Cox and Snyder are True Alphas. Nobody else we have that typically go 92 KG or 97 KG are. That means other guys who think they are will abandon 86 KG and 97 KG - in which both weight classes have at least one True Alpha, and give it a proper go at 92 KG. The reward of a BYE to the semifinals off the Olympic weight of your choosing, providing you medal at 2023 Worlds, is too great a benefit to pass up. Also, this bracket is going to be insane to seed and very draw dependant for who we see in the finals. Especially if Brooks, Hidlay, and Moore are all in it. I could see a Moore > Brooks > Hidlay > Moore situation playing out (I know Moore beat Hidlay, but I wasn't comfortable at all that entire match). Add in IF Valencia decides he wants that bye? He is right there, very close to that True Alpha status and I don't think anyone aside for JB, Taylor, Cox, or Snyder are beating him domestically in that 86-97 KG range. Hidlay matches up well, but it's hard to put a whole match together against Valencia and hd has yet to do that.

Was it the Hidlay inclusion or was it the Frog Prince inclusion?

92 KG is going to be a honeypot of really good guys who might medal or might be one and done at worlds - draw dependant, and none will win Gold. Macchiavello, Moore, Jackson, Hidlay, Downey, Dean, Brooks, Martin, etc.

They weren't wrong weights, just wrong style. We see collegiate guys go Greco as well - even in their room (Mason Manville). I thought perhaps you could have been listing it because you thought they may compete better at that weight in Greco, too?

He was very impressive at CK. That version of Sasso only loses to Johnny D.

I agree. Whiting or Hawkes then? Who do you think for next year?

Huh? Who said otherwise?

Please enlighten us, oh master of nonpayments, with your Top 33 197lbers... in order?

Insert redundant 'pay your debts' remark.

Ouch on that rideout for Woods. Ouch for Swiderski, that is.

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I am not worried. I picked No Knee Lee to beat Suriano last year, despite my obvious Michigan bias.

What time is this?

If only we could verify that... That wasn't KT?

Oh shit. KT took him down. Lee is no way 100%. If he is gassing like this against this opponent, he better hope Arujau doesn't head back down...

Spencer is so fckn good. Damn.

Obvious bias aside, I think Rojas is the only 174lber Iowa State has that could possibly beat Brands. I think Broderson and Gaitan lose via controlled Decision. How much money says that the Brands try to start at 133 or 141?

I didn't actually do too bad, considering my heavy Michigan lean. Called the Schultz one, though. Even if it was Nevills, him forfeiting out? Coward shit.

That was what I posted in the CKLV thread. Obvious heavy lean to UofM.

Greetings All, With the release of the brackets today, revised thoughts for the semi-finals, finals, and 3rd place winners, as well as thoughts for the Michigan gents in this bracket... Also... no Bullock at 197 for Michigan? Yatooma? Are you kidding me? - 125 - Semi-Finals: Figueroa over DeAugustino, Ramos over Kaylor Finals: Ramos over Figueroa via Decision 3rd place: Heinselman Thoughts: I think Figs shows everyone here that he does contend, just as much as Courtney would/will. McHenry loses to him, then the grind of the backside will get to him that will show that he is just meant to be a 118lber. I think 1-2 wins is peak for him here. - 133 - Semi-Finals: Arujau over Latona, Ragusin over McGee Finals: Arujau over Ragusin via Decision 3rd place: McGee Thoughts: I think Ragusin is going to show here that he belongs in the conversation with Arujau for #3 in what will be a much closer bout than folks thought before this weekend. - 141 - Semi-Finals: Mattin over Jack, Cornella over D'Emilio Finals: Mattin over via Cornella via Decision 3rd place: Carlson Thoughts: Mattin is a grinder and I think where he is most in danger is going to be Vasquez - if Vasquez gets past Hardy. It is someone who will be able to out-quick and out-athlete him enough to where he can't get his grind on. He is set up beautifully to miss those highly athletic 141lbers all the way through the finals. - 149 - Semi-Finals: Sasso over Thomas, Lamer over Millner Finals: Sasso over Lamer via Decision 3rd place: Parco Thoughts: I really think this is going to be Lamer's coming out party and he will beat two gents folks consider high contenders en route to getting controlled in the finals. - 157 - Semi-Finals: Lewan over Coleman, Robb over Scott Finals: Lwan over Robb via Decision 3rd place: Coleman Thoughts: I think Lewan could win 3-2/3-1 in every match through the finals. I am more worried about a Coleman match than a Robb, tbh. I think a healthy Coleman is as much of a contender for a NC as any 157lber in the Top 10. - 165 - Semi-Finals: Kharchla over Yant, Olguin over Formato Finals: Kharchla over Olguin via Major 3rd place: Cook Thoughts: Mattin has Ramirez in the first round and I think he is going to try to throw the sink at him... and fail - unfortunately. I do think that the bottom half of this bracket is very likely to ge tblown up. Olguin and Formato are real threats to knock Ramirez off, and I think they will. - 174 - Semi-Finals: Smith over Lewis, Labriola over Walker Finals: Smith over Labriola via Decision 3rd place: Lewis Thoughts: A lot of very physical, very tough gents here. I think Walker shows he belongs right up there, though, in beating Conigliaro and Romero before dropping in the semi-finals and beating Foca in the consi-semis. I think Smith balls out here. He is hungry for that Lewis win and he got Labs last time out too. - 184 - Semi-Finals: Keckeisen over Munoz, Hidlay over Bolen Finals: Hidlay over Keckeisen via Decision 3rd place: Romero Thoughts: I think Bolen gets Romero this time, but Finesilver beats him on the backside - then proceeds to lose to Romero for 3rd. - 197 - Semi-Finals: Sloan over Harvey, Trumble over Allred Finals: Sloan over Trumble via Major 3rd place: Harvey Thoughts: I think this is the year we start seeing the Sloan we thought we would have a couple years ago and I think he wins this weight class convincingly. Also... Yatooma? Are you serious? There is no way this guy is the best guy they have for 197 to put out there... when Bullock is still on the roster... what the actual deuce? - 285 - Semi-Finals: Davison over Schultz, Parris over Hendrickson Finals: Parris over Davison via Pin 3rd place: Hendrickson Thoughts: I think Davison pulls off the dub against Schultz. Just got me a feeling. Of all the weights, this is the one where the 1-2 seems to be the most likely weight to happen... so it won't. I don't see anyone on the bottom side capable of beating Parris. We have seen Davison beat the elite of 285 before, albeit in freestyle (Cassioppi). I think Schultz then forfeits out.

We actually didn't in the H2H, just the QF. If we are calling champ picks? Let me quote what I actually picked...