Styles make matches.
I don't think Pindrickson and Mullen will be close, but I do think Mullen will be able to match Pindrickson's horse - something Trumble has been exposed at twice this year (Schultzy as well).
Typically a bettor would make it 2.5 or 1.5 to prevent potential invalid bets on '2' to be placed.
Which would you select?
I think a fair line is 3.5 for VTech, even if I think they will only win one match (149lbs).
This appears to be a win for West Virginia's Strickenberger, yeah? He'll have two (2) more years after this year.
https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/74382/strickenberger-jett/profile
Cassar was 232 night of NCAAs, Snyder was 228 night of NCAAs. Neither looked much bigger compared to the year prior when they were at 197lbs. A bit more poofy, but that's just water weight.
I am curious what Trumble is at right now. His height would make me think in the 240 area.
James Green said he was walking around at 160 in an interview after he made his 2nd comeback (when he thought the was going 74 KG to start). He couldn't put weight on nor keep it up. It was in a Flo interview (I believe?).
I think that they would have developed a lifestyle that revolved around that weight, rather than one that was in-between two weights.
James Green, our GOAT 70 KG guy wrestled 157lbs and had said himself he walked around at around 160lbs in-season. Him going ~154.3lbs wasn't much of a pull, considering. We saw what happened when he gave 74 KG and 65 KG a go and it was not with success.
Were we to form our weight classes to fit the next level up, we would perform better long-term.
I believe one of our biggest reasons we struggle at 65 KG internationally, with our best wrestlers, is that the Zains and Johnny D's end up going 149lbs and have to do a lot to get back to 65 KG (143lbs). It can't really be denied that Johnny D was more successful for us when he was making 141lbs than he was when he went 149lbs can it?