Interviewed_at_Weehawken

Part of God's plan.

I fell into the Pit... State placer at 215/220 btw. Randy Couture has an amazing story about young Mr. Pratt.

My thoughts: Gilman's best days at 57 seem to be behind him: - openly talked about how he lets his weight get much higher now than he did at HWC, and feels that was a reason for improvement - Has talked about going up weights - Has registered for tournaments at 61 kg (did he show up to any of them) - Rarely makes 57 anymore. Has made it once in the last 19 months and has lost his last three matches there. - Looked diminished at 23 WTT - Did not challenge Richards for the spot - Trashed Yianni on the twitter machine - Has a newborn, that allegedly has hurt preparation As for Spencer's prospects, I'm not sure if he is our "best' threat to medal, but gassing worries me a bit less against international competition for freestyle. Granted Micic, Mongolia, and Japan prob have pretty good tanks. I'd be a bit concerned about both Vito and Fix being anywhere near full strength at 57, and extremely concerned about Vito's health. I'd like to see Lee do well, but I'm happy with whomever wins trials as long as they qualify the weight and medal. Except maybe Fix.

Lewan wrestles most of his matches as if he is in his 60s.

I'm in my 50s and could maybe pass for younger than him.

Tried the same vs Michigan.

Blood round, correct?

This may be nothing compared with NLWC probably hiding the extent of DTs knee injury from Bo Nickal prior to WTT! (That is the speculation if I remember)

Not to mention seeds and unseeded wrestlers positions in the brackets were manipulated by him/his staff.

Didn't Elmhurst's coach upset the #1 seed at nationals, himself ... once upon a time?

Real Old

Older Bastida (I have noticed more than a few misspellings/autocorrects as "Younger Bastida")

As an NC State fan, I was extremely surprised to see Faison in the bracket.

How many matches did Cael have?

Correct, except for the info on the Cyclones Bio.

Everyone please wish Austin Klee Gomez a Happy 26th birthday today! 3/19/98!

Anthony Echemendia.

AgaveMaria begs to differ. So does Rassling.

Sure, but it's not like they have a lineup of backups that can place top ten in the nation, as I've read on another forum. And if they do, it is a new thing. They have put out some pretty mediocre backups in the past. However, the next few years they may indeed have a fantastic squad of backups.

This "deep and good" bench is a relatively new thing for PSU. Outside of the occasional Cassar/Rasheed thing)

So he shouldn't be allowed to wrestle in nationals?

Freshman year to 2020 was pretty good.

Hutmacher had 13.

As alluded to, "practice" probably consisted of things like hand bike, sit-ups, maybe some side bends and (seated) toe touches.

You didn't read the article, did you?