I feel like half the field at 157 has been around way too long. How long have we been watching Lewan, Robb, Lee, Blockhus, Franek, Teemer, Mauller, and Saldate? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
There is one school that can pull 4 or 5 top 15 recruits a year. Everyone knows that. Oklahoma state can maybe come close. Eggum hired Brandvold and told him he gets three less than 50% scholarships, go find some guys under the radar and out of our comfort zone. He ended up with Nagao, Sparks, and Salazar. Brandvold has been off and running with recruiting ever since, getting several top recruits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The way I see it… 1 Keck 2 Salazar 3 Plott 4 Munoz 5 Truax 6 Pinto 7 Stewart 8 Wolf 9 Berge That also might just be my bias showing on how I’d like it to play out, I think Salazars best chances of making the semifinals are avoiding a rematch with Pinto or Truax. And I don’t think Pinto beats Plott. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I wonder what the replacement plan is for Barnett next year. The only other 125 they have on their roster is a freshman that has only wrestled 133 this year and is 3-4 against D2 and NAIA competition. Reid Spurley coming in as a recruit next year but he’s not ranked in matscouts 2024 big board. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Man, if I’m Askren I am not taking on the stresses of being a D1 head coach when I am already loving what I do and rolling in big money with all the camps he’s set up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If KOT and Carr split 1/1 between their dual and big 12’s, and Messenbrink goes undefeated and gets the 1 seed at NCAA’s, he’s winning it all imo. And if he wins it this year, he’s a 4-timer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think adding big ten schools that do not have wrestling gives more of an opportunity for schools like Northwestern or Indiana to drop it, if anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Career 184. If Salazar sticks around next year, I could see McEnelly doing 174 once. After that it’s McEnelly 184 and Nelson 197 the rest of the way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
True freshmen Tyler Wells and Max McEnelly are having pretty good seasons. 23-3 record between the two with multiple ranked wins. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
And with Lilledahl, Ryder, Sealey and the Mirasola’s coming in, this is only going to continue. We’ll be lucky to have an actual team race by 2028. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Joel Vandervere was a high ranked recruit that hasn’t done much, I wonder what the story is there. Sam Cartella should be pretty good when he comes off redshirt. I think NU will always struggle to field a great dual team top to bottom but they can get back to having top individuals fairly quickly imo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I believe 133 is the long term plan for him, from what I hear he doesn’t have a terrible cut. I think his shirt was pulled because he’s that much better than Eisch or Gliva. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk