BloodRound

Catch me up to speed here.

It's like the perfect amount of whack job, conspiracy nut shit mixed with his usual brand of arrogance that makes you think "oh, this dude is totally insane!" It's nowhere near the worst from a Cornell grad though - that honor goes to Dylan Palacio.

Been that way for over a decade now.

That + an injury early on last season. It ultimately played out in the best way for him though.

Dude has the most punchable face in the wrestling community. Otherwise, he's not that much different from the other wrestling content mills to me.

Bassett tears both ACLs

We'll see. His track record suggests otherwise, but Rider does seem to be a great place for Jersey guys who need a 2nd (or 4th, in his case) chance.

Aaaaaaand called it.

Valenti will be associate head coach for 2024-2025, and then become the head coach for 2025-2026. What are our thoughts on this one? Literally just opened up X to see this announcement.

Tony Caravella was an AA for Bloomsburg from wayyyy back in the day.

Brick Memorial has a longstanding tradition of being a perennial state power in New Jersey. Even still, their recent influx of kids going D1 is very impressive.

All of your assessments here are correct. 165 has pretty much been a guaranteed L for Rutgers since Richie departed, and that is far too long a time. I get that White had a very good redshirt season, and Goodale bet on him to improve with some muscle tacked on 65, but it's not even close to enough to hang. Time to move on and go portal. SCW is not on the level to compete yet. Heard rumors that he beats Turley in the room, but then got demolished by Incontera during the Penn dual. I hope a seasoned Turley comes back for one more go after seeing that. Agree with the Soldano RS, but the Rutgers fandom's answer to "who would replace him?" is always a delusional one. "Poz should cut to 184 where he has the strength," they say. I hate to say it, but Poznanski's most recent go at 197 looked marginally better than his last go at 184. I have faith in him to AA up 97 while we go pick up a solid 184 in the portal.

Bo Nickal is not exactly a beacon for thoughtful insight, especially when it comes to analyzing a match involving a Penn State wrestler...

Hah, makes sense. I remember the buzz around the state tournament that year was over the runner-up who had come from a very low seed to make the finals. Everyone knew the pin in the finals was inevitable though. He will absolutely have a great life ahead of him, and wish nothing but the best.

Gable shows up, techs the field, does not go to the Olympics due to "contractual obligations to the WWE." Parris has a decent run as the backup.

So what round does Carter get knocked out of the championship bracket?

I can't remember how tough the path to his junior season title was, but he pretty much outclassed everyone his senior year by a very wide margin. Who knows what happened afterward though. Covid comes, maybe the focus shifts from the sport over to Wall Street more. I do remember hearing that he had to be convinced to come back even this season.

I know that Rutgers HWT Yaraslau Slavikouski just got a master's for supply chain analytics, and will be back for one more year to get a Master's in financial analysis.

I was thinking about this as I was typing my last comment, but I feel like Truax ended up remaining more or less consistent throughout his career. While Keck definitely ran 184 this year, I feel like the disparity between Pinto-Plott-Munoz-Truax was not that drastic...

Wasn't Nagao's Minny run kind of a surprise to begin with? I thought he was seeded around 13 when he did that. Some guys can be wildly inconsistent with how they catch fire.

Absolutely the most generous Rutgers predictions I think I will see for next season, even as we are in the thick of it. I imagine that Andrew Clark will come back from injury & possibly take over that 57/65 spot. The other spot could possibly be filled with a transfer. I would just love a viable 65lber. for once...

Feldman beat him up bad their senior seasons.

Maybe so, but Rider is also known for being the second chance school for Jersey legends. Some pan out (see: Kinner) & some don't (see: Matt Correnti).

In my delusional world, Hamiti goes to Rutgers and ends the plague that is their lack of a decent 165lber. The reality seems to be Michigan. But I'm left with 2 thoughts through all of this... 1. If Amos is leaving like some speculate, is he really a hot commodity? I feel like his folk style career has not lived up to any expectations it had when he was leaving high school. 2. Does the recruitment of this many 1 year agents to Michigan deter top recruits from coming in? The way I see it, you could be a highly coming in, redshirt and then when you're ready to go, your job is taken by some 6th year, multi-time AA. Seems hard to sign up for, even with a loaded RTC and other perks.

And I am willing to bet that it's Rider.