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I think of him as the Bandwidth G

Some folks saying Pentz may also be gone. I hope Obe can hold on to some of these guys

Sounds like Caliendo may be headed to Minnesota with an NIL deal secured and Franek also entering the portal

Robbie Howard hasnt participated in a college match in several years. He was a good prospect a long time ago, but the only thing he has proven at Penn State is that he is very fragile and unreliable.

I'm excited to see how the Frost bit plays out with Ionel puns. Especially since I think they may end up hitting the portal eventually

I wouldn't be surprised if he was a finalist this year for 125. Last year, he had only one loss and it was to his legendary teammate Spencer Lee. The year prior, he was thrust into the starting lineup as a true freshman unexpectedly after Lee went down mid-season. His only losses were to guys who have been all-americans (McKee and Barnett) or guys who came pretty close (Camacho, Heinselman). Gutierriez is the only questionable loss and he was no slouch himself (and keep in mind, when they wrestled, Ayala was a true freshman in his first NCAAs where Gutierrez was in his sixth year of eligibility and a three time national qualifier. More than anything, the reason why I think he has a good chance is that his ability to pull off unlikely moves late in matches is something that sets him apart. He has a higher ceiling (and lower floor) than guys who have a similar level of expected return.

I also think trajectory of Ayala is to move up to 133 eventually. That's how there was expected to be room for Jesuroga before his change of heart. I view Cruz as a nice plan B, although not the pedigree of Jesuroga

He's a West Virginia boy. Justin McCoy and Gerritt Nijenjuis are their best 165 for now

125: Jakob Camacho / Nico Provo 133: Connor McGonagle 141: Ryan Jack 149: Matt Laurie 157: Cesar Alvan / AJ Kovacs 165: Brevin Cassella 174: Phillip Conigliaro 184: Michael Bartush 197: Austin Cooley 285: Will Jarrell

125: Brady Pruett, Pennsylvania (Archbishop Spaulding) 133: Joe Couch, West Point (Bullis) 141: Alex Blake, Clarion (La Plata) 149: Richard Fedalen, Columbia (McDonogh) 157: Jason Kraisser, Iowa State (Centennial) 165: John Noah Reho, Bloomberg (Stephen Decatur) 174: Dominic Solis, Maryland (McDonogh) 184: Aaron Brooks, Penn State (North Hagerstown) 197: Larry Vola, Maryland (Montgomery Blair) 285: Jaron Smith, Maryland (Oakland Mills)

This is awesome news and also continues the New York state to Northern Colorado pipeline

For both older boys, I agree. I would give the younger son a chance but I have a big heart

True but he claims Ensenada, Mexico as his hometown

I think there are a few different factors Cons: 1) The weather 2) The prominence of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in its stead (and its association with UFC and MMA which is cool) 3) Lack of local history 4) The culture here is based on achieving status, public recognition and fame - which to me is the opposite of why someone would enjoy wrestling Pros: Lots of transplants here, so the culture is less stable and draws more on influences which are constantly changing. To me, Hollywood is the opposite mentality of a college wrestler in terms of what somsone expects in exchange for the personal sacrifices that they make, so I think it will be difficult to change, but there is enough new blood on a consistent basis out here that change seems possible.

best remaining at each weight with my uneducated guess for their destination following 125: Kurt McHenry - Virginia 133: Wyatt Henson - West Virginia 141: Cleveland Belton - Cal Poly 149: Mitch Moore - Wisconsin 157: Travis Mastrogiovanni - Rutgers 165: Cael Carlson - Maryland 174: Tyler Eischens - Lehigh 184: Will Feldkamp - Oklahoma State 197: Wyatt Miller - Kent State 285: Boone McDermott - Oregon State

Since they pinned each other this year, I went with Lee with the smallest margin of defeat

Delgarbino pinned Cassioppi and has been buried on the bench ever since, because Princeton didn't want to make other teams feel too badly

@MPhillips by my count, here were last year's heavies with homes in Ohio: Weight Instate Recruit Name Year Starter College 285 0 #111 Kohlhofer, Austin FR 0 Army 285 0 #103 Shephard, Logan FR 0 Bucknell 285 0 #138 Begue, Aeden St RSFR 1 LIU 285 0 #38 DelGarbino, Jack JR 0 Princeton 285 0 #61 Cover, Matthew JR 0 Princeton 285 1 #44 Bucknavich, Daniel St SO 1 Cleveland State 285 1 #127 Cover, Mason RSFR 0 Cleveland State 285 1 #222 Jaeckin, Justin SO 0 Cleveland State 285 0 #43 Spaulding, Jon RSSR 0 Edinboro 285 0 #121 Millin, Max SO 0 Edinboro 285 1 #100 Cover, Jacob St JR 1 Kent State 285 1 #226 Ucker, Riley FR 0 Kent State 285 1 #217 Padilla, Jacob St SO 1 Ohio 285 1 #109 Greer, Jordan SO 0 Ohio 285 1 #236 Harris, Drew RSFR 0 Ohio 285 0 #98 O'Malley, Seamus St JR 1 Stanford 285 0 #131 Huff, Thadd St FR 1 Bellarmine

125: Spencer Lee dec Matt Ramos 3-0 133: Michael Mcgee dec Mickey Phillippi 3-3 141: Cole Matthews dec Danny Pucino 3-6 149: Sammy Sasso dec Austin Gomez 3-9 157: Austin O'Connor dec Levi Haines 6-9 165: Dean Hamiti dec Justin McCoy 9-9 174: Carter Starocci major DJ Shannon 9-13 184: Trent Hidlay dec Abe Assad 9-16 197: Nino Bonaccorsi dec Jacob Warner 9-19 285: Cassioppi dec Hunter Catka 12-19, PA wins though if 149 flips it would be PA by 16-15.

Yep this is based on their self described hometown and state. I also have the information for high schools which tends to inflate PA and NJ further due to Wyoming Seminary and Blair

If we go by hometown that they themselves provide, Woods is from New Mexico and Pucino is probably next best. Even as a long time Hamiti Homer, I expect it to be Caliendo as the top 165 from that state going forward. Also probably replace Yahya with Gomez, though maybe not as @bnwtwg pointed out. I still think it's PA pretty handily

Kinda cool that the best Oklahoma guys seem to stay home at one of their two D1 options.

125: Reece Witcraft or Eli Griffin (Cal Bap) 133: Daton Fix 141: Carter Young 149: John Wiley 157: Kaden Gfeller 165: Wyatt Sheets 174: Dustin Plott 184: Tate Picklo (I bumped him up) 197: Luke Surber 285: Josh Heindselman

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