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I would expect Mesenbrink at 74

This is the first I'm hearing of this news. It would not surprise me as I think about how large he looks as a 125. I also think back to a few matches last year where he looks gassed early and lost unexpected matches to the likes of Diego Sotelo and Joey Fischer. The former who proved to be a much better wrestler than I knew, but still not the caliber that Noto is. Looking at the lineup, Gable Strickland at 133 has not used a redshirt year yet and could potentially use one this year. They would then need to put forth a true freshman at 125. In the MAC, I don't think that is as big of a deal. They have a bunch of freshman coming in at 125, but I think Dean Houser would be best suited to start right away. Darren Florance is a 3X NY State Champ, but he won this year at 116 and will need some time to fill out into a proper 125.

The downside of having minimal experience in losing.

Niccolo Colucci from Rutgers to Wisconsin

In my own head, I have expectations set at 55/45 in favor of Higuchi and would not be surprised by either winning. I would only be surprised to see one dominate the other.

Nice job Sarah!!!

Wow

Tristan Daugherty to North Dakota State

What a bizarre ritual! Well noticed

Originally I had thought so. However he still has two years of eligibility (somehow!) And others have transitioned from unattached to being on a team. Felix Lettini as a recent example. I imagine he isn't done but I have no inside scoop

After Kish left, the drop off was steeeeeep

He was in the portal but he didn't get picked up by another team before being cleared off the original roster

Chris Cannon off the Michigan roster into the dreaded "unattached" category. Two years left of eligibility should he choose to use them.

https://gobison.com/news/2024/7/26/ndsu-wrestling-announces-2024-signing-class.aspx

Eli Griffin, national qualifier at 125 for Cal Baptist this past year is bumping all the way up to 141

Utah Valley gains a new head coach, a new assistant, and gains Terrell Barraclough, Will VomBaur, Tanner Frothinger, and Mahkyi Smith through the portal. Only Graduate transfer Evan Bockman as a departee.

Category Roster Starters True Freshman 1 1 Redshirt Freshman 12 0 Returning Wrestler 10 5 Incoming Transfer 6 4

well said. I am curious, but far less disciplined and methodical and I appreciate him for all of these traits

I just noticed North Dakota State did a clean wipe of their roster of anyone who had previously entered the transfer portal. They are left with only a handful of guys that were on the team last year, combined with a large group of red shirt freshman, and bunch of incoming transfers Weight Name Class Status Count 125 #163 Witt, Ezekiel St FR True Freshman 1 125 #163 Tanimoto, Kody FR Redshirt 2 125 #163 O'Brien, Sean FR Redshirt 3 133 #42 Burwick, Kyle St SR Incoming Transfer 4 133 #188 Olson, Michael FR Redshirt 5 141 #70 Drexler, Gavin St SO Returning Wrestler 6 141 #173 Moore, Peyton SO Incoming Transfer 7 149 #39 Petersen, Maxwell St SO Returning Wrestler 8 149 #25 March, Kellyn SR Returning Wrestler 9 149 #168 Radenz, Clay JR Returning Wrestler 10 157 #58 Greenley, Boeden St RSFR Returning Wrestler 11 157 #127 Schumm, Gabriel JR Returning Wrestler 12 165 #60 Howes, Brendan St SO Returning Wrestler 13 165 #192 Hutchings, Dante FR Redshirt 14 165 #269 Barker, Luke RSFR Returning Wrestler 15 174 #90 Wasley, Devin St SO Incoming Transfer 16 174 #193 Magayna, Max FR Redshirt 17 174 #193 Secoy, Tyler FR Redshirt 18 184 #84 Cherne, Adam St SO Returning Wrestler 19 184 #83 Brenot, Aidan RSFR Returning Wrestler 20 184 #159 McMonagle, Andrew FR Redshirt 21 184 #159 Glover, Tayshaun FR Redshirt 22 184 #159 Schneck, Barrett FR Redshirt 23 197 #123 Baker, Michael St SR Incoming Transfer 24 197 #154 Whitright, Bradley JR Incoming Transfer 25 197 #154 Hight, Aiden FR Redshirt 26 285 #81 Blackburn-Forst, Andrew St SO Incoming Transfer 27 285 #168 Huff, Schey FR Redshirt 28 285 #168 Jones, Shilo FR Redshirt 29

I can't help but think as I look at this list about the awkwardness of some of these situations where its going to be literally one person that doesn't get to make the roster and the other 30 do (like in Northern Iowa's case)

Tyler Badgett from Pitt to the Citadel

People are resilient and push envelopes and think of creative ways to respond to nonsense. If I was a head coach of a program that usually ran a bigger team than 30, I would try and get around the rule by having a larger group in practice and then there would be wrestle-offs or another form of assessment to determine which of that crew got to be officially listed on the roster. For those that couldn't make it the first time, stick around, keep practicing, and you'll get your shot again. They may just not be formally listed on the roster any longer

With Michael North moving on from college wrestling, Dario Lemus completing his redshirt and ready to start at 141, the younger brother Kal Miller is bumping from 141 to 157 while Ethen stays at 149. Separately David Szuba, heavyweight MAC champion last year is redshirting this year as a senior.