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Jason Kraisser, Iowa State has entered the portal

If he does, he'll be closer to 141 than 157. The amount of muscle loss when you go through that sort of lack of mobility is extreme. In high school, I came back from a life threatening car crash and being in a wheel chair - mid season and qualified the weight. by the end of the season as I put muscle back on - it was extremely difficult. the weight class was 112 and by conferences they gave us two lbs so it was 114. The night I won conferences and went back home hydrated, and ate a simple meal - I was 130. I nearly killed myself getting back down to 114 for states

He is a full fledged 97 kg guy so the 197 is a tough cut but doable.

I thought I heard that somewhere too, but it doesn't make much sense to me for various reasons. 1) He doesn't have a lot of length to support that sort of bulk up 2) They don't have a 133 lber otherwise and they do have several 141s

Do you envision Will Baysingar ever hitting the starting lineup? Also I thought Ruzic at 125 is a high enough caliber guy that there was an expectation he may start as a true freshman

Evan Tallmadge - Freshman from Navy enters the portal. He beat Colton Camacho from Pitt pretty handily but then got injured before Christmas and never came back from it. I'm curious if his Naval Academy credits easily transfer elsewhere and whether or not he owes any money or service to the academy in exchange for his one year.

Hamiti still has his apendix, both kidneys, a full head of hair, and all of his toes. I think a good surgeon could get him down to 157

Thanks for your notes. Redding's hometown is 45 minutes from LIU campus

Can Mantanona make 157?

Good call

he's been in college for five years - all at Campbell. one was a redshirt and one was a free Covid year. So he has one year remaining. leaving now for a top program like Missouri would be similar to what Olejnik did for his final year at Oklahoma State.

Other than those already announced like McGonagle and the Columbia and Cornell guys, I'm going to predict other portal entrants by weight class and where I think they'll go. 125: Eddie Ventresca from Virginia Tech to Oklahoma 133: Kyle Burwick from Nebraska to North Dakota State 141: Frankie Tal-Shahar from Northwestern to Iowa 149: Zach Redding from Iowa State to Long Island University 157: Clayton Ulrey from Virginia Tech to Rutgers 165: Patrick Kennedy from Iowa to Pittsburgh 174: Alex Facundo from Penn State to Oklahoma State 184: Seth Shumate from Ohio State to Maryland 197: Andy Smith from Virginia Tech to Iowa State 285: Taye Ghadiali from Campbell to Missouri

Plus McKee, DeAugustino, Kaylor, Latona, Abas, Lewan Amine, and a few others

I'll see you there next year man. Philadelphia 2025 - Saturday night is my 40th birthday. I've already convinced a few others to join me (guys who have very limited understanding of wrestling, but love sports in general and drinking)

Good point - I wondered if Rocky would go heavy. He's a very large 197 to begin with

125: Vinny Kilkeary / Brendan McCrone 133: Nik Bouzakis / Ben Davino RS 141: Jesse Mendez / Brandon Cannon 149: Dylan D'Emilio / Ethen Birden RS 157: Paddy Gallagher / Isaac Wilcox 165: Bryce Hepner 174: Rocco Welsh 184: Ryder Rogotzke / Seth Shumate 197: Luke Geog 285: Nick Feldman

125: Luke Lilledahl 133: Aaron Nagao / Braeden Davis RS 141: Beau Bartlett / Tyler Kasak RS 149: Shayne Van Ness 157: Levi Haines 165: Mitchell Mesenbrink / Joe Sealey RS 174: Carter Starocci / Alex Facundo / Zach Ryder RS 184: Josh Barr 197: Connor Mirasola 285: Greg Kerklivet / Cole Mirasola RS

There was talk about Connor McGonagle going to Missouri - but with Moore and Seltzer - it's not a huge need, while you may still be getting an upgrade. For 285, Askren mentioned Wyatt Hendrickson, but others here mentioned that Hendrickson said to the contrary in his interview (and this would also be logistically difficult from a service academy). Sounds like Lewis Fernandes is moving onto his post-wrestling career as well. If Christian Carroll is the man next year for the Sooners, I wonder if Konner Doucet could be on the market for a new team. Michael Wolfgram has another year if he chooses to use it and blue chip recruit Rune Lawrence comes to Morgantown next season with a high likelihood of starting as a true freshman. Wolfgram could be another guy to fill the need for a year. Jim Mullen starts for Va Tech next year also - Hunter Catka could be on the market.

@jackwebsteris the most objective and least homerific of dedicated team fans - its much appreciated

Figueroa was injured and did not wrestle much/well for a large part of the season. In the last month of action, he took down all of the following:

At times he got his facts messed up, but he has way more charisma and ease of socializing which makes for a more comfortable watch for me. listening to guys who sound stiff makes me uncomfortable and anxious

"once again - only way to heaven is jesus christ"

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Hidlay walks out to the Islamic call to prayer

"and at 184 - the guy with no teeth - against the guy with no hair!!!"