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He wrestled soft(er) competition at bunch of the Euro Grand Prixes and DNP in one, lost in the Club Cup duals. I remember ppl going "wtf happened to Taylor?" he didn't look anything like the 86DT we see today.

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What's your pastry policy?

I'm not sure how it would help wrestling for 70%+ of AAs and majority of the field to come from just two conferences?

Probably around 9:30 or 10pm? Just a guess. Challenge tournament finals starts at 7:30pm and they're doing all 18 weights. I assume they'll do the 3 styles concurrently.

JB is playing with house money right now and isn't scared of anyone or anything. He wants to be our Oly rep ofc, but I'm sure he realizes he's in the gravy phase of his career.

Taylor wasn't exactly new to FS, he was a cadet and junior world team member. It was the weight bump. Taylor looked like garbage his first year after bulking up to 86kg.

Yeah, I think Davis was originally projected as a 133 when he committed. Nagao could get squeezed out of the lineup if LL or Kasak don't want to RS.

Pre-CAESAR and CANVAS era, which ain't a bad thing! (But also pre-themat forums)

I think they're only seeding those who registered before the early deadline. Not 100% sure. Guys who show up and register the day before will just be slotted into the brackets? Idk

Does Nagao want to bump up to 141 next year? I thought making 133 wasn't so easy for him.

People actually believe Taylor saying he was too big for 74kg?

The portal opened in March right before Nationals, so 45 days from that... first week of May or so.

That's awesome. An era that I know little about. Looking forward to hearing your stories!

When were you at NU? Just wondering.

Wow!

Got it. I also forgot that Rags burned his shirt this year so Bormet's got options for the next couple of seasons

That would be a hell of a lineup if Cannon could cut to 125 but he looked pretty big for 133 a couple of years ago. I think we're more likely to see Rags and Cannon at 133 and 141 or vice-versa, and Lemley RS. Does Canon have just 1 year left?

Is he Mexican? My impression is that he's gonna go straight to MMA anyway. I thought Saldate could end up at Indiana with his boy/bro in law Henry Porter and with Brayton Lee out of eligibility. I think his younger brother is also going to be playing football up the road at Notre Dame. Good get for Michigan though.

How do folks in Madison feel about Howe? I can't remember if there were hard feelings when he left.

100%

Fair. Carl mentioned in one of the videos someone posted that Truax wasn't confident in his offense early on and that the coaches were trying to get him to let it fly a little more, rather than wrestling chess matches. I guess the same could be said for Bartlett, though!

I think it might be the opposite and maybe Nagao didn't take advantage of what the PSU room had to offer. It sounded like he didn't interact much RBY or Bartlett, whereas Davis rolled with RBY frequently while he was preparing for the Mexico tournament and Pan Ams. No offense to the PSU bench, but you're not going to improve when you train with Shunk and Vespa. I don't think Nagao beat any wrestlers in the top 10 this year.

Imo, the old "Iowa Style" works well at developing good wrestlers but it will only get you so far, especially with or against elite wrestlers. So, we get exactly the results that we get. Bringing in some technical expertise on staff to work with guys on scrambling, chain wrestling, finishing shots would fix a lot of tactical issues at Iowa right now. Changing the culture of the program would also pay huge dividends, but it's a longer-term issue to be fixed. A huge competitive advantage that Iowa has is the structure and individual attention that Iowa gives its wrestlers. A lot of kids need a solid framework like that in order to thrive. Look at DeSanto, for example. Cael's relaxed and "fun" training style isn't for everyone. Guys like Gavin Teasdale, Nick Suriano, and Andrew Long struggled without guardrails and a lot of rigor in place. It's not too different I think from the way students can sink or swim when they go from the structure of high school to the autonomy of college.

It's Taylor's to lose, but I could see him dropping at least the first match while shaking off some rust. He's only been competing at 1 international event in each of the last couple of years and is also getting a little long in the tooth. Even Burroughs was getting in some reps and competing during the last cycle.