Dogbone

Is there really a point to looking to next year with the transfer rule? PSU has 2 guys who AA'd at other schools last year and a #2 seed who was RS at another school last year. 3 new AAs that no one would of predicted at this time last year. Michigan brought in 5 AAs from other schools. Iowa got 2 AAs from NDSU. Next weekend is more of a recruiting trip for some schools.

Zalesky's results after leaving Iowa City almost prove the opposite. If he was an elite coach, he would of had more success and not be at the D2 level now. After Gable's recruits left, Zalesky's results don't stack up. He inherited a great dynasty and it was behind Minnesota and Ok St. before he left. Brands has the 2nd best program right now and that wasn't the case when he took over.

Is he not 100%? If not then I think we can write Starocci's name in Pen.

I took the former teammates factor was in reference to Beard beating Brooks not Hidlay. I don't see that either. To me. Brooks v. Hidlay final is next topic.

Good list. I would add Starocci if he doesn't look 100% v. Mekhi. If Carter looks like his himself then I don't think this is a match but I wouldn't rule out Mekhi vs. an 85% Starocci.

Seeds are not predictions. Feldman is coming on strong at the end of the year and may finish 3rd but he won't be seeded 3rd. Comparing transitive properties of matches and ignoring Feldman's CKLV is not how the process works (yes, I know he got hurt but that is part of the seeding process).

After I watching the match, I was surprised there has been this much uproar about this match. Yes, Williams was stalling but not a lot of refs are going to hit a guy for stalling 4 times in a minute. It stinks but I don't think you will see something like that called in KC either. *I don't think they were out of bounds before time expired or there would of been another stalling call.

I know he was highly ranked out of HS but for a guy to not take a step on a mat for 3+ years and then come back and qualify for Nationals is crazy.

I think we will see an KOT/Carr semifinal unless the committee intervenes to separate them. It would be inconsistent from how they seed other brackets, but could happen as consistency and NCAA wrestling brackets usually are not used in the same sentence.

It was an exhibition and does not count for seeding. This is a topic on seeding, you must of missed it.

The B12 was the better conference at 285. It probably doesn't matter to Younger where he is seeded, that is not the topic. There will be 330 wrestlers in KC in 2 weeks that don't care where they are seeded.

125 - Richie Figueroa - Honestly no idea and I predict chaos. Figs was the most realistic chaos outcome I could predict. 133- Fix - He looks better this year and I think he gets finally gets it done. 141 - Mendez. Very impressive B1G tourney. 149 - Ridge. - Most well rounded Folkstyle wrestler in the bracket. 157 - Levi - Has separated himself. 165- KOT - Not counting out Carr but he didn't seem close to finishing on KOT 174 - Carter - I don't buy into the drama. He seems like he wanted to go this weekend so knee isn't as bad as feared, was likely only held out for own protection. 184 - Keckeisen - picked apart Plott and has beaten #2, 3, 4 . Impressive season. 197 - Brooks. Finals are next topic Brooks v. Hidlay. I think Hidlay has a legit chance but I can't pick against Brooks 285 - Kerk. Exciting to see if Younger can make it a match but edge to Kerk as his is more well rounded.

Davis should be the #1 seed. But I don't believe 125 seeds really matter after the first round anyway.

Younger beat #3 Wyatt (his only loss), #4, Colton (his only loss), and #5 Elam (his only 2 losses). Kerk's hasn't wrestled any of them this year and is ranked above Younger because he stated the year there as the highest returning placer. If the regular season matters, then Younger should be the #1 seed.

The religious stuff doesn't bother me and it's not exclusive to PSU. The "this doesn't matter" BS, we just want to compete is the BS that bothers me. If it didn't matter they wouldn't open up the checkbook to bring in Nagau, Messenbrink, Truex from other programs or pay Star and Brooks to come back. They would just let the backups who have been in the room compete if it didn't matter. Let those guys get better, etc. No, if you are not a high AA threat, you will be replaced... It matters to them a lot, and that is okay.

Not an Iowa fan, but Iowa was the favorite in 2020, National Champs in 2021 and were runner up last year. I don't think anyone was beating PSU this year but the gambling issues didn't help Iowa. The race for 2nd is still very wide open. Just because Michigan finished 2nd doesn't mean they will be the 2nd highest team at NCAAs.

There will be alternates. In Cleveland, Jason Renteria missed weight and the alternate was on site and made weight. Forget if they redrew the bracket or not, I don't think they were seeding all the way to 33 so it may not have mattered. So there is no deadline but I would guess Shane at least makes weight and tries to give it a go. Carter is just drama for drama. I'm betting they will kiss and make up and he will be on top of the podium on Saturday night in PSU gear as usual. No clue on his seed tho.

He has gone head to head with JB and KNOWS how that goes. He doesn't have that same knowledge with the 65KG guys. The fact that he has tried twice before and is giving is a try again should tell you all you need to know. Pretty sure he knows what he has to do to make the Olympics and believes 65KG is his best chance.

Younger should be in this conversation.

I think the RTC/colleges should do what's best for their athletes. I am more curious about the USAW resources. Both Micic and Gomez repped USA at age level world championships. Presumably went to training camps and received USAW coaching. I don't care that Micic and Gomez wrestle for foreign countries or that Cliff Keen trains them, but I am not sure how I feel about USAW resources being used to beat American athletes. You raise a good question about fandom, were Michigan fans rooting for Gomez to beat Lee and prevent the US from an Olympic spot? That seems weird to me but I might be in the minority.

I believe they or their families had to defect from Cuba and can't go back. I don't think it is likely they rep Cuba, even if they want to

It is not fair or "right" but not everything in life is fair. If coaches start to manipulate the rule then they will change it like they did with MFF counting as loses now. It was being manipulated so they made a change. Even if Aaron Brooks is seeding 14th, who really suffers in a qualifier that is sending 7 or 8 guys? Sure the runner up would be different but 2nd and 3rd seeds would still qualify for NCAAs. The 2 seed would still only lose to Brooks (wouldn't hurt his NCAA seed) and the 2 and 3 seeds would just meet in the 3rd place match instead of the semis.

Is a great rule, probably not, but it is a rule and one that is not that hard for every other coach to follow. If Iowa wants to wait to determine their starters that is their choice but that doesn't mean the entire conference should change. I get they may have wanted to wait to see if a healthy Schriever was better than Teske but I don't know why you wouldn't just submit Teske as the entry since there was questions around Schriever.

If Starrocci forfeits out, then the winner of Washington/Sparks gets a pass to the semis. Wonder how Starocci will feel about forfeiting to Washington. Oddly, the loser of the Max Maylor/Baumann will then get a MFF into the top 8 and an NCAA bid.

I agree with this but my point is more about his plans than his ability to pull them off (more power to him if he can). Right now, he appears to plan on playing football for 5 years and wrestling for 5 years both part time. If he has any aspirations to play in the NFL (seems likely if he is sticking with football), his best interest would be to prepare for the draft process. Hopefully I am wrong and he pulls it off, wins a Natty his senior year and then gets drafted in the NFL.