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Jeremy Hunter probably deserves more of a mention than Suriano, given Suriano’s short career in the blue&white. Prescott and Mega definitely the top 2 lightweights IMO however.

PSU all-time 2nd team 125 - Jeff Prescott / Nick Suriano 133 - Sanshiro Abe 141 - Cary Kolat 149 - Frank Molinaro 157 - Bubba Jenkins 165 - Vincenzo Joseph 174 - Mark Hall / Matt Brown 184 - Ed Ruth 197 - Quentin Wright 285 - Anthony Cassar Not confident in my picks for 157 or 285…I’m sure I’m forgetting someone.

Post your all-time ISU lineup and let’s see how they would stack up. Would be interesting to see an all-time lineup from OkSt as well, maybe a few others.

Interesting to note that 9 out of 10 in the all-time PSU lineup wrested under Cael’s tutelage. I’m not knowledgeable when you go back pre-1990’s…How many of Iowa’s lineup listed here were coached by Gable? Everyone except Lee? If so, perfect example of the effect these 2 legends have had on their protégés.

Damn, I’m an idiot.

Gable doesn’t crack the lineup, eh?

Yeah, my bad. Definitely Retherford at 149

Best ever at each weight class for both schools. Who wins the hypothetical dual meet? My take on PSU lineup —- 125 - Megaludis 133 - RBY 141 - Nick Lee 157 - Nolf 165 - Taylor 174 - Starocci 184 - Brooks 197 - Nickal 285 - Kerry McCoy Will need help from Iowa fans on who fills their lineup.

This is why I had Retherford at 141, but the point brought up about him being a better version of himself at 149 is obviously valid.

And a few honorable mentions… 133 - Steiber-J.O. (2012 NCAA Final) 141 - Yianni-McKenna (2019 NCAA Final) 141 - Yianni-Meredith (2018 NCAA Final) 165 - IMar-Cenzo (2017 NCAA Final) 184 - Nickal-Dean (2017 NCAA Final)

I’ll take a stab… 125 - Lee-Rivera (2019 B1G Final) 133 - Vito-RBY (2023 NCAA Final) 141 - Retherford-Steiber (2013 Dual Meet) 149 - Metcalf-Caldwell (2009 NCAA Final) 157 - Nolf-IMar (2016 NCAA Final) 165 - Dake-Taylor (2013 NCAA Final) 174 - Nickal-Martin (2016 NCAA Final) 184 - Ruth-Dean (2014 Southern Scuffle Final) 197 - Snyder-Cox (2015 NCAA Semifinal) 285 - Gwiz-Snyder (2016 NCAA Final)

Best NCAA wrestlers to ever wrestle their particular weight class (assuming each can only be named once even if they wrestled multiple weight classes). And I’m including only the current weight classes (would be interesting to make a list of previous weights as well). 125 - Spencer Lee 133 - Logan Steiber 141 - Zain Retherford 149 - Yianni Diakamaholis 157 - Kyle Dake 165 - David Taylor 174 - Carter Starocci 184 - Aaron Brooks 197 - Cael Sanderson 285 - Gable Steveson

Bonaccorsi reminds me of Stallone in Rocky III going up against Thunderlips. “The Ultimate Male” vs “The Ultimate Meatball”. Although this was Hulk Hogan’s quote, it sounds like something Ferrari would say.

Exactly. Love the mindset. Would have been really bad-ass if Ramos reacted this way after pinning Lee…stone cold like it was a forgone conclusion that it would happen.

So many outstanding matchups this year. The obvious are 125, 133, 165 as mentioned already. But in addition…will Haines get it done vs AOC? Woods-Alirez should be great as well. Keck vs #3 Brooks.

Does the Hodge criteria factor in credentials from previous years? If not, then Yianni should not be in the running after taking a loss this year. Assuming all win, I’d say: 1) Carr 2) Parris 3) RBY 4) Starocci ***Parris gets it if he pins or techs Kerk, so long as Carr doesn’t do the same thing to KOT.

Vito’s dominance over Fix, although the win not really that big of an upset, the manner in which it occurred qualified as unexpected in my opinion. Too bad Michael McGee is a senior. Would have liked to see a McGee-Arujau final next season.

Two of the biggest upsets in sports occurred yesterday, and both involved Purdue University. Coincidental…I think not. Spencer’s loss was the universe righting itself. Spencer’s mom has Farleigh-Dickinson University to blame.