Lunaticfringe

Mekhi Lewis really gets rated way too high. He often wins by a point or two over average guys. He won a title years ago pre injury and pre Covid but isn’t that guy anymore

AJ Ferrari Sr would make sense

Philadelphia Eagles fans

Minnesota 125-Morvari Fr 133-Flynn Jr 141-Vombaur Jr 149-Roberts Jr 157-Astey Jr 165-Brenner Jr 174-Whiting So 184-McEnelly Fr 197-Nelson Fr Hwt-Tabor Jr Redshirt Wells to move to 141, move Vombaur to 149 following year and Roberts to the portal. I fully expect Salazar to Northern Colorado/ASU next season. Following season Brenner beat out by Millard for 165 and Tabor by Hopke for HWT.

Gotta think Taylor and Burroughs are done. Gilman sure acted like he’s done.

Bolyard was there for the demise of Eastern Michigan, why not be there for Central Michigan’s as well

It’s funny how much guys mature when they get the hell away from the Brands. Excellent examples are Brent Metcalf and Thomas Gilman.

He’s a head coach of a below average program. A lot of times Associate Head Coaches at top few programs get head coaching jobs at middle of the road schools before Head Coaches of bad teams. Sean Bormet got Michigan over a established head coach Alex Clemson got Maryland Tony Ersland got Purdue Mike Poeta got Illinois Roger Chandler MSU Brandon Eggum MN Doug Schwab UNI Damion Hahn SDSU It’s not a requirement to be a current head coach to get the next job in line. However having it on a resume is a good thing but also let’s say Virginia Tech gets 2nd to Penn St which is totally possible, it will look good he helped push them over the hump.

He knows Bono will be gone sooner rather than later. He probably wants the Wisconsin job bad

Minnesota needs a 174 bad. Sparks is a shell of what he was 3 years ago, his injuries have been bad. He only qualified because Starocci defaulted

Anyways, when the heck are the Minnesota guys hitting the portal? One guy who could have value is Drew Roberts. Ranked in the 15-20 range most of the year, he might get bumped out. Lots of speculation of how long Wells can hold 133 and Vombaur moving to 149 potentially. Roberts is solid on the mat but he doesn’t really have a go to offensive shot from the feet. I think he would struggle against Vombaur and be the odd man out. I also believe Wells grew as he season went on and the cut got harder. 141 might be his best weight. Hunter Lyden had a lot of preseason hype as being the reason Cael Carlson left. Well he never made the lineup.

Exactly, be what you want to be even if it is not real. Big difference between being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender(which are real things)than making up fake genders and pushing that BS agenda and trying to gaslight everyone into joining your fake reality. Basically identical to the religious right telling us to join there fake reality of Sky Daddy telling them what is right and what is wrong and gaslighting everyone to join the churches reality. Same exact type of people who are pushing the same crap on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Nothing more than a control game

Both poorwrestler and I believe Wells will be moving to 141 sooner than later. Flynn could easily man 133 for MN

Every single human is brainwashed or groomed by their parents. Whether that be with LGBTQ or organized religion, it’s basically the same concept. Ram a bunch of BS down kids throats long enough so they believe it and then once they are adults they will pass it to the next generation. LGBTQ is just the lefts version of religion

Lots of evidence going both ways on it. Heck the class of 08 and 15 for the Gophers are good examples to not redshirt. CP Schlatter, Mack Reiter and Roger Kish were all battered, missed a lot of time and were a shell of themselves. 2015 you had Dylan Ness and Nick Dardanes.

What would the plan at 133 be then?

Someone will hit the portal between Swiderski, Chittum and Johnson. I don’t know how they make this work. Unless a complete lineup shift from 165-184 goes up to 174-197 after this year and the 149-165 is a combo of Enchimedia, Chittum, Johnson and Swiderski but then there’s still a odd man out. I also expect Zach Redding to hit the portal

We don’t spend the money that other top programs do. Just the body language of the team compared to the past tradition of 25 years is much different. If we kept all of our talent that has came in the past 10 years, the results would be much different IMO. This is not just me, I have had conversations in the stands of duals with multiple others who said exactly what I was thinking. Some fans out there would like to see some outside the program assistants come in how Brandvold did years ago, thinking Luke Becker and Zach Sanders have gotten stale.

Maybe it would not be though. Let’s say VTech stays on the same path, top 5-10 every year, plus he has head coaching experience. He would be a more attractive candidate than other assistants who would be applying for a Big job. When Bono gets fired by Wisconsin, he will be a very attractive candidate being a alumni and with requisite head coaching experience.

We have seen it many times now with True Freshmen Hwts. Both Mason Parris and Adam Coon went into NCAAs as true freshmen ranked very high and failed to place. Very rare to see a true freshmen place at Hwt. My worry is the portal for Hopke. If you redshirt him and develop him for someone else. If you wrestle him immediately he will likely be similar to what we have in Bennett Tabor, undersized about 230 lbs and will be ranked in the 15-25 range.

We never know. Kevin Steinhaus was projected 165 to start and maybe 174 down the road and he was going up just weight per year as well. He got massive in the college weight room and if not for Schiller would have moved to 197. Tyler Safratowich was small forever, he was projected 133 and ends up 157-165. I would like to see Millard looking like a shorter version of Garrett Joles wrestling 165-174

With the Gophers past couple years, I sadly expect it. Some rumors of Salazar going 174 next year. I just don’t see it.

Have Salazar and Vombaur hit the portal yet?

I just don’t get it with these kids. One day they post how much they love the program and then a couples days later, bam. In the portal

If Greg’s last name was Anderson would people continue to think he’s going to be a mainstay in the Cornell lineup?