Winners Circle

How do you figure this is a roster battle? Kasak has wrestled all the duals and beat Facundo H2H.

Oh absolutely. That excerpt was in no way a shot at the current state of SDSU. More so just a defense of Bono's time at SDSU.

Actually at SDSU I think he did a pretty damn good job of it. In 2017 they finished 16th as a team, and had two AA's (one of which was a finalist and the other was Alex Kocer, who was unseeded). In 2018 they finished 12th as a team, had 3 AA's (one of which was a champ and the others were Luke Zilverberg, who was 13 seed, and David Kocer, who was 11 seed) and one bloodround finisher. Putting guys like the Kocer bros on the podium is the name of this thread. Pretty damn good run for a mid-major imo.

Apologies. Didn't read any of the replies, just shot from the hip.

Did anyone else read this thread and immediately think PD3 vs DT? Lmao.

In the category of 'who does this at this current moment', I agree with Schwab, Kolat, Erisman, Hahn, Ward, Bentley, and Santoro. I'd also add Scott Moore (Lock Haven). In the category of 'who has shown the ability of being able to do this in the past but built their program into a state where they are now getting top recruits', I'd put Brian Smith, Koll, and Dresser.

In the beginning, yes I would agree. Now, however, Mizzou consistently pull in top recruits (Mendoza, KOT, Rath, etc.).

I'm in same boat. Mine will be 10 months in March, so I'm able to make it work. But was unsure for awhile.

I give him a legitimate 1% chance.

But may deter some upper-middle weight recruits from going there with a national finalist with 3 years of eligibility remaining.

Don't you mean Hokey Pokey?

Glad to know I'm not the only one. Cheers boys.

Just like wrestling fans to make problems were there isn't a real one.

From a fan standpoint, NCAA wrestling has far more fans than UWW and USAW. I know there's a lot of variables there, but that is simply a fact. I'm a diehard wrestling fan (all styles), just like most of us on this forum, I've been to 8 straight NCAAs, never been to a single US Open/World Team Trials/Final X/World Championships/etc. I'm not saying the weight classes is the reason for this, obviously. But I'm not sure being like UWW or USAW would be a good thing for NCAA wrestling.

I give Haines the slightest of edges. Not because of the freestyle results, however. But because of Penn State's history in big matches. If it's a true toss up, those matches almost always go their way (especially in the NCAA finals).