No. 12 Rutgers Wrestling Faces No. 16 Wisconsin Sunday in Madison / Match Thread
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We just had 3 all Americans last year and could have had a 4th and 5th had Alvarez stayed on weight and if Suriano wrestled. Relax
Wisconsin has won 5 of 7 … tough to wrestle on a Friday night and travel to Wisconsin for a 1PM bout.
We are a middle of the pack B1G program
Turley's style is funk and high risk moves, so if he's not in wrestling shape and still nursing an injury, it'll be hard to pull out wins consistently.
I’m so frustrated he tried to make 133 again after missing it last year bc of weight issues..
I remember him beating Nebraska’s R. Lovett at 133 and now Lovett bumped up to 149 n doing fine… I hope Alvarez Isn’t done for the year if he isn’t injured…
I don’t think it’s cause for concern just yet. Today was supposed to be Alvarez first match in like 2 weeks after injuring an ankle. I have to imagine his ability to exercise to keep weight down was limited. To miss by .4 especially on the road isn’t a huge deal given the circumstances. It’s not an excuse, but I’ll be more concerned if it happens again next week.
The Olivieri decision is puzzling though.
Agreed. He should've planned to go 149 after missing 133 last year. Extreme weight cutting isn't for everyone and personally I hate it. There's a reason Rivera wants to go 141. He likes not sucking a ton of weight.
The free covid year of eligibility has really screwed up things with so many having an extra eligibility, which likely played a roll here. If MVB wasn't eligible, would we even be talking about Alvarez not going 149?
There's no way we pulled Olivieri's RS if Alvarez was wrestling 133 again. I'd be shocked if Olivieri wasn't the 133 starter from here on out.
If Goodale pulled Oliveri's redshirt just to win a dual I'll be very disappointed in his decision making.
Probably not. That whole decision by the NCAA was so bizarre
The 2020 grads lost their winter postseason. They weren’t allowed to come back. Instead, anyone on the roster in 2021 didn’t burn a year of eligibility. How on earth does that make sense
It doesn't and will have negative ramifications for years to come, because many of the HS kids won't have a spot or be able to wrestle as early because some 26 year old "doctor" in their 7th year (after 2 holdbacks in HS) is ahead of them.
was Amos was a blue chipper out of HIgh School?
I remember him being highly thought of
I remember him being highly thought of
Yep. The same problem is happening in NJ high school. Spring athletes who graduated in 2020 or 2021 are actually allowed to come back for a bonus HIGH SCHOOL season as long as they’re enrolled in a community college. Just about every decent baseball team in the state is exploiting it. All it does it push the problem down the road.
2020 sucked but there’s no reason the ramifications need to continue to mount up. We all lost 2020. Move on.
Yeah he was top 5, won multiple national titles and was thought to be a national title contender in college
Amos is a Junior world champ. Bulsak wrestled sloppy but Amos is a future AA.
