Wow. With McKenna being as good as he is, and being able to basically transfer wherever he wanted, I am stunned he is going to wrestle off at OSU. I figured he would have been guaranteed the spot he wanted.
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Wow. With McKenna being as good as he is, and being able to basically transfer wherever he wanted, I am stunned he is going to wrestle off at OSU. I figured he would have been guaranteed the spot he wanted.
Tomasello just took silver in Belaraus at 57KG for his 2nd international medal this year. That looks like a touch match for Suriano.
Tom Ryan is going all in this year. If Toma doesn't drop down, they get no (or low) points at 125, and it forces Pletcher out of the lineup.
After this season they lose Tomasello, Bo Jordan, and Snyder, which is about 60 points at NCAAs, and PSU only loses Retherford and McCutcheon, about 30 points.
Yes no chance Pletcher can make 125. He wrestled 141 last season(he moved up to help lineup but he will be a full sized 133).
Nato would be ranked #1 at 133 if he was there.
Pletcher wrestled most of his matches at 141 last year. Last year was the first Toma wrestled above 125 in college. Toma will be wrestling a light 125 schudule this year, so he doesn't have to make weight a lot.
If Nick catches Toma on Friday night, I favor Nick. On Saturday, it's a toss-up.
Any substantiation to murmurs that Lewis is going up o 165? Would open door 157 for JVB. This makes sense with Grello at 174.
Presumably, Lewis thought he was going 157, when he tweeted this on May 10, so his title run would go through Nolf.
At 157, there's Nolf, followed by a drop-off to the rest of the field, where Lewis would be scrapping from, with a semi against MIcah Jordan, Kemerer or Smith, followed by a Nolf final.
But, at 165, there's IMar, Joseph and Massa. That's a semi-final, final minefield just waiting to happen.
I suppose you could make the argument that the rest of the 165 field isn't as strong as the 157 field, but not by a lot.
Man, unless Lewis improved and looks as good as WNG says, I really have a tough time seeing Lewis beat most of those guys right now... hope he makes me a believer
To be an All American he will definitely have to be at 157. I would have to say Nolf is not losing unless he's injured. Still hoping Lewis can get it done.
C-husk-I am assuming PA is considering them meeting in the finals which are at night and they will weigh in for that match in the morning. NATO will have all day to recover from the weight cut. On Friday they will weigh in in the morning have the Qtrs then Semi's and unlike on Saturday when NATO can eat and drink as much as he wants, Friday he cannot since he has to make weight on Saturday.
Yes, sir. I'm assuming that the cut is harder for Nato, than it is for Nick, and that when Nato puts weight back on on Saturday, he's going to put more on than Nick, plus the increase in strength that will come from being able to eat all day Saturday. Now, they can't just pig out after weigh-ins, but they'll be putting all the right nutrients in his body to get as much strength back as possible.
From you guy's standpoint, you want them to meet Friday. From a good for the sport standpoint, because of it being televised, and wanting to showcase what should be an awesome match, I want to see it Saturday night. UNLESS, the team race is so tight that PSU needs Nick to win to keep Nato out of the finals. ;)
Of course it is. I was asking where you heard those murmurs. As in was it fan stuff, or insiders or somewhere else?
Some fans mistakenly consider themselves insiders based on second and third hand information. While others, just pretend they are insiders and parrot nonsense from other misinformed fans.
What a snarky bunch here.
First hand information would be information obtained directly from the athlete and/or coaches. I have no such information. The source of the murmur was a person with knowledge of the New Jersey wrestling scene. It was mentioned in passing during a Suriano centric discussion regarding the upcoming season. Much to the anticipated chagrin of this board I failed to perform an adequate interrogation regarding his source.
As a response to "Are you a PSU fan?" I ask if you are a fifteen year old?
First hand information would be information obtained directly from the athlete and/or coaches. I have no such information. The source of the murmur was a person with knowledge of the New Jersey wrestling scene. It was mentioned in passing during a Suriano centric discussion regarding the upcoming season. Much to the anticipated chagrin of this board I failed to perform an adequate interrogation regarding his source.
As a response to "Are you a PSU fan?" I ask if you are a fifteen year old?
The only snarky person here right now is you. All they were asking was where you heard the information, since it was stuff we hadn't heard yet. "Conversation with a person with knowledge of the NJ wrestling scene" would have been a good enough response from the get go.
Hey man, you were the one asking us if there was any substantiation. I don't have any recent inside info on the subject, that's why I asked where you heard the murmurs from. FOr all I know, your info is better or more recent than mine. Since it came from someone outside the program, I am going to say that rumor is most likely false. Everything I have heard from people close to the team indicates the plan is for Lewis to go at 157.
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Nice spirited practice today. 165 will probably be JVB. Grello up to challenge Pagano at 174. DeLuca is my dark horse to surprise like my Lewis prediction of 2 years ago. MVB hopefully at 141. Gross looking very good. Suriano is the closest thing to an automated machine that I have seen. All the commits for next year on their official visit, Robinson, Lightner and Jantzer were there at end along with Nick Auguilar from Gilroy CA, 125 pounder and 2 time Fargo champ for an official. Lewis looks like a man among boys.
They will wrestle off as well. Matt McDonald going down to 197 from heavyweight.
So Correnti will not redshirt? Who practices with Gravina? Thanks for supplying information for the wrestling neophytes.
Does he plan on being career 197 or bulking to heavy at some point in time?
so here is what the line up will be...
125 - Suriano (Mackall solid back up)
133 - Delvecchio (Firestone)
141 - Mike Van Brill (please please please get the 6th year Ash !!!)
149 - DeLuca
157 - Lewis
165 - John Van Brill (Scott)
174 - Pagano (Grella solid back up)
184 - Gravina (would assume Pagano moves up here if anything happens to Gravina)
197 - Mulligan or Correnti (don't count out Correnti, he has now had 1 full year to adjust to 197)
285 - Gross
Very solid line up, even with Ash out. MVB is a stud. This is the first line up I can remember where there is not a black hole at 1 or 2 weights.
This lteam could potentially have 10 National qualifiers, and 2-4 All Americans (withOUT Ash).
125 - Suriano (Mackall solid back up)
133 - Delvecchio (Firestone)
141 - Mike Van Brill (please please please get the 6th year Ash !!!)
149 - DeLuca
157 - Lewis
165 - John Van Brill (Scott)
174 - Pagano (Grella solid back up)
184 - Gravina (would assume Pagano moves up here if anything happens to Gravina)
197 - Mulligan or Correnti (don't count out Correnti, he has now had 1 full year to adjust to 197)
285 - Gross
Very solid line up, even with Ash out. MVB is a stud. This is the first line up I can remember where there is not a black hole at 1 or 2 weights.
This lteam could potentially have 10 National qualifiers, and 2-4 All Americans (withOUT Ash).
It is so darn frustrating to have Suriano now in the lineup only to not have Ashanult at 141, Damn ! And from listening to his recent interviews (TOS had a good one a few days ago), it sounded to me like Ashnault is not even interested in a 6th year, it's either wrestle this year when healed or get ready for the next part of his career: International and possiby MMA.. Fingers crossed he's healed by Jan/Feb.
