I was watching my DVR of the Pitt/tOSU match last night and saw the current rankings at 125. Man, it may be the most wide open weight class I've ever seen in NCAA D1 wrestling. There's nobody that seems to be any kind of lock for any of the spots on the podium.
125 this season
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The #1 at 125 in the Flo rankings is Nico Provo, who is a nondescript 0-2 NQ last year who I hadn't really even ever heard of before. He has MD losses to Dean Peterson and Baylor Shunk on his record at Wrestlestat. If he's #1 in the country, anyone can win it.
I'm 77 and 265 and 6 ft tall. I still have eligibility. Not sure I could drop 140 lbs in time, but I guarantee I'd be the hungriest, grumpiest wrestler on the mat.
77! If your avatar is any indication, you are a very young 77.I'm 77 and 265 and 6 ft tall. I still have eligibility. Not sure I could drop 140 lbs in time, but I guarantee I'd be the hungriest, grumpiest wrestler on the mat.
And I also have a year of eligibility left, and only need to drop 15lbs to get to 125. But keep in mind, the last time I stepped on a mat was back in April and I tore my rotator cuff about 12 seconds into the match
Depends on if Figs gets healthy .... but I think he and Camacho would be the top guys.
Richie Figs is a stud when healthy, no doubt. I expect Noto will be a title contender also, despite his loss at the All-Star match.
I agree with this. I think these two guys should rise to the top by the end of the season, but it's still pretty wide open nonetheless without Spencer, Glory, Vito, Suriano etc. who have dominated the weight over the last several years.
To me it’s a bit of a farce to have Provo at #1 based off 1 tournament. Intermat’s ranking of him at #4 is more reasonable, though I’d probably have him at 7 or 8.
That said, I concur that 125 is pretty wide open.
Well, Flo.
I'd agree with Earl having him at 4, as he beat both Ramos and Ungar decisively, and Ungar beat DeAugustino and Kaylor.
Can't say anyone below him has earned a higher ranking this year so far. (Neither has 0-0 Figs but there he is at 3.)
It's still early. He'll get Figs and Kaylor in duals and Pac 12s. Plus Ramos, Surtin, Gallagher, Ventresca in duals. We'll see if it were just one weekend.
Braeden is the guy going forward since he is getting reps against a winless Hofstra guy (plus Cael's statements). Guessing as the preseumed starter, he's going to just wrestle the regular schedule since there there is plenty of good opponents there rather then sending him to the Scuffle for extra matches (especially since Braeden has 7 matches already, the one against Gary not counting)
He will have the following for our dual schedule
Brandon Kaylor
Michael Spangler
Michael DeAugustino
Tristan Lujan (beaten already)
Tommy Capul
Brendan McCrone
Drake Ayala
Dean Peterson
Caleb Smith
Caleb Edwards
Plenty of AA level tests on that schedule before B1Gs (Kaylor, DeAugustino, Ayala, Peterson, Smith)
He will have the following for our dual schedule
Brandon Kaylor
Michael Spangler
Michael DeAugustino
Tristan Lujan (beaten already)
Tommy Capul
Brendan McCrone
Drake Ayala
Dean Peterson
Caleb Smith
Caleb Edwards
Plenty of AA level tests on that schedule before B1Gs (Kaylor, DeAugustino, Ayala, Peterson, Smith)
pretty wild, seems like just yesterday I was sitting in the same row with Robbie and his parents at Nattys. Suriano would come out and warm up and constantly look up and give Robbie a stink eye kind of look (this was after he committed to PSU)...
He was in SV with McHenry last year before McHenry thought it was a good idea to throw himself to his back
Do you know for sure that matches against teammates are not counted? This is the only language I saw regarding this topic in the 2023/24 Qualification Allocation Criteria: "Must have 15-Division I Matches at the designated weight class on the NCAA Division I Starters page to have a calculated RPI. Forfeits and medical forfeits are excluded from the 15-match count. Injury defaults do count towards the 15-match minimum."
Davis is our guy this year then, with Robbie and Gary ready to step up in case of injury. Sounds good.
A sucked down, 50% Fix would finally get his gold at 125.
For the life of me, I can't believe he didn't go 125 this year, especially in an Olympic year.
It's not out of the realm of possibility yet.
Beat me to it. He's wrestled 1 match this year so far -- on 11/10.
If his certification allows him to go 125 (and he's recovered from injury), he could be at that weight against Wyoming on Tuesday.
Ahem…I believe someone on here mentioned that Figueroa hadn’t proved to be a step above the field
Ehh, it's not really an era unless it ends with a trip to LensCrafters.
Flynn had been in an olympic redshirt. Right now it seems like anyone can take the spot from Eddie
No one is a step above. That’s the point of the thread. I still believe Figs will be in the top 2 by tournament time, but there will be at least 10-12 guys who could legitimately win.
I was at this match. Provo had zip for Flynn. Crowd thought it was an upset. Probably not. By the way Cardenas dominated Andonian. Got to his legs at will and quickly shut down Andonian funk.
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Flynn going definitely means he is the guy this year. Makes sense, Ventresca isn't just off, he looks flat out bad. I would be shocked if he isn't dealing with a serious injury or ailment because he's not just losing, he has been getting beat up by non NQ level guys. For example he just went 0-2, both losses by major at Cliff Keen to a 6-8 App State guy and a 6-4 Cal Poly guy.
From my VT source yesterday: "...Cooper Flynn gave up an Olympic redshirt to rejoin the team because our Eddie Ventresca have been having muscular and nerve issues all fall."
hopefully Ventresca can get a medical shirt. He does not look okay so far this season
Yeah, that sounds bad. Hopefully he can wrestle at an elite level again regardless of whether he gets a medical RS or not.
Eddie would 100% get a medical redshirt, He wrestled 5 dates with the last being CKLV. But beyond that, I just hope he's okay because that sounds awful. You can tell something was really wrong with him.
Braeden Davis beat Kaylor who beat Ayala who beat Volk who beat Caleb Smith who beat Matt Ramos who of course pinned Iowa great Spencer Lee.
Braeden Davis > Spencer Lee ???
Braeden Davis > Spencer Lee ???
Gilman beat Piccininni, who pinned Lee.
Camacho looked terrible again. Spratley is good enough to say that’s not a horrendous loss, but he really looked terrible in it, and Spratley isn’t someone who you immediately think potential champ or anything. He’s just another potential AA if things work out for him. This weight is just crazy this year.
#3 Caleb Smith in SV over Trevor Anderson, who lost to Farmer 3-2, who lost to Davis 11-1.
Davis > Smith???
Davis > Smith???
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