Nah ... it's the offseason. I keep hearing people either say Beau will be another animal at 141 or he'll still be the same wrestler he was at 149 and not progress so I added my many thoughts.
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I think he’ll be much better at 141, the weight really clears out nicely and he’ll win those close matches, I don’t see him being quite an animal , sign me up for a 6th place prediction if bracket breaks nicely
I think he'll be pretty similar stylistically (a bit more offensive) but like I said, I see a lot more close wins than close losses. We can't forget, he was hardly helpless at 149, he beat 2 guys in the R16 (Ogunsanya, Crooks), a R12 guy (Artalona) and a 2x AA (Parco)
Beau was not wrestling at his optimal weight so there is no doubt in my mind he will be better next year. By how much is the interesting question.
Cass is back and until Kerk proves otherwise, he is 0/3 against him. Kerk has been getting closer but hasn’t gotten it done yet. I could see anyone of Parris, Cass, Kerk or Schultz taking it next year.
Out of those 4 very talented wrestlers one is trained by a staff that routinely pushes guy past the finish line. The other three not so much.
Just saying.
I definitely agree with that. I hope Kerk can get past Cass but I’m not betting on it like it’s a done deal yet.
Honestly one of the guys I’m most hyped to see next year is Robbie Howard. Has wins over Heinselman and Ragusin his true FR year and still has 4 years of eligibility left.
That’s a reasonable take and I understand it. But another is that an injured Kerk MFF’d to 4th and would have very likely been third healthy while Cass was 7th. Kerk dominated the guy that dominated Cass.
With Penn State, you can’t look at the regular season and Big Tens and use that to predict NCAAs. See Cenzo and others.
Cass has peaked like most hawks after three years in their room.
You do realize, of course, that if things turn out in my favor next year, I'm digging this thread up just to rub a little salt in it, right?
There are a lot of reasonable takes in this thread, I will say that. Kerk v Cass..........your boy hasn't beaten our boy yet. Until that happens......
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But will it have to even happen? It didn’t happen this year as Kerk placed three spots better than Cass.
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Right now I would say Cass number one and Kerk number two until he beats Cass. Either one of those two should be the next champ
Parris beats the crap out of Cass every time they wrestle
I disagree. Cass's staff routinely pushes past the finish line, thru the tunnel and right into the trainers office....
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Pending the brackets play out. I guess you could move these three any which way one of them needs to beat both of them so I would say Kerk is trending the right way
Schultz will probably be #1 unless any of B1G heavies win all matches against the other two. Highly unlikely. Schultz won’t wrestle anyone all year. My guess on the seedings are Schultz, Kerk, Paris, Cass. I do think Kerk will have the measure of the other two B1Gs when it counts but none of them will go unbeaten.
I think it is a little more simple. He needs to wrestle through positions and secure what’s there before going for more. Secure the escape when the reversal may be a stretch. Secure the takedown when going straight for backs may score zilch. Get the sure points and build on them. Don’t get 90% there and leave a door open while looking for something else. Not everyone can be Bo Nickal.
This applies regardless of the weight he goes. What Lovett did in the dual should never, ever happen. It was the epitome of why BB didn’t make it over the hump.
That may sound harsh, but tell me with a straight face that the Lovett incident and the no-escape calls vs. Van Elite and some other dude while locking eyes with the ref weren’t big deals. Maybe that stuff gets fixed during the off season. Either way, it has nothing to do with weight.
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