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Black Knight Invitational - Sun, Nov 24

Well it certainly seems like we will all have the popcorn out for the Facundo vs Kasak show at 157. Do we have confirmation both are going?

I assume both the AllStar classic and this tourney do not count against a redshirt, correct?

 
Well it certainly seems like we will all have the popcorn out for the Facundo vs Kasak show at 157. Do we have confirmation both are going?

I assume both the AllStar classic and this tourney do not count against a redshirt, correct?

Not sure about ASC since that was exhibition (wouldn't think that would affect RS). If Kasak wrestles in this attached it definetly burns his shirt. He could potentially wrestle unattcahed to preserve it
 
Not sure about ASC since that was exhibition (wouldn't think that would affect RS). If Kasak wrestles in this attached it definetly burns his shirt. He could potentially wrestle unattcahed to preserve it
It was in a flo interview with coaches, I thought they said, they expected that to pull his RS, but it did not. I could of been dreaming but I don't think so.

I did not see the interview, heard it second hand.
 
Cael said all starters were going, that must mean that Braeden is wrestling.
Penn State has 20 wrestlers registered, including all starters, but that’s subject to change up until the day of the event. Imagine no decision will be made until it needs to be.
 
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I hope everyone wrestles
Would love to see these 5 weights and how the incumbents do (184, 197 and hwt) and how starting weights up for grabs go (157,197)

Plus to see LL vs a healthy McHenry

125 LL, Mchenry
157 Kasak vs Facundo
184 starochi , Ryder
197 Barr , Cochran , mirasola
Hwt Kerk , mirasola
 

All entries. Excited to see 197 with Cochran, Barr, and Mirasola all going. Also 125 with Lilledahl and McHenry and obviously 157. Would love to see Ryder vs CStar as well. Should be a fun tournament
 
I hope everyone wrestles
Would love to see these 5 weights and how the incumbents do (184, 197 and hwt) and how starting weights up for grabs go (157,197)

Plus to see LL vs a healthy McHenry

125 LL, Mchenry
157 Kasak vs Facundo
184 starochi , Ryder
197 Barr , Cochran , mirasola
Hwt Kerk , mirasola
Hope to see Sealy as well
 

All entries. Excited to see 197 with Cochran, Barr, and Mirasola all going. Also 125 with Lilledahl and McHenry and obviously 157. Would love to see Ryder vs CStar as well. Should be a fun tournament
Matt Lee?!?! Gotta be honest, I totally forgot that guy even existed.
 
Hope to see Sealy as well
Haven’t heard a peep about Sealey. Interesting note though. There are only 3 wrestlers on PSU roster not certified, Sealey, Nagao and Erik Gibson. Could mean they all injured and that’s why they haven’t certed yet? Just throwing that out there. No knowledge if that’s why they haven’t certified.
 
Rutgers is a perennial Top 10 team..
It's just a MamamamamaMatter of time...



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My guess is the plan is to redshirt Connor Mirasola, but for the sake of discussion, if he blows through the field and beats Cochran and Barr, would that change anything?
 
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My guess is the plan is to redshirt Connor Mirasola, but for the sake of discussion, if he blows through the field and beats Cochran and Barr, would that change anything?
I don't think it matters if he blows through the competition. My sense from listening to Cael is that his first priority when deciding on redshirting his wrestlers is to do what the athlete prefers. All indications are that Connor prefers to redshirt alongside his brother. The second priority is if the team really really needs points to win the Natty. This year we don't need them so I can't see Cael pushing him to not redshirt for this reason either.
 
That Penn State is:
A. Really good
B. Really really good
C. Best ever

Gable coming back knocks you guys down a peg, thank god. and hopefully you'll go with Facundo at 157. Davis could pull a Davis again. Bartlett is taking 3rd. I'll cross my fingers that Lilledahl sucks on the mat.

I'm not saying it's certain. But there's a path to PSU taking second.

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I'm not saying it's certain. But there's a path to PSU taking second.
Understatement of the year (bolded). Pretty sure (no I'm positive) that there were rumblings like this early last year.

And everybody finished 100 pts behind.

As @SpikingWhamos posted, let's start timestamping these posts. How do we do this? Possibly POTY nominations????

And enlighten me on how Gable takes a down a peg? Two less points at NCAAs?????
 
Rutgers is a perennial Top 10 team and will prove it- AGAIN- by finishing top 10 in this field.
It appears the Rutgers contingent will be very light, if one goes by Flo's list of participants.


Top 10 in serious jeopardy.
 
Gable coming back knocks you guys down a peg, thank god. and hopefully you'll go with Facundo at 157. Davis could pull a Davis again. Bartlett is taking 3rd. I'll cross my fingers that Lilledahl sucks on the mat.

I'm not saying it's certain. But there's a path to PSU taking second.

Jack Nicholson Yes GIF
I’d rather have Davis pull another “Davis” than Davis pull a Spencer Lee. That whole spectacle was an embarrassment. Getting pinned wasn’t the issue, it was bailing on his teammates afterwards, his mom’s hatred for eyewear and his daddy doing interviews for him. 🤦‍♂️
 
I’d rather have Davis pull another “Davis” than Davis pull a Spencer Lee. That whole spectacle was an embarrassment. Getting pinned wasn’t the issue, it was bailing on his teammates afterwards, his mom’s hatred for eyewear and his daddy doing interviews for him. 🤦‍♂️

Daddy doing an interview was a separate incident sir.
 
I’d rather have Davis pull another “Davis” than Davis pull a Spencer Lee. That whole spectacle was an embarrassment. Getting pinned wasn’t the issue, it was bailing on his teammates afterwards, his mom’s hatred for eyewear and his daddy doing interviews for him. 🤦‍♂️
And after all that he still managed the best finish of our men’s Olympic wrestling team, guess it all worked out okay for him.
 
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Looking at the entries for the Black Knight Invitation, it looks very likely that Penn State could have at least 10 guys in the finals! We're contributing here by giving the other participants a chance to go against top level competition. Anyone with a really competitive attitude would jump on that opportunity.
 
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