Black Knight Invitational
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At least until Erik Gibson arrives 2nd Semester and the talk starts about the possibility of him going 157 this year.
I think people are discounting how much room familiarity matters. Unless you are just head and shoulders better than your opponent like Facundo was with Lee close matches with someone you wrestle everyday is the norm. They know your best attacks and what to stay away from. I don’t think we can take away much about how Levi or Claw will do the rest of the year against other opponents from that match. I hope Levi gets a few matches against ranked opponents in the next month or so because that will give us a much better idea of where he’s at.
2-1 does not warrant the shirt pull. Now, things MAY change in a month or 6 weeks, but for now, no. At least in my mind, but Cael has 9 National Championships and I went 0-2 in Hershey in my last season as a wrestler lol.
I think you missed my point. A 2-1 match with a teammate is not an indication that each guy will have similar results going forward just because they wrestled a close match.
I do think Levi has higher bonus potential. Barraclough is tough on top, but more of a rider. Levi gets him flat and works on turns.
Making states in PA should be said with pride. Congratulations.
As a 4th place in Regionals 32 years ago guy, I concur. Would love to have lost 2 matches in Hershey.
So let's see; starting next year and running through 2028, with the kids and recruits we already have in hand through the class of 2024, for 149-197, contributors;
SVN, Haines, Barraclogh, Facundo, Lee/Lee, Starocci, Gibson, Brooks, Barr, Kasak, Sealy, Ryder, and Perry.
Then you have Grey shirts, Red shirts, Olympic shirts.
Throw in a Knox, Duke or Forrest likely inbound in the out years and what do you have?
For TnT or Ryan
For Cael
SVN, Haines, Barraclogh, Facundo, Lee/Lee, Starocci, Gibson, Brooks, Barr, Kasak, Sealy, Ryder, and Perry.
Then you have Grey shirts, Red shirts, Olympic shirts.
Throw in a Knox, Duke or Forrest likely inbound in the out years and what do you have?
For TnT or Ryan
For Cael
Kharchla lost his wrestleoff this year.
I suspect that Haines will get a better tourney such as the Scuffle to show if he should start or shirt.
Keep your head up, to my knowledge Cael never won a match at Hershey either!
Thanks, lol. I kinda fluked my way in but I'll take it.
Oh. OK my bad. You make a great point there. Let's see how Levi does at the scuffle...
Remember when Hershey was all that mattered to us as kids? Those days are long gone. Now it's these super tournaments and the Gibson kids and Bo Bassett dont even care. Man, time flies...
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Saw some of the best matches in my life at Hershey. Lots of energy in that building even before the first whistle blows. Nothing like it in high school wrestling in my opinion
Bordo must be up early trying to delete his Google search history.
Those damn cookies have me getting all those penis enhancement pill ads.
Gotta do something about it.
Or maybe those were my wife's cookies???
My takeaway is that we need to tamp the breaks on Haines. Unless I've read the board wrong, it seems that most fans had Levi in the lineup by Big Tens.
Like you say, maybe it's room familiarity. Maybe in 5 weeks, things will be different. Right now, though, we have just one data point, and it's possible 2-1 is a good indication of how close they are.
Either way, I think we will be a tough out at 157.
I admit that I thought the new rules would hurt 1st year freshman and their ability to get matches. It seems to be the opposite.
It seems that it has put the burden on the schools to get the kids to the tournaments, rather on their own dime. Saves some of that Slush Fund money.
Plus if you got an injury or want to try a kid out, you can do so without affecting the plan for him (burning his redshirt).
For true freshman, yes. But due to limits on official competition dates, some schools (e.g., Iowa) have shifted the unattached cost-burden to upperclassmen, who already had to foot the same bill when they were true freshman in RS.
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I agree with jefe let's see if he goes to southern scuffle and how he does there. Should be a good barometer
Tom Brands mentioned it during an earlier presser.
It may have been an unanticipated side-effect of having already scheduled 16 team competition dates. Next year, maybe Iowa will only schedule 15, like Penn State did this year.
And geographically, maybe Penn State benefits from having more nearby opens that it can send smaller contigents to, so as not to count as a competition date.
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What teams are sending their starters to the scuffle this year? Anyone decent?
If I assume that, at least most of those teams are sending their starters, that’s a great rebound for the scuffle this year! if he goes, Levi will certainly get an opportunity to prove himself.
If they can't pay, they get evicted.
Levi could possibly wrestle Midlands, but probably no room
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