I don't think Cutch has the height for 197. Rasheed does have the body for 197, but the big question is can his body adjust to a 32 pound weight gain in 8 months.Wow... So many questions if this is true...
Is this Mark Halls entrance to the the lineup?
Does Cutch wrestle off at 84, or go up or down?
Same question with Rasheed?
Next few months will be interesting, for sure,
Here's how the rankings might look. I think Nickal can place as high as 2nd, and Hall could win it all.
1. Dean
2. Dudley
3. Valencia
4. Martin
5. Nickal
6. Boyd
7. Brooks
8. Miklus
9. Zavatasky
10. Nate Jackson (up from 174)
11. Abounader
12A. Dechow
12B. Weatherspoon (up from 174)
174
1. Jordan (up from 165)
2. Epperly
3. Hall
4. Realbuto
5. Valencia
6. Ramos
7. Crutchmer
8. Brunson
9. Meyer
10. Bernstein
11. Hammond
12. Schleifer
Are you sure that Nickal didn't mean he was moving "up" the podium? Like, from the perch he occupied last year to the taller one next to it?
Wouldn't Bo at 184 and Rasheed at 174 with Hall taking his redshirt as planned be another possibility?
Holy Jumping Jesus, could this mean:
125 Suriano
133 Cortez
141 Gulibon
149 Retherford
157 Nolf
165 Joseph
174 Hall
184 Nickal
197 Cassar/Rasheed/McCutcheon
Hwt Nevills
That's scary man. Scary.
I want Bo at 174 and Hall red shirt this year...Bo will win it all at 174 and help the team with bonus points more....Bo was at a camp today in Brockway, PA. During the Q&A, he said he was moving up this year. That will certainly raise some eyebrows.
Cassar should be back for the season....He will be at 97....I don't think Cutch has the height for 197. Rasheed does have the body for 197, but the big question is can his body adjust to a 32 pound weight gain in 8 months.
The other possible could be Morelli at 174 if Hall shirts? Just throwing that out there also.
I don't know if I accidentally reported your post, but if I did, my apologies. Fat fingers on a "smart" phone...
And why the hell not? That's your only job on here mister! To be in-the-know.Still trying to wrap my mind around the ramifications of this, if it comes to pass.
Is Bo moving up because he simply can't hold 74? Is he making room for Wreck Hall? Is Cutch not recovering fully from the various injuries he's suffered? If not Mark Hall at 74, Cutch? Rasheed? Joseph? Or do Cutch and Rasheed try their luck at 97?
Im sure the coaches have a plan, and it's a good one... But Im not privy to that plan, and it's the offseason, so lots of questions arise!
We're talking about today's plan Roar, not yester day's or tomorrow's. Please ask the people who know people who know people who are close to people in the know to keep up.I know people that know people that know people that know people close to the coaches...and this was not the plan, but plans do change...so I guess it all depends on what plan you're talking about.
What was explained to me is Bo feels his international aspirations are at the heavier weight. Like a DT who was always on the skinnier side of things and is only now filling out his length. Given PSU is stacked at these weights, it doesn't hurt the team.......and may even help the team.If true, pretty interesting for who goes to 174 and who gets bumped from 184 (which looks relatively stronger than 184), about which it's tough to speculate, but worth pointing out that Bo had trouble with bigger guys at 86kg (which, granted, is 5 lbs heavier than 184) in FS this spring. And since our resident insider definitively stated that Mark Hall was going to redshirt, 174 becomes a real question mark because it doesn't seem like the best weight for Cenzo. Cutch has always looked small to me at 184 so maybe he'd be the answer. Geno looks like he was already cutting to hold 165 so maybe him, but I'd also think the staff would want someone there that they're reasonably sure will AA, given the likely improvement at Iowa and tOSU.
What was explained to me is Bo feels his international aspirations are at the heavier weight. Like a DT who was always on the skinnier side of things and is only now filling out his length. Given PSU is stacked at these weights, it doesn't hurt the team.......and may even help the team.
I am nothing more than a fan. I never wrestled. I do get tired of those folks who keep quoting Mark Hall's supposed plan when he announced for PSU. What Mark didn't realize at the time......I don't think most people saw it coming ( I sure did not)....that Penn State would have a freestyle program in place when Mark got to PSU that would be the best place to train on the planet.It isn't about one or two horses.....it is a stable of Derby worthy studs.
Holy Jumping Jesus, could this mean:
125 Suriano
133 Cortez
141 Gulibon
149 Retherford
157 Nolf
165 Joseph
174 Hall
184 Nickal
197 Cassar/Rasheed/McCutcheon
Hwt Nevills
That's scary man. Scary.
Wow. Dramatic much?The recurring knee injuries and the back situation make me wonder if his career might be over for all practical purposes.
Wow. Dramatic much?
I think it's just realistic. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same knee he injured between his senior year of high school and PSU. Recurring knee injuries concern me a lot. The back injury worries me even more, especially since he never really let it heal properly last season. It's a weird injury for a college wrestler, so I get concerned. I hope he's able to continue his career, but I do wonder.
"If I'm not mistaken" means you don't know, you're supposing. You might check on stuff like that before sticking a fork in him.I think it's just realistic. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same knee he injured between his senior year of high school and PSU. Recurring knee injuries concern me a lot. The back injury worries me even more, especially since he never really let it heal properly last season. It's a weird injury for a college wrestler, so I get concerned. I hope he's able to continue his career, but I do wonder.