A new wrestling writer for The Lantern (another Ross, gee thanks! 
put up this article with some interesting quotes about the buckeye lineup from Tom Ryan & J Jaggers. Sounds like they will definitely be wrestling three True Freshmen this season: Ke-Shawn Hayes (141), Myles Martin & Kollin Moore.
Ryan:
Ryan tabbed Ke-Shawn Hayes, Myles Martin and Kollin Moore as three freshmen to watch this season. “For us to be back on top and to stay on top, we’ll need lots of points from those guys,” Ryan said. “And they’re all capable of it.”
Jaggers:
Jaggers also singled out Hayes and Martin as wrestlers who could make some noise in the upcoming season.
“They are 100 percent the guys that we thought they were going to be when we recruited them.” Jaggers said. “They have looked phenomenal, and they’re just into it. They seem to fit our culture and what we’re looking to do.”
174 - 197 is going to be interesting. They've got Myles Martin, Kenny Courts, Mark Martin & Kollin Moore. Last year's boards indicated Mark Martin wasn't happy with his continued cut to 174 (preferred 184), so there was speculation he might pull a Heflin and 'yeah, I'm gonna get big' and go 197. Maybe he & Moore will battle for Snyder's vacated spot. In any event, I'm really liking brutus' follow-up lineup to their title year:
125 NaTo
133 JDJ
141 Ke-Shawn
149 Hunter
157 Micah Jordan
165 Bo Jordan
174 Myles Martin
184 Kenny Courts
197 Moore or Mark Martin
285 Tavanello or Haines
That's a lot of youthful studs peppered with a few grizzled vets. You know what's even more fun? Looking at our lineup against it. Let's look again:
125 Nico could very well be consistently better than NaTo, the returning champ
133 JDJ probably has advantage over Conaway in the Senior Category
141 Gulibon > Ke-Shawn? Probably, at this point
149 Hunter vs zPain doesn't happen til Feb, when everybody will know how Hunter's two repaired elbows are
157 Micah sounds like a real stud. But our new stud is probably quite studlier
165 Pray4Hammond/Rasheed/Beitz
174 Nickal vs Myles: another youth battle I think we're superior in
184 Courts vs McCutcheon. That R12 come from ahead OT loss still stings--we'd a placed 4th instead on that win alone. Bet McCutcheon knows that and fo reals. Courts is 2-0 against him though.
197 Smack vs Moore or Martin: ahahahhahahahah
285 Nevills vs Tavanello or, far more dramatic Haines. No idea yet who wins this round robin.
We just match up with them very well. Hunter, NaTo & BoJo are their best wrestlers. But we counter with zPain, Nico & Smack. I mean, I love it. Look around the country at these beastly lineups (Va Tech, brutus, OkSt, Iowa) and, H2H, we stack up super well. It's gonna be a real fun year.
put up this article with some interesting quotes about the buckeye lineup from Tom Ryan & J Jaggers. Sounds like they will definitely be wrestling three True Freshmen this season: Ke-Shawn Hayes (141), Myles Martin & Kollin Moore. Ryan:
Ryan tabbed Ke-Shawn Hayes, Myles Martin and Kollin Moore as three freshmen to watch this season. “For us to be back on top and to stay on top, we’ll need lots of points from those guys,” Ryan said. “And they’re all capable of it.”
Jaggers:
Jaggers also singled out Hayes and Martin as wrestlers who could make some noise in the upcoming season.
“They are 100 percent the guys that we thought they were going to be when we recruited them.” Jaggers said. “They have looked phenomenal, and they’re just into it. They seem to fit our culture and what we’re looking to do.”
174 - 197 is going to be interesting. They've got Myles Martin, Kenny Courts, Mark Martin & Kollin Moore. Last year's boards indicated Mark Martin wasn't happy with his continued cut to 174 (preferred 184), so there was speculation he might pull a Heflin and 'yeah, I'm gonna get big' and go 197. Maybe he & Moore will battle for Snyder's vacated spot. In any event, I'm really liking brutus' follow-up lineup to their title year:
125 NaTo
133 JDJ
141 Ke-Shawn
149 Hunter
157 Micah Jordan
165 Bo Jordan
174 Myles Martin
184 Kenny Courts
197 Moore or Mark Martin
285 Tavanello or Haines
That's a lot of youthful studs peppered with a few grizzled vets. You know what's even more fun? Looking at our lineup against it. Let's look again:
125 Nico could very well be consistently better than NaTo, the returning champ
133 JDJ probably has advantage over Conaway in the Senior Category
141 Gulibon > Ke-Shawn? Probably, at this point
149 Hunter vs zPain doesn't happen til Feb, when everybody will know how Hunter's two repaired elbows are
157 Micah sounds like a real stud. But our new stud is probably quite studlier
165 Pray4Hammond/Rasheed/Beitz
174 Nickal vs Myles: another youth battle I think we're superior in
184 Courts vs McCutcheon. That R12 come from ahead OT loss still stings--we'd a placed 4th instead on that win alone. Bet McCutcheon knows that and fo reals. Courts is 2-0 against him though.
197 Smack vs Moore or Martin: ahahahhahahahah
285 Nevills vs Tavanello or, far more dramatic Haines. No idea yet who wins this round robin.
We just match up with them very well. Hunter, NaTo & BoJo are their best wrestlers. But we counter with zPain, Nico & Smack. I mean, I love it. Look around the country at these beastly lineups (Va Tech, brutus, OkSt, Iowa) and, H2H, we stack up super well. It's gonna be a real fun year.
