Column: This freshman can boost PSU's NCAA title hopes

[Tim Owen/BWI staff]

Although he has been partially shrouded by the buzz and fanfare of some of his teammates this season, I believe Vincenzo Joseph has the opportunity to make the most noise of any PSU freshman next week.

Wrestling Column: This freshman can boost PSU's NCAA title hopes

 

[tabenn]

Cenzo matches against Imar are winnable! he is very close..If he can beat Massa (no easy task)..and meet Imar in the finals..he CAN upset Imar.--solid leg attacks and keep away from Imar under hook series

 

[a_mshaffer]

Cenzo matches against Imar are winnable! he is very close..If he can beat Massa (no easy task)..and meet Imar in the finals..he CAN upset Imar.--solid leg attacks and keep away from Imar under hook series

that is going to be one hell of a match - Cenzo n Massa!!

 

[tabenn]

that is going to be one hell of a match - Cenzo n Massa!!

yes sir! there will be soooooooo many good match-ups..but this is one that I am really looking forward to.....I hope it is close to my seats!!!!

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

Although he has been partially shrouded by the buzz and fanfare of some of his teammates this season, I believe Vincenzo Joseph has the opportunity to make the most noise of any PSU freshman next week.

Wrestling Column: This freshman can boost PSU's NCAA title hopes

Great article Tim, has to be one of the quietest 3-seeds at PSU ever - not a ton of hoopla either direction during the season - maybe due to the early dual loss @Stanford and then all the hoopla & attention focused on whether Mark's RS would be pulled, who knows. But it has really served to take some pressure off, but VinJo really opened some eyes with that dominating performance against I-Jo in the B1G Semis!

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

Cenzo matches against Imar are winnable! he is very close..If he can beat Massa (no easy task)..and meet Imar in the finals..he CAN upset Imar.--solid leg attacks and keep away from Imar under hook series

Only thing I would slightly disagree with re: I-Mar is that he needs to find a weakness in I-Mar's neutral defense - which is a bit like "cracking a safe". You are right that he is "close" in regards to I-Mar not being able to really dominate him in any way, including score, but he doesn't seem that close to "cracking" I-Mar's neutral defense. Maybe he could pull an I-Mar v Nolf and slow it down even further in the 1st period and try to win on a reversal or perhaps in rideouts (VinJo looks like he might have a slight advantage on the mat). But I doubt that Cael is going to recommend this strategy because it fundamentally is not what "wrestling" is really all about and it's gimmicky Folk horse$hit and not really PSU's or Cael's style (or recipe for winning National Championships).