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[Psalm 1 guy]

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I am so looking forward to Blaze's Penn State career! His stellar defense bodes well for a great college career, especially since he has the offense to complement his great defense. He has all the tools. Add in Duke for next year and I'll just repeat how spoiled we Penn State wrestling fans are!

 

[billrag]

I am so looking forward to Blaze's Penn State career! His stellar defense bodes well for a great college career, especially since he has the offense to complement his great defense. He has all the tools. Add in Duke for next year and I'll just repeat how spoiled we Penn State wrestling fans are!

Yep, I'm right there with you. I'm not one of the PSU fans who poo-pooed the Bo Bassett recruiting experience and I did want Bassett to choose PSU (admittedly, I want ALL of the good ones to choose PSU and that's obviously not possible), but if you were to offer to trade Bassett for either of Blaze or Duke, I'd reject the offer in a heartbeat.

 

[matter7172]

As crazy as it sounds, Blaze and Duke are both at the very top level of any recruits Cael has gotten a PSU. I'd say best two, but there's been so many great ones.

I'll put it this way - there hasn't been any recruit so far that you could say was clearly better than these two.

 

[BFosr1]

Imagine being the kid Blaze beat at 150 hearing Blaze was bumping up to his weight class to help his team. That had to be a buzzkill heading the news.

 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

Imagine being the kid Blaze beat at 150 hearing Blaze was bumping up to his weight class to help his team. That had to be a buzzkill heading the news.

Maybe Blaze's opponent saw it as a reverse Vision Quest and looked forward to the challenge and chance to be the one*.

 

[dpd926]

Maybe Blaze's opponent saw it as a reverse Vision Quest and looked forward to the challenge and chance to be the one*.

Oh, he still became “the one*” - but it’s the one 52-pounder who got teched in the state finals by a kid twenty pounds lighter than him.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

As crazy as it sounds, Blaze and Duke are both at the very top level of any recruits Cael has gotten a PSU. I'd say best two, but there's been so many great ones.

I'll put it this way - there hasn't been any recruit so far that you could say was clearly better than these two.

Blaze
LL
Marky
Duke top ten but no better then a few guys RECRUIT WISE.

 

[Sportfan2017]

Imagine being the kid Blaze beat at 150 hearing Blaze was bumping up to his weight class to help his team. That had to be a buzzkill heading the news.

FYI: Marcus's team finished 3rd in Ohio. St. Edwards won it. Still....props to Marcus for making the move up.

 

[McScoreley]

Marcus says he's 135 after practice (so probably upper 130s walk around).

As expected, he doesn't cut in high school (good!) which is why he wrestled 138 this year. I don't think it would be hard for him to get to 141 as a freshman since he seems to be growing still (he wrestled 121 to win his U17 gold then was 134 to win U20 bronze)

Guessing he starts the year in redshirt and will be ultimately up to him if he wants to go or not.

 

[tullfan68]

I am so looking forward to Blaze's Penn State career! His stellar defense bodes well for a great college career, especially since he has the offense to complement his great defense. He has all the tools. Add in Duke for next year and I'll just repeat how spoiled we Penn State wrestling fans are!

Blaze starts at 141 next yr

 

[hlstone]

Imagine being the kid Blaze beat at 150 hearing Blaze was bumping up to his weight class to help his team. That had to be a buzzkill heading the news.

It happened to me back in the day. I wanted to kick his ass. But..... we are still good friends.

 

[Emcee15057]

It happened to me back in the day. I wanted to kick his ass. But..... we are still good friends.

Not my buddy from high school when I changed weights are you?

 

[hlstone]

Not my buddy from high school when I changed weights are you?

Unless your name is Jim Serafinni, I doubt it.

 

[7brwnpsu]

And to think I put good money on you to beat Serafinni. No wonder by bookie was smiling when I placed that bet.

 

[82bordeaux]

Blaze
LL
Marky
Duke top ten but no better then a few guys RECRUIT WISE.

You will revisit this list in the near future and bump PJ Duke up a notch or two.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

You will revisit this list in the near future and bump PJ Duke up a notch or two.

If that were the case, I wouldn't have Hall as 3. Blaze, LL and Marky had multiple world medals when they were recruited.

 

[El-Jefe]

You will revisit this list in the near future and bump PJ Duke up a notch or two.

If that's the standard, then Carter should be the #1 recruit. Even though he was ranked #9 overall in his class.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

If that's the standard, then Carter should be the #1 recruit. Even though he was ranked #9 overall in his class.

We got our moneys worth from CS, no doubt!!

 

[BFosr1]

Maybe Blaze's opponent saw it as a reverse Vision Quest and looked forward to the challenge and chance to be the one*.

Or maybe not.

I’m going with my version.

 

[zzs006]

You will revisit this list in the near future and bump PJ Duke up a notch or two.

Those 3 have more world medals than Duke but I sure don’t remember Marky beating senior level guys like Duke has been. I know everyone throws shade at Lewan but he just took 3rd overseas in the ranking event and beat James Green. Duke beat him multiple times this summer. He pinned Andonian while he was up 10-2. He also beat Jacques who has a win over Musukaev about a month ago. And he of course beat Kannon Webster 3 times this summer. I think those wins and his level of dominance puts him firmly above Hall. I could also just not be remembering Marky beating as many guys on the senior level.

 

[HikeNatParks]

As the Hawk site continues praying/paying for their upcoming (or is it now “annual”?) mercenary wish list, it’s refreshing to return here for news on how a primarily organic, grown-from-seed team improves.

 

[82bordeaux]

If that's the standard, then Carter should be the #1 recruit. Even though he was ranked #9 overall in his class.

What I meant in my response to SWP was after you see him early next year you'll realize what we have in Duke. Duke is by far a better prospect than Carter was. Duke will look better the first time he takes the mat than Carter did. The end all be all isn't International medals. It's a data point. But as a prospect, Duke is right up there with the best.

 

[McScoreley]

Hindsight is 20-20 but Carter's HS results really showed he was ranked appropriately. He won ugly at times. Keckeisen, Plott (and even Assad) looked a level above him as a freestyler. Carter was equally as .... brash as he was now (maybe worse) But obviously he was quite good as a folkstyler. However, nothing about his profile said slam dunk 1 time national champ (multi time AA for sure) let alone 4 timer.

Carter's "do or die" mentality on the mat, unmatched confidence and work ethic to match it wasn't applied to his rankings to say the least

 

[johnstownsteel]

Marcus says he's 135 after practice (so probably upper 130s walk around).

As expected, he doesn't cut in high school (good!) which is why he wrestled 138 this year. I don't think it would be hard for him to get to 141 as a freshman since he seems to be growing still (he wrestled 121 to win his U17 gold then was 134 to win U20 bronze)

Guessing he starts the year in redshirt and will be ultimately up to him if he wants to go or not.

Thought I saw an interview where he said he had to weight in at least 140 to be eligible to wrestle 150. Could be wrong but I dont think so...

 

[El-Jefe]

Thought I saw an interview where he said he had to weight in at least 140 to be eligible to wrestle 150. Could be wrong but I dont think so...

Yes. Said he had to drink a lot of water before weigh-ins to get there.

Blaze at weigh-ins: