Even if OSU beat Iowa head to head, I'd still take Iowa to place higher at nationals.
OSU has a shot at second, the Hawks just can't finish second to the Nits.
As of today, I'd also pick Iowa over OKST at nationals because of NCAA Tournament Math.
Spratley could win. 125 is wide open again this year. Figs has always been inconsistent and is hurt again this year, so he’s not a strong favorite. Spratley is one of the guys good enough to step up and take it if he peaks at the right time (LL is as well).
He is really good, but Spratley's weakness is on bottom. I've seen him fail to get out twice so far this year (to my recollection).
I will go on a limb here and say Iowa's number of finalists will top out at 1.
I think Ayala will fall short of his high seed. Ok St and IA will be extremely close at Nationals. Give me the Cowboys by a whisker, mostly due to IA continuing their recent trend of underperforming on the biggest stage.
Iowa State wrestled backups at 125, 133, 149, 197, and HWT. All of them lost, and they gave up 20 of Ohio State's 29 points. Ohio State took care of business, but it's hard to draw any conclusions from that dual.
I can't see Feldman ever hanging with a healthy Wyatt.
Hmmm. To be perfectly honest, I don't have a worry in the world right now when it comes to this squad. A few guys might just need a loss here and there just to make Nationals more interesting.
I mean, this is a near historic recruiting class this year, and only the #1 pfp recruit in the class made the starting lineup (and not because any of them look disappointing in any way). Next year, we once again have two top 5 pfp recruits coming. The arrow is still pointed straight up.
My next step that I would like to see is the 10 AAs. Don't want to look further until that is achieved. The fact that is realistic is amazing
I can see iowa having 1 in finals and possibly no one there but all depends on brackets. If iowa gets good seeds and a cpl get set up in a easy bracket then maybe 2-3
Kind of a parenthetical thought here, but I selfishly miss the days of being able to see my favorite wrestlers wrestle 30-40 times a year. Imagine, instead of Cael's record being 159-0 he ended up 89-0 or similar in today's wrestling landscape. It would still obviously be impressive, but in my mind it lacks the impressiveness of having wrestled many more matches. I do get the counter arguments as far as protecting the wrestlers from potential injuries from over-wrestling, but the wrestling fan in me still longs for more matches.
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