Here's my "eye test" thoughts on Beau this year--no facts were checked:
- This year, he's wrestling like the elite recruit we all desperately wanted to commit to PSU. He can shoot from space apparently (ask Sasso), but that's not usually how he scores. He uses his strength and handfighting ability to move people into attackable angles.
- He seems to have the strength and yes, the PSU Room techniques to turn 50/50 scrambles into points. That was notedly missing last year for sure.
- While not getting pins like he did in high school, he has a lot of pin-threats in his arsenal, and unlike years past, he's learning how to use those to get takedowns consistently.
- The guys he should be bonusing, or at least pulling away from, he is--at least to a good degree more than he was doing at 149.
- He generally has more confidence in his game overall, and is more willing to take shots early. Hopefully, this comes on even stronger after beating RW on Friday.
Does that add up to a win against Real Woods? Time will tell. I'll probably pick Real in KYPSW, but I would not be surprised to be wrong in that prediction.