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We knew Suriano wouldn't be in Flo's Ranking. Where would you put him pre-season? And what is a prediction for where he ends up in March?

Yeah, a little early for the March prediction...but especially those that have seen him wrestle live (I've seen tons of video, which is also worth something), how does he compare with other successful recruits we've seen hit the mats their first year.

My opinion is around 16 pre-season, and working his way up. It is also my opinion that an AA finish is likely.
 
Roar, I think your outlook is quite reasonable. I would say top 16 pre-season, with an early season win over Schram vaulting him near or into the top 10 (not necessarily predicting that win, just predicting what such a win would/should do for his ranking).

My end-of-season prediction is a top 6 finish.
 
From the video I've seen I think Suriano's ability to not give up takedowns will serve him well out of the gate because he's not going to be out of many matches, if any--the bigger question is whether he can close out matches against upper tier guys. Which is another way of saying that his D is pretty much there, but we'll have to wait to see where his O is. He appears to have an elite gas tank as well, which should serve him well both in close matches and in tournaments. I think top-half AA is optimistic but shouldn't surprise either.
 
Darian Cruz is my darkhorse except if or wnen he wrestles Nick. Dance too high imo.
 
You would expect that a Delco guy would pay attention to netiquette. ;)
Delco etiquette:

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Darian Cruz is my darkhorse except if or wnen he wrestles Nick. Dance too high imo.
Don't sell Dance short. He's a very good wrestler. I saw his win over Nico and he wrestled very tough (Nico should have won though). I saw him out-wrestle and lead Tomasello last year, until he gave up 2 stall points late to lose by 1 point. I think he has a win over Gilman, although the only result I could find was a 7-5 SV loss at 2015 NCAA's. He does have a win over Tomasello. I see Dance in the title hunt this year.
 
Don't sell Dance short. He's a very good wrestler. I saw his win over Nico and he wrestled very tough (Nico should have won though). I saw him out-wrestle and lead Tomasello last year, until he gave up 2 stall points late to lose by 1 point. I think he has a win over Gilman, although the only result I could find was a 7-5 SV loss at 2015 NCAA's. He does have a win over Tomasello. I see Dance in the title hunt this year.

you just proved my point. he fades in matchs
 
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? He came back to beat Nico and then rode him out for the win. that is not fading. He is a very good wrestler and can knock anyone off. Wouldn't be smart to rule him out.
He's proven to be very good during the season. Outside of when he took 4th which I'm sure a lot of people didn't expect we haven't seen much of that during the post season
 
? He came back to beat Nico and then rode him out for the win. that is not fading. He is a very good wrestler and can knock anyone off. Wouldn't be smart to rule him out.

He seems to do just enough to win IMO. That bores me as a spectator. I guess we will see come Nationals. Sorry, don't see him for Sat night and the only ones that seem to think I am smart are my dogs and they seem dubious.
 
He's proven to be very good during the season. Outside of when he took 4th which I'm sure a lot of people didn't expect we haven't seen much of that during the post season
It's true that Dance only AA'ed so far as a FR. His SO year he lost to Gilman 7-5 SV in quarters, and then a head-scratching 3-1 loss to Youtsey (who has had some other surprising wins). Last year he got injured and lost to Terao (NCAA 4th). His only "bad" post-season loss is to AA Youtsey who has come in 5th and 6th.
 
It's true that Dance only AA'ed so far as a FR. His SO year he lost to Gilman 7-5 SV in quarters, and then a head-scratching 3-1 loss to Youtsey (who has had some other surprising wins). Last year he got injured and lost to Terao (NCAA 4th). His only "bad" post-season loss is to AA Youtsey who has come in 5th and 6th.
He got injured on the backside of the bracket not when he lost to terao
 
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