Flo's look at the Hodge, entering NCAA finals

[Tom McAndrew]

is available at THIS LINK.

keep in mind, this was how they saw it, and not necessarily how the voters saw it.

their top 7, in reverse order:

7. Dean Heil
6. J'den Cox
5. IMar
4. Kyle Snyder
3. Nolf
2. ZPain
1. Gabe Dean

Dean and IMar lost to PSUers in the finals. Since record is #1 on the Hodge criteria, and that was the first lost of the season by Dean and by IMar, that pretty much knocks them out of the running. So using Flo's rankings minus those that lost in the finals, it would be in reverse order:

5. Dean Heil
4. J'den Cox
3. Kyle Snyder
2. Nolf
1. ZPain

DT, who has a Hodge vote as a former winner, said on Off The Mat last night right after Zain's bout that he believed that his TF in that bout locked up the Hodge for ZPain.

 

[Flying_Tiger]

I am a big fan of J'den Cox but he had way too many decisions to win the Hodge. If the committee picks him, they might as well flush the other criteria down the toilet and call it a senior career achievement award.

 

[RoarLions1]

Zain would get my vote...

And for those that may not know, it's a vote by media and former champs from around the country, was 42 or so voting members, and several years ago they opened a public vote component (worth 2 votes). Each voter gets 4 votes, in order, then the numbers are tallied. I believe a 1st place vote is 4 points, a 2nd place vote worth 3 points, etc.

Keep your eyes open for the public vote. It's never changed the winner, but did have an effect on 2nd years ago.

 

[El-Jefe]

On top of everything else Zain has done, he's the only guy who faced 2 national finalists at NCAAs -- neither of whom made it the full 7 minutes against him.

Everyone else on the list went the full 7 minutes against their finalist opponents. Jason was the only other one to win by bonus points.