I can’t see Iowa winning more than 2 weights and those two won’t be bonus for Iowa if they do win them. So 6 does realistically look like their upside max. The real question is how well our guys can work around their stalling tactics to score bonus points against them.
The only kid who never had that "go get'em and try to win" beat out of them was Sammy Brooks.
Whimsical. The more realistic shutout is 10-0. Forty some days out, I’m guessing 7-3 and will be as happy as seeing my next grizzly (or wolf) if either Davis, Kasak, or Barr pulls the upset.
7 to 3 to me means Iowa had a perfect night. Can't see that happening. Barr and Kasak are most likely winning, and Davis and Ayala will be what determines whether or not it is a shutout.
Being a PSU engineering alum, I look at these things analytically. (i.e. nerdstyle) There are 4 weights where Iowa might be competitive against PSU - 133, 149, 157 and 197. Out of these four, I would say 149 is pretty low odds for Iowa to actually win. That leaves 3 weights that I would call a toss up where the odds of going either way are approximately 50/50. Doing the statistical calculations gives Iowa a probability of winning 3 * 0.50 or 1.5 weights. Since we can't have a fractional result in the real world, we need to round up 1.5 to 2.0. That gets right back to what I stated before. Iowa's probable upside potential is winning 2 weights. And barring something unusual like a major technical error or injury by a PSU wrestler, Iowa won't score more than 3 points at each weight. That puts their probable upside score as 6 points. Q.E.D.
Agree…can’t believe the ref let Brooks lie chest to chest on Buchanan for that long!
Yeah but that's true of every match or meet.
