Hodge Trophy predictions

[pin2win]

[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Who you got at this point an why? [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Also list your contenders

Top pick: Kyle Dake

Contenders in order: Steiber/Ramos, Ruth, Kilgore
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Criteria:
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Wrestler’s record[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Number of falls [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Dominance on the mat[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Past credentials [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Quality of competition [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, century gothic, Arial, verdana, sans-serif]Sportsmanship/citizenship
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[HawkeyeMHA]

Who are past Hawkeye winners? Do we have the most?

 

[pin2win]

Who are past Hawkeye winners? Do we have the most?

Year	Wrestler	Weight Class	School
1995	T.J. Jaworsky	134	North Carolina
1996	Les Gutches	177	Oregon State
1997	Kerry McCoy	285	Penn State
1998	Mark Ironside	134	Iowa
1999	Stephen Neal	285	Cal State Bakersfield
2000	Cael Sanderson	184	Iowa State
2001	Cael Sanderson (tie)	184	Iowa State
2001	Nick Ackerman (tie)	174	Simpson College
2002	Cael Sanderson	197	Iowa State
2003	Eric Larkin	149	Arizona State
2004	Emmett Willson	197	Montana State University - Northern
2005	Steve Mocco[SUP][3][/SUP]	285	Oklahoma State
2006	Ben Askren	174	Missouri
2007	Ben Askren	174	Missouri
2008	Brent Metcalf[SUP][4][/SUP]	149	Iowa
2009	Jake Herbert[SUP][5][/SUP]	184	Northwestern
2010	Jayson Ness[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP]	133	Minnesota
2011	Jordan Burroughs	165	Nebraska
2012	David Taylor[SUP][8][/SUP]	165	Penn State

 

[SPGroth]

Kyle Dake -v- David Taylor winner is my guess for the Hodge Trophy.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Dang, we got some work to do. How about Simpson representing. Nice

 

[WildTurkey]

I agree with you Pin. Its Dake's to lose. He has 16 Pins, 2 wins over Taylor (1 officially) and he is going for his 4th title at 4 weights. Unprecidented. Ramos has has to Be Top 5. Really like Stiebler,Taylor,Ruth,Kilgore and Bennett. If Dake loses then its a toss up. I will say if Ramos beats L.S he has a good chance.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Geez, Cael three years in a row.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Wonder how many we'd have if it went back to our glory days?

 

[twade70]

my top 5:

1) Dake (provided he doesn't lose to Taylor)
27-0
21 by bonus (16 Pins, 1 TF, 4 MDs)
Plus he has the old "lifetime achievement" factor going for him.

2) Kilgore
33-0
29 by bonus (17 Pins (leads D1), 4 TFs, 8 MDs)

3) Ruth
23-0
20 by bonus (10 Pins, 3 TFs, 7 MDs)

4) Stieber (slide Ramos in here if he knocks him off)
17-0
17 by bonus (10 Pins, 5 TFs, 2 MDs)

5) Oliver
25-0
21 by bonus (12 Pins, 2 TFs, 7 MDs)

Other Contenders
Ramos
21-0
19 by bonus (10 Pins, 1 TF, 8 MDs)

Taylor
22-1
21 by bonus (10 Pins, 8 TFs (leads D1), 3 MDs)

Whoever wins Dake-Taylor III in DSM will get OW for the tournament.

 

[goiahawks]

1) Dake
2) Ruth
3) Kilgore
4) Oliver
5) Taylor
6) Steiber / Ramos (national champ)

 

[pumpdog20]

1) Dake
2) Ruth
3) Steiber/Ramos
4) Taylor (if he wins)
5) Kilgore

Oliver's SOS just kills him in my opinion.

 

[CRlightweight]

Wonder how many we'd have if it went back to our glory days?

Well Iowa did win nationals the first 6 years of the award along w/ another 3 peat as well so i wouldn't say it's too far from our glory days.

what surprised me when i looked at that list is how many upper weights there were. i know some were repeat winners, but only 5 times has it been at 149 or lower. that kinda shocked me.

 

[fuldose]

Dake, Taylor, and Ruth. I think you could shake them up and throw them out like dice and see which one rolls the higher number and that would be your winner. I see it as that much of a toss up. How ever, being the Hawkeye Homer that i am, i also think if Ramos continues to wrestle the way he has this year and stands on top of the podium at NCAA's, he should have as good of a chance as any of those three. That being said, if i had to put money down, it would be on Dake.

 

[pin2win]

hamilton's

HODGE WATCH

1. Cornell’s Kyle Dake: The three-time NCAA champion is 28-0 with 16 falls and a pair of wins against last year’s Hodge winner, David Taylor of Penn State.
2. Penn State’s Ed Ruth: Defending NCAA champ Steve Bosak of Cornell, who dropped a 7-3 decision to the Penn State 184-pounder, is the only wrestler to come within seven points of Ruth since November.
3. Ohio State’s Logan Stieber: The leader of the Division-I dominance statistics finally had his first regular decision of the season last week at 133 pounds when he beat Missouri’s Nathan McCormick 8-2.
4. Iowa’s Tony Ramos: Nobody has been more dominant lately than Ramos, who has five pins, a forfeit and a 9-0 major decision against No. 3 A.J. Schopp in his last seven matches.
5. Oklahoma State’s Jordan Oliver: The top-ranked 149-pounder isn’t racking up bonus points lately in the same manner he did earlier in the season, but he’s 28-0 with 13 pins.

 

[hawkeyejr]

It's a 2 horse race and only 1 of those horses have a shot at losing.
1. Dake
2. Ruth

 

[CRwrestling]

Dang, we got some work to do. How about Simpson representing. Nice

That was for a guy winning who had no legs below his knees (or 1 leg or no legs) if I remember right.

 

[pin2win]

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[smbhawk1]

Correct. From Colfax Mingo. I played high school basketball against his brother.

 

[bennmj171]

great story