We are now number 3, switched spots with Michigan. Will need total team A game this Friday. By rankings we lose 6 matches to 4. Need a couple upsets to get this one.......
I'm pretty sure we're gonna get spanked. Penn state has the team this year that we had last year, only better.
Kerkvliet beat Parris the other day and Starocci looks like a man amongst boys out there; just mowing guys down.
125 - Tossup. Haven't seen enough of Ayala in B1G yet. He Looked great agaqinst Shroder and DeAugustino, but looked outmatched and uncomfortable against McKee and Heinselman. Hildebrandt is a senior, advantage PSU -
0-3
133 - RBY owns DeSanto every time. He's ADS's Achilles heel.
0-6
141 - Eierman has been off his game or hurt all year, Lee is healthy and wrestling strong.
0-9
149 - Murin should be able to handle Bartlett. He hasn't wrestled anyone so far this year and Max looks like he's in good form.
3-9
157 - If Young loses this match in the biggest dual of his career against an unranked guy, so help me god he should never lace up the shoes again. MD Young.
7-9
165 - Should be Marinelli. The only top 10 victory Berge has had in his career is against Kaleb Young last year at 157. After getting embarrassed last week Marinelli is going to come out guns blazing.
10-9
174 - This is where the wheels start to fall off for Iowa. Starocci is in championship form right now dropping opponents like flies. 7 years in the program has worn Kemerer down and he's basically perpetually injured. I love Kem Dawg, he's my favorite wrestler on this team, but it ain't happening.
10-12
184 - No contest here. Brooks has 7 wins this year over top 20 ranked guys and most of the were majors. MD over Asaad.
10-16
197 - Same as above. Dean is rolling through opponents this year. Only loss is to #3 and Warner is wrestling not to lose this year. Looks tired and gassed by the end of the 1st period every match. Warner's only hope is to keep it to a decision.
10-19
HWT - Kerkvliet is showing himself to be on another level this year. Basically, he and Cass switched spots from last year. He convincingly took out Parris last week 8-5, and has only given up 15 points in 11 matches this year (5 of those to Parris). I thought Cass getting lean was going to help, but it's done the opposite. He isn't a whole lot quicker, and he doesn't have the weight to ride guys out and force positions. Bad combo. MD for Kerkvliet.
10-23
I'm coming up with a conservative 13 point loss; I don't think there's an way to make up that difference, even with a pin somewhere. It's going to literally take 3-4 huge upsets and that's not really a decent possibility even with CHA being the venue.
One thing I think we're learning this year with everything going on, is that it's not realistic to have guys in the program for 5, 6, 7 years and expect good results as a senior-heavy team. NCAA wrestling at the top level like this is just murder on your body, and it starts to take a toll at year 4 and beyond. It was a great run last year, I wish we had 2020 back to do over again. It's going to be a few years I think before we get the next big lineup of Hawks solidified.
All that said I hope and pray that I'm wrong. Go Hawks.
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