All my inside sources(None as I am a legend in my own mind) indicate Fix and Gfeller will RS. I say it makes sense if for no other reason that no matter who we put out there it will be Penn State. We need to save our Ammo Someone asked about the heavyweight. If either of the two we got this year were any good at all we would not be pumping up an average at best 197 pounder to heavy weight. We need a transfer here and we just lost out on Gable Steveson this weekend who is the best out there as he is going to Minnesota. Nic Pic will be at 125 next year and will be even better. Kaid should and will be drilling all off season and summer in the underneath position. He needs to hone his bottom position to go with his offense on his feet. IMO it will be either Tristan Moran or Lewallen next year at 141 with Gfeller redshirting. I am putting my
money on Jonce Blalock at 149. I think it is possible that Joe will RS next year as he struggles to make 157 and then go 165 the following year. Chandler Rogers will be back at 165 and Jacobe Smith will enter the line up at 174. Both should do major damage at those respective weights.
We need Keegan Moore to step up and wrestle well at 184 next year. Preston will make more strides next year at 197 and he is just now starting to be more offensive on his feet. This is a very good lineup but it will pale in comparison to Penn State who returns 5 national champions. I am not pessimistic just realistic.
LETS GO POKES!!!
Our weight classes may really be wasteful of talent in 2 years if the lineup works out like I think. Next year 25 Pic, 33 Brock, 41 Heil, 49 Martinez or Lewallen, 57 Blalock or Sheets, 65 Rogers, 74 Smith, 84 Moore or Marsden, 97 Weigel, HWT White or Anderson. This is sad in that we have 3 weak weight and our top recruits from last year will be red shirt freshmen and we don't know if they will win those weight classes. Our staff is recruiting like 10 years ago and Penn. St. and Ohio St. already have lots of super talented recruits for 2018 and 2019. We got Fix and Gfeller for 2017 which is great but they are in weight classes where we already have top young wrestlers. We need to pick up the pace in recruiting or be left behind, which has already happened. I hope Coach Smith adjusts. I bet nobody even knows who we are recruiting for 2018 or if we have even started recruiting anybody for next year and beyond. We had a good year this year but finished 3rd. We need to be better than good if we are to win a National Championship. Next year there is not any hope. The next year I think 25 Fix, 33 Brock, 41 Gfeller, 49 Lewallen, 57 Smith if he can make weight, 65 Rogers, 74 Smith, 84 Moore, 97 Weigel, HWT White. Good lineup but probably Penn. St. will destroy us again, unless there are big changes. I am not talking about changing our head coach but.
