April 1 Portal targets
- Thread starter UndercoverHawk
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lol I play mostly bongos/congas with this group. But I do play a kit, talking drums, tar and darbukas in other little projects.
i was at the match. Shocked he came back after the injury. GUTS
Gotta win these transfer portal battles. Zero excuses.
You taking anything substantial out of a period and a half of d1 wrestling in a true freshman year is bananas
It’s the only data that exists.
The alternative is trusting what people in “the room” are saying without seeing any actual product which is even more banana’s.
fwiw I’m more than happy to be wrong here and hoping he is championship caliber but the recent lightweight high school recruiting is like Drake/Kale Peterson/Jace Rhoads/Anthony Lavezzola/Jesse Ybarra/Dru Ayala/Keyan Herdnandez/ and of course DeLuca.
not exactly inspiring (outside of Drake).
And Robinson and Bailey have trained together since they were lil tikes
To be fair the only one on that list that was close to DeLuca's pedigree was Drake (probably exceeded Leo's). Yes Ybarra had some acclaim and Petersen too, the rest were assumed backups / room kids.
I can't believe I'm saying this....
I wouldn't read too much into the match with Mauger, he is constantly looking to slow things down, fingers, keep it close with the better guys. Lilledahl could not get much going against him R1 of NCAAs.
Jesuroga was supposed to be the heir apparent lightweight, so a few years got missed thinking it was filled. Another reason why we need to get the portal guys as a sure thing now, and let the future recruits work itself out. Everything is year to year at this point.
I'm bored, can someone fight at a bridge again
If Iowa can land Zepeda that will be the best transfer addition since Caliendo. Buchanan may have won the title but Caliendo was a lynch pin, a guy who wrestled the tradition Iowa style y'all yearn for from yesteryear. Zepeda is a damn stud with 4 years. If I were Iowa he'd be top priority over crookham, Shapiro and all the rest.
His brother is at Michigan might be hard to win.
Agreed. Although if they take Zepeda then Lemley might hit the portal.
Damn, that's a lot of hardware. You must light up a metal detector.
Crookham to Iowa!!!! Per IA Wrestle!
Updated lineup
125: DeLuca
133: Crookham
141: Nasir
149: Block/Estrada/Duffey
157: Block/Estrada/Duffey
165: Block?/Kennedy?/Torres?/Voinovich?
174: Gabe
184: Ferrari
197: Harvey
HWT: BK.
125: DeLuca
133: Crookham
141: Nasir
149: Block/Estrada/Duffey
157: Block/Estrada/Duffey
165: Block?/Kennedy?/Torres?/Voinovich?
174: Gabe
184: Ferrari
197: Harvey
HWT: BK.
I have a good feeling that Schubert will man 165 for Iowa. Don't know; just a hunch.
Not entirely sure the brothers are on best of terms, after all, one was at NCST and the other committed to Michigan. Similar to the Merrills, which is weird that 2 sets of blue-chip brothers from Gilroy wrestle at different colleges
The first attempt happened before the portal even opened.
That would be 3 straight years away from competition. People were complaining about Ludington having to be on the bench 1 year if we land AJ, but Deluca was our premier recruit in the class and young guys at 125 do better than 197.
I don’t think it’s crazy to think him if healthy and Knox couldn’t beat Lillidauhl. Peterson almost pulled off the upset at nationals. With Lillidaul so tall I never anticipated him going 125 for 3 years, but if he’s not a career 125 now he may not have a spot on the roster. Hard to believe.
Pretty sure he was in on a few shots and got a takedown after the knee injury. That’s why I didn’t think it was more than a sprain
I heard Endene to Iowa State was a done deal in January. I know he was 226 a week or 2 prior to the first meet this year. Isn’t he out of eligibility? I was surprised he got this year. 2 JUCO, 3 Wartburg. If JUCO doesn’t count, why does Tavion Banks not get to come back?
Endene will not be at Iowa State
Who says Banks doesn’t get to come back? His waiver has yet to be ruled on. Will be a surprise if he’s not able to come back.
Endene would be the shortest starting HWT for a major program. He has to get an extra year approved for last season. Medical.
Only having two high end recruits that were not even in the lineup together and a bunch of room guys is exactly the problem. Bad recruiting!
RTC. If guys like Sealey and Connor Mirasola stay at PSU despite no path to starting, it's because they value international freestyle over college wrestling and feel like that is the best place to be for their freestyle ambitions.
What kind of mental gymnastics does Cael have to pull off to make them think their international career is going to be relevant if they are a backup in college?
Okay…. Now that we filled our 133 hole, next is looking to fill our 157 AND/OR 165 hole. So hopefully 2-3 more transfers to come?
Who are some portal athlete that you guys would like to have?
Hope to land at least 1 of these!
157 - Daniel Zepeda (just a little nervous with incoming recruits) (4 years left)
157 - Myer Shapiro (1 year and 1 redshirt)
165 - Carter Schubert (2 years left)
Who are some portal athlete that you guys would like to have?
Hope to land at least 1 of these!
157 - Daniel Zepeda (just a little nervous with incoming recruits) (4 years left)
157 - Myer Shapiro (1 year and 1 redshirt)
165 - Carter Schubert (2 years left)
It's probably not that a hard sell considering they are both freestyle world age group medalists (Sealey U17 gold). Freestyle is different than folkstyle.