tOSU dual of the century - deja vu

a_mshaffer

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OSU's 'historic' 2022 recruiting class is running out of time to distinguish itself. They are now 4th-year Jrs or Srs with the top dog (Mendez) graduating after this season.

This year's team is by far the best they've looked since 2022, but a 0-5 dual record against PSU would be a big disappointment for such a historic class.

Maybe this will be the year; we'll see.
could be. I look at the individual match ups based on if one kid has a better chance than to win 2 out of 10 matches IMO. Thus, anything can happen. Sickness, injuries, long bus rides and other things can weigh heavily as well! With that said I lean 7-3 although 9-1 wouldn't surprise me!
 

Atrain83

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Is 174 a tossup? I mean Kharchla got an early TD against Haines last year - this is going to happen every once in a while, and then Levi came back got a TD and also rode the snot out of him to win.

Basically, every guys hope for an upset against Levi is to get a TD against him and then to stave him off for a victory. Kharchla got the TD and still couldn't pull it off. It's not a tossup. Kharchla would be lucky to win 1 out of 10 against Levi.
I would definitely pick Levi and if setting odds would be 70/30 in his favor but I do think it will be a close match.
 

CarolinaFan1

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I think we will see a highly motivated PSU after the comments Tom Ryan made before and after the PayCom Duals. Cael preaches and genuinely believes in the zen approach to matches but make no mistake Cael is highly competitive. Tom Ryan poked the bear and is going to get what he has coming.

For those thinking Kharchla is a toss up or close to a toss up with Levi, you are just not paying attention. Levi may be the most improved wrestler on the team from an already dominant position. Messenbrink and Barr are right there as well. Everyone can lose an unexpected match but if you aren’t seeing how much these 3 have separated themselves from the field I don’t know what you are watching.

As far as Davino, I agree he is a great wrestler. Marcus Blaze is just different. If you really dig into it, Davino has looked great beating mostly mediocre talent so far. Yes he beat Ayala but so have 4 other guys and probably a couple more to come. He best Frost 4-2 in a pretty competitive match to the end. He also lost to Cornell grey shirt Isaiah Cortez who just took 4th at Midlands including a loss to the no. 32 ranked Oregon St wrestler. It will be a good match but Davino beating Blaze would be an upset.

Mendez will win big. Feldman will be a favorite but Cole will give him a good match. Bouzakis may win but Luke looked great at Iowa. I think Fishback will push Rocco as well. I think 8-2 likely. 7-3 if tOSU has a good day.
 

pabison

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The winning streak will be tested in the sense that we could lose multiple weights instead of 0 or 1. I don’t see a real threat, though.

125 Lille MD Bouzakis. It’s pin or get majored for Bouzakis. He can’t actually wrestle with Lille
133 Blaze dec Davino. This is really very close to a 50-50 match and probably the single match I’m most looking forward to in the entire dual season, which means TanTom will probably have Davino duck the match. I hope Blaze rips McCrone limb from limb if TanTom ducks Blaze.
141 Mendez TF Davis. Hopefully, Davis can hold this to a regular decision or even a major, but Mendez is next level. Davis has a better chance to shock the world in March.
149 SVN MD Stiles. Stiles isn’t the same tier as SVN.
157 Duke dec Cannon. Duke takes over #1 for good.
165 Mesenbrink TF Paddy. #1 overall big board recruit vs #70. Wait, what?
174 Levi dec Kharchla. Could be MD, but Kharchla is good defensively.
184 Rocco dec Fishback. Rocco is just starting to explore his powers in the PSU room.
197 Barr TF Geog. Next question.
285 Feldman dec Mirasola. Cole could win if the match score is really 25-5 at that point and momentum is in our side, but in a vacuum, Feldman is the favorite.

25-8. sweating bullets.
Hopefully no leg brace on Kharchla this year to defend his leg from Levi. That leg brace kept things a lot closer than it should have been last time.
 
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Psalm 1 guy

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Let the hand-wringing officially begin!
 

dicemen99

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My confidence barometer:

Mitch
Josh
Shayne
Levi
Marcus
Rocco
PJ
Luke
Cole
Braedan


People talk about Davino, Kharchla, maybe Fishback. It would be very surprising, almost shocking to me if we lost one of them, especially Levi and Marcus. No way. I’d give Cole better odds of beating Feldman than one of those three losing

Maybe I’m off but if we’re going to get upset, I would worry about 157. Cannon just seems like a wild card to me. Is he that much better than last year or is it just the competition he has faced?

if everything goes great for tOSU they win 4 and lose 22-13. That would be a great result for them. Most likely they win 2 and it’s more like 29-7.
 
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I think we will see a highly motivated PSU after the comments Tom Ryan made before and after the PayCom Duals. Cael preaches and genuinely believes in the zen approach to matches but make no mistake Cael is highly competitive. Tom Ryan poked the bear and is going to get what he has coming.

For those thinking Kharchla is a toss up or close to a toss up with Levi, you are just not paying attention. Levi may be the most improved wrestler on the team from an already dominant position. Messenbrink and Barr are right there as well. Everyone can lose an unexpected match but if you aren’t seeing how much these 3 have separated themselves from the field I don’t know what you are watching.

As far as Davino, I agree he is a great wrestler. Marcus Blaze is just different. If you really dig into it, Davino has looked great beating mostly mediocre talent so far. Yes he beat Ayala but so have 4 other guys and probably a couple more to come. He best Frost 4-2 in a pretty competitive match to the end. He also lost to Cornell grey shirt Isaiah Cortez who just took 4th at Midlands including a loss to the no. 32 ranked Oregon St wrestler. It will be a good match but Davino beating Blaze would be an upset.

Mendez will win big. Feldman will be a favorite but Cole will give him a good match. Bouzakis may win but Luke looked great at Iowa. I think Fishback will push Rocco as well. I think 8-2 likely. 7-3 if tOSU has a good day.
I don’t think Cael would even bring up those comments.

However I believe there is a long line of others around the program to remind the team and it will be in the air all week in social media
 
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Nitlion1986

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The OSU match is just like the Iowa match. If it ends up 8-2, OSU had a decent night. If it is 6-4 PSU, then OSU had a fantastic night. It most likely a 9-1 night PSU had the better night.
125 Luke chasing a MD 3-0
133 Marcus chasing a MD 6-0
141 Davis always wrestles tough 6-3
149 SVN with his bonus 10-3
157 I believe Cannon is real, so he wrestles tough and PJ does what he does 13-3
165 Mitchell doing Mitchell things 18-3
174 Levi being emphatic 22-3
184 Rocco the alpha dog 25-3
197 Josh dominant 29-3
Hwt Cole closing the gap from last year 32-3
 

BWFight

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Not bad. But you forgot to address positive infinity. What do we do about that? 😬
That’s not something to discuss. It simply exists in an existential realm. If you mention it or even think about it deeply, it becomes a reality. It’s known as the Beetlejuice phenomenon.

Whatever you do, don’t say that or think about it again. Sorry, I forgot what we were talking about. 🤯
 

jstross

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I think we will see a highly motivated PSU after the comments Tom Ryan made before and after the PayCom Duals. Cael preaches and genuinely believes in the zen approach to matches but make no mistake Cael is highly competitive. Tom Ryan poked the bear and is going to get what he has coming.

For those thinking Kharchla is a toss up or close to a toss up with Levi, you are just not paying attention. Levi may be the most improved wrestler on the team from an already dominant position. Messenbrink and Barr are right there as well. Everyone can lose an unexpected match but if you aren’t seeing how much these 3 have separated themselves from the field I don’t know what you are watching.

As far as Davino, I agree he is a great wrestler. Marcus Blaze is just different. If you really dig into it, Davino has looked great beating mostly mediocre talent so far. Yes he beat Ayala but so have 4 other guys and probably a couple more to come. He best Frost 4-2 in a pretty competitive match to the end. He also lost to Cornell grey shirt Isaiah Cortez who just took 4th at Midlands including a loss to the no. 32 ranked Oregon St wrestler. It will be a good match but Davino beating Blaze would be an upset.

Mendez will win big. Feldman will be a favorite but Cole will give him a good match. Bouzakis may win but Luke looked great at Iowa. I think Fishback will push Rocco as well. I think 8-2 likely. 7-3 if tOSU has a good day.
Intermat and OSU have Davino undefeated beating Cortez 4-1 in SV.
 
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My confidence barometer:

Mitch
Josh
Shayne
Levi
Marcus
Rocco
PJ
Luke
Cole
Braedan


People talk about Davino, Kharchla, maybe Fishback. It would be very surprising, almost shocking to me if we lost one of them, especially Levi and Marcus. No way. I’d give Cole better odds of beating Feldman than one of those three losing

Maybe I’m off but if we’re going to get upset, I would worry about 157. Cannon just seems like a wild card to me. Is he that much better than last year or is it just the competition he has faced?

if everything goes great for tOSU they win 4 and lose 22-13. That would be a great result for them. Most likely they win 2 and it’s more like 29-7.
I think the Duke will take out Cannon, but Cannon’s length bothers me. We don’t have a good gauge because Sealey looked a sluggish against him. On the other hand, Tyler had no issue cleaning him up at B1Gs.
 
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clucas11

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Being as PSU only loses Haines this year I think PSU is capable of starting the season with 6/7ish #1s and depending on Ono, The 174 replacement (duke?James?henckel?), and Mirasola you could see it happen again next year.
And SVN