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HopkinsPoke

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Willie’s first Crystal Ball for next year came out. It’s always interesting to see what he thinks and then conjecture about how much of it is wild guess vs some level of inside knowledge.

125: Spratley 5th behind Provo, Robinson McGowan, LL. I think TS goes 2nd or 3rd next year and can beat LL.

133: Jax 1st, then Davino, Ono, Seidel. Interesting that Seidel is going 65kg for the Open.

141: Jordyn Raney 6th. Has Bassett 1st and Blaze 3rd

149: Vega 3rd behind Henson and SVN

157: Robideau 1st, Kasak 3rd

165: Dee 5th

174: Facundo BR

184: Bennet Berge 😳 BR

197: Merrill 3rd behind Barr and Ferrari

HWT: Has Coby Merrill 6th and no one from OSU in the to 16 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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HopkinsPoke said:
Willie’s first Crystal Ball for next year came out. It’s always interesting to see what he thinks and then conjecture about how much of it is wild guess vs some level of inside knowledge.

125: Spratley 5th behind Provo, Robinson McGowan, LL. I think TS goes 2nd or 3rd next year and can beat LL.

133: Jax 1st, then Davino, Ono, Seidel. Interesting that Seidel is going 65kg for the Open.

141: Jordyn Raney 6th. Has Bassett 1st and Blaze 3rd

149: Vega 3rd behind Henson and SVN

157: Robideau 1st, Kasak 3rd

165: Dee 5th

174: Facundo BR

184: Bennet Berge 😳 BR

197: Merrill 3rd behind Barr and Ferrari

HWT: Has Coby Merrill 6th and no one from OSU in the to 16 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Kind of surprised about Vega. I know its a new weight but if you can beat Mendez I'm not putting SVN ahead of you. Not a knock on SVN but what Vega did last year is simply a different level.

I would be absolutely floored if we don't have a heavy in the top 16 whether that be Ross or a fill in. The weight frankly doesn't look very good. We will find a point scorer somewhere. Rest seems fair.
 
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Agreed, until someone takes down Vega, there’s an argument to be made that it’s not physically possible:) I would be more worried about Bo Bassett in Vega’s weight than SVN.

Berge makes sense as a stop gap… Ryder may be on a medical and White is someone you’d traditionally want to redshirt. Berge gives you a year and if White is inescapably The Man, you can always roll w him later in the season.

HWT had to be an oversight unless it’s clear Ross is redshirting and there are too many ??? to put someone there right now.
 
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osufanatic4life

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I could be wrong, but my eyes tell me that the new wave of wrestlers are just levels above most of the guys that were placing a few years ago.
Nothing against him, but Berge isn't placing again IMO. If he does end up in Stillwater, I'll root for him to prove me wrong, but I don't see it.
 
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Love what Willie does for rankings and wrestling. But he has been under estimating OSU (He and whole of NCAA except OSU fans). He had OSU finishing 5th (After the big 12s, mind you). I wouldnt take his ranking serious. But I will take his inside info serious. Bennet Berge might be something that we need to keep eye on for 184. This makes sense, if Ryder is healthy, he will beat Berge for the spot, or if Mike is good enough, he should beat Berge too.

I dont see any OSU wrestlers finishing below BR. Raney will be in top 4, Any Hwt except Austin will be BR at worst. (Only because I havent seen Austin a lot) Vega is better than SVN. Facundo will AA.
 
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glorycowboy said:
Love what Willie does for rankings and wrestling. But he has been under estimating OSU (He and whole of NCAA except OSU fans). He had OSU finishing 5th (After the big 12s, mind you). I wouldnt take his ranking serious. But I will take his inside info serious. Bennet Berge might be something that we need to keep eye on for 184. This makes sense, if Ryder is healthy, he will beat Berge for the spot, or if Mike is good enough, he should beat Berge too.

I dont see any OSU wrestlers finishing below BR. Raney will be in top 4, Any Hwt except Austin will be BR at worst. (Only because I havent seen Austin a lot) Vega is better than SVN. Facundo will AA.
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Facundo has not AA'd either year he's gone and this was his 4th year in college. Doesn't sound promising to me.
 
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Levi Haines, Carson Karchla, Patrick Kennedy all gone. He can def beat Steed, Gaitan, Wask. I would not be so fast to discount Facundo.
He was 1 second away from AA this year. He improved from 0-2 to 2-2 at OSU, he will keep improving.
 
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Cowboy1989

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glorycowboy said:
Levi Haines, Carson Karchla, Patrick Kennedy all gone. He can def beat Steed, Gaitan, Wask. I would not be so fast to discount Facundo.
He was 1 second away from AA this year. He improved from 0-2 to 2-2 at OSU, he will keep improving.
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Fucunda lost twice before he made it to the blood round this year, he was not one second away from being an all american. He got beat by Mantanona, who got 7th and he got beat by 18th ranked Kelly who didn't even place. These are bad losses.
This is my personal opinion - he was by far the worst performer on the team at nationals and he's no true freshman, he's been there before and he'sbeen training at the two best college programs in the country for 4 years. I listen to all the wrestlers interviews, the climb episodes etc... I like what all the other 9 are saying, their attitude, body language and swagger- they all sound like killers. Facundo does not. He sounds confused, hesitant, tentative, uncertain. There will be other studs coming in at 174 this year as well. I would say his chances to AA are 50/50.
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I don't know what his ideal weight is, but he absolutely did not have a brutal draw, actually it was a relatively easy draw. Y
The other guys on our team who had brutal draws, stepped up to the plate.
 
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