Actually we are supposed to wrestle penn st this coming weekend, we could actually loose that dual now that Marinelli and Young are both out after testing positive for covid. In the tournament rankings I think you are ranked 4th I believe on intermat. I think with what you guys had coming back I would say it's a fair ranking, other than fix (whenever he gets back) you guys dont really have the sure fire high end finalist potential that Iowa, penn st, and Michigan have. Michigan has finalist potential at 133, 174, and 184 or 197 depending on what weight amine goes. Penn st at 133, 141, 184, and if their heavy gets back there too. Iowa at 125, 141, 165, 174, with outside shots at 133 and 197. I get what you are saying as far as the number of duals you have wrestled, I wish we had that many already, but if you break the teams down to all Americans it makes sense.
Yeah I think he will. He's better than Rby, Desanto and Micic who hasn't even wrestled yet this year. None of them will roll over for him. If he has an off match he could loose to any of those 3, the chances of that happening are very slim in my mind. I would put Fix at a 90% chance of winning it. Ferrari is dangerous but I think he's a year away from really contending, i say he places mid pack. 4th, 5th, 6th.
I don't think we will see that happen unless alot of big teams decided to drop the sport. We aren't hurting for teams to wrestle in the big. The big 12 has gone to this though. They needed teams after Missouri and Nebraska left to get bids for the national tournament. They have affiliate teams like North Dakota st., UNI, South dakota state, some Utah schools and Colorado schools along with Iowa st, west Virginia and of course the 2 Oklahoma schools. The conference as a whole is pretty down with, as you know, Oklahoma st being the only power. Iowa st. and Oklahoma havent threatened in quite awhile. The other schools will have some darn good wrestlers in their line ups, but as far as the team is concerned they can't match okie st for a high powered lineup.
Yes you will see us there, and as long as we aren't bit by the covid bug we should win another title. We were robbed of #24 last year by the ncaa canceling the championships. Next year from all the chatter we should have the exact same team since this is a free year. This year theres a chance we could see 6 in the finals. I'm not saying that it will happen, or even should but the chance is there. 125 141 165 174 all have great chances to be in the finals with 133 and 197 not being outside the realm of possibility.
Oklahoma dropping their program would be bullshit.
They are actually blue bloods too. They have the 4th most titles of any school and no where near us lol.
They are 5th on the list now with 7. Iowa st has 8 penn state has 9 or 10 and thenIowa with 23 and Oklahoma st with 34. I believe there have only been 9 schools total to win the national championship in wrestling. Minnesota with 3, Cornell college in Iowa with 1, Arizona st. with 1, and Ohio st. with 1 round it out.