Guys you would like to see AA for the first time

[Quaker118]

Artelona from Penn. 2 time round of 12 losing by a point each time. He's a senior. 

[flyingcement]

I'll choose one from each weight

125: Liam Cronin

133: Mickey Phillippi

141: Andrew Alirez

149: Doug Zapf / Max Murin

157: Josh Humphreys

165: Ramirez and Caliendo will both AA, but they are not upperclassmen.  There don't seem to be any upper classmen who have never AA'd and seem to have a good chance this year

174:  Micky O'Malley

184: Similar comments to 184, but with Salazar, Munoz, and Pinto as the prominent underclassmen

197: Ethan Laird

285: Wyatt Hendrickson

Edited March 7, 2023 by flyingcement

[500 wrestler]

All good choices. Max Murin for sure. Someone from Purdue - I’ll say Kendall Coleman. Silas Allred.  A week ago I would have said Malik Heinselman. In his stead, I’m going with another undersized 125 - Stevo Poulin. Looked good in Big 12 finals. 

[Antitroll2828]

27 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

I'll choose one from each weight

125: Liam Cronin

133: Mickey Phillippi

141: Andrew Alirez

149: Doug Zapf / Max Murin

157: Josh Humphreys

165: Ramirez and Caliendo will both AA, but they are not upperclassmen.  There don't seem to be any upper classmen who have never AA'd and seem to have a good chance this year

174:  Micky O'Malley

184: Similar comments to 184, but with Salazar, Munoz, and Pinto as the prominent underclassmen

197: Ethan Laird

285: Wyatt Hendrickson

O malley might not get in, late season slide followed by 0-2 at the Eiwa and now he’s on the bubble for the last at large bid 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Stevo Poulin

[Antitroll2828]

125-Steve P..pretty cool to see the little Mohawk kid on the podium 

133- joe heilman , family of absolute grinders that had to work and earn every win at this level 

141- Jordan Titus , West Virginia, - WV biggest recruit outside the state in a very long time 

149- Jared Verkleeren - how can you not root the guy that wrestles D1 with diabetes  he can literally faint on the mat if he gets too hyped 

157- Gfeller- announcers at big 12 were saying he was done with wrestling and that he recently had a baby and got married and was working a full time job but decided to give it one more go to get on the podium ..came back to OSU weighing 200 pounds and cut to 157

165- Yant northern Iowa - exciting guy , always brings it 

174- I was going to say O’Malley but as I pointed out above he might not get in and is banged up so I’ll go with Foca , has all the potential to be a finalist hopefully he puts it together 

184- Brian Soldano- undersized true freshman with a wild style hopefully he gets Rutgers and AA 

197-tanner Sloan , been close before and has looked real good at times this year 

285- Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force - guy pins everyone plus can’t remember air forces last AA 

 

[Plasmodium]

125, I wish I could say Malik Heinselman.  I'll say Jore Volk to give Wyoming a shot in the arm for 23-24.

 

 

[Matthew Burns]

Cam Caffey

 

Been convinced he was podium material since his Big 10 finals match with Aaron Brooks.

 

Time for him to get on the podium.

[lightweight]

9 hours ago, flyingcement said:

I'll choose one from each weight

125: Liam Cronin

133: Mickey Phillippi

141: Andrew Alirez

149: Doug Zapf / Max Murin

157: Josh Humphreys

165: Ramirez and Caliendo will both AA, but they are not upperclassmen.  There don't seem to be any upper classmen who have never AA'd and seem to have a good chance this year

174:  Micky O'Malley

184: Similar comments to 184, but with Salazar, Munoz, and Pinto as the prominent underclassmen

197: Ethan Laird

285: Wyatt Hendrickson

Ditto on Mickey Phillippi at 133.  This has got to be his last shot in a long career.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

8 hours ago, Antitroll2828 said:

125-Steve P..pretty cool to see the little Mohawk kid on the podium 

133- joe heilman , family of absolute grinders that had to work and earn every win at this level 

141- Jordan Titus , West Virginia, - WV biggest recruit outside the state in a very long time 

149- Jared Verkleeren - how can you not root the guy that wrestles D1 with diabetes  he can literally faint on the mat if he gets too hyped 

157- Gfeller- announcers at big 12 were saying he was done with wrestling and that he recently had a baby and got married and was working a full time job but decided to give it one more go to get on the podium ..came back to OSU weighing 200 pounds and cut to 157

165- Yant northern Iowa - exciting guy , always brings it 

174- I was going to say O’Malley but as I pointed out above he might not get in and is banged up so I’ll go with Foca , has all the potential to be a finalist hopefully he puts it together 

184- Brian Soldano- undersized true freshman with a wild style hopefully he gets Rutgers and AA 

197-tanner Sloan , been close before and has looked real good at times this year 

285- Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force - guy pins everyone plus can’t remember air forces last AA 

 

Kevin Hoy 2nd at 285 in 2003.

How is it Air Force has a bunch of guys who can't fit in a cockpit?

[kionga]

125, Jack Medley.

[PortaJohn]

Jaxon Smith.  Yes he's only a freshman but the Terps need an AA.  

[bnwtwg]

Cam Caffey, Wyatt Hendrickson, Zach Elam, and any Illinois kids + Fighting Illini

[Gus]

Max Murin, Tanner Sloan, Wyatt Hendrickson (great American Hero), Kellyn March, Josh Humphreys, Bailey O'Reilly, Cade Devos, Abe Assad

[Chestcrusher]

12 hours ago, flyingcement said:

I'll choose one from each weight

125: Liam Cronin

133: Mickey Phillippi

141: Andrew Alirez

149: Doug Zapf / Max Murin

157: Josh Humphreys

165: Ramirez and Caliendo will both AA, but they are not upperclassmen.  There don't seem to be any upper classmen who have never AA'd and seem to have a good chance this year

174:  Micky O'Malley

184: Similar comments to 184, but with Salazar, Munoz, and Pinto as the prominent underclassmen

197: Ethan Laird

285: Wyatt Hendrickson

You sure about that? 

[Gus]

14 minutes ago, Chestcrusher said:

You sure about that? 

165 has KOT, Carr, Hamiti as pretty sure fire AA's. Griffith is a very likely AA based on his past NCAA success. That leaves 4 podium spots for Monday, Kennedy, Amine, Caliendo, Ramirez, Peyton Hall, Kharchla, Olguin, Facundo, etc....

[Major Kong]

Trevor Chumbley. Name alone justifies it. And of course Cam Caffey - coolest guy in wrestling.

[Warm Up Champ]

184-Trey Munoz

197-Cam Caffey

133-Mickey Phillippi

141-Andrew Alirez