PacMan

Assuming he'll start and not RS, I'll go with Aden Valencia at Stanford.

Valencia is indeed ready to roll out of the gate, but I do agree that he's a 149 pounder, and Abas is likely coming back for another year. RS feels inevitable, but we've seen stranger things. A lot of these freshman hammers coming in for Stanford (Consiglio, Mara, Parco, Guffey, Cholakyan, Han Lindemeyer) I have to think will RS.

Duke and Bakersfield seem to be extremely vulnerable due to indifferent administrations.

Totally hear what you're saying, but not sure I'd judge a coach solely on his worst wrestler ever. Seems to me he still has quite a few redeeming qualities. But yes, maybe it wouldn't take as much money as I'd thought.

What about throwing a bag of money at Nickerson, get him closer to home?

This is a pretty solid lineup. Would be nice if Stanford could pick up a 197/HWT in the portal, esp. if Stemmet is done. They've recovered awfully well for having missed a year of recruiting when the program was tentatively dropped a few years back.

Does Teemer really still have another year left? Holy smokes.

Let's hope those guys don't get poached. That said, does anyone know the future conferences of Bakersfield, Poly, Little Rock, and Oregon State? I mean, time is up. Will they scatter, or will the "Pac 2" somehow grab another team or 2 and somehow remain a legit wrestling conference?

Fair enough. Looks like these two will be going at it for years to come.

Look, Bucky, Shapiro is a great wrestler. He's a future champion for sure. Cardenas beat him twice this year. Let's give a tiny bit of credit, that's all I'm saying. The excuses after every Shapiro loss are just a bit much.

I've had several. If this were a concussion, he (a) wouldn't have continued, and (b) be out of the tournament. He continued the match and continued the tournament. He got beat by the better wrestler.

Or, he just got beat by a super physical wrestler.

He probably tried to sell the university president phony nutrition powder

With Borrelli's reputation and track record there, it just feels like this is Jason Borrelli's job to accept or decline. Everyone else get in line.

No matter how this shakes out, let us celebrate that Peyton Robb is alive, healthy, and thriving. ESPN story yesterday about his ordeal was insane. The kid dodged a bullet of epic proportions. Besides that, this is one heck of an entertaining weight class.