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Another data point for D1 vs D3 is Dylan Koontz finished 5th at D3 last year and is currently #2 on wrestlestat after being about .500 at tOSU.

I think you’re being too literal. I was saying hypothetically if they were in the same weight class and thus no one was “larger.” Kaylor has been inconsistent but just last year still had wins over Brandon Courtney, Ventresca, and Peterson among others.

If we’re assuming these guys weigh the same which obviously they don’t, I’d take 133 in 1-4 and 125 in every match after that, with 125 probably getting a fair amount of bonus in the bottom half. Kaylor is #30 and is a previous AA, just an example of the depth

Judging by his reaction with the medal, I don’t think he was coasting. But I guess only he knows that

In the past yea that happened, but I didn’t get the sense that Lee gassed against Megaludis…

I agree that 7th at the B10 is pretty good, but I think that’s probably a stretch except for the SoCon and MAC

I agree that weight classes matter. I am not suggesting that those guys would be in the top six or so at 133 right now, but I think multiple guys at 125 having wins against some of the top guys at 133 when they were at the same weight is an example of why 125 is not weak. That’s not what deep means though… I think people will regret these “125 is weak” comments looking back in a few years. There are multiple guys looking to become 3x AA’s this year. Then you’ve got Ramos, Noto etc that still have 2 tournaments left, Figueroa 3. Speaking of Figueroa, many thought he should’ve started last year and Courtney ended up finishing 3rd (with prior 2nd and 6th place finishes). Definitely not weak IMO

I think it’s been talked about here before but can’t remember, what even happened between Bono and Askren?

I don't think Bono is in jeopardy, but Askren could probably do better. I think they missed their chance though.

But now the rules have changed...

Fouret was up what, 6-2 on Caliendo? But gassed badly

This would probably be a pretty good dual. I’d say the D2/D3 champs could compete to AA or at least usually win a couple matches at NCAA’s, but that’s about the ceiling for most of them IMO (which is still pretty impressive of course).

133 is weaker than 125 no question, love ya but saying 125 is “historically bad” is laughable IMO. Heck even among those 6 guys at 133, multiple of them have lost to guys in the 125 field. Nagao lost to Brayden Palmer last year who Intermat doesn’t even have ranked at 125. Orine lost to Matt Ramos at NCAA’s in 2022. I know Latona has some weird regular season losses but in the 2022 postseason he lost to Camacho and Barnett. And speaking of Barnett, he’s a 2x AA that just got majored by Terukina and failed to place last year. You’ve also got former 3rd and 5th place finisher McKee, and former 4th place finisher DeAugustino who also failed to place last year. Meanwhile you’ve got returning AA Ventresca with 4 losses already. Yeah, there’s not a clear top 1 or 2 guys, but there are like 30 different guys that can AA. And of course we thought there was a “clear #1” last year and look what happened…

“Since last season.” That was only guys in the current field, so not counting Blaze

Did he injure anyone today?

Barr + God/Jesus did it

What did Fernandes do?

There are 4 guys who have beaten the guy who beat Spencer Lee since last season. If there’s a “weak” weight, it’s probably 133

Yeah. I don’t ever want to see Iowa fans complain about Angel Rivera, he gave them a bit of a gift there

125 is not weak, it’s deep with everyone beating up on each other. Berginc beat Liam Cronin and Brandon Kaylor last year. If Davis beat him 5-1 I’d give him a shot to AA.

Injury default or MFF?

Voinovich not looking great. Is he injured? Guessing we see 2 Ferraris in the lineup in January

And then it looked like he tried to return the favor…

I’m telling you, I’m pretty sure Tom thinks “the questions should be asked” of UNI’s AD David Harris…