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McGonagle actually wrestled for Timberlane HS which has long been the strongest program in New Hampshire - he was a multiple NE Champion

Nico Provo from Stanford is a CT kid as is Ebert from Binghamton - he may be their 174 this year

I don't see 125, 197, or 285 as swing matches - I would say Rutgers is clearly the favorite at those weights - 125 would have been a slight favorite for VT preseason but EV's performance so far this year makes Peterson the clear choice.

What exactly do you mean by put guys over - sorry I know very little about WWE

Extras have never been allowed in the CK Las Vegas tournament - just 10 man starters for each team.

I am not sure what the latest policy with the USAW Living the Dream Fund but in 2016 when JB was going for a repeat Olympic Gold medal it was announced that a repeat Olympic Gold would get the winner $500K. Now JB did not repeat - also Kyle Snyder and Helen M failed to repeat in 2020(1) - This year Steveson and David Taylor could repeat as OG Medalists. I don't know if the higher amount is still being considered for repeat Olympic golds.

We will have to agree to disagree - In my opinion I will not discount an athletes greatness due to their slipping somewhat towards the end of an amazing career. Was Muhammed Ali less great due to losses he took as he aged? As I see it the fact that JB is still competing well at the age of 35 is a testament to his greatness and toughness. No one beats father time but the great ones can hold him off for awhile.

Both of those commentaries from PM are priceless - perfect summary of why I love folkstyle and the "real" top and bottom wrestling that goes with it.

I am always torn when I rate the greatest all time wrestlers for the USA - like most people I tend to put John Smith at the top and now I have him in a dead heat with JB. Still the level of greatness that Bruce displayed over a 14 year period where he dominated in this country and was able to medal in 13 of 14 years with 5 golds is amazing. At times I think he should be our #1.

Actually that is usually how you get stripped of a title in combat sports - you lose to someone.

There is a repeat champion if you include the 2020 Olympics which took place in 2021. Otoguro won those with Aliev Silver and Rashidov and Barang with bronze. That tournament is more indicative of the worlds best than the 2021 WC as many of the top guys did not attend that. 5 of the top 6 countries placing at the Olympics sent a different rep to the 2021 WC - the 6th Hungary did not send Musakaev or anyone else.

This is what was said in the 1992 USA wrestling yearbook in the BB write up - "He enters the Olympic year after a rare non-medal performance at the 1991 World Championships, where he placed seventh. Closer Inspection shows that Baumgartner was a victim of bad breaks. In the 1st round he lost to the tough 1989 WC Ali Reza Soliemani of Iran. His other loss was to Turkey's Mahmut Demir , who poked Baumgartner in the eye to score the winning points in overtime." After that book was published prior to the 1992 Olympic trials BB went on to have some of his greatest years. He went Gold, Gold, Silver Gold, & Bronze over the next 5 years that included 2 Olympics.

If Brock wrestles like he did in his Bronze medal match he can beat anyone in the NCAA this year - that was some display of defensive wrestling - well worth checking out on Flo for anyone who hasn't seen it.

If MM is beating Facundo soundly in the room and the PSU coaching staff thinks he can be a contender for the National title at 165 why not start him there? He certainly looked big enough when he blow torched his way through the 163 lb JR FS bracket.

I should have kept reading the thread before replying

NHS67 said yep to this - I am pretty sure the answer is no - last season MM was RS at Cal Baptist - I don't think he can take another regular RS.

I heard that Zach Braunagle Ill. 197 was taking an Olympic RS

I think Real Woods and Joey McKenna are bad examples as I am pretty sure both had completed undergrad degrees at Stanford prior to leaving.

The 118 lb. weight was eliminated in the 1998-1999 season when they added the 7 lbs. to all of the weights due to the deaths of some wrestlers that year from weight cutting. I was 118 way back in the 70s and I weigh less now than my natural walking around weight was then (138 lbs.)

It has been a while since AJ has wrestled and I expect Cass will still have about 20 lbs on him (Cass mid 250s AJ 230 to 235) We will see - I hope there is film of it for the fans. AJ has to get admitted to Iowa 1st.

I do not think it will be a forgone conclusion that AJF will beat Tony C out for the spot at heavyweight. If AJF is not capable or interested in making 197 anymore he will have to take the spot from big Tony on the mat.

Does "their own team" mean any team at the institution they attend or only the team that they actually are a member of?

From what I understand from reading the attached article he will still be considered the "defending WC" - he will be stripped of medals won after 8/6/15 t0 8/5/19 - not his 2014 world title.I believe he retired not to much after that loss.

Kerk weighed in at 257 lbs at the B10 tournament - the B10, B12, tournaments had the actual weights for the Hwts listed in trackwrestling last year.

Agreed as far as needing someone to replace KS at 97kg - we haven't had such a consistently great heavy guy since big Bruce was competing 25 + years ago.