I guess I'm saying they have as good of a chance of beating Penn State as Nebraska does even after taking on the loser family (and the chance is slim). And once they do, recruits become worse and you can forget about remaining at the top at that point. I'd predict several immediate outgoing transfers if they actually land in Iowa City for real. Possibly reversed commitments from high character guys like DeLuca
On the other hand, I would argue that current rosters and future commitments would point to that nit being the case. I don't see Penn State losing a dual or a national tournament for a minimum of five years unless Cael quits or God forbid dies. Iowa would be selling their soul while also worsening their recruiting and destroying their team culture until the family is gone. I'd argue it's very clearly not worth it for Iowa.
@PMineo22 while we have you, would you mind sharing some more details on the FBI situation? Are they investigating just midwest wrestle? or Cam Kramer too?
Hope he gets healthy for nationals- he was competitive last year at 133 and this year 125 is wide open. I could be wrong but I find it hard to believe Palmer was healthy going into that match. That's not to argue he shouldn't drop in rankings but just as my own projection for how he could perform.
so @commonsense2400 registers an account, immediately posts only in this thread, defending a recently accused person of wrongdoing? and they're doing so with boldfaced lies? Seems like a good zoo candidate if there ever was one
They are very different! He has been scrubbing his sites for the last couple days in light of more public knowledge of his wrongdoings. And you are 100% wrong - you can definitely choose the thumbnails.
Surtin, Palmer, and Flynn have all taken losses this past week. Jack Maida who hasn't wrestled in over a month remains undefeated at 9-0 but didn't wrestle in Americans recent dual
The thumbnails he chose just all happened to accentuate the private areas of children? To defend the guy is despicable. You should be ashamed of yourself.
If that is true, then I'm gonna predict the dual as follows:
125: Surtin dec Flynn 3-0
133: Latona major Moore 3-4
141: Edmond major Mason 7-4
149: Henson major Gioffre 7-8
157: Andonian dec Mauller 7-11
165: Steed dec Brady 10-11
174: O'Toole dec Lewis 13-11
184: Fisher dec Whiting 13-14
197: Elam dec Smith 16-14
197: Elam dec Catka 19-14