Recent content by MJM

I think the animosity is not hard to understand. OSU and PSU do not have any bad blood between them. So hire of DT from PSU, while outside of family and feel bad for Scott, otherwise hard to object. OSU and Iowa do have bad blood between them. Gilman is from Iowa. Gilman and Smith got into...

Anyone have any thoughts on if any current OSU wrestlers hit portal? Or how this plays with WH. And I feel bad for Scott, and hope he lands on his feet.

I don't think you can compare sports. You don't have the history of great BB players being great coaches like you do in wrestling. I would hire Scott. I think things were better this year because of him (like fewer injuries). And even if we don't get WH, we had good year in portal. But...

Clearly David Taylor was better wrestler than Scott. But not sure how that makes him a better coach. Even though Gable/Sanderson were top wrestlers and top coaches. I would go with Scott unless it was clear Taylor offered some advantages in recruiting.

I am pretty close to where you are. When I watched replays of Hughes and Carroll at freestyle events, I have more confidence in Hughes being AA this year. He won US open and most (all) of points he scored (on matches I watched) were basic leg takedowns. Transitions to folkstyle with no...

Rutgers guy going back to Rutgers. Lee, assuming we don't get Wyatt H, who do you think starter is at 285? I think Merrill wins ranking match with Doucet but think they are going to redsirt Merrill no matter what. Also, how do you see Carroll at 197 and Hughes at 133 doing in 2024-2025...

If his goal is to get better, Okei State is clear winner. In wrestling room you have Doucet, Merrill, Simpson, and Carroll (with Carroll at 197). No other room will give you same level of competition (other than maybe Penn State). But Michigan has gotten more transfers than anyone else, so...

Which ever of OSU, Mizz, Michigan, or Iowa (naming schools that make most sense) get Wyatt Hendrickson, they becomes the favorite to finish second behind Penn State in next year's NCAA's. Okie State finished 10th with around 56 points. Cornell finished 2nd with 73 points. Hendrickson could...

Other than Penn State, we are not that far behind anyone else. There are something like 10 teams with shot for #2, and we are one of them. Surber was better than Doucet at 285 in 2021-2022. But I would put my money on Doucet against Surber now. Doucet has gotten much better the last couple of...

Depends on what you mean by surprise us. We should excludes Plott, Hamiti, and Carroll as I think a lot is expected of those three (I think Carroll should be expected to AA). And also we should exclude Merrill. If he doesn't redshirt, I think he will also be expected to be an AA. I think...

If you look at who placed at 174, and assuming Starocci from PSU doesn't come back (as reported), then 174 looks pretty open. Don't see anyone who clearly beats Hamiti. But can he deal with bigger and stronger guys? At 165 you have O'Toole from Mizzu and Messenbrink (or Haines if they switch...

Is that what is going on in collage wrestling? I don't know. But I thought Penn State advantage was Sanderson, tons of local talent, and the regional training facility (which OSU now has but was slow to set up). And now they have best talent, so all the top prospects want to go to PSU to work...

Ok, let's look at lineup. 125 Spratley 133 Hughes (assuming he can make 133, which is likely) 141 Jamison or Young. Jamison started strong, but faded at end. Young was higher rated recruit, but didn't do that well his 2 years at 141. One could argue Young had to go up a weight class (because...

I agree BT needs redshirt year. I just think DH is better at 165. I would just put Heeg in at 174 as he was highly ranked as recruit (assuming Robb can't make 174 and Heeg is better than other guys in room). Looks like Carroll at 197. Plott at 184. Do they redshit Merrill? No matter how it...

Not really sure where he fits. Does he move down to 157 and try to beat out Travis. Does Hamitti go up to 174? Not sure why Hamitti would want to go up to 174 or OSU would want him to. He is a 5th year senior and had Penn State guy that finished second beat until he got caught in bad move...