Recent content by MJM

Agree. 133 and 149 are problems. Does anyone know status of Hughes. I think he is a stud who I would love to see start. Good news, if we see issues with team, you can be sure Taylor does. Vaga is big for 141. Could he move to 149. Normally I would say no, but I have seen Hardy in person...

I agree with your comments re 165 to 285 looking great. Not sure I agree with your rest of your comments. Steen at 126 was a Penn St. backup. Really at 126, 141, 149, and 157 we wrestled our 3rd string. The true freshman at 157 looked pretty good. He may actually start at some point...

I think it will be 125 Spretley, 133 Forrest, 141 Vega, 149 Jamison, 157 Robideau, and 165 Lockett. 4 of first 5 are title threats. Ramirez looks good, but needs time. He was not a top 10 recruit as were Lockett, Vega, and Robideau were and Forrest is. So I think Forrest would be at 133...

I do think we have best coaching around. But talent is the overriding factor. The success of the 3 true freshman shows that. They were all top 10 (with 2 of the 3 being top 5) recruits. Getting the best wrestlers in your room does wonders, which is why Penn St. has been dominate, as their...

The 3 true freshman in lineup look great. After National Duals (and Stanford) they should be viewed as title contenders who at a minimum will place pretty high. Despite tough losses, Spratley has to be viewed same way. At 174, 184, 197, and 285, have to view those guys as having a chance to...

We have not wrestled very well but I think we have chance against Iowa. Should win 126. Who do we wrestle at 133. Fig has not looked good, but tough spot for true freshman Ramirez against Ayala. But I think Coach Taylor will go with Ramirez. Likely we split with Iowa first 2 matches, we...

Maybe, Jamison goes at 149. But I think it is more likely that Casey just had a very bad night against a good wrestler. Valencia lost in last second move to guy from Utah Valley (Peen St. transfer). So his hair was on fire. Casey just had big win at All Star bout. Let's see how he does in...

If you look at this team, we could have 10 AA. I though 141 and 157 were our weak spots, but Robideau and Vega proved me wrong. Will be fun to see them in National Duals.

I would love to see Hughes at 141. But from what I understand, OSU gave projected lineups for the National Duals and Hughes was at 133 with Fig and Carter Young and Vega were at 141.

OSU started season with one guy (Spratley) who was considered a contender. Hence ranked 8th pre season by Flowrestling. After All Star Classic (and VT guy at 149 taking redshirt), we added 2 guys to contender list (Casey at 149 and Zach at 184). After Stanford dual, we will know more. At...

Both of OSU wrestlers were underdogs and pulled off impressive upsets. And neither win was a fluke, if the OSU guys were to wrestle same guys later this season, smarrt money would be on Casey and Zach (not sure who would even take Smith against Zach after drubbing he took). For Casey...

Few questions, more for my own enlightenment than any other reason. With NIL, isn't recruiting just offering the guy you want more money than other teams? Or is it a combination, where you sell them that your school is fine, and you offer more money than the other schools he thinks are fine...

Not sure it will impact us that much. I have the following list of schools that have fired their coach: LSU, Penn St., Fld., Ark., UCLA, Virginia Tech., and Colorado State. I think the OSU job is very different than most of the openings. We are not going to hire the person Penn St., Fld., or...

Listened to Flowrestling preview of OSU. They are not high on Fig at 133 and think Hughes could even up taking over at 133. I think Hughes is too big for 133 and I think he ends up starting at 141. Flo thinks at 141 OSU ends up with Vega or Jamison starting by the end of the year. Flo thinks...

If you look at this year's team and compare it to any reasonable projections for last year's team at this time last year, we are in better shape. Last year's team exceeded any reasonable expectations. Can we make it 2 years in a row? Hard to see how Penn State does not win, but we have a shot...