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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...

On paper the weak spots in lineup are 141 and 157.

Kinda of surprised to see Hughes at 133 and not 141. Also surprised to see Carter Young as starter. He has been a stud in freestyle. And he has not been able to compete at his best weight class. But he has started 3 years and been disappointing all 3.

When looking at 141, 149, and 157, I think OSU has 3 very good wrestlers in Hughes, Swiderski, and Jamison. I think Hughes is the only one that can make 141 and compete at top form. Jamison was at 141 last 2 years and faded at nationals (though not as bad last year). Jamison always looked too...

Been some time since projected lineup was posted. I go to Wrestlestat on occasion and they list projected lineup for different teams. The projected lineup for OSU recently changed. Current lineup (with prior): 126 Spratley 133 Figueroa 141 Carter Young ( was Cael Hughes) 149 Swiderski...

You never know when you hire a coach. They may be good or bad. But if you hire a good coach who is successful without ties, he goes to better program which is very disruptive to program. If you hire guy with ties who want to be at OSU, maybe you get long run with him (as we did with Gundy)...

A few thoughts. First, OSU needs to hire someone with OSU connections. If OSU just hires the latest hot coach without OSU connections, he leaves to a better program if he is successful and we get stuck with a big buyout if he is a flop. Second, given NIL, recruiting may be much less important...

Even if there was a starter, would be smart not to name him. Given one is more of a runner, may be a bit more room to rotate a bit. If Floras is starter, pretty easy to put Hejny in in short yardage situations, goal line situations, and situations where you want to run to kill clock. If...

My guess is AJ goes 285. Was looking a little big for 197. PSU will be favored next year, and after that Nebraska, Iowa, OSU, and maybe Iowa State. Given what we had to start year, we greatly exceeded expectations. If we can do that again, we should place second.