Recent content by MJM

Tough seeds. A lot of our guys face the Penn State guy who is #1 seed in quarters or semifinals. Spratley at 5 faces NC State guy who beat him last year to win natty last (and beat him this year at national duals) in Quarterfinals, then faces tough guy from Lehigh (who beat Penn State guy...

Overall, OK but not great Big 12 Championship for the Pokes. Forrest is great. The kid Larkin he beat up on has one loss, and that was a MF. Larkin will likely AA. Spratley and Swiderski did their job and looked solid. Spratley at 125 can beat anyone, but there are 3 to 5 other guys that...

We should win Big12 with ease. 125, 133, 141, 157, and 165 should advance to finals without much problem. 149 should be no problem as long as Swiderski is at close to top form. At 174 guy from UNI has been good in past, but having a down year, so shouldn't be a problem. 184, 197 and 285 our...

Agree. Ross should be as good as Ducet at 285 as a freshman, and will likely be much better after that (when he adds some weight and muscle). 184 is weak spot. Does White go as freshman? Do we get a transfer? Does Lockett move up to 174? Maybe Routledge goes at 165 (or Facundo). Even the...

Will be interesting to see where they fit in lineup. Bigger one may start at 149 while smaller one redshirts. Fact Jax went this year helps as bit as now Jax and smaller one are not in same class. Hard to know as guy 17/18 may grow a bit. If bigger one takes over at 149, that may help us...

Like your writeup. ISU heavy favorites at 197 and 285. We are solid favorites at 125, 165, and 174. Rest I view as toss ups.

I think we win at least 6. Basically because I think North texas team from 2025 could win 6 and we will be better than that. So we should win Tulsa, Murray State, WVU, UCF, Colorado, and Iowa State. Next tier, KU, KSU, Houston, and ASU. Winnable, but likely we split. Last tier, for those...

"He does not get us into title contention single handedly. Needs to gray shirt, keep training and be ready next year" My view is the very top tier guys, like Forest or Lockett or Vega or Robideau come in ready. They have wrestled a long time with top tier coaching and workout partners. So if...

OSU being so good will likely help OU. OSU will be recruiting top 10 nationwide talent, maybe one or two from in state. That let OU pick up some good in state talent which in past years OSU would have gotten. As to main theme of thread, with 4 more top 10 recruits (to go with 3 we got this...

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...