and the only reason that guy was ranked 7th is because he wasn't able to wrestle last year. he beat young the last time they wrestled. probably should have already been ahead of him. fan ignorance.
That is true but he was not in that match. It may have been a 4 point decision but it was pretty decisive.
This.
He should be ranked outside the top 10 and perhaps lower. Not taking a good quality shot in the first 5 minutes when wrestling for the first time in front of your home crowd in over a year, not a good look. Didn't look like he had energy, his feet looked slower than ever before and when he needed something in the 3rd, he didn't push the pace.
Yeah it was. Sometimes Kaleb is a great scrambler, it just makes you wonder why he doesn't initiate more activity and try to use that part of his arsenal. He's tough as nails most of the time otherwise, but he didn't look good last Friday.
I disagree. He placed 7th last year and lost to another top ten guy this weekend. If he drops this match to a no name or low ranked wrestler then yes.
I kinda wanted to make a joke about PK being the guy ranked #1, but i have too much reverence for the Bull to do so
I get this. In the context of how rankings are done, you are spot on and for now, this is the correct ranking, but watching this match, KY did not look like a top 10 guy. Just my opinion, but he was taken down too easily with little resistance and showed no offense, and at times, no desire to initiate an offense.
Why? He’s played that part for almost three years. Nothing different this year. I personally don’t understand the mis thoughts on marinelli this year so far!!!
Everyone forgets he got injured against Griffith in the quarters and MFF'd out. On FRL they tried to claim he lost to Cam Amine
He allowed Princeton half their team's TDs, and was also reversed. 8 offensive points to zero.
To question KY’s desire is nutty. The dude sacrifices a ton for us. He is a 174 pounder making the cut to 157 because it’s where he’s needed. Yes. He has struggles with weight and can come out flat because of the suck, but that dude gives everything he has. Sadly come match time he doesn’t have a ton to give some times (especially early in the year). I would wager he ends on the podium once again.
Yep. Plus, the talk here is mere ranking. For a loss like that he should go down quite a bit. Beat some higher ranks and he will go up.
The thing is as we have seen recently. Lots of high ranked kids have been knocked off. To me cass as an example is laughable to be at 5. He beat Schultz twice at ncaas. And to put kerk in front of him is laughable too. Didn’t he major him or close too it. Them results won’t change. Might get close but I don’t see it. One bad match by him is end of the world to the wrestling community and Iowa fans know better or at least should!!!! Young too. Some matchups just don’t favor him. When ncaas come around it favors young!!!
he is absolutely not a 174. he tried that but couldn’t keep the size on. he’s a natural 165.
Well that was 3+ years ago. Don’t tell most collegiate 165 that they can’t sustain 174
Who should be ahead of Alex? O'Toole would be the only one you could make an argument for and he hasn't ever beaten the bull.
I'm sure I wouldn't question his desire to do a lot of things, but I can quantify his desire to initiate offense, which is what I said, by the number of offensive shots or legit shot attempts he might make in the first 7 mins of a match. But I now understand, he cuts a ton of weight and is doing that for the team, so no one should come on HR and accurately describe his matches because excuses are not just for wusses, they're also for posters on HR that can't handle an honest assessment.
Yeah on paper for sure this is a good point but it wasn’t even close as I’m sure you watched. Maybe a bad match up, young can be frustrating at times to watch.
Hell, give Bull the 2. I'm sure it wouldn't matter to him one bit. Maybe he'd get some better luck as a 2 seed anyway
So what he tore ribs!!! Couldn’t finish. Does that make it less. He’s a three time aa too!!! Tell Twitter that. Lol
He will place higher then his counter part at ncaas like he always has!!! Monday can’t seem to get past the 1st or 2nd rd!!
So, why didn’t we recruit a natural 157 if he’s just been taking one for the team all of these years?
The grind of the BiGs and the show is where Young thrives, Monday looked like a top contender last week let’s see how he does through the grind, big difference.
O'Toole has a very legit argument for #1. He placed higher last year than Marinelli ever has and only has 1 career loss. Also had better wins last year (mostly because Marinelli hardly wrestled anybody because the big ten was weak and he got hurt at NCAA's). I would probably rank O'Toole #1, but don't think there's a wrong answer.
