We will have Ludington (sp) as a frosh 197, right? And DeLuca or Peterson, so far, at 125, right? They don’t look like black holes from here..
Peterson will absolutely improve in our room. He beat Lilledahl and pinned Richie Figs this year. If he finds some consistency he could absolutely AA and possibly high AA.
125 is going to enter the season ranked in the top 8 and has beat more than one AA.
You just simply can’t account or plan for major injuries. Parco showed zero signs of injury until the 2nd match at NCAA’s and pretty much had a dream draw to the semis. For all of Teemer’s injuries over the years he had always shown up in full force in March.
I don’t know. He took a full year to heal and fully recover. Before that he was top 6 all 4 years. If there is a better 1 year option out there I am all ears…
I'm not saying he's 100% not the answer, only that he has a long track record of injuries and a bit of a reputation as well. Nothing major on that front, but I'd be weary. Not that it matters but many on here will scoff and talk shit if ends up pulling a parco/teemer especially with his history of being hurt.
In this day and age, I’d rather see a talented frosh go his first year if there are no other viable alternatives. (Unless someone good parachutes in for a year.) Prioritizing a season five years down the road no longer makes much sense, imo.
It depends on the makeup of the weight class, who else the team has at the weight and how ready he is to win that early in his career.
You and titty twister been sharing the same bottle?
From “what I hear”…. You’re special.
It's a tough call but he did AA in 4 straight ncaas, the injuries must have been manageable enough. If he can go in 2026 odds are he'll be a high AA again. I'd take my chances.
He’s also got 2 years left and underwhelmed at 184 this year. Is he a 197? I think I’d take the risk with Elam as he’s managed to AA 4 times regardless of injuries.
What was his injury last year. Sounded like they thought it was career ending for a long time.
Yes I’m sure Missouri is all for kicking their 4 time AA out of bed. Cuz who needs him?!
Smith had the balls to throw an ncaa finalist off his team before. Culture is important at mizzou, and it's not based solely on winning.
That’s not the issue. It’s the constant negative talk. When the team returns 5 guys that should be top 4. Landed 3 in the portal that are top 8 and one of them is Dean Peterson that’s a hole🙄. Meanwhile it sounds like the work is being done on the other two weights. If we ended up with 8 AAs next year that should be celebrated.Careful. They will crucify you on here for being objective.
I think Iowa has the better lineup for next year, at least at this point. OSU will have a lot of talented but unproven guys in their lineup like Lockett, Facundo, Ryder/Thompson, and Merrill. Figs is new to 133 and didn't have good year last year. And 157 will either be a DNP (Travis), a new-to-the-weight guy (Jamison/Swiderski), or a freshman (Robideau). I am excited to see how the team performs, but for now I'd put OSU at #4 behind y'all and Nebraska.
you know nothing if you think rocky elam is a bad culture type
"Career ending" in this context just meant he wasn't going to come back for his extra covid year - cant remember the injury but I remember Basch and the Brain talking about it on a show around the time he officially took the RS this year
I just remember Rocky owned Warner when he was a freshman. I like the potential IF we can keep him healthy. Hope Tom gets Ludington and Deluca 5 good matches, maybe find a few for Miller also.
Careful. They will crucify you on here for being dumb.
