Ayala’s redshirt will be pulled and Minnesota will not send out McKee to save him from the L and protect his seed.
Hawks-Minny Prediction
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If Eggum thinks they have a shot of winning this dual they will. But then again, it's 2022 and the mindset has changed dramatically over time. Pitch counts and seed protection everywhere you look. Unfortunately IMO.
That's why I think we see Kem at least weigh in. That would force Eggs to make a decision first regarding ducking DA.
He might be a true freshman from an eligibility standpoint but he was in the 2020 class - so this is his second year at UM. Or so I thought. And I understand DeSanto is a much more accomplished wrestler, but Nagao's style might frustrate him. And, I am wasn't saying that because he is a world jiujitzu medalist he is good on the mat, I'm saying he is good on the mat and can scramble and likes to hang on ankles .... in response to the anecdotal story above about a world medalist who was horrible on the mat.
Just watched the Foley match again. Nagao does have some game and gave Foley all he wanted (except when Nagao was on the bottom the entire third period), but I don't think he will be that big of a challenge for ADS. Foley isn't close to ADS so what the kid did against Foley isn't all that relevant. Below is what Nagao has done so far this year. I couldn't find any stats from last year. Info is courtesy of WrestleStat.
2022 Season
| Video | Opponent | School | Date | Event | Weight | W/L | By | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #82 Carter, Todd (5 - 6) (Compare) | #63 Gardner-Webb | 01/01 | Southern Scuffle | 133 | W | DEC | 6 - 0 | |
| #20 March, Kellyn (10 - 5) (Compare) | #23 North Dakota State | 01/01 | Southern Scuffle | 133 | W | DEC | 4 - 0 | |
| #59 Crawford, Trey (8 - 7) (Compare) | #6 Missouri | 01/01 | Southern Scuffle | 133 | W | FALL | 0:56 | |
| #9 Foley, Rayvon (17 - 1) (Compare) | #31 Michigan State | 01/01 | Southern Scuffle | 133 | L | DEC | 2 - 0 | |
| #58 Russell, Codi (11 - 6) (Compare) | #34 Appalachian State | 01/01 | Southern Scuffle | 133 | W | DEC | 5 - 2 | |
| #23 Redding, Zach (5 - 1) (Compare) | #15 Iowa State | 11/21 | Daktronics Open | 141 | L | DEC | 7 - 0 | |
| #215 Moll, Garrett (3 - 8) (Compare) | #24 Northern Iowa | 11/21 | Daktronics Open | 141 | W | DEC | 7 - 0 | |
| #101 Fox, Gable (7 - 6) (Compare) | #24 Northern Iowa | 11/21 | Daktronics Open | 141 | L | FALL | 0:49 |
Nagao “grey shirted” last year and I believe stayed home in California. Scuffle was his first time down at 133. Looked much better suited for that, but again, I doubt his shirt is pulled this year.
Protect what seed and why? If he’s the 3 or the 4 seed at Big 10s…who cares? Not like they are in the team race. And he’s not ranked at AA level so there’s nothing to protect there, either.
Pure speculation. I think it depends on what weight they start at and how things are going when they get to 149.
Sitting McKee to protect seed would be silly for a number of reasons, but the notion that only schools that are involved in the team race should be worried about their seeds at big tens is not one of them. Only two teams are truly “in” the team race this year, but I guarantee every school is concerned about their seeds at big tens. He’s also obviously more than capable of AA’ing.
My bad, I missed your main point then. I thought I covered everything in your message.
It matters none though. If for instance he ends up seeded 3rd and Ayala 4…or 4th and 5th…who cares? They very likely have to wrestle each other anyway. And there’s no angle to play to squeak out a few more team points.
Not cool to say. He’s just a poor wrestler and hardly seems like a bad guy.
you might be right but in my opinion being opposite suriano would be an advantage at big tens. given how Ayala has closed the gap and really should have won the last match, a loss friday would make that less likely.
time will tell.
The question to me is does Nicky wrestle enough matches to garner the top seed at B1Gs?
Eggs will calculate so that his guy is in opposite bracket. Gophs haven't had anyone else wrestle 125 this year IIRC, so they're not pulling a redshirt just for Iowa.
Who the hell knows?
While I'm sure there are other advantages to being a world class Jiu-Jitsu player, many of the techniques are done from being on your back. Not exactly a good place to be for a folk style wrestler.
Desanto probably not scurrd of the ju ju boy. More wondering if he is going to stay in the center for short light work or if he will do the ju ju dance on the edge and make Desanto chase him down.
Nagao also a 2x California state champ, not saying he can go with AD now but he is a solid guy for Gophers. Very quick and good scrambler.
Just leaving Ayala off the probables so McKee shows up.
Ybarra gonna get stuck if true.
This dual will be much closer than anyone thought a month ago.
This dual will be much closer than anyone thought a month ago.
Closer for sure, jammen can even find a path to victory.
I wasn't really sure the coaches are planning on pulling Ayala's shirt, at least not till they have to. I think Drake is the more college comp ready ATM, but Ybarra may just need a bit of time to adjust....He's a true true true fresh right now correct? He's won as many AZ titles (3) as Brandon Courtney, and this may be his only shot starting so they may be waiting to see how things develop.
Well, I couldn't force myself to Like your post, but must admit it was well played.
Ybarra's problem in what little we've seen is "waiting for things to develop". His resume coming into the Program is really good. Does he have another gear we haven't seen? If so, he better get it going, and quickly.
100% this ^^^^ you’d think all these wrestlers were pitching nine innings every fifth day.
