He won’t be when O’Toole moves up 👍
Nelson?
- Thread starter Hawkeye in DFW
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We have some holes - I would think a combo of gabe, nelson, and Assad would be needed next year from 75->97.
If he doesn’t reach 4, he might bolt unless PSU drops another bag of dough on him, which they very well might. If he does reach 4, I agree — he’s likely to stay just to be the only 5-timer ever.
Really not a fan of starocci BUT walking out to Michael Meyers theme song then committing a massacre of labs was pretty sick.
one thing i was surprised by with nelson was how he completely out scrambled askren’s guy mocco on the backside.
Spencer said the same thing in his social media after dual season and B1Gs.
I’d take that as a solid sign for his return.
I’ve only ever watched Mocco wrestle 1 match in my life and that was his match against Nelson. My take away was how is this guy a D1 wrestler let alone an AA? He literally did nothing and really didn’t try to fight off Nelson’s tds.
Mocco tends to gas quite a bit. Not a good trait on the back side vs Nelson.
O'Toole isn't moving up. He barely walks around in the off-season at 165.
I've heard Askren say multiple times, O'Toole will eventually move up to 174. Question has been will it be his junior or senior year??
He may be HES - Had enough school. That's a long time to at least pretend to give a damn about classwork. I do not know his story but I would think if MMA is in his future graduate work will take a back seat. Only so much time to make it in the cage.
Not a fan of him either. But, the guy is LEGIT. He is a bit under the radar, but he is sure looking like he is going to end up a 4xer with only 2 career losses. Altough Yianni just did that, with less fanfare than I expected, he did have a loss this year and barely squeeked by Max.
Meanwhile, Starocci looks to do it next year having not really had a truly competitive match since Mekhi and Kemerer before that. On top of that, he avenged that loss and has beat up on Washington several times since his only other loss. He also looked much further ahead of Mekhi at the All Star. Even if you hate him as a person, the guy is a MACHINE on the mat. Nearly impossible to take down, a leach on top and you can't ride him. He isn't quite Dake so far, but he is starting to get pretty close...
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That could be the plan, I guess. I’ve got some friends that are pretty tight with him. He’ll have to put some weight on.
They have Mocco for another year at 74, so I'd imagine after that.
