The crowds have been smaller this year. Some of which is probably due to so many later start football games.
Max Lyon would not have been an upgrade over Cash Wilcke. Lyon has a better chance to start 4 years at Purdue and receive more ship $.
Hope you're right pump. I just noticed that Murin is making the trip from PA and he's already committed. Haven't heard much about Luke in awhile.
Thanks TC
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/201603...estler-of-year-jacob-warner-washington-junior
Just a nice read about Beast Warner.
tOSU is set at 97 (Moore) and Heavy (Singletary) for the next four years.
I would think that would be a bit of a slap in Kolin Moore's face if tOSU landed Warner. Both Moore and Warner were world team members with Warner having the better tournament at a lower weight. With the addition of Singletary and Romero, the Buckeyes are set at the upper weights for awhile. I love what Warner brings and I hope we can land him.
Yup, I was somewhat relieved to see Moore make a world team, Singletary and Romero sign. tOSU was our biggest competition imo until that happened. I really don't see the appeal of training for world and Olympic titles at any of the other schools he listed outside of tOSU
LaxHawk will ease your worrying by providing an Interview that Todd Conner had with Jacob Warner this offseason.
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Warner wrestled at 85kg (187lbs) this summer at Cadet Worlds. He looked big for the weight and there were certainly some conditioning concerns. He won bronze so not THAT much of a concern, but he looked visibly gassed in a couple matches. He is ranked #1 at 195 this year and seems to have a good height and build for 197. I'm sure if he needed to he could cut down to 184, but that would be two years for now and who knows how his body will grow by then. 197 seems the logical choice at this point. If he and Falbo commit you could see an upper weight lineup that looks like this:
I think Romero will be a 165 as a true FR, then 174 afterwards to replace BoJo. They will still have Martin at 184, who still has a redshirt available (which he may or may not use prior to his SR season, after NaTo, BoJo, and Snyder graduate next season). But your point still stands.
Well you would know better than I would, him being an east coaster, I was just going off of HS resumes of the two. Wilcke was a 2x Iowa State champ with not really any big national results that I can recall. I don't think he placed at Fargo or anything. Which is different styles, but still. Falbo is a 2x Fargo AA, and I'm not sure of his state tournament results. Wilcke does have some decent collegiate results so far.. 13-3 RS year, and an 8th place finish at University FS nationals. One thing I'm a bit concerned of is his ability to make 184 in 2 years time. Morningstar said in an interview recently that Wilcke is big and that 184 will be a tough cut for him but manageable. I'm not sure if more time will exacerbate the difficulty of the cut or make it easier, but usually it tends to be the former. I'd say they are about equal in terms of recruiting 'tiers' in regards to when they come out of high school. I can't recall what wilcke was ranked at his weight but I think it was something like 8-15 range. Similar to Falbo. But its all just speculation until they're in the room anyways.
