National Duals, '25, thread

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[SurgeOne bOne]

Let's take a look at it:
125: Luke vs Bouzakis
Luke is definitely the favorite but Bouzakis has a punchers chance with his pinning ability.
133: Blaze vs Davino
Past results in favor Blaze but we all saw what Davino did to Ayala. That was destruction. This will be an interesting match.
141: Nagao vs Mendez
Mendez is the heavy favorite and should bonus. (I'm tossing Nagao results vs Mendez his freshman year. Mendez is a completely different animal now.)
149: Van Ness vs Stiles
Van Ness is the heavy favorite and should bonus (has a pin last season)
157: Duke vs Cannon
We haven't seen Duke wrestle folkstyle at this level yet and Cannon is no slouch. I'd pick Duke but it's not crazy talk to say Cannon has a chance.
165: Mitch vs it doesn't matter
Obligatory TF
174: Haines vs Kharchla
Haines is the heavy favorite and could bonus
184: Welsh vs Fishback
Welsh is the favorite, bonus unlikely (Fishback has given up bonus just once - to Keckeisen)
197: Barr vs Shumate
Barr is the heavy favorite and should bonus (has a TF last season)
Heavy: Feldman vs Mirasola
Feldman is a heavy favorite, possible bonus

The baseline is 8-2 Penn State. With anOSU's best other chances at 133 and 157 and a yolo chance at 125.

I don’t want this to be the case but I have a weird intuition: I think Osu wins, 125, 133, 141, 157, Hwy. I thought PJ looked unimpressive in Black Knight final. Hell, Luke L lost, Davino looked so good in Folk and I have no concept how good Blaze is i same style.
Mendez and Feldman will almost assuredly will win. i just hope they don’t major or more.

 

[Nitlion1986]

I don’t want this to be the case but I have a weird intuition: I think Osu wins, 125, 133, 141, 157, Hwy. I thought PJ looked unimpressive in Black Knight final. Hell, Luke L lost, Davino looked so good in Folk and I have no concept how good Blaze is i same style.
Mendez and Feldman will almost assuredly will win. i just hope they don’t major or more.

History indicates Penn State shows up against OSU rested and ready to wrestle their best and typically PSU prevails in most matches anywhere near tossup level. PSU wins 125, 133 and 157. The only way they don't is if while winning they get caught and pinned.
OSU wins 141, and probably HWT. Hwt in my blue and white biased opinion is an OSU favored weight, but closer to a tossup than most realize.

 

[WV lion]

I don’t want this to be the case but I have a weird intuition: I think Osu wins, 125, 133, 141, 157, Hwy. I thought PJ looked unimpressive in Black Knight final. Hell, Luke L lost, Davino looked so good in Folk and I have no concept how good Blaze is i same style.
Mendez and Feldman will almost assuredly will win. i just hope they don’t major or more.

Don't bet the house on Feldman.