Who will win the Hodge Trophy?
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Mitchell Messenbrink should be an option in my opinion.
My bad. I let my personal bias get in the way of constructing a cleaner poll. I included him now. @ptomaselli
Sorry man, I am 100% heterosexual.Are you in PHL? maybe we should meet..
I just ment for a drink or say hi... it would be tomorrow AM anyway.
I'm not looking for any dudes. (or chicks either, have a great wife)
LOL, you got a great sense of humor. Thanks for playing along. I don't live in PHL, but do you know @SolarPumper ? He posts a lot on the football board mostly. He lives in PHL and is always reaching out to visit posters.
Not far from State College.Where is home? Have a safe travel back home!
- Record
- Dominance/Bonus-Point Percentage
- Quality of Competition
- Sportsmanship
I don’t think it’s that simple with Hendrickson beating Steveson.
Heading into Philly, MM & WH were both 22-0. MM had a 94% bonus rate with zero pins and WH had an 85% bonus rate with 10 pins.
I think MM added two more techs while WH added three more pins. Does Dominance/Bonus-Point Percentage just mean bonus % or is Dominance weighted to give sort out pins, techs, & majors? If it does weigh pins higher, WH could have the edge. 5tarocci had six pins heading into the tourney.
Personally I know nothing about comparing the relative strength of competition between the two and will let numbers folks sort that out.
Then there is the unmeasurable Sportsmanship component. I suppose every voter will have their own definition of sportsmanship.
Don’t get me wrong. I would NOT be upset with either Nittany Lion. Now, if they give it to someone else…it’s postal time!
Hey man twenty bucks is twenty bucks.
I'd add to this that one of the years that DT won the Hodge, IMHO Ed Ruth had better stats.
No. You are officially damned for posterity and branded a fool amongst your peers. Which is to say, I have no way of doing that...
"Wyatt's win is historic." Cassar beat Gable TWICE.
Which is @lionlover's way of saying that when he created the poll, he didn't set it up so that you could edit your selection.
I should be able to go in and modify the settings, so that folks can edit their selections after they vote. However, @Jim from Spicewood, I don't have the ability to go in and change a person's vote -- you'll have to go in and do that after I edit the settings.
Update: I was able to edit the settings so that folks can change their vote.
I didn't vote but I would choose Carter #1, Wyatt #2 and Mitch #3. My reasoning doesn't follow the Criteria, which would be Mitchell I believe.
Carter is a 5 time National Champ and would walk away with 0 Hodge wins. I know it isn't supposed to be a "Career" award but damn he needs
a Hodge. Yes, Wyatt's win was awesome, but so was Matt Ramos over Spencer Lee, Cassar over Gable, Cenzo over Isiah, on and on.
As far as sportsmanship goes, I see a much more cerebral, softer side of Carter this year. Still as confident as ever but he took his celebrity this year to promote wresting and not just promoting himself (line them up and I'll kill them all type comments) I'm sure I'm letting my Penn State bias enter in to my argument because I haven't watched Wyatt wrestle every match.
Carter is a 5 time National Champ and would walk away with 0 Hodge wins. I know it isn't supposed to be a "Career" award but damn he needs
a Hodge. Yes, Wyatt's win was awesome, but so was Matt Ramos over Spencer Lee, Cassar over Gable, Cenzo over Isiah, on and on.
As far as sportsmanship goes, I see a much more cerebral, softer side of Carter this year. Still as confident as ever but he took his celebrity this year to promote wresting and not just promoting himself (line them up and I'll kill them all type comments) I'm sure I'm letting my Penn State bias enter in to my argument because I haven't watched Wyatt wrestle every match.
I hope you are just talking about this poll…
and I didn’t miss the ACTUAL FAN VOTE…
When is that? I remember getting word in this forum in previous years.
The Fan Vote has not yet started. I'm sure it will be posted on this board once it starts.
FWIW, I believe the fan vote started on March 26th last year.
I am.
I just think it's kinda dumb to spend a lot of time explaining your thought process, when you haven't taken a quick second to make a one click selection. @BigBopper85
So I cast my vote. But if you thought a vote on a Penn State message board would give you anything but Carter or Mitchell as the winner you are not being honest with yourself. If I cast my vote for who I think will win it would be Hendrickson. Who do think should win is Carter.
WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy Fan Vote, Presented by ASICS Wrestling - WIN Magazine
TO VOTE, SCROLL TO BOTTOM The finalists have been announced for the 2025 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented annually by ASICS Wrestling to the nation’s top NCAA Division I wrestler. The coveted trophy was created in 1994 by former WIN founder Mike Chapman and named after Dan...
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go vote for the Hodge. I’d vote for Carter so PSU fans don split the vote. The voters are going to pick between Carter and Hendrickson. I personally think Mitchell is probably the most deserving but he isn’t going to win so pick Carter lol. It’s your vote though do what you want.