NDSU vs Virginia

[tblaney]

UW - Barry does an article every Tuesday. http://www.wiwrestling.com/tuesdays-with-barry-110315/

[THEsocalledfan]

Okay, folks you have to admit, how cool is it that Virginia is coming to Fargo for any sport? And how cool is it seeing the B12 logo on wrestling stuff?

[Abe1727]

Incredibly cool on both points. Go Bison.

[Big Bird]

I'm pretty excited for tomorrow. A lot of new faces in the starting lineup and a good chance to beat a quality opponent. Virginia should be favored to win the dual, but I have hope still. Hard to tell what the matchups are going to be this early in the year, but I think the likeliest path to victory is with wins at 125, 141, 149, 157, 184, and then an upset at either 165 or HWT. I expect UVA bonus at 133 and 174 and possibly at 197 and 165. I expect bonus from NDSU at 184 and possibly at 149/157 if Ream can do damage on top.

[larson311]

Here's what I'm going with based on projected lineups. Hoping for some upsets or bonus points! If we can manage winning both 149 and 157 somehow it could be 18-17 Virginia and a bonus point or two in there would win it for us.

125 - Rodriguez DEC Herrmann 3-0 NDSU
133 - DiCamillo MD O'Brien 4-3 Virginia
141 - Friedman DEC Watson (tossup) 6-4 NDSU
149 - Ream DEC Miller (tossup) 9-4 NDSU (Ream pinned him early last year)
157 - Atkinson DEC Bengston 9-7 NDSU (I won't count out Bengston here, we may see Nehring too I'm not sure? Could see Ream and Bengston flip flop here too...)
165 - Peppelman DEC McNutt (tossup) 10-9 Virginia
174 - Askey DEC Blake Thompson (tossup) 13-9 Virginia (Virginia has a good RS here as well Fox Baldwin, not sure what their plan with him is)
184 - Zillmer TF Schany 14-13 NDSU
197 - Nye MD Paxton 17-14 Virginia
285 - Gillen DEC Tyanan 21-14 Vriginia

[Gladiator Dad]

Article from UVA's website.

http://www.virginiasports.com/sports...110515aaa.html

125 - Rodriguez DEC Herrmann 3-0 NDSU
133 - DiCamillo MD O'Brien 4-3 Virginia
141 - Friedman DEC Watson (tossup) 6-4 NDSU
149 - Ream/Bengsten DEC Miller (tossup) 7-6 NDSU ( If it's Ream I think we could pick up bonus points here)
157 - Ream/Bengsten DEC Atkinson 10-6 NDSU(I agree it may see Nehring as well)
165 - Peppelman DEC McNutt (tossup) 10-9 NDSU ( I would not be surprised to see McNutt win here, I think he will surprise a lot of people especially early in the season)
174 - Askey DEC Blake Thompson (tossup) 13-10 Virginia (Virginia has a good RS here as well Fox Baldwin, not sure what their plan with him is)
184 - Zillmer TF Schany 14-10 NDSU
197 - Nye MD Paxton 14-14 Virginia/NDSU
285 - Gillen DEC Tyanan 17-14 Vriginia

If we win either HWT or 165 I think we can pull the upset over VA. Bonus points will be the other key.

[Big Bird]

I know its not in NDSUs best interest for winning today, but I hope UVA doesn't redshirt Fox Baldwin and has him in there today. Dude won nearly 400 matches, had over 300 falls, and 5 state titles in high school. He was also #8 in the HS pound for pound rankings at the end of last year by Flo.

Peppleman was a big time recruit, but his results were pretty good, but not great last year. McNutt could definitely win that one but he'll have to perform really well.

CP over at Flo is pretty big on Watson at 141, so I'm hoping Friedman can get the W, but I'm starting to think that is a tossup at best.

[larson311]

I really hope McNutt makes the jump this year like Ream did last year, that will help a ton, especially in today's dual like you said.

[Big Bird]

Fox Baldwin was the only starter announced for UVA at 174

[larson311]

I'm not seeing anything on the gobison.com feed, has it started yet?