Metz also loses a close match.
Both losses were against Illinois kids today.
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Metz also loses a close match.
Both losses were against Illinois kids today.
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Noah Cressell latest commit. Any news on him?
I have never seen him wrestle and he isn't highly ranked by any publication, but welcome aboard!
Very doubtful IMO.
Metz has the misfortune of coming into the NCAA in a very difficult HWT period. World, Olympic, and NCAA champion Kyle Snyder has 1 year left, and then Cadet world (and likely Jr world champion) Gable Steveson will jump right into the MN lineup after Snyder graduates from tOSU. I expect world and Olympic greatness from Gable and can't see Metz ever beating him. That's not to mention the Amos', Wood's, Cassioppi's, and Nevills' of the world either. HWT is poised to see a massive influx of talent at the NCAA level, and Metz is certainly a part of it. He's certainly capable of being a multi time AA, but I don't see a championship in there.
For Franek, I just don't see him at the top ever, although I think he'd be a more likely champ than Metz. I think he lacks the requisite length/size for 157, but I do love him at 149. I think his ceiling is more likely in the mid AA range, but that is nothing to sneeze at. On the bright side for him, if he goes 149 there isn't a Kyle Snyder/Gable Steveson all world talent lurking. Zain Retherford will be gone and of the other high schoolers, I'm actually highest on Brayton Lee of Indiana, and he is comparable to Franek.
I don't expect either to be an NCAA champ, but I rarely expect anyone to be a NCAA champ before they hit college. Mark Hall, Gable Steveson, the Valencias, and Chance Marstellar are the most recent ones I've expected to be champs. Thus far Marstellar has dealt with legal and weight troubles and fizzled at the NCAA level (while still doing very well at the senior level); Hall was an NCAA champ as a true Freshman; Steveson is just going to be a Sr in High School next year, and the Valencias were AAs as freshman and I still very much expect Zahid Valencia to win a title (I doubt Anthony does though, simply due to the incredible talent at his projected weight(s))
I would say making the finals, especially for Metz doing it multiple times now, is a strong tell-tale of how good these wrestlers are among their peers in the country and how much of a chance they have to be All-Americans at the NCAA DI level.
As far becoming a DI Champion, that all depends on how much they want and work for it. Like recruits for our football team, there's a lot of room for development to being the best. Unlike the football team, the support system is smaller for wrestlers.
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I've seen some rumbling about this on social media, but not sure if true. Is there a chance we'll see wrestling bad boy, Pat Downey, in Green and Gold next year?!?
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I'm torn...I love watching the guy compete...but his and his father's antics generally overshadow his accomplishments.
It would make the team a hell of a lot better, but also introduce a notorious bad seed to the room.
My hope for him, and I recognize this is a long shot, is that he never wrestles in college again and goes Greco and battles Gabe Dean for the 85 kg spot. He's tremendous at upper body and he is a world class talent.