Does anyone know whether the team has made adjustments in training to address the injuries? Are the wrestleoffs during the season necessary if the lineup is basically established early on? It seems we have more certainty this year on who is wrestling at each weight. That has got to help.
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I don’t think the intrasquad matches have anything to do with injury. If anything they’re a break compared to a normal practice. Give the guys an opportunity to make weight and simulate a real match early in the season.
The older guys/wrestlers with injury history have a different training schedule with more hard drilling vs live wrestling. The staff is trying something new to mitigate the injury woes of the past
I think I would say the modal outcome is probably 4... but I would not be surprised to see us land 6-7 depending on health stuff and how the year goes. Very hard year to project for me.
It was pretty obvious Batista was significantly injured at NCAAs in 2024. It was a hand or thumb if I remember correctly. I wouldn't call that folding after the year he had, just bad luck.
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Watch dressers interview with Flo and let us know if you still think that
I remember watching Bastida after he got injured and imo it was not just an injury that caused him to not place, definitely kind of mentally crashed after he missed the semis. Working off memory here but didn't he injure it before the tournament even started? Came out and dominated his first 1-2 matches, then looked awful in the quarters and lost to a good wrestler, and then lost to someone he had no business losing to on the backside. Was a very odd tournament but "folded" seems like it could apply to that backside loss at the very least.
I can't apparently start my own thread, so I'll just post it here. Just saw we are going to wrestle at the Journeyman Collegiate Duals, which is awesome!!
I bet you thought Teemer was a sure fire AA last year. It just isn’t a thing. I mean Spencer Lee finished 6th as a senior! Injuries are a *****.
This is where I’m at. Or close. It’s impossible to handicap without knowledge of who will get hurt. I look at in tiers kinda like this, conservatively and hoping for the best with health obviously in reality:
Yonger, Ech, Elam
One of them gets hurt but two in the finals or 3rd
Frostys 1 AA, 1 has a tough draw or hurt (assuming big frosty over PJ at 49)
Poulin Zerban MJ (I still believe, remember he was hurt bad at the end of the year) 1 AA
So 4 “locks”, easy to find 2 or 3 more and then Euton/Riggins, Zerban could sneak in also. 4 is low with 7 to 8 isn’t terrible hard to find.
TLDR We’re gonna kick some ass
I know Riggins improved over the course of the year and had a great tournament, but he is not AA caliber.
If he able to beat Euton, which I don’t think he will, then he will be AA candidate.
Looking fwd to whoever goes at 165. Small sample size for Euton but he def looked the part vs Caliendo. Wouldn’t short Riggins, stock was on the rise to end the year. Wrestle offs should be fantastic. Whole lineup should be salty, CKLV can’t get here fast enough.
CKLV should be fun but I would be surprised if our older big guns make that trip (or make the trip but don't wrestle).
Also, that is same time at National duals. I think CKLV is going to be a lot weaker this year.
Riggins got better and more comfortable at the weight by the end of the year. There is something to be said for actually being the man and getting that highly valuable match time. It's tough to take a spot from a guy once they get comfortable and start gaining confidence. Not saying Euton can't or won't win, but I liked seeing what Riggins did last year with the spot and continued to get better at winning.
One of them will pivot next year/maybe the following year. I'd hope they try to break them up to keep these big events exciting.
