SODAKSKERSFAN20
Five-Star Recruit
This pretty much sums up my thoughts as well. Not sure what happened to Moisey this year...guessing either injuries or the weight cut got to him. Nice run by Parrish to come back and get 9th, will be interesting to see if that gets him a WC spot. Red wrestled great with wins over a couple top 6 guys and it'll be interesting to see if he can parlay that into another AA finish. Berger has zero shot against Nolf which isn't a knock on Berger, Nolf is just other worldly. Would've been nice to see Berger try and create a little bit of offense but I get it against a dude like Nolf you're just trying to survive out there. 165 is a total crapshoot, White could make the finals or DNP...who knows. Any one of the top 8 guys could win and I wouldn't be shocked. I missed Labriola's first match against the Minny kid so not sure how he got pinned but it appears it's a toss up with those guys as Labriola is 1-2 with 2 of the matches being 1 point decisions either way. I get that Mark Hall is a total stud but man his style is so boring. I think Venz is still one year away from going next level as he still struggles getting out from the bottom against the top tier dudes and frankly, no one is touching Martin this year anyways. Venz is a total hammer on top though and his style plays well in the NCAAs since a total meat grinder and dudes are pretty beat up. Now, if Sheed is truly gimped up and not just protecting his seed than Venz could get him provided he stays away from the Martin side of the bracket. Schultz has really impressed me as of late and I think he's got a shot to get a low level AA if the seeds break right for him. Really nice showing for Jensen as well and he also has a shot to get that AA if he can avoid Jennings from NW and Hemida from MD haha. Those guys seem to own Jensen.
I think best case scenario for NU is 6 AAs with 2 finalists and worst case scenario is 3 AAs. I can't see a scenario where Berger and then 2 of the group of Venz, White and Labriola don't get to the podium.
First time around for Labriola he got pinned in overtime (Got taken down and once two was awarded he just laid there) Weird penalty point in that match against Labriola and I thought he should have been awarded back points at the end of the match. I missed the second match for 3rd and 4th but hes just the better wrestler. Needs wins like that to become an AA. Nebraska should be solid again next year. 125, 133, 149 and 157 are the question marks with some freshman and red shirt freshman having to fill some holes. Thomsen at 125 and Parrish at 133 makes sense. 149 i have no idea and I am guessing Robb at 157?